Marketing strategy free advice
Here is some free marketing strategy advice and ideas.
* Are you using a push or pull marketing strategy? | 17 point marketing strategy checklist
* Do you stand out from the crowd? Read this article about differentiation
* Build a brand not just a business and have a clear brand strategy
* What is the difference between positioning, differentiation and brand?
* Show your product or service in use | Set sales and marketing targets | Use a CRM
* Startup marketing advice
Customers
* Learn to love your customers
* Understand the customer journey
* It is important to test different marketing options
Digital marketing
* Decide whether you are going for a digital marketing first strategy
* Here is a detailed digital marketing checklist
* Here is a list of digital marketing tools
Website
* Your website is your marketing hub & your website homepage first impressions matter
* Website navigation bar | How to write website words
* Reduce your website bounce rate | The 1 second rule | Use website caching
* Website tools: Broken link checker | Check your website speed
Website design
* Online graphic design: Canva | WebP, PNG, JPEG compression via TinyPNG
WordPress
* WordPress benefits | Quick Draft | How many plugins? | SMTP | Free images | WordPress tips
Blogging
* What are the benefits of business blogging? | Blogging tips | Blog frequency?
SEO
* SEO strategy is important as it brings customers to you who are interested in your products / services
* Title Tags | Description Tags | Anchor text links | Robots.txt file
* 2022 SEO Guide | SEO keywords | SEO tips | SEO Citations | Long tail or short tail SEO?
* Link building | How to get backlinks
Promotional mix
* There are 37 promotional mix categories and at least 300 different promotional techniques
* Here are 31 website promotion ideas
Email marketing
* Send out a newsletter for example using Mailchimp | Email writing tips
* Mailchimp signup form | Use automation i.e. via Mailchimp customer journeys
Copywriting
* Copywriting tips | Writing better headlines | 26 headline writing ideas
* Use the word ‘you’ more frequently within your copy
* Use the AIDCA copywriting model | Detailed what to write about checklist
* Continually strive to simplify your message | Message repetition
Personal development
* If you are a marketer, you must keep learning and avoid fear of failure
* Here is a marketing glossary | Glossary of internet marketing terms
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All of the articles and blogs within this website have been written by marketing consultant Nigel Temple.