Let’s say that you love hiking, and you see a Facebook ad for a pair of hiking boots. The ad looks interesting, but it’s a brand you aren’t familiar with, and you don’t really need them. Do you buy? Probably not. But then you see another ad in a week or so, and this time you think “why not click?” There are a ton of great testimonials, and they look great. But you still don’t need them. Until a week later, you see …
Author: Ana Gotter
Ana Gotter
Ana Gotter is a business writer specializing in social media and content marketing, though she writes on a variety of other niches and subjects. She can be contacted at anagotter.com.
User’s interest is dwindling, and with so much competition on every social media platform, it’s unlikely that you’ll keep it for more than ten to fifteen seconds. I’ve been coaching brands and businesses to tighten up their video marketing, keeping clips to a solid fifteen seconds or less, thirty seconds at the absolute tops. And now IGTV has rolled out, and the game has been changed yet again. Shorter video content is often best for advertising purposes on most other …
Gaining traction on social media in general can be difficult for businesses, but I’ve always found it to be a particularly monumental challenge on Twitter. People don’t always engage quite as much on Twitter as they do on other platforms, where tracking conversations is a little easier (and a little more visible). This doesn’t mean that Twitter is out of the marketing game, however; if your audience is on Twitter, then it can still be a big part of your …
Facebook Ads is complicated. There’s no getting around that. There’s a big learning curve every step of the way. You have to get used to the interface, learn best practices, understand the targeting system, and make calculated decisions based on bids, placements, and so much more. Then, once you learn all this, the hard part still isn’t over. When you got to scale your campaigns in number and budget, the typical create-an-ad tool just didn’t seem to cut it. Power …
Video makes the marketing world go ’round. That’s what it feels like right now, at least, with “use more video” showing up as a best practice in a majority of blogs on marketing. Businesses are being encouraged to use video in blogs, content marketing, social media marketing, and even email. Customers don’t just like it; they’re starting to expect it. All that being said, the world of video marketing is changing. It hasn’t always looked like what it is now, and …