Marketers have been using email marketing campaigns for years, pushing products, events, and anything else they want their audience to engage with. If the majority of people are checking their email every day (most are checking multiple times a day), why aren’t your campaigns working? While it might seem that email marketing as a whole doesn’t work, but it might just be that your processes are out of date. Engaging with your audience is like a game of chess: it requires strategy and planning, as well as the flexibility to adapt your approach when things don’t work. Below, we have five email marketing practices that don’t work anymore.

 

2020 doesn’t look the way we ever thought it would. Businesses have faced unprecedented challenges this year, creating significant disruptions to the way that everyone does business. Now is the time to focus on prosperity and growth for the rest of 2020, while building a strategic plan for your business to thrive in 2021. For your strategy to be as successful as possible, it needs to include certain action items that are measurable and attainable for your organization. 

Startups understand the need for marketing initiatives, but they are also working on building a product. With all of the challenges that startups and small businesses face daily, the marketing strategy is not typically high on the priority list. Outsourced marketing is a very lucrative option for startups that are looking to elevate and support their marketing efforts and grow their businesses quickly. How can startups finish 2020 successfully while preparing for 2021? By finding a marketing partner that can elevate and support their marketing efforts.

Any business that is operating in 2020 deeply understands the need for flexibility and strategy to stay relevant with your audience. Whether you want to continue to be innovative or not, the simple truth is that inaction will do far more significant harm than pushing your business out of its comfort zone. The best way to transform your business and change with the times is by implementing a digital marketing strategy. Digital marketing is the tool to take your business to the next level and keep up with your audience's expectations.

COVID-19 has drastically disrupted operations for the small business community in Atlanta, necessitating a recovery plan. Invest Atlanta is looking to provide financial support for small businesses in Atlanta that have had to cease operations or radically alter operations due to the COVID pandemic. The Resurgence Grant Fund will award eligible businesses up to $40,000, plus a credit of $10,000 of additional technical assistance, to help reimburse costs associated with any business adaptations. You can apply for this business grant here until August 31.

Content marketing is the key to driving brand awareness and engagement for most businesses, but there is a wrong way of generating content for your business. Finding the right strategy is a critical step forward in generating content, but there are plenty of ineffective approaches that will hurt your marketing efforts. Below, we have four ineffective approaches to avoid while building your content strategy.

Take a moment to think back to a time when you purchased a product that you were really satisfied with. Did you tell your friends and family? Did you post something on social media? Advocacy marketing is an inexpensive yet effective marketing tactic, wherein the brand is equipping customers to generate interest in your brand through social media, reviews, and word-of-mouth. Brands can empower and equip their customers to be powerful marketing tools for their products. But how do is advocacy marketing set up? Below, we have a few things to consider when you’re developing your advocacy marketing strategies. 

Danterr is a national concrete and construction products supply company, providing products that are meeting Australia infrastructure and public work's needs. Their sphere of influence includes public transport initiatives, major road upgrades, transport tunnels, sporting venues, wind farms, bridges, and rail lines. Danterr researches and investigates the nature and requirements of each individual project, working with reliable local and overseas suppliers to ensure the client's needs are filled. Danterr needed a marketing strategy to build out and execute their marketing initiatives to support their efforts for green technology and sustainability in Australia. Marketing Eye came alongside Danterr to serve as their outsourced marketing department to develop and implement a marketing strategy and graphic design services, including a total rebranding with fresh marketing collateral.

Marketing Eye developed a comprehensive marketing strategy which involved a rebrand of the national concrete construction supply company. Danterr supplies, sources and distributes to Australia’s largest construction projects with a strong emphasis on sustainability and green technology.  The journey involved developing a new logo which could represent the brand and appear on newly designed letterheads, business cards, brochures and new website design. The next stage involved cumulating a database, having a strong social media presence and informing interested clients with EDMs.

Ultima Building Group is a luxury building and construction company based in the Sydney Metro area specializing in new home builds, renovations, and extensions. The husband and wife duo behind the group has 18 years of experience and focuses on all parts of a build, from council plans to interior design. Ultima Building Group needed a comprehensive marketing strategy and graphic design services to help generate leads and grow their business. 

As part of the outsourced marketing efforts by Marketing Eye, a redesign of the functionality and enhancing search engine optimisation of their website were launched. There has also been a start-up and development of their social media channels including lead generation campaigns on LinkedIn as well as several EDM campaigns. As part of exposing the business, public relations was implemented successfully with appearances in the Daily Telegraph,  Western Weekender and Bloomberg.









Public relations efforts used to reach out to Australian publications. Media was achieved through press for Ultima Building Group. Industry articles published on The Daily Telegraph and The Western Weekender.

Minimalistic Magazine is a Melbourne-based, quarterly magazine and startup focusing on interior design, architecture, and art. As part of the outsourced marketing efforts from Marketing Eye, they worked collaboratively to develop a branding strategy that included a name and logo. As part of the design element, the magazine layout and website were designed by Marketing Eye. In terms of consumer engagement, Marketing Eye has been developing media hits and the brand's social media, creating brand awareness and sourcing print advertisements.