What is a nurture sequence?

What is a nurture sequence?

If you want to be in control, your own list is essential.  That’s why lead magnets are still such a powerful marketing tool, especially for service businesses.  But getting someone to sign up for your list is only the first step. Email marketing platforms provide the...
Who reads your newsletters?

Who reads your newsletters?

Most of the email marketing platforms will tell you who opens your emails and if they clicked a link, but they don’t tell you who that person is.  There’s no information on their business, their interests, their challenges, what keeps them awake at night and what gets...
What’s your marketing strategy?

What’s your marketing strategy?

If you haven’t really got past writing the odd blog article and posting on social media when you have time, you need to take some time out and put a proper marketing strategy in place. OK – that sounds a bit like a teacher (or maybe your mum!)  But if you’re serious...
Help people to buy

Help people to buy

Most small business owners find selling hard.  They don’t want to be thought of as ‘pushy’ and yet worry that if they aren’t, their business won’t thrive.  I was talking to a business colleague who used to be in sales – and he said “The days of cold calling and sales...
How does email marketing really work?

How does email marketing really work?

People often steer away from email marketing because they think it’s ‘spammy’.  But that’s missing a huge opportunity. Of course, nobody wants to receive spam and you certainly don’t want to be the sender of anything that would be categorised as spam.  But you do want...