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6 Elements to Create Sticky Ideas

Why some stories managed to spread quickly, live long and prosper? In Made to Stick, Heath brothers summarize six elements to create sticky ideas -- Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, and Story, SUCCES for short.

6 Tips to Enhance Your Copywriting

Copywriting plays an increasingly important role in today's marketing world. In the book "Persuasive Copywriting," Andy Maslen introduces several key strategies to enhance your copywriting skills.

Advertising is a business of monetizing attention

Advertising is a business that monetizes attention. The forms of advertising have evolved with time including informational notices on newspapers, radio and televisions, emails and the Internet. However, the ultimate goal behind never changes — to draw attention and sell.

Advertising is a Business of Monetizing Attention

The forms of advertising have evolved over time: from notices in newspapers to radio and television, and then to emails and the internet. However, its fundamental purpose remains unchanged: to attract attention and successfully sell products.

Lyft's Marketing Automation Platform Symphony

How can advertising campaigns achieve higher returns with less money and fewer people? Lyft's answer is automation, which includes an LTV prediction module, a budget allocation module, and a delivery module. When people are freed from tedious delivery tasks and can focus on understanding users, channels, and the messages they need to convey to their audience, they can achieve better campaign results.

The Logic and Story Behind Data Domain's Success

Data Domain is a data backup service provider that went public in its sixth year after founding and was acquired by EMC two years later, becoming EMC's second fastest-growing business after VMWare. The CEO of Data Domain shares the story and logic behind this in the book "Tape Sucks," which may be the best SaaS book I've read in recent years.

What are CAC, LTV, and PBP in Marketing?

What are CAC, LTV, and PBP in marketing? CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost), LTV (Customer Lifetime Value), PBP (Payback Period). The LTV:CAC ratio helps you determine how much you should spend to acquire a customer for sustainable growth.

What are CAC, LTV, PBP in marketing?

Customer Acquisition Cost is the cost to convert a customer to buy a product/service. Lifetime Value is the estimated net profit we can make from a customer. Payback Period refers to the period of time required to recoup the funds expended in an investment.

What Are Western Marketers Learning from Their Chinese Peers?

The marketing landscapes of the West and China are vastly different. If Western marketers want to adapt, they need to learn to: build good relationships with major companies like BAT; prioritize mobile; value KOL marketing; focus on content marketing; manage multiple channels in the West while navigating large companies' multi-platforms in China; and balance "thoughtful planning" with "plans not keeping up with changes."

What is a Market?

If two people buy the same product for the same reason but have no way they could reference each other, they are not part of the same market.

What is the Chasm in the Technology Adoption Lifecycle?

High-tech companies often introduce disruptive innovations. The user growth of these products follows an S-curve. Developing a high-tech market means smoothly transitioning this cycle from left to right, breaking through one user group at a time. Leveraging the momentum of the left-side user group makes it easier to market products to the right-side user group. Observing the technology adoption lifecycle reveals two chasms and one gap.

What is the Market?

The definition of a high-tech market: existing and potential users; who have a demand for a certain type of product or service; and these individuals reference each other when deciding on the products to purchase. Mutual referencing is the key to market success.

Why is buyer persona important?

To better sell products, you need to know your customers better. A generic buyer profile doesn’t help in knowing his buying decision. The most effective way to build buyer personas is to interview buyers who have weighed their options but finally made the decision you expect.

Why is Buyer Persona Important?

KYC is not easy; employees outside the marketing department may never have the opportunity to understand buyers' needs. Buyer persona = buyer profile (who will buy) + buyer insights (when/how/why they buy)

Why take niche-and-next approach to cross the chasm?

If the goal is to take over the mainstream market, why should we focus on the niche market in the beginning? First, You have to satisfy your customers so that they can be reference-able to others. Second, pragmatists favor market leaders. So be a big fish in a small pond.