150 Experiments on the Call-to-Action: Six psychological conditions that hinder our results

“What you ask me to do is important, but when you ask me to do it has more bearing on whether I choose to comply or not.” — Flint McGlaughlin, Managing Director & CEO, MECLABS Institute (This article was originally published in the MarketingExperiments email newsletter.) One of the fastest ways to increase your performance is to improve your call-to-action. We did a meta-analysis of 150 of our experiments to determine 6 cognitive conditions that can…

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Employee Spotlight: Ian Woodward, Yacht Rock Enthusiast

WordStream has some impressive employees in our ranks: from industry influencers to marathon runners, from analysts to authors. The Employee Spotlight series aims to highlight the talented individuals who work here. Each month, we’ll be featuring an interview here on the blog and on our social accounts. For this month’s Employee Spotlight, we’re featuring Ian Woodward, who’s been at WordStream for about five years. He was also the inaugural Employee of the Year at our…

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Weekend Favs February 1

Weekend Favs February 1 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an online source or one that I took out…

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Boost Your Facebook Video Views with These 6 Tactics

Wisely, you’ve taken the dive into video marketing. Whether you’re using video to create educational content or product-focused advertisements, you’ve made the right decision. It is, after all, the year 2020; any digital marketing strategy that lacks video is incomplete. Now that you’re in the game, it’s time for the hard part: figuring out how you’re going to increase your Facebook video views. Getting users to pay attention to your content—whether it’s paid or organic—is…

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The Seb Rusk Show – The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur

The Seb Rusk Show – The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing John Jantsch appears on The Seb Rusk Show on SocialBuzzONAIR to discuss his latest book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur. Jantsch has been in the marketing industry for his entire career, and he started his own business three decades ago. He’s been on an entrepreneurial journey since then, and has seen the world of marketing evolve from the early…

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