Mailbrew Marketing Weekly - Marketing Weekly #16

Google’s “Pass/Fail” Core Web Vitals Make Performance Matter for SEO • RACE To Marketing Success • Coke Spent $100 Million on Making Cans That Smelled Like Farts • How I Created One of the World’s Biggest Networking Events • How To Go Viral on TikTok in 2021 • 22 Sure-Fire Headline Formulas that Work • 2021 Pay Analysis: How We’ve Lowered Our Gender Pay Gap From 15% to 5.5% • How to Write a Great Listicle Post in 10 Steps • In 2020, Two Thirds of Google Searches Ended Without a Click • What Eye Tracking Can Teach Us About Form Optimization and Design
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Blogs

22 Sure-Fire Headline Formulas that Work

Brian ClarkMar 23

Looking for the best headline formulas to promote your top content? Let’s move beyond the common ones you see over...

The post 22 Sure-Fire Headline Formulas that Work appeared first on Copyblogger.

2021 Pay Analysis: How We’ve Lowered Our Gender Pay Gap From 15% to 5.5%

Hailley GriffisMar 24
Here are all of our numbers from our 2021 pay analysis, along with more on the positive impact that transparency has had on the gender pay gap for us.

How to Write a Great Listicle Post in 10 Steps

Joshua HardwickMar 25
how to write a listicleIt’s perfectly possible to write a great listicle about… well, pretty much anything. In this post, you’ll learn how to do just that. What is a listicle? Why do people like listicles? How to write a good listicle Examples of
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In 2020, Two Thirds of Google Searches Ended Without a Click

Rand FishkinMar 22
In August of 2019, I published research from now-defunct clickstream data provider, Jumpshot, showing that 50.33% of all Google searches ended without a click to any web property in the results. Today, thanks to new data from SimilarWeb, I’ve got a substantive update to that analysis. From January to December, …

What Eye Tracking Can Teach Us About Form Optimization and Design

Alun LucasMar 24

Eye tracking has long been used in the fields of UX and CRO to accurately map where a user’s focus is when navigating a website. There have been many practical conclusions that have come out of this research such as this article published by CXL last year. However, as form …

Persuade Like a Lawyer: How to Write to Convince a Jury of Readers

Nick MooreMar 23

Weak arguments are like chains: If one claim breaks, the whole argument falls apart. Lawyers—i.e., people who argue as a profession—know better. Instead of linking chains, lawyers weave claims into cables of arguments strong enough to convince judges and juries. Unlike fragile links, if one thread frays, the cable stays …


Newsletters

📅 Superpowered (YC W21)

Ali AbouelattaMar 24
How Superpowered used Product Hunt to get hundreds of paying customers?

Last-minute panic mode

Stephen GallivanMar 25

Find your wine match & the weekly roundup.

The post Last-minute panic mode appeared first on Carney.


Podcasts

Arvid Kahl — Audience-Driven Entrepreneurship, Book Marketing, and Personal Brands

share.transistor.fmCorey HainesMar 24
Arvid previously founded and sold FeedbackPanda, a SaaS that helps online school teachers handle student feedback, wrote the book Zero to Sold, and is now working on another book called The Embedded Entrepreneur.

Please, I Beg You, Don't Try to "Create a New Category"

Don't do it.

Here's why.

***

Tap on this link to access show notes+transcripts, join our private community of mavericks, or sign up to the newsletter: EveryoneHatesMarketers.com/links

Using Collaboration Tools To Transform The Way We Work

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Phil Simon. Phil is a keynote speaker and technology authority • An award-winning author of eleven business books and counting, most recently Reimagining Collaboration: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and the Post-COVID World of Work.

The Top 3 Plays For Beauty & Cosmetic Brands (That We Stole From Thousands Of Customers) #160

We work with thousands of ecommerce brands...and there are a handful of top industries we want to break down for you. So today, Dan Murphy from our marketing team, is sharing the top 3 plays every beauty and cosmetic brand needs to run. He spent months looking at customer data …

Joshua Cohen, Founder and COO of Tubefilter

feedproxy.google.comJohn Wall and Christopher PennMar 26

In this Marketing Over Coffee: In this episode Josh Cohen brings us up to date on video and more!! Direct Link to File Brought to you by our sponsors: CXL and Upfluence Covering what is now called "The Creator Economy" When Felicia Day changed the game, and then YouTube started …

New Segment Preview! Retail News with Kat Cole and Halie LeSavage

share.transistor.fmShopifyMar 25
Get ready for Retail News and Trends! Kat Cole of Focus Brands and Halie LeSavage of Morning Brew are joining Resilient Retail once a week to discuss all things retail news and how small retailers can respond to current events to stay resilient.

Was struggling to help a brand organically increase sales and following, then figured this obvious hack out

TLDR; You need to be doing Instagram Lives, they are a great marketing feature

Instagram is often looked at as a social media giant that is too oversaturated for brands to really be able to stand out in the marketplace. I mean I usually call BS on that anyway, but …

“If you aren’t at 6 figures within 5 years of marketing career you’re doing something wrong” - marketing manager friend

Was recently told this by a marketing manager I’ve gotten to know recently (we live in MCoL area). It seemed like a stretch when I heard this, but maybe I missed the memo on salary progression possibilities.

Anyone else experience salary progression this fast is MCoL or LCoL cities.. or …

Why are so many marketing Jobs secretly hidden as sales Jobs, how do we figure out which ones are not sales?

Basically I've had 2 interviews with this great guy who was extremely enthusiastic and charming, asking me about where I'm from and all that. He was extremely nice and I thought to myself, finally I found the perfect marketing company to work for.

Only then he explains to me that …



Marketing Jobs on HeyMarketers.com →


Twitter

mkobach
Matty Kobach @mkobach

I’ve reinvented myself a half dozen times. I hope to do it a half dozen more.

114Mar 27 · 9:00 AM
hnshah
Hiten Shah @hnshah

What is the *one* business book that you recommend everyone should read?

79Mar 27 · 2:43 PM
ThatChristinaG
Christina Garnett @ThatChristinaG

In January, I shared thoughts on my ideal Marketing Twitter conference.

While we can hope we are able to all meet up later this year and next, I wanted to get the ball rolling with my @TwitterSpaces.

I'm excited to announce Unverified: The Unconference.

78Mar 27 · 8:12 AM
Julian
Julian Shapiro @Julian

Who's @Julian?

A thread on who I am and the weird stuff I spend my time on.

47Mar 27 · 8:55 AM
randfish
Rand Fishkin @randfish

Q: Is there a great "Beginner's Guide to Digital Marketing" out there?

I'm finding a lot of KW-optimized pieces, but nothing I'd feel great about sending to a small business owner who needs to get savvy enough to vet an agency or start choosing tactics & strategy.

23Mar 25 · 2:34 PM
lennysan
Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan

What companies have the strongest PM teams and/or the strongest teaching culture within product?

18Mar 26 · 10:36 AM
ecomchasedimond
Chase Dimond | Email Marketing Nerd 📧 @ecomchasedimond

Hiring sources for Agency Owners:

Upwork: VA’s

Twitter: Copywriters

LinkedIn: Marketers

Dribbble: Designers

Your Network: Account Managers

Screenshot this...

32Mar 26 · 11:15 AM
TheCoolestCool
Ross Simmonds @TheCoolestCool

That podcast? Record it.
That blog? Launch it.
That book? Write it.
That idea? Plan it.
That app? Build it.

That doubt?

Forget about it.

27Mar 27 · 11:57 AM
MattNavarra
🟣 Matt Navarra @MattNavarra

🔥 BIG NEWS FOR TIKTOK CREATORS

TikTok has started to rollout a Playlists feature!

It allows users to create themed playlists for their videos…

…Making it easier for others to find and “watch part 2” of series of videos

43Mar 26 · 6:48 PM
TaylorHoliday
Taylor Holiday @TaylorHoliday

Anyone telling you they can solve the FB/iOS data restrictions with any of the following:

- Server to server integration
- AI
- Magic

Are lying.

9Mar 25 · 4:32 PM
aprildunford
April Dunford @aprildunford

I'm not saying the only reason to have kids is that they grow up to be teenagers that produce a continuous supply of freshly baked cookies but it's a pretty cool side-benefit.

1Mar 26 · 11:02 AM
CarrieRosePR
Carrie Rose @CarrieRosePR

One day that person you’re being a prick to online, could be someone you want something from.

A contract, an invite, a talking slot, a recommendation, a job

Don’t burn bridges

9Mar 27 · 9:18 AM
lovevalgeisler
Val Geisler 🖤🏳️‍🌈💌 @lovevalgeisler

Tomorrow it will be 10 years since my mom died. Here’s everything I’ve learned about grief 👇

Grief sucks.

/end

1Mar 27 · 10:04 AM
milesbeckler
Miles Beckler @milesbeckler

Some perspective:

From the day I made my first $1 online...

It took me 7 years to go full time.

It took over 10 years to have my first $10k month.

11Mar 26 · 10:28 AM
JoelKlettke
Joel Klettke @JoelKlettke

I can't think of anything I want to do less than get an MBA, lol

1Mar 26 · 2:32 PM
wilreynolds
Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds

There are people on this planet who are born into situations like this, somehow try to be part of the solution.

Goodable
Goodable @Goodable

This young boy was found abandoned in Nigeria, at the side of the road, and left to die.

He was rescued by a Danish aid worker who adopted him, showed him love, and gave him a home.

This was his transformation four years later.

#Humanity 🌎♥️

14Mar 25 · 5:16 PM
timsoulo
Tim Soulo @timsoulo

Do you keep a backlog of marketing ideas/projects that you're hoping to work on "sometime later?"

🙂

Would you be interested to cross-share backlogs and give each other some feedback on those ideas/projects to help prioritise them?

🙃

3Mar 26 · 12:41 AM
aleyda
Aleyda Solis 👩🏻‍💻 @aleyda

Have you been doing SEO for a few years? What’s the top thing you wish you had known when you started? Something game changing in your SEO career? Reply with a tweet! I will feature your top quick tips/advice in #LearningSEO learningseo.io 🙌🤩

20Mar 28 · 2:16 AM
MarketingProfs
Ann Handley @MarketingProfs

RIP to the iconic Beverly Cleary. Beezus & Ramona are two of the reasons I became a reader. And reading is how I became a writer.

NPR
NPR @NPR

JUST IN: The author Beverly Cleary, who created some of the most beloved and authentic characters in children's literature, died Thursday at the age of 104.

"I think children want to read about normal, everyday kids," she told NPR in 1999.
trib.al/26JlGdh

7Mar 26 · 4:03 PM
jayacunzo
jay acunzo @jayacunzo

Do you think the mafia uses a crm now? Like how do they keep track of all those favors they’ve done for people and who owes what? 🤔

Unrelated I’m sure, but 3 coffees was too many for me today...

2Mar 25 · 2:53 PM
kdlafrance
Kristen LaFrance @kdlafrance

I've been holding onto this secret for way too long.

I am so excited to introduce you guys to our new Friday segment of @ResilientRetail: Resilient News!

And my co-hosts are... @KatColeATL and @halie_lesavage 🤯🔥🙌

Here's our preview 💃👇

share.transistor.fm/s/4f99822a

8Mar 25 · 1:20 PM
Kevin_Indig
Kevin_Indig @Kevin_Indig

This week, Angela Merkel (German chancellor) apologized to the German population for reversing a decision around a lockdown.

That's an example of outstanding leadership.

1. She takes public responsibility.
2. She changes her viewpoint based on evidence.

3Mar 25 · 5:21 PM
brianclark
Brian Clark @brianclark

Walking along the beach on Coronado Island and came across this. Amazing. #BoulderStrong

6Mar 26 · 4:23 PM

Thanks for reading!

Have a great week. 🤓


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