Americans spend more time on social media than any other internet activity. Your garden-variety internet user clocks in three hours of social media time per day. They browse at work, at home, and increasingly, on the go. This makes social media one of the best ways to stay engaged with your customers and enable your […]
Category: B2C Marketing
Between 80% and 90% of people use the internet to look up businesses before making a purchase. Just like in real estate, your digital location is everything, and if your page isn’t optimized for search engines then you’re in the wrong part of town and it’s time to move. When a user does a web […]
I had just hiked out of the Andes mountains and hobbled into a small town in Peru. A local merchant suggested a competent professional massage and I headed east to find his shop. I walked into disarray and dust. It was a far-cry from the zen-like spas I had experienced in the States. The massage […]
Even as new digital channels gain traction, email marketing continues to stand head and shoulders above the rest in terms of popularity and performance. At TTP, it’s the tip of our spear and a cornerstone of our System. Nothing engages potential buyers more directly and effectively in our book, and our System makes it work […]
Successful marketing campaigns start by first conceiving and laying out a model of the entire customer experience, from the first web search through the ongoing buying relationship. In the end, that investment in your upfront architecture can result in the perception that your campaign is 90% planning, and 10% execution. While not necessarily an accurate […]
There are a lot of good reasons to outsource social media, (and some not so great reasons not to). Social media is a large animal with some capabilities that are not readily apparent to a casual or amateur user. An agency can help you make the most of these channels as drivers of business and […]
It’s no secret that we love to use customer data as our starting point at To The Point, and it looks like the rest of the marketing world is starting to prioritize collecting, digesting, and understanding customer data just like we do. The more you know about your customers, the better you can tailor your […]
If you’re new to social media posting (nothing to be ashamed of) there are some important things to keep in mind when posting for a business page: How to post on social media: Social media is primarily for customer retention: Most of your social media connections are people that know your brand already. Speak […]
More and more people are reading on the go,42% of all email marketing is opened on a phone, so your email advertising better be ready to adapt to the smaller screen. This makes it even more important to remember your direct marketing basics: keep it simple, keep it short, and make it obvious. If you have […]
2014 has seen a definite shift towards customer retention, with the majority of small businesses planning on spending most of their advertising budget on customer retention. It’s no secret that existing customers pay more, and that growing an old customer is a more profitable activity than attracting a new one. We think it’s a smart move, […]