Marketing Things That Have Been Bugging Us - Part 4 - Sales Processes & Systems

<p>We have some much fun; we decided to do it again… because we’ve had a lot on our minds… so today we’re talking about a few more marketing things that have been bugging us lately, from metrics to track to low-hanging fruit that businesses just don’t seem to take advantage of.</p> <p>I’m going to start with a quote from Neil Patel: “I'm about to share some ugly marketing truths every business needs to understand:</p> <p>SEO: It takes an average of 6 months to rank on the first page of Google for a new page.</p> <p>CRO: As a general rule of thumb, A/B testing should be done on pages that have at least 1,000 visitors per month to achieve statistically significant results.</p> <p>Paid Media: To see significant results from paid media campaigns, businesses should typically invest a minimum of a few thousand dollars monthly.”​</p> <p><b>Here are the questions we'll answer in this episode:</b></p> <p>What are the top 10 things to consider with creating an offer designed to increase sales rapidly?</p> <p>What types of offers are most effective at driving sales?</p> <p>Why should every small business use a CRM/Marketing Automation system?</p> <p>Why do too many small businesses skip developing a marketing strategy, and how does this hurt their businesses?</p> <p>Why do small businesses of any size need a marketing strategy?</p> <p>What percentage of annual revenue should a small business plan on investing in marketing and why?</p> <p>Why do most small business marketing initiatives fail?</p> <p><br /></p>