Lessons
Class Introduction
10:38 2Create Your 12-Month Marketing Calendar
14:12 3Real Life Marketing Calendar Example
18:28 4Identify Your Marketing Campaigns
06:07 5Examples of Identifying Audiences
18:22 6Example of Actual Marketing Campaign
09:32 7Analyze Your Past Marketing Disappointments to Discover Opportunities
30:59 8Identify & Research Your Target Customers
08:35Social Listening
05:39 10Front-End Surveys
05:05 11Back-End Surveys
03:37 12Market Trends
04:57 13Analytics
04:29 14Prospect Interviews
03:48 15Live Presentations
07:36 16More Reasons Marketing Campaigns Fail
06:54 17The Problems Your Customer Faces
15:50 18Customer Awareness Exercise
30:21 19Guest Interview: Lacy Boggs
25:07 20Create Your Campaign Building Blocks
37:43 21Building Your Campaign
12:19 22Lesson 1-21 Review
04:15 23Start with the Sale in Mind
15:21 24Sales Page Exercise
26:49 25Draft Eye-Catching Headlines
28:10 26Find The Customers You Need to Reach Your Goal
18:18 27Lead Generation Systems
20:23 28Craft Your Messaging Using Customer Awareness
30:46 29Create Your Campaign Schedule
30:16 30Example of Campaign Creation
29:35 31Develop Your Follow-Up Plan
32:13 32Setting Your Campaign Goals
09:52 33Real Life Example of Campaign Goals
13:11 34Analyze Your Campaign Results
10:15 35Marketing Plan Review Session
09:05Lesson Info
Analytics
The next way you wanna be thinking about listening is actually with data, actual number data. Analytics. Because, remember, everything that's in your Google Analytics dashboard, your WordPress dashboard, your Squarespace dashboard, your Etsy dashboard, wherever you are, looking at numbers, each one of those numbers is a person and an action that person has taken. And so, it's not just numbers, it's people too. Numbers are people too (laughs). (spectators laugh) My friend, Jessica Mehring, who is big on data analysis in terms of listening to customers, says, "Data gets to the truth faster than most other sources of customer insight." And you know, I can't actually argue with her there. I love the back and forth, but that is a slow process. If you've got data, use it, because it makes things go faster. She says, "If you're learning about your customers from social media only, you're only seeing what they want you to see." And, you know what? That's true too. Data can actually help you ge...
t underneath what people are saying to what they really mean. Let me show you an example. This is a blog post that's been extremely popular on my blog, it's called "How to Generate Revenue (Even When You're In a Slump)." I think Lacey actually wrote it, or rewrote it for me (laughs) to be completely honest. Brilliant headline that Lacey came up with there. And so that's been really popular. Set an ad for it, and you can totally forget it. It's just gonna keep on giving the love, right? This is a similar, a sort of similar post. I was using both posts in the same campaign. This one is called "This is the Difference Between a 6-Figure Business and a 7-Figure Business." Very different subject matter, but it was aimed in the same direction: to get people to opt in for the same thing, to get them to buy the same thing. And the data on these was really interesting. Like I said, this post is the gift that keeps on giving. I had a 50 percent lower cost-per-click on this article. I was getting really, really, really cheap clicks. Click, click, click, click, click! Everyone wanted to read this article. But, this article had a 13 times lower cost-per-lead to cold traffic. Now, I know that sounds kind of mumbo-jumboey, so let me explain what that means. What it means is that, while everyone wanted to read this, this post was the one that made people opt in for what it was that I wanted them to opt in for. This one generated leads. This one just generated page views. So this was a whole lot of people who weren't the right people. This was a whole lot of people that were the right people. If I just looked at the surface level data, or if I just looked at my WordPress dashboard, I would say, "Oh, this is doing very, very well." Or my advertising dashboard: "Wow! That's cheap!" But when I got under the surface of that data a little bit, I could see this was the post that I actually needed to amplify more. Didn't matter if it cost more per click, because I got more of the right people much, much faster. Now, understand, this is a little bit more on the advanced side. If you're not ready to listen with that kind of degree of fine detail, please don't worry about it. It's just another option that's out there. But, if you do wanna try and use some data to bust your assumptions, to rethink how you might have always thought about your customers, here's some questions you might wanna ask. What do you think is true about the content that you create? And what's really true? What looks good on paper, but isn't really performing on the back end? Or, what looks crappy in your analytics dashboard, but actually brings in most of your customers? Is what's popular the same thing as what's effective in creating paying customers? And how have your assumptions affected your product decisions, or your marketing messaging decisions? So make sure, if you're gonna use data, don't just use it to prove things you already think you know. Actually use it to listen for places where your assumptions are incorrect.
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Ratings and Reviews
Sharon
Tara, the information you delivered in this class is invaluable. I am in the launching stage of my business, and I know I need to market my business and services and I know I need to write a plan, but I didn't know how to do it. Instagram, content upgrades, Facebook, email marketing, webinars, blogging, etc. etc., I know it all. But I just couldn't get my head around how to truly use marketing campaigns for my business, and especially for my services, to reach my ideal client, help my ideal client and to reach my ideal income. You explained the why behind marketing campaigns and you showed us how to create a marketing campaign from A to Z. The whole sha-bang! You gave me the knowledge and inspiration in how to market my services, how many people I ideally want to reach and above all, a framework I can use time and time again to create a marketing campaign. I purchased the class right after seeing the live broadcast so I can use this class for planning all my next marketing campaigns. You clarified a lot and I am much more confident (and so much more less stressed haha) in creating a marketing campaign plan that works for my business and services. I learned a lot! Thank you! P.S. Love the hot seats.
Lisa Murray
Once again Tara has delivered a brilliant class. It was perfect timing for me as I am about to relaunch an existing program. I saw clearly what I missed during the first launch and I'm curious to see how the new approach based on Tara's strategies will convert. Highly practical and hugely insightful if you want to stop chasing bright shiny objects and spinning your wheels. I especially loved the launch model using where the customer is in their knowledge of your offer - brilliant!
MaryAnn
This class is well worth the time! Tara does an excellent job of not only providing a step by step system for creating a marketing campaign, but she provides clear context and insights along the way. This is important so that you're not just going through the motions and crossing your fingers that your marketing will work. She helps you understand the strategy behind the scenes so you can get the most out of the work you put in. I highly recommend this course to anyone considering doing their own marketing, or people who are already doing their own marketing and want to feel more empowered and get better results.
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