Influence Maps—The Best Marketing Framework You’ve Never Heard Of
When you find a tool that massively improves your work’s effectiveness and dramatically cuts down on poor decision-making, there are two natural responses: “This…
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What if Performance Advertising is Just an Analytics Scam?
“What the pandemic showed is we can take marketing down to zero and still have 95% of the same traffic as the year before.…
Shoot Your Shot: A Guide to Effective Cold Outreach
“What response rate do you get with cold outreach?” In a recent SparkToro Office Hours, someone asked me this question. It’s at least 80%.…
The Incentives to Publish No Longer Reward the Web’s Creators
It’s been almost two months since my last post here. For those of you who pay attention to the digital marketing world, the infrequency…
There Are Four Kinds of Keyword Research; Make Sure You’re Doing the Right One(s)
Keyword research is broader than you might think, friends. If you’re in a rush, just click below to jump to that section: Keyword research…
The “Marketing is Evil” Problem.
“I hate marketing.““Marketing is evil.““Marketing doesn’t work.““Marketing doesn’t work on me.““I’ll never buy from a company that markets to me.“ My best argument against…
Who Will Amplify This? And Why?
You’ve created a stellar email newsletter, but few subscribe. You’ve launched an intriguing podcast, but listeners are nonexistent. You’ve published an exceptional blog post,…
NEW in SparkToro: Content and Profile Text Insights
What does your audience talk about online? How do they describe themselves? What hashtags do they use? Prior to social media aggregation software, answering…
When Choosing Marketing Channels, Visualize the Curve
Business Owner: “We’re launching a new company/website/campaign and want to buy ads that can get us some customers. Once that’s working, we’ll invest in…
SparkToro Now Has 50% More Podcasts
The Short Version: Every SparkToro search you perform now contains far more podcasts. That’s because we’ve made more connections between podcasts and their (or…