Entries by Rebecca Caroe

Why I’m not signing up with DesignRush

There are lots of agency listing websites and directories – I have long been a fan of Chuck Meyst at AgencyFinder.com and Tom Holmes’ Creative Brief in the UK. DesignRush is a nicely designed website for listing agencies allowing filtering by country and skillset. I found three New Zealand agencies there – none of them competitors […]

Keyword tool tip for 2019

Happy new year everyone.  I’m loving being on summer break – but it doesn’t stop me researching and finding top new tools and ideas for digital marketing success. Latent Semantic Indexing Keywords Found this great site which can help you identify LSI keywords for your website SEO. What are LSI keywords? LSI (Latent Semantic Indexing) […]

Who starts first – marketing or sales?

I wrote this email to a client today.  I have been working with them to set up and activate the things which will move them towards sales.  And I answer the Chicken and Egg question too…. read on I think you have made significant progress in understanding three things which are essential to a successful […]

My SaaS has 7% conversion rate, how to improve?

My eCommerce SaaS has a conversion rate of 7% (2 new subscribers a day). I only get 1200 page hits a month though. How can I get more traffic? The service is called Trendosaur. It helps online retailers make money by showing them the most profitable products to sell. My subscribers love the service. I’ve […]

Case Study: Multi Language Website

New challenges are what we thrive on and so the opportunity to work with a client on migrating them to a Multi Language and Multi Currency website was exciting. Specifying the Minimum Key to getting a great outcome was the first step of the site adjustment – what was the minimum viable site which would […]

Daylight savings promotion ideas

Twice a year you get a chance to run a promotion themed around the biannual clock changes in spring and autumn (fall).  We call it daylight savings or “summer time” but either way, the clocks advance or retreat an hour. Here are 5 themes for promotions you can run in your marketing 5 Daylight Savings […]

B2B Event Marketing tips

I got a call this week and asked to advise an event which is for business to business audience how I could help them double their attendees in the last 4-5 weeks before the event happens. This is my advice. Last-minute event marketing Set up a tripwire webinar to drive interest / registration details Find […]

A nicely written GDPR email

Today I received a GDPR email message from a LinkedIn connection – we are 1st degree connected.  But because he’s in Europe, all his written electronic mass communications are now governed by GDPR – the European Union legislation General Data Protection Regulation. The full email is reproduced below.  Here is my analysis of why it’s […]

Design an Office for Millennials and They Will Come

If it feels like millennials rule the workplace, it’s because they do. By 2030, they’ll make up at least 75% of the American workforce. Millennials are often critiqued for being entitled and having overly high expectations, but performance marketing expert and entrepreneur Eyal Gutentag believes that companies would do well to rise to their demands […]