This document summarizes key points from a lecture on marketing. It discusses traditional marketing methods like trade shows, email blasts and advertising. It then covers inbound marketing techniques such as search engine optimization, blogging, social media and viral marketing. The document provides tips for an effective website including landing pages, features lists and call-to-action buttons. Finally, it discusses best practices for copywriting like using short sentences, emphasis and avoiding overly promotional language.

1. 9 — Marketing
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2. Definition
“Marketing is the activity, set of
institutions, and processes for
creating, communicating, delivering,
and exchanging offerings that have
value for customers, clients, partners,
and society at large.”
— American Marketing Association
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3. Lecture 9
• The marketing problem
• Inbound marketing
• Viral marketing
• Your website
• Copywriting
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4. Traditional marketing
• Trade shows
• Hosted events
• Email blasts
• Cold calling
• Advertising
• Public relations
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5. Trade shows
http://www.exhibitionnews.co.uk/featuredetails/102/research-volatile-times
✘ Cost
✘ Time
✘ Not for niches
✘ Far from purchase
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6. Email blasts
http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/eharmony.com/msgpage
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7. Advertising
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8. Advertising
email list manager
sudoku
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9. Public relations
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10. The purchase process
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11. The purchase process
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12. The purchase process
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13. Lecture 9
• The marketing problem
• Inbound marketing
• Viral marketing
• Your website
• Copywriting
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14. Inbound marketing
“Any marketing tactic that relies on
earning people’s interest instead of buying
it.” — Wikipedia
“Instead of driving their message into a
crowd over and over again like a
sledgehammer, they attract highly qualified
customers to their business like a magnet.”
— Rick Burnes, Hubspot Blog
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15. Search engine visibility
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16. Universal search
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17. Blog on your subject
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18. Comments on other blogs
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19. (E-)books
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20. Infographics
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21. Facebook pages
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22. Twitter tweets
• Status updates
• Links to blog
• Support (public)
• But think about it…
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23. Widgets
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24. Banners
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25. Opt-in email newsletters
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26. Forum hosting
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27. Forum posts with link
• xx
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28. Presentations
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29. Videos
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30. And crazy stuff…
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31. Lecture 9
• The marketing problem
• Inbound marketing
• Viral marketing
• Your website
• Copywriting
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32. Viral marketing
“A method of product promotion that
relies on getting customers to market
an idea, product, or service on their
own by telling their friends about it,
usually by e-mail.”
— Oxford English Dictionary
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33. Measuring virality
Viral coefficient =
[number of people who registered
this month as a direct result of
the activity of people who
registered last month]
÷
[number of people who registered
last month]
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34. Small changes, big effects
0.99
1.01
Registrations
1.05
1.1
Month
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35. Redefining viral marketing
“Any method of product promotion which
has a viral coefficient > 1.0
• For a user action of genuine value
• Measured for a time period which is short
enough for the company to survive
• Sustainable for long enough for the
company to reach much of its market.”
— Me
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36. Pure virality
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37. Invitations
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38. Self promotion by email
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39. Self promotion by web
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40. Self promotion by web
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41. Self promotion by printout
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42. Self promotion by transaction
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43. User sharing
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44. And of course videos…
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45. How it looks
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46. The opposite of viral
• Requires many users to work
– But no motivation for early sharing
• Think smaller
– Start within niche
– Fake early users
– Spread from there
• Or: value for first user
– del.icio.us
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47. Lecture 9
• The marketing problem
• Inbound marketing
• Viral marketing
• Your website
• Copywriting
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48. Your home page must…
• Appear quickly
• Explain what you do You have 5
– Make it big! seconds!
• Provide a call to action
– Make it prominent!
• Highlight key benefit(s)
• Provide navigation
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49. Good home pages
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50. Good home pages
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51. Good home pages
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52. (Real) credibility
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53. Direct to action
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54. Direct to action
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55. Landing pages
• Organic search results
• Paid search ads
• Links from affiliates
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56. About (not about you!)
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57. Features and benefits
Feature Benefit
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58. Terms and Privacy
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59. Contact details
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60. Contact form
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61. FAQ / Forums / Q&A
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62. Avoid…
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63. Lecture 9
• The marketing problem
• Inbound marketing
• Viral marketing
• Your website
• Copywriting
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64. A few short words
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65. Space and facts
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66. Free free free
easy simple instant quick fast save new guaranteed safe secure
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67. Subtitles
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68. Emphasis
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69. From Code to Product
Bad copy
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how-to-spot-and-avoid-web-copy-that-kills-websites/