Neil Patel

If you’ve spent any time learning about marketing analytics, you’ve probably come across the term “funnels.” What exactly are marketing funnels and why do they matter? Marketing funnels are a useful tool to help you visualize the path customers take from first finding out about your brand to converting. Understanding them provides useful insight into […]

The BOPUS (Buy Online, Pick Up In-Store) has been attracting hype for both retailers and customers, and this trend is expected to stay.  BOPUS lets retailers leverage omnichannel experiences to boost online and in-store profits when done well. However, it requires synergy between online commerce channels and physical retail to succeed.  What are the advantages […]

Neuroscience Sales Tips – 7 Effective Principles That’ll Skyrocket Your Sales

Education is the key to success in business but I’m not just talking about your college or university; I’m talking about self-education.  Understanding the finances behind your business can help you increase your profits, cut back on expenses, and operate more smoothly. Contribution margin ratio is one of these financial terms that sounds more complicated […]

Blogging is a pain. Not because content is hard to write (worse case you can just hire a writer or agency), but due to the fact that no one can guarantee that your blog post gets read or not. Just think about it… you spend all this time writing content, but no one can guarantee […]

If you woke up with a $250K ad budget tomorrow, how would you spend it? Some e-commerce sellers would buy first-page ads on Google for a year; others might see if they could run a commercial after the Super Bowl. Maybe hire a few hundred influencers to promote your business? One or two sellers would […]

Like most social media platforms, Twitter is one of the best places to find and engage your target audience. It’s a fast-paced platform you can use to achieve many business goals such as lead generation, brand awareness, and even driving sales, among others. However, because Tweets are limited in length, and the platform is one […]

Marketers are likely to use desktop computers to create and deploy paid ad campaigns, so we may be primed to design with a desktop user in mind. With so many people using mobile devices, however, the chances of people viewing those ads on mobile devices are high. By taking a mobile first ppc approach, you […]

There was a time when Pandora was all the rage. Everyone everywhere was streaming music, listening, and sharing it with their friends. In came Spotify and in no time, the platform reached 345 million users. Spotify now has 34 percent of the market share compared with Apple Music, Amazon Music, and others. What does all […]

With over 55 million listeners, Amazon Music is one of the leading music streaming platforms out there. Wouldn’t it be great if you could find a way to reach these subscribers and share your products with them. Well, you can, and it’s all thanks to Amazon audio ads. Through Amazon’s free, ad-supported tier, you can […]

Pages on the internet don’t last forever. Some disappear overnight without warning. Other times, servers go down, or maybe you’re simply curious what your website or someone else’s looked like ten years ago. So how do you re-access this information? You need a web cache viewer. It’s a tool that helps you recover backups or […]

It doesn’t matter if you run a tiny mom-and-pop shop or a mega-billion dollar corporation; content marketing works. Just look at the way the content marketing industry has exploded in recent years. In this article, I’m not just going to sing the praises of content marketing. Instead, I’m going to take a deep dive into […]

Every Amazon seller knows how difficult it is to track and measure the impact of external advertising channels on sales. It doesn’t matter how you are driving clicks to your Amazon page; once consumers land on the website, it’s anyone’s guess what happens.  Thankfully, that’s not the case anymore. Amazon Attribution makes it possible for […]

If a company counted roughly half of the U.S. population as customers, you’d be pretty eager to use that platform to advertise your business, right? Well, that’s exactly what Walmart Marketplace allows you to do. It gives you the ability to reach a huge market of highly targeted, engaged consumers, so why doesn’t it get […]

Deepfakes are receiving a lot of bad press. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) called the technology a propaganda weapon.  Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg said deepfakes raise the issue of not believing what you see. Investigative journalist Rana Ayyub was targeted with a deepfake pornography video to discredit and silence her. With so much negativity around […]

For service businesses everywhere, the noise of the telephone is often the sweet sound of sales.  But maybe your phone isn’t ringing much anymore. The internet has made it easier than ever for customers to get in touch with businesses without picking up the phone.  That’s great for introverts, but it’s not always good for […]

The growth in podcasts is significant for listeners looking for a show that appeals to their individual interests. Plus, it’s great for marketers and business owners looking for new platforms to advertise on and new audiences to reach. While you won’t find any lack of podcasts, the sheer volume out there makes it time-consuming to […]

Annually, 59 million Americans take on freelance projects, making up 36 percent of the workforce. This trend shows no signs of stopping. 73 percent of hiring managers plan to continue or boost their reliance on freelancers. Historically, freelancers have had a number of platforms to connect with potential employers, including Upwork and Fiverr. As the […]