Bridging the gap: Brand marketing vs performance marketing (how to integrate for maximum impact)

Brand marketing is seen as the realm of creativity, emotion, and long-term vision. Performance marketing, on the other hand, is often viewed as cold, data-driven, and focused solely on short-term results. This binary thinking is not only outdated — it's actively harmful to your marketing efforts. Here's how to combine both.

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How to create an online store: 4 website must-haves to stop people leaving your shop empty-handed

Building an online store can be easy, with website platforms like Wix and Squarespace’s pre-built templates. But is it actually converting strangers into paying customers? Here are my 4 must-haves to get your shop performing better and to create some consistency in your conversions.

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Starting a business: selling on Etsy or your own website?

How should you start your online business? Tempted by Etsy or Fiverr? I’ve been there, but here’s the key reasons why creating your own website is far more lucrative than selling your products/services on Etsy/Instagram/Fiverr/Facebook marketplace. Having a marketing strategy that is going to work for you long into the future sounds better than one with loopholes and that stunts growth, right?

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4 things you didn’t know you needed when building a website for your business

Before you jump into the website building and design, there are 4 common mistakes that I see all the time, that create a barrier when it comes to connecting with your audience. So I’m going to ask you 4 key questions to help you work out whether there’s something holding you back from having an impactful website.

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My Sustainability Pledge for 2021

Having a solely-digital business doesn’t mean I’m exempt from the conversation about the environmental impact of my work. I’m going to sit down and look at my business in the proverbial mirror. Alice Writes Copy’s Sustainability Pledge aims to do our bit to reduce our footprint and empower others to follow suit.

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Holistic marketing: A 3 stage process of communication.

Marketing for any business can be draining, but by thinking of our communication with our audience as a chain of links we can be more strategic, effective and efficient. The objective is to turn passive scrollers into paying customers. This 3-stage process is a reliable way of ensuring you’ve got return clients, rave reviews and a consistent stream of user-generated content.

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Misguided misconceptions: how I was very wrong about content creation in 2020

In my job I have the luxury of an outsider's perspective to see opportunities for other businesses to improve their online presence. But when it came to analysing my OWN work, that objective point-of-view disappeared entirely. I’ve totally pivoted my outlook and strategy for 2021, but it took a few wrong turns to get me here. Maybe you can learn from them and reassess your own habits too.

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