iContact Webinar
Larry Kim, CEO, MobileMonkey, Inc.
October 2017
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Email Marketing and
PPC Marketing are
Converging
(in a Big way!)
Larry’s Crazy Marketing Theory:
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Few Random Facts About Larry
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WordStream’s Headquarters in 2008
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98% Compound
Annual Growth
Rate
WordStream 5 Year Growth = 2945%
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Over 200 Employees!
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Top Industry Awards
Best Customer Engagement Driver Most Innovative Company Best Content Marketing Program
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WordStream’s Headquarters in 2017
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Working on a
New Start-Up
for Last 4
Months
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I use iContact
for all my
Email Blasts! J
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Larry’s #10 Hack: Raise Your Open Rates using PPC Data
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How does
Email I’ve
Opted into
receiving end
up in the
Promotion
Dungeon?
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User Opens Inbox
Gmail displays your recent emails.
Did User
Engage
With
Email?
Great. No
issues here.
Larry’s Greatly Simplified Promotion Tab Algo*
*Note: Not Official Gmail Diagram.
If this keeps
happening, I’ll
move these
into the
promotion
dungeon.
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HOW to Boost your Email Open Rates?
Hint: The Same Emotions that Make People Click
on Ads make People Open Emails
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LARRY’S EMAIL MARKETING WEAPON
The CTR
Donkey Detector!
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We should leverage this data and learnings!
Unicorns
Donkeys
CTR varies a Great Deal in Search Advertising
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DONKEYS VS. UNICORNS
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Unicorns are Up To 6x Better Than Donkeys.
Avg. CTR
Donkey CTRs (Bottom 10%) = 3x Worse Than Avg.
Unicorn CTRs (Top 10%) = +2x Better Avg.
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DONKEY TO UNICORN CONVERTER
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Larry’s Unicorn Research Lab
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Leverage Emotional Triggers!
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The Top 9 Emotions That Make
People Click Like Crazy:
Step 1: Pick One of These Emotional
Triggers
• Laughter
• Amusement
• Curiosity
• Awe
• Anger
• Fear
• Joy
• Empathy
• Sadness
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Step 2. Write Headline Copy From
Perspective of One of These Personas
The Bearer
of Bad News
The Hero/Villain The Comedian The Feel
Good Friend
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3. Use This Title Template Commonly
Employed By ‘Viral’ Articles
Format
List post, quiz, Infographic
Emotional Hook
Emotional word or
superlative
Content Type
Images, quotes, pictures,
facts
Topic
Love, cats, dogs, fitness,
health, Donald Trump
5 AWESOME SEO STRATEGIES TO DEFEAT RANKBRAIN
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Unicorn Headlines = Top 10%
Odds of Finding Unicorn = 1:10
So Test 10 Different Headlines
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Quiz: How Many Headlines Do You See Here?
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It’s the Same Headline with Different
Punctuation and Capitalization
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You Need 10 *Different* Headlines!
How to Spot the Unicorn?
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Use AdWords OR FB to Test Headlines
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Identify Donkeys (worst 10%)
Write 10 Headlines
Test With AdWords or Facebook
Replace Old Subject With Winner
Summary: Donkey To Unicorn Converter
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CTR Boosts Are Super Valuable!
Higher CTR = More Clicks
Higher CTR = Better Delivery
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Facebook Lead Ads for Collecting More Emails
Larry’s #9 Email & PPC Hack
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#8: Sound The Unicorn Alert …& Make Unicorn Babies!
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Facebook Ads: High Relevance Score = Low Cost Per Click
1 penny
per click!
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6 Cents
Per Click!
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FREE MARKETING CALENDAR
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Marketing Treadmill
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Sound The
Unicorn Alert!
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… And
Make
Unicorn
Babies!
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Top Performing PPC and Email Campaigns
have High Engagement in Common!
Email
Unicorn
PPC
Unicorn
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Making Unicorn
Babies:
Turn Top Performing
Ad Campaigns into
Email Campaigns!
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Larry’s #7 Hack: Clone Your Best Performing
Email Blasts into Social/Display PPC Ads
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Email Subject Line Open Rate
44 Fabulous Tips for Facebook Advertising 30.25%
Wake up and smell Google’s Expanded Text Ads 26.75%
10 Easy Facebook Marketing Ideas 26.09%
Magic Facebook Marketing Tricks 25.29%
Are Facebook Ads Right For Your Business? 24.78%
PPC Account Structure in 6 Simple Steps [Free Guide] 20.76%
15 Inspiring Landing Page Ideas [Free Guide] 19.44%
3 Underused AdWords Features That’ll Blow Your Mind 12.35%
My Top Email Subject Lines Last Quarter
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Larry’s #6 PPC & Email Hack:
Apply Your Top Drip Campaigns (Workflows) to
all Site Visitors (email not required!)
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How to Drip Campaigns to Site Visitors?
HOW?
Sequenced Remarketing
Same Cadence
Same Frequency
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Day 1
Day 2 (etc.)
Larry’s #5 Hack:
Email Segments =
Custom
Audiences
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Example Email Audience Segmentations
New
Purchasers
Non-Purchase
Users
Active
Purchasers
Customers with
Expired Warranty
Abandoned Shopping
Cart Users
Frequent
Purchasers
High Price Item
Purchasers
Recent
Purchasers
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Larry’ #4 Hack: Do Audience
Analytics On Email Lists
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Data Opinions
In Marketing,
Data Wins!
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Larry’s #3 Use the Audience Insights to Inform
Ad Targeting, Ad Copy & Future Email Blasts
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Even Twitter
has an
Audience
Analysis
Tool
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So I create
Entrepreneurship
content and
promote to my
email list!
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#2 Hack: YouTube Ads Targeted via Emails
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Larry’s #1 PPC & Email
Weapon: Remarketing Lists for
Search Ads (RLSA)
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Target search ads
only to people who
are in your email list!
REMARKETING LISTS FOR SEARCH ADS (RLSA)
Users get added
to your email list
Show them customized ads
when they search on Google!
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What Does it All
Mean?
Email +
PPC?
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Summary: 10 Crazy Email & PPC Ideas
1. Open Rate Impacts
Delivery
Better CTR = Better
Visibility and more
clicks!
2. Use Email Data to
Target PPC Ads:
YouTube, Facebook,
Gmail, Search can use
email targeting!
3.Use PPC data to
inform Email:
Drip campaigns, new
blast ideas, etc.
Key Takeaway: PPC + Email Marketing shouldn’t be operated in different silos!
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Be a Unicorn in a Sea of Donkeys!
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