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Joy Youell: Apr 8, 2023 6:00:20 AM
Establishing a clear and recognizable brand voice is an important exercise for start-ups and small businesses that want to show up in the marketplace. Not everyone makes it here, to be honest. I've worked with some brands who have no clarity. They...
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Joy Youell: Apr 8, 2023 5:54:40 AM
Tip: there is a list of resources for competitor research at the end of this article - jump there if you just want the quick & dirty.
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Joy Youell: Apr 8, 2023 5:47:19 AM
An elevator pitch is a sales pitch that is short and succinct enough to be told during an elevator ride. In other words, writing an elevator pitch...
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Joy Youell: Apr 8, 2023 5:43:54 AM
As you write ads, craft messaging and tell your story, do you ever wish you had a crystal ball to predict how it will be perceived? I suspect many of...
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Joy Youell: Apr 8, 2023 5:42:12 AM
Good writers read a lot of books. And hopefully pull off better sentences than that one. I read all of the time. All kinds of books. Serious books,...
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Joy Youell: Apr 8, 2023 5:41:28 AM
Unless you have a single product that you deliver to a very specific kind of person, you should practice audience segmentation. Segmenting your...
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Joy Youell: Apr 8, 2023 5:40:01 AM
So, funny story, I'm in the library in the "new" section and I grab a light blue book that looks like a quick read on marketing or brand-building or...
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Joy Youell: Apr 8, 2023 4:40:48 AM
So, there's no Bible for start-ups. Like, here are the six steps everyone takes and here is the gospel truth for how to begin, continue and succeed....
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Joy Youell: Apr 8, 2023 4:39:31 AM
There are two common misconceptions about the internet. In my experience, people pendulum swing between these polarities:
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Joy Youell: Apr 8, 2023 4:37:16 AM
YOU get a CTA and YOU get a CTA and YOU get a CTA .
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Joy Youell: Apr 7, 2023 6:39:15 PM
Popular brands are made and broken by whether they can find the right marketing voice to stand out from the crowd. A marketing personality is...
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Joy Youell: Apr 7, 2023 6:30:05 PM
Websites may feel like a dime a dozen. You sign up for Wix or Wordpress or something, pick a template with the right colors, upload a few rad pics...
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Joy Youell: Apr 7, 2023 6:28:04 PM
A Word About the Flywheel A while ago, the great giant Hubspot published a notion that digital marketers (and regular marketers, I guess, if those...
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Joy Youell: Apr 7, 2023 6:15:39 PM
Writing a sales letter may feel old school but am 10,000% sure it can work for your business. A classic pitch has some sound components. When...
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Joy Youell: Apr 7, 2023 6:12:49 PM
Content calendars are important. If you don't have a coherent structure, you're going to end up missing stuff. Reality: everyone thinks blogging is a...
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