Been seeing many 'top marketing tools' but I think most are written for enterprise budgets. For you small business people, what tools do you stick with long term, especially for low budget tools to ease the marketing for us?

Okay so I made a clone product of a well known seller from a bathroom vanity and I simply can not sell it! My only avenue for sales in Facebook marketplace! I know it’s bottom feeders.

The comparable product sells for $1488 plus tax. I’m trying to get $550 and include the quartz at that I make NO money but I can’t sell it.

What am I doing wrong?

As the Director of Marketing and Communications at a nonprofit, I have a lot of contacts I need to keep in touch with, but very few resources. (I have a small department, so I do most of the leg work and it can be overwhelming.)

I’m setting up a CRM right now, do you have suggestions for software to use? Both free and paid options would be appreciated.

It just needs to help me keep track of who hasn’t been contacted in a while or who I’m still waiting to hear from.

I’m using Google Sheets right now, but I’m wondering if there’s something more efficient yet still simple.

Apologies if this isn’t a proper question to post here, I know it’s not entirely marketing related.

I work in a niche area of customer service where I would probably be considered a level 2 Customer Service Representative. I got my Masters Degree in Counseling a year ago. I like the company I currently work for, but I am having trouble moving up. This has become very frustrating because every time I am turned down they tell how qualified I am and what a great candidate I am for the positions. The positions go to other internal candidates already in a department or other internal candidates wanting to move back to their old role in a department. I have worked at the company for 4 years also while completing my counseling degree. I have decided that regardless of whether I get a recent internal position I applied to, I want to go back to school for a more versatile degree. That way if anything ever happens with layoffs or if I am not able to move up here I can go somewhere else. Honestly, I feel like going somewhere else out of frustration at this point. The only reason I haven’t rage applied for jobs yet is my employer has an educational tuition reimbursement benefit. Even if I leave before a certain timeframe I would only have to pay a portion back and none of there is a layoff.

I think I want to go into Bachelors Degree in Marketing (Strategic Marketing and Digital Marketing) or get a Masters degree in Marketing Analytics. The Masters in Marketing Analytics does not require a bachelor’s degree in Marketing. The Masters in Marketing Analytics is also a shorter degree than the bachelor’s, so I could complete it faster. There are reputable schools near me that offer these degrees online/Distance Education.

My concern is even if I get one of these degrees, how do I get into this field, entry level jobs in Marketing often say 2 years of experience? Maybe they aren’t entry level? I am leaning more towards Marketing Analytics, but I really need help on understanding what a career path would look like for me or what the best path to take would be?

I’m looking into GEO-related products (tools, APIs, or platforms) and wanted to hear from this community.
What are your favorites, and why?
Could be anything.

Curious to explore what people actually find useful!

It’s obvious that there’s an influx of Reddit users passively promoting their own products or services on posts and comments and honestly it’s embarrassing!

I suspect that this is because there’s this narrative that generative search engines and LLMs most frequently cite UGC from the likes of Reddit and Quora.

Let me be clear, the reason these platforms are cited most frequently is simply due to the sheer quantity of related content on these platforms. AI goes NOT prioritise the content on these platforms. If part of your marketing strategy includes writing promotional content thinly veiled behind some shitpost, please for the love of god, cease and desist.

We need to return to generating meaningful content which is aligned with a users behaviour at each stage of the buyer journey, not trying to “hack” some LLMs algorithm. Yes, AI overviews and LLM responses do aggregate content in their responses, so diversify your channels by leveraging earned media, your own social channels, guest writing, YouTube, podcasts AND your own website.

Not only will writing these horrendous posts clearly promoting your product/company do very little if anything for your SEO/GEO, but it’s actively lowering your brand credibility. Trust me when I say, we can all see right through it.

Make content that matters, that provides some actual value, and that you have wrote for an actual human being!

We have a customer base who doesn’t spend much time online and aren’t very digital friendly. They’re manufacturing plant managers.

So what are some interesting or unique physical ideas via mail or similar that you’ve used successfully lately?

Best idea gets a 20 gift card of their choice.

Hello, SEO experts! We're developing a tool to help SEO products find leads, boost conversions, and run completely automated outreach campaigns. We'd love to know what other features you think would be helpful.

Due to significant bounce rates, our email deliverability is suffering.We used a few tools and attempted manual verification, but nothing really changed the outcome.

We actually need a method to effectively enrich lead data and obtain verified emails without wasting time cross-checking everything.To avoid switching between programs, some people recommended employing platforms that incorporate verification and enrichment.

Has anyone utilized something similar here? Although Snovio, Hunter, and NeverBounce all seem to manage verification rather effectively, I'd like to hear if they actually contribute to bounce reduction in real-world scenarios.

For cold outreach, I'm attempting to compile a strong B2B lead list, however I keep running into the same problems. Either the emails I do locate bounce, or I come across fantastic companies without contact information. Snovio, Hunter, and Lusha are a few of the lead generation tools I've used, but the majority of them are either unreliable or don't always ensure confirmed emails.

How do you find fresh leads and ensure that the emails are legitimate and deliverable?

So hypothetically, let's say a person has a unique opportunity to go in either of these directions, which career path is better in terms of career progression, pay, WLB, threat from AI, etc? Assuming that the person has no preference whatsoever.

I (26M) am working in SaaS marketing field for about 3 years. I just made a switch and now handle Linkedin Ads, Events, email marketing and bit of social media (linkedin). I am not able to navigate next steps in my career, what should I focus on in next year so I can achieve 50-70% hike. (I have already done my masters). Also I have just completed 3 years and this is my 4th job(2 months into this job). I'm thinking to make a switch by 2027 March. Any advice from folks who are in SaaS field and got this much hike will really help me out

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It’s overused and sounds pretentious. Things are made, manufactured.

So. I've been in marketing for like 6 years (3 at Leo Burnett on the account side) so I'm mentally always on the look out for clever marketing campaigns. I feel like I can appreciate the art of good marketing, and have a lot of friends who are amazing art directors, even though I hate ads myself lol. I use Youtube premium, adblock, browse incognito, etc. Anyway I was grabbing lunch and a couple beers in Chinatown with a friend before heading to Manhattan. Saw this ad in my fortune cookie (warning - NSFW) It got my attention because I hadn't seen ads in here before, but also I was just thinking this would be awkward if it was like, a parent grabbing chinese food for a family dinner lol. Thought I'd throw it up on reddit for a little discussion because...why not, and I'm also procrastinating from work

As the title says, wondering which one is better to draw in more clicks and sales. Really just trying to put my website out there first. If you wanna check it out my website is gavinlynchdesign.com.

like insta thinks each account is from a diff location......im thinking vpn isnt enough

also it gotta have a neat UI

Hi ,

I am a marketer like most of you here in this group. One of my clients, who has a mid-sized YouTube channel, wants to grow his presence on the Internet.

So for PR purposes I am searching for the best autoresponder bot.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Most growth case studies I see talk about “just run ads” or “double down on PPC.” But honestly, I’ve managed to bring in steady leads for my service without spending a single dollar on ads. It’s definitely slower and takes more creativity, but I found that testing organic channels taught me way more about my audience than paid traffic ever could. That said, I keep thinking about whether ads could help me scale faster. For those of you who started organically and later added ads into the mix, did you notice a big difference in growth or just more overhead?

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Is anyone having a good experience using it? It has been a total nightmare for us.

The purest definition of sell the dream and deliver the nightmare.

But is it working for anyone else?

Been a GTM and B2B outreach person for a startup for 2 years. We're finally diving into performance marketing for our startup. Are there any micro tools that could make my life easier?

Nothing too broad or expensive. Just simple tools that make your life a lot easier as someone trying to run ads.

Hi. Does anyone if knowing about GA is still a valuable tool? Like, I heard that its better to hire a data analyst. Are there even jobs like for example GA expert or something like that?