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165: Sales & Marketing Tactics that Died in 2016
In this episode, Steli and Hiten discuss the truth behind the sales and marketing tactics that have supposedly “died” in 2016. Steli and Hiten will provide a more balanced approach to understanding how to interpret the surge of advice that comes at the end of the year regarding sales strategies. Listen to see if these dying tactics and strategies are, in fact, labelled redundant for the coming year or if you are falling victim to yet another clickbait.
Time Stamped Show Notes:
00:37 – Steli and Hiten open today’s show
00:50 – There is a surge of content that discusses what tactics are dead and won’t work in the new year
02:12 – “Too much rushing into judging things being amazing in the future”
02:22 – Hiten shares his experience at a SaaS conference
02:50 – A speaker at the conference said, “Content marketing is dead”
03:24 – Hiten disagreed with the speaker
04:21 – Things are evolving and changing
05:00 – The benefit of content marketing is that you build your brand on your terms
05:42 – Content marketing helps you build an audience
05:51 – People may even say social media is dead this year which is ridiculous
06:02 – If social media sites are dead, Whale, a new social media app will be dead on arrival
06:52 – A tactic or a strategy can’t be dead
07:10 – Saying something is dead is a catchy headline
07:45 – Google “cold calling is dead” and you’ll find out that every year “it died”
09:01 – Thousands of articles are writing that cold calling is dead
09:56 – Headlines are used as clickbait
10:51 – Everything depends on who you are, how you do it, and who you’re doing it for
11:45 – More experienced people won’t believe these headlines
12:06 – For people looking for guidance, these articles might decrease chances of success
13:16 – A lot of people come to their own conclusions
14:44 – This year’s content marketing was more successful than last year’s
15:47 – Hiten advises to find an alternative viewpoint
17:10 – If marketing options are more numerous than ever, why would you stop experimenting if the option matches your audience?
18:11 – In the beginning, content marketing is one of the easiest tools you have
18:42 – Most writing is NOT balanced but shares the opinion of the writer
18:56 – Find those alternative views
20:08 – Have a framework that asks, “What do our customers care about?”
20:32 – Your tactics might change over time but the framework stays the same
3 Key Points:
Things constantly evolve and change, but nothing really “dies”.
Click bait headlines can often mislead people looking for help; therefore, consider a variety of alternative views.
If a marketing strategy is working for you and your audience, do NOT be discouraged by what people say is or is not effective.
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By Steli Efti & Hiten Shah: Serial Entrepreneurs, Sales & Marketing Experts, Startup Investors & Advisors, CEOs running multi million dollar SaaS Startups
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In this episode, Steli and Hiten discuss the truth behind the sales and marketing tactics that have supposedly “died” in 2016. Steli and Hiten will provide a more balanced approach to understanding how to interpret the surge of advice that comes at the end of the year regarding sales strategies. Listen to see if these dying tactics and strategies are, in fact, labelled redundant for the coming year or if you are falling victim to yet another clickbait.
Time Stamped Show Notes:
00:37 – Steli and Hiten open today’s show
00:50 – There is a surge of content that discusses what tactics are dead and won’t work in the new year
02:12 – “Too much rushing into judging things being amazing in the future”
02:22 – Hiten shares his experience at a SaaS conference
02:50 – A speaker at the conference said, “Content marketing is dead”
03:24 – Hiten disagreed with the speaker
04:21 – Things are evolving and changing
05:00 – The benefit of content marketing is that you build your brand on your terms
05:42 – Content marketing helps you build an audience
05:51 – People may even say social media is dead this year which is ridiculous
06:02 – If social media sites are dead, Whale, a new social media app will be dead on arrival
06:52 – A tactic or a strategy can’t be dead
07:10 – Saying something is dead is a catchy headline
07:45 – Google “cold calling is dead” and you’ll find out that every year “it died”
09:01 – Thousands of articles are writing that cold calling is dead
09:56 – Headlines are used as clickbait
10:51 – Everything depends on who you are, how you do it, and who you’re doing it for
11:45 – More experienced people won’t believe these headlines
12:06 – For people looking for guidance, these articles might decrease chances of success
13:16 – A lot of people come to their own conclusions
14:44 – This year’s content marketing was more successful than last year’s
15:47 – Hiten advises to find an alternative viewpoint
17:10 – If marketing options are more numerous than ever, why would you stop experimenting if the option matches your audience?
18:11 – In the beginning, content marketing is one of the easiest tools you have
18:42 – Most writing is NOT balanced but shares the opinion of the writer
18:56 – Find those alternative views
20:08 – Have a framework that asks, “What do our customers care about?”
20:32 – Your tactics might change over time but the framework stays the same
3 Key Points:
Things constantly evolve and change, but nothing really “dies”.
Click bait headlines can often mislead people looking for help; therefore, consider a variety of alternative views.
If a marketing strategy is working for you and your audience, do NOT be discouraged by what people say is or is not effective.
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