Call to Action

In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, Unbounce's Dan Levy talks to Jennifer Pepper (Unbounce’s Customer Success Content Strategist) about this tricky video task. They dive deep into the importance of a data-driven approach to video marketing campaigns, and share some tried-and-true storytelling methods that'll give your videos that extra kick.

In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, we explore how to write amazing landing page copy.

First, we tell a story of what happened when we made our "About Us" page copy a little bit too much… about us.

Then, Unbounce's Dan Levy talks to strategist and copywriter Marc Aarons about embarrassing writing habits and an easy-to-remember formula for making sure you're simultaneously delighting readers and attracting qualified customers.

In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, we have a quick story about why we've restructured our AdWords account into country-specific campaigns. Then, we speak to Aaron Orendorff of iconiContent about everything display ads: banner blindness, the fat thumb phenomenon and how one company used display ads in their content to recruit qualified employees.

A story of how a clever blog post title halved our open rates, and a breakdown of email marketing tactics that Jimmy Daly, Head of Content at Vero, borrows from the likes of Airbnb, TripAdvisor and Uber.

As marketers, it’s super easy to get caught up in our data and analytics.

Sometimes, we’re watching our click-through and conversion rates so closely that we lose sight of the fact that there are people behind every click. Real people with real emotions.

In this episode we speak to Talia Wolf, CEO and founder of Conversioner, about how tapping into your customer’s emotional needs can make your landing pages more powerful.

Marketers are slowly realizing that good landing page design creates a sense of trust and can ultimately lead to higher conversion rates. That is, unless you’re losing sight of other important things, like making your unique value proposition the star of your page. Or letting design take precedence over persuasive copy. In this episode, we talk to Mark John Hiemstra, Content Marketer at Unbounce, about some landing page design trends that can actually do harm to your conversion rates – and how to determine whether they’re right for you.

Marketing and customer support are often thought of as two distinct departments, each minding their own part of the customer lifecycle. But the two departments are more related than you may think. In fact, many companies are finding evidence that exceptional customer support can have a positive influence on conversions. In this episode, we speak with Len Markidan, Director of Marketing at Groove, and attempt to answer the question, “Does exceptional customer support increase conversions?”

As content marketers, we pour our heart and soul into every piece of content we create. Which is why it's super frustrating to spend an insane amount of time putting together a blog post, only to have it flop.

But what if there was a way to easily tell whether a blog post idea will resonate with your audience, all while making your brainstorming process a breeze?

Say hello to your new best friend, Google Analytics.

In this episode, we spoke with Andy Crestodina from Orbit Media about Google Analytics reports can help make your blog content more successful by leaps and bounds.

Sometimes, your landing page visitors aren't quite ready to convert. At least not yet. And that's all right.

There isn't much you can do to convince people who simply need more time, but there is a lot you can do to remind them that you exist and gently nudge them toward conversion.

Which is where retargeting comes in.

In this episode, we talk to Johnathan Dane about how retargeting can help you recapture those prospective customers that haven’t yet taken the plunge (but totally want to).

On the surface, running a social media campaign seems relatively straightforward.

Write your copy, create your assets, set up tracking and then queue it all up in your social media scheduling tool. Simple enough, right?

But if you want to run social media campaigns that actually moves the needle for your business and bring you measurable results, then there's one important step you should never skip:

A/B testing your campaigns.

In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, we speak with Marcus Taylor, founder and CEO of Venture Harbour, about why (and how) you should be testing your social media campaigns.