MindWorks Marketing Communications

A simple Landing Page design that aligns the same single message as your Google AdWords campaign can maximise conversion.  This infographic will show you 10 key elements to consider when creating the perfect Landing Page. Take your next Google AdWords campaign to the next level and watch your conversions grow. 1.  Lift Ad Ranking with the right Headline and Copy The Landing Page headline and Google Ad wording should complement each other. Your Ads Quality Score helps lift your Ad ranking in Google search. Consistent content between the Ad message and Landing Page text will lift your Quality Score. 2. Keep the eyeball moving with relevant Secondary Headlines Being one of the first things a visitor will read, headlines should compel a visitor to take a closer look. Headlines should ‘offer a solution’ to the customer based on searched Keywords. 3. Impeccable Grammar All website grammar needs to be flawless. Always double and triple check your copy, and have someone...

Need more B2B leads? Try these 5 steps to curate and create content and lift qualified lead visits to your website today. Ask B2B marketers what their top priority is and they will likely say “getting more leads.” A 2013 MarketingSherpa report has confirmed this, as 75 to 80 percent of the B2B marketers surveyed stated that generating high-quality leads is their biggest concern. Their second biggest concern is “generating a high volume of leads.” This Fresh Idea uncovers 5 easy steps for curating content that small to medium B2B marketing teams can cost effectively implement to 'win big' in organic search outcomes for their brand. Step 1 - Identify - First identify what content you want to curate Curate content on a topic that matters to your customers, is specific to your customers, and for which people will come to you.  If you're a B2B wireless equipment provider selling to telecom executives, then don't focus on the latest iPhone apps.  Instead focus a sp...

How MindWorks Add-on Social Media Service benefits small to medium marketing teams attract new customers where they’re spending most of their online social time  raise awareness of your business and brands  increase website traffic, and  drive affordable leads and sales using paid marketing options With Facebook and Youtube hovering around 15 million users in Australia and LinkedIn 3.8 million and and Twitter 2.8 million approx, it’s no secret that social media offers huge opportunities for small to medium marketing teams when managed in a disciplined and effecient method and as part of other marketing activity. Why Create a Social Media Marketing Strategy with MindWorks? With over a decade of direct marketing expertise MindWorks sole focus is to help small to medium marketing teams maximise opportunities to grow business and sell more. MindWorks can create a social media marketing strategy that immediately helps marketers:  align business objectives ...

Getting campaign timing right to boost your email open and clickthrough rates GetResponse analysed   over 21 million email messages sent by US companies in the 1st quarter of 2012, and the results clearly demonstrated the optimum times for open and click-through rates for email campaigns. The infographic below provides clear evidence of when to schedule your email campaigns to improve engagement: "One of the most important conclusions is that sending newsletters during readers’ top engagement times of  8 a.m. – 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. can increase their average  open rates and CTR by 6%" Highlights of the research: Emails have the best results within the  1 st  hour after delivery . This is when  23.63%  of all emails are opened. But 24 hours after delivery, the average open rate is close to zero. Almost  40%  of all messages are sent  between 6 a.m. and noon . This can result in inbox clutter, and signif...

MindStage ® MindStage ® is a continuos direct marketing program with disciplined measurement criteria allowing past campaign learnings to move prospects along the sales pipeline  What is MindStage ® ? A Lead Generation Engine  MindStage is a 4 step process that identifies where prospects sit in the buying journey and moves them along the sales pipeline through a disciplined ‘test & learn’ continuos direct marketing program.  How does MindStage work? Step 1 Disciplined Data Briefing Process (list selection) Step 2 Determine Success Criteria Step 3 Testing Step 4 Response Analysis The following outlines each step in more detail: Step 1 - Disciplined Briefing Process List Selection - identify ‘best customer’ profile from previous activity. Determine List Selection Criteria (from list fields and groupings) Step 2 - Determine Success Criteria Cost per Lead, Cost per Sale, Life Tim...

Acquiring customers by incentivising response through customer-centric direct marketing Prospects need a reason to respond WITHOUT the pressure to buy. Hot prospects - ready to go - will of course make contact requesting information to meet their specific needs. However the bulk (warm and cold prospects) will do nothing. Building long-term relationships requires a more customer-centric approach. That is, investing in your prospective customers life time value. The key ingredient is to START relationships from your prospects point of view. So starting a relationship between a brand and prospect requires a commitment to offer ‘something that shows a genuine interest in your customer’ allows the prospect to ‘respond’ to your communication without any pressure to buy. Offering free trials, 30 day cool-off periods etc can sound like a trap in sceptical savvy prospects mind, so offering something without a catch, related to the brand value proposition, but possibly more cu...

Helping business align their Value Proposition to their Customers Having recently attended a seminar that demonstrated a Business Model Tool called Canvas™ it became obvious how little businesses understand their customers when presenting their product offering. It seems that business often have a biased and myopic view of their product/service and how beneficial it will be for customers that 'other' selling challenges are ignored or not considered in the Value Proposition development process. The Canvas business model offers a process to ensure ALL the key elements of a business, product or service are considered so the resulting findings support Customer  Segments needs alongside the final Value Proposition. Making creative more accountable MindWorks has long been aware of the importance of ensuring customers are front-and-centre of any product offering. We refer to better understanding the 'customers nagging need' that the product offering will fulfill. O...