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Week 6 - Real World Marketing: PPC vs SEO

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There are many differences between pay-per-click (PPC) advertising and search engine optimization (SEO) that must be discussed with potential clients. This graph was created to show the typical investment and return on investment trends of both strategies over time, giving a visual example of the differences between PPC and SE), and helping consumers understand why they drastically vary. The goal of SEO is to increase a website's search ranking by adding newer content over time, increasing the value of the website, bringing in more visitors who decide to share the content, and helping to increase the website's ranking for exact keywords. It's very important to communicate to potential clients that while Pay per Click advertising can deliver instantaneous results, investing in Search Engine Optimization can conduct higher returns on investment in the long run. It's best to take advantage of a mix of both strategies to get the best results. A downside of PPC advertising i...

Week 6 - Developing the Buyer's Journey for a Business

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The buyer's journey is described as the active research process someone goes through leading up to a purchase. There are three stages of this journey, including the awareness stage, the consideration stage, and the decision stage. Each one of these stages focuses on different buyer behaviors and actions. To attract, engage, and delight its prospects and customers, every interaction the potential buyer has with the business should be tailored to where they are in their journey. Using the buyer's journey helps minimize the risk of potential problems while a buyer makes a purchase, personalizing how the buyer experiences the business, and in turn creating the best marketing, sales, and service possible for the consumer to enjoy. Beginning with the awareness stage, this is where potential customers become aware of a problem or opportunity. They decide to research this issue in order to gain a better grasp of it. For example, imagine a recently hired Director of Marketing, who is se...

Week 5 - POE and Quora

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Today, Quora announced that it is opening up public access to its new AI product, Poe. Poe is an AI-powered platform that allows users to ask questions and have back-and-forth conversations with multiple AI-powered bots. Initially, Poe is available on iOS, but the company is planning to add support for all major platforms in the coming months, along with more bots. The potential impact of AI on knowledge sharing is enormous, and Quora is keen to explore this potential. The company expects AI to be far more transformative than the personal computer, the internet, or the smartphone, and it expects it to have a much larger and more positive impact on society and on the world economy. With this in mind, Quora is building Poe as a new product independent of its existing platform. The company will evolve Quora itself as AI enables better experiences, and it will distribute the content created on Poe on Quora when it meets a high enough quality standard. Poe's AI is currently powered by m...

Week 5 - Buyer Personas

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One of the most important things a company must do is imagine its buyer's persona. Certain products or services may not be a perfect fit for everyone, and marketing the wrong things to the wrong people can result in negative reviews and unsatisfactory posts that can push away potential customers. In order for a business to achieve a deep understanding of its ideal customer, it is recommended that they create a buyer persona, which is a semi-fictional representation of your ideal buyer based on data, interviews, and educated guesses. These buyer personas are not just used as marketing tools, but they also guide your sales and services teams. Once your marketing team has an ideal persona they can guide their products to , your sales team can create an ideal company profile that they will then use to qualify their leads, helping your services team to develop another set of criteria they can use to measure customer satisfaction. Your teams will be disjointed and your customers will fee...

Week 4 - Unlocking the Potential of Artificial Intelligence

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Unlocking the Potential of Artificial Intelligence: Changing the World One Algorithm at a Time Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a groundbreaking technology that is revolutionizing the world as we know it. With its ability to process and analyze vast amounts of data, learn from experience, and make decisions, AI is transforming industries, economies, and societies at an unprecedented pace. In this article, we will explore how AI is changing the world, its impact on today's world, and the potential benefits it holds for the future. How Does Artificial Intelligence Change the World? AI is a game-changer that is reshaping various aspects of our lives. Here are some key ways in which AI is changing the world: Automation : AI-powered automation is transforming industries by streamlining and optimizing processes, reducing costs, and increasing efficiency. From manufacturing to logistics, customer service to finance, AI is replacing mundane and repetitive tasks, allowing humans ...

Week 4 - Flower Pots (SEO Optimized Article)

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Unique and Unconventional Flower Pot Ideas: Think Outside the Box If you're a gardening enthusiast, you know that flower pots are not just functional containers for your plants, but also a way to express your creativity and add a unique touch to your garden. At Flower Power Pots, we believe in thinking outside the box when it comes to flower pot ideas. In this article, we'll explore some unconventional and creative ways to elevate your gardening game with unique flower pots that are sure to stand out. What is the Difference Between Flower Pots and Planters? First things first, let's clarify the difference between flower pots and planters. While the terms are often used interchangeably, there is a subtle distinction. Flower pots are usually smaller, individual containers that hold a single plant, while planters are larger, often used for multiple plants, and may have built-in drainage systems. Planters are typically used for bigger plants or to create a focal point in outdoo...

Week 3 - Flywheel vs Funnel

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A flywheel is described to be a machine that can store rotational energy for a business; the more energy added, the faster it will spin. A funnel is a visualization of how a business runs, as you add to the funnel from the top, the result from the bottom has less of an impact. The main issue with funnels is that they don't always account for the impact of happy or unhappy customers on the overall growth of a business, it's a one-way idea, but in the real world, unhappy customers refuse to go back thru the funnel, while happy ones may refer others to join them.  The idea of the flywheel was created for businesses that require constant input from new customers in order to continue spinning until something new comes along to slow it down. This can represent the growth of the business; happy consumers are able to provide the energy needed to fuel growth in a business, but unhappy customers may still prevent company growth.  There are many ways you can implement a flywheel model in...

Week 3 - How AI is changing writing

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    We know that ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence models are able to automate tasks, enhance communication, and provide valuable benefits, all while transforming the writing industry. AI models are trained with massive amounts of test data, using a two-step process consisting of pre-training and fine-tuning. During the pre-training phase, the AI acquires facts, grammar, and vocabulary, while learning language patterns from a variety of sources. The latter, fine-tuning, is able to adapt the model to certain tasks by training it with more specific datasets. This helps keep ChatGPT adapt to a conversational way of speaking, benefiting businesses by improving client care, content age, and improving applications. 

Week 2 - Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial intelligence is proposing endless new possibilities within the world of business, leaving many workers nervous about the state of white-collar jobs. Ethan Mollick, a management professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has been monitoring developments in A.I. tools that create essays, images, voices, codes, and whatever else is based on a user's text inputs. He decided he wanted to see how much these tools could accomplish in a mere 30 minutes.  He discovered that the tools could do market research, create a positioning document, write email campaigns, create websites, logos, hero shot graphics, social media campaigns, and more. Many of these A.I. tools can specifically take over complicated tasks, doing days of work in mere minutes, increasing the worry that A.I. may eventually pose a threat to existing business positions. 

Week 2 - SEO vs. SEM

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) are both crucial, essential aspects of online Marketing that can help drive traffic to a website. They are able to be used interchangeably, but they are not necessarily the same thing.  SEO SEO is described as the practice of optimizing your website and its content to rank higher on search engine result pages organically. These searches are unpaid and typically appear under ads. SEO is programmed to attract visitors to a website by increasing visibility on search engines like Google and Bing.  SEM SEM includes SEO and any paid advertising. It involves using paid ads that typically appear at the top of search engine result pages. This is an effective way to increase a website's visibility and drive traffic. This is especially powerful when targeting high-volume keywords.  Both SEM and SEO are extremely essential for success in online marketing, working hand-in-hand to deliver traffic to your website. SEO ca...