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As we found out in the last two blogs, things are changing in big ways right now! No, seriously - personal privacy is becoming a new industry trend and it's just a matter of time before Google and Microsoft will jump on board with Apple in making our lives (as marketers) miserable. Do you know the best way to thrive in change? You need to fully embrace it. That is why I would like to offer you a shortlist of tips on how to increase your email campaign response rates.

Woah Apple, slow down! We just discussed how recent changes in iOS 15 are transforming the advertisement business for big and small players alike and guess what? Apple announced even harsher privacy controls for iPhone user's IP addresses in the email app and a whole new set of privacy-tightening features for iCloud.

"Apple is a 2 trillion-dollar company that is making it HARDER for advertisers to make money!" Well, that is how tech titan Facebook portrays recent changes in iPhone's iOS 14.5 Privacy update. You might be surprised to hear this news in my blog and are probably thinking "So what?". Let me tell you why privacy changes with iPhone matters for our wallets.

Effective marketing and successful gardening work the same way! 

A cactus and a fern are both plants, but if you plant your cactus in the shade and water it as much as you water your fern, it will die. 

Similarly, if you plant your fern in scorching full sun and water it once a month, you've got yourself a dead fern.

CAC (customer acquisition cost) and LTV (long-term value) will be helpful for you in building a marketing strategy. It is important to remember that these measurements mainly should be used in accessing your strategy’s marketing performance. It’s not at complicated as it seems. Trust me! This blog is a follow-up on the CAC and LTV topic that I've discussed last week. Let’s jump in.

What does it take to acquire and retain a Customer?

As you well know, there's a cost to acquiring new customers. Expenses or costs of marketing can include many expenses such as:

Would you be surprised if I told you direct mail gives you a higher return on your investment (ROI) than digital ads? You might be thinking – are you kidding?! That's as outdated and old school as playing music on a cassette player or using an overhead projector for a business presentation!

To create digital marketing, you need to visualize it on a macro level and implement on the micro. Here are some important things to consider while planning your own marketing campaign:

1. Create your customer persona. Knowing who to target is key. You must understand your customers wants, needs, and pain points. Having a persona or personas allows you to tailor your strategy to them. Specific is terrific, and the more granular your data, the better your persona.

A thing to know about copy

I believe that internet is a place, and just like you have a real estate you have in the real word, you have a pixel estate in the internet. That means any business who has any presence, even a small Facebook page, is a pixel investor. If you look at the terminology used in the Internet of Things architecture build out, it all references they are on earth counter parts in real estate. There is a very important place of you in the pixel world which is the path way to your pixel estate. It is called your homepage, but in reality it is a gateway to your pixel estate campus.