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Slow Page Speed Can Create a Bad Customer Experience

Slow Page Speed Can Create a Bad Customer Experience written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I want to talk about a topic that is – warning – highly technical. This is a topic that I suggest you get help on, it’s one that is very important for your website, but is something that can easily overwhelm people. It’s important to listen to shows like this so that you can learn what to be asking people that you hire to get this done for your business.

Today’s topic is page speed or website speed, how fast your site loads when leads click on a link you sent them or that they found.

What You’ll Learn:

How Google uses this for ranking
How to test your site for speed
Tools to use if you are working with several sites
How hosting changes page speed
How plug-ins change page speed
What the major culprits are to slow page speed
How to fix slow page speed

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How to View Customers More Like Members

How to View Customers More Like Members written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I’m talking about a new book I’m working on. This book will be out in the fall of 2021 but I’m already deep in working on it. One of the major themes in the book is about how so many small businesses have been forced to pivot or change. Many of these pivots and changes have created growth in a very difficult time.

Growth in good times comes can come from being at the right place at the right time. But growth can still come in bad times from being important in the life of your customers. This has been so evident over the last year with the challenges the world has faced. Loyal customers are raising hands and choosing to support businesses that they want to stick around. This level of loyalty from customers comes from something different than doing your traditional lead generation. That’s what we are going to talk about in today’s podcast.

If you listen you will learn:

How to tackle referrals in the digital space
How marketing is changing
How people become customers
The customer journey that is part of a marketers job to control
How to view customers more like members

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Google Analytics for Small Businesses

Google Analytics for Small Businesses written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch

Today’s topic is Google Analytics, one of my favorite items to talk about. It isn’t the sexiest topic, I know. But it’s an important one. Closing the loop on your marketing investment, on your channels, on your customer engagement, those are important. This allows you to focus, to spend less money, and to invest in what really works.

Google Analytics I work with a lot of small business consultants and small business clients and this is one of the biggest challenges to get them excited about. It’s a lot like telling people they need to like math. Especially when you go to this tool, one that I believe is one of the best tools on the planet, and it’s free, but it’s really easy to get lost. In this podcast, I’m going to spend some time trying to simplify this.

Listen and learn:

Why should you care about Google Analytics?
How do I set it up?
What goals to have when setting up Google Analytics

Google Analytics

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Site domains

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The Guide to Great Podcast Guesting

The Guide to Great Podcast Guesting written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch

Today’s show is part 2 on podcasting. If you missed part 1, I covered why every small business should have a podcast, you can go back and listen here. In part 2, I am going to talk about being a guest on one of the millions of podcasts that are already out there.

Podcasting has grown substantially over the last few years, one of the biggest reasons for this growth is because this form of media is so portable. The audio files can play on your phone, on the go, or at your desk. Take advantage of the fact that every major media outlet has gotten into the podcast game and needs guests.

Listen and learn:

The benefits of being a guest on a podcast and SEO that comes with it.
How to get on shows
What to do to be a great guest
Your checklist for promoting your interview

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7 Reasons Why a Podcast Can Help You Grow Your Business

7 Reasons Why a Podcast Can Help You Grow Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch

Today I’m starting a two-part series on podcasting. More specifically why small businesses should start podcasting. In part one, let’s talk about starting a podcast for your business. Later in part two, we will talk about being a guest on other people’s podcasts.

It doesn’t matter what business you are in, but particularly if you are in professional services, or an industry that requires a significant amount of trust, podcasting is a very hot marketing channel to help you build this trust right now.

The 7 Reasons You Should Podcast:

Easier than it looks
Podcasts can be repurposed
Used for networking and building referrals
Can build an emotional connection to your audience
You can make additional revenue
Increase traffic to your website
Podcasting is a long-form content that people can pay attention to

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How to Create Your Referral Engine

How to Create Your Referral Engine written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch

Today I want to talk about what is probably the highest pay off marketing activity right now. Obviously there is a lot going on in the world today. I find that a lot of people are looking around trying to figure out what they can do marketing-wise. Obviously a lot of businesses are being displaced. With the massive change businesses are feeling it is also being experienced by customers. Long time customers are being disconnected from longtime providers. Customers are being forced into changing their purchase behaviors, how they research, think, and buy.

This can be leveraged as a huge opportunity. Many companies are still looking at how to remake themselves. But I’m suggesting it is the time to look inward. To seek referrals from existing customers and strategic partners as the primary lead generation initiative. Listen to find out how to do this.

Tips discussed during the podcast:

Highest payoff marketing activity right now is referrals
How to ask your existing customers for referrals
Referrals can benefit both your business and customers
Some people may need what you do so reach out to them
Talk to other businesses to strategize and find ways to help each other
Make partnering up with other businesses successful and bring something of value to the table

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How to Improve Your Customer’s Journey

How to Improve Your Customer’s Journey written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch

In today’s podcast, I want to talk with you about something I’ve been thinking about a lot. It’s actually one of the key elements in my next book. But first, let’s start with some back story. In the 80s, there was a brand that became a cultural hit called Members Only. Yes, I had a Members Only jacket, there, I admit it. The tagline for the companies’ line of apparel was, “When you put it on, something happens.”

Later we can talk about how goofy this is but today here’s my point – what if you could come to think about your customer or clients or patients or whatever you call them – as members.

Now, I’m not merely suggesting you create a membership aspect to your business. However, that might be a great model for you; I’m suggesting that you think this way about them.

If you did, it might change how you innovate, iterate, and support every aspect of your business.

In a stable membership relationship, your goal is to help every member get the transformation they are seeking. So, naturally, you would care more about them getting a result than you getting a transaction. If that were so, you would have to ask yourself much harder (or at least different) questions.

Questions to answer during the podcast:

Where are our customers now in terms of the results they want?
What are the characteristics of customers in each of these stages?
What milestones must they achieve to move to the next stage?
What activities or action steps must they take to achieve each milestone?
What systems must we create to ensure passage through the stages of the success journey?

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Think Smaller to Innovate Today

Think Smaller to Innovate Today written by Jenna Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch

Right now, at the beginning of May 2020, a lot of businesses are encouraging you to innovate. Distilleries are making hand sanitizer, bakeries are teaching online classes, and so on. This has many people asking; What should I do? How should I innovate? I love all these ideas that are happening right now but I’d caution that this level of pivoting doesn’t apply to everyone.

What if instead, you decided to think smaller? What if you decided to look at your business and tried to figure out who your ideal customers are? This group is typically your top 20% of all customers. How can you serve them better?

Once you’ve figured out who they are, how to serve them better. What would happen if you created methods and systems to do that quicker, more systematically, with even better results?

Questions to answer during the podcast:

Who are our best clients?
What do we excel at doing?
How can we do it better?
How can we impact the entire ecosystem of our best clients?
Can we create systems to do it?

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This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network.

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