As a marketer, I often find myself sitting down at my desk with a calculator to do some basic math. And most of the time, I’m in a kerfuffle with three acronyms: TAM SAM SOM. Calculating your total addressable market (TAM), serviceable addressable market (SAM), and serviceable obtainable market (SOM) can be helpful beyond the…
That’s not what usually happens. If there’s at least one unicorn in the world, it’s likely not the only one. And if one can make a valid English word from seven Scrabble tiles, it’s likely that more than one word can be found. “Impossible” is a very large set of situations. But once something is…
As marketers, creating content is a critical component of our job. But sometimes it can be challenging to come up with new ideas or ways to iterate on old ones. To help, let’s dig into different ways to use the Moz tools to supplement content strategies.
Tolerance is an engineering term. When the parts of a car are made to a low tolerance, that means that they fit perfectly. A modern Lexus is a better car than a 1976 Nova because relentless improvement means that the parts are more exact. Tolerance is a design term. When a system can tolerate non-perfect…
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Graza. Fishwife. Brightland. These brands represent some of my favorite CPG designs. Marked by bright colors, bold fonts, and creative illustrations, this style of packaging is now moving beyond specialty stores and into big retail aisles. “If you walk into almost every major retail chain grocery store in the U.S., there would be at least…
TikTok is proving to be a major marketing heavyweight as more brands leverage the app to find and delight their audience. If you‘re a brand trying to find your footing on TikTok, you’ve come to the right blogger. I spoke with social media expert Annabelle Nyst, former senior marketing manager for HubSpot‘s brand social channels…
If it feels like the “B2B marketing funnel” concept has been around forever, you’re not far off. In 1898, advertising pioneer Elias St. Elmo Lewis created the AIDA model, laying the foundation for the funnel we marketers use every day. While the idea of selling something to someone is as old as humanity, the modern…
Six years ago, I led a website content overhaul that nearly derailed when the product team and sales department had completely different ideas about our messaging priorities. Despite my experience with content strategies, I made a rookie mistake — I hadn’t created a stakeholder map. That experience pushed me to develop a systematic approach to…