I hear this complaint often from consulting firms: “Organic reach is down. Even our followers don’t see our posts on social media anymore. And Google stopped sending us traffic.” Unfortunately, this eventually happens on every organic channel. The algorithm always changes. Sometimes it starts pushing more ads. Sometimes it starts pushing new content types. Because…
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5 Ways B2B Buyer Behavior Has Changed (And Why It Matters For Your Firm)
Some boutique consulting firms are still doing marketing like it’s 2010: They rely on their partners’ networks for new business. They post some random content. And they occasionally hire an agency to do mass outreach campaigns. These tactics worked fine 15 years ago. But the world has changed since then. Going through a pandemic. The…
Negativity Bias: Why Cheap Marketing Pushes Away More Buyers Than It Attracts
I don’t know how it was for you. But when I prepared for university exams, three wrong answers erased one correct answer. When it comes to marketing, it’s worse. One negative association cancels out three positives. Because people have a negativity bias. Negative things have a stronger and longer-lasting impact on emotions and memory than…
Three Marketing Bottlenecks That Keep Consulting Firms Stuck (And Their Symptoms)
Three marketing bottlenecks keep consulting firms stuck at a certain revenue level: These problems keep the business from growing to its next stage. Some businesses just have one. Some others might have all three to a certain degree. They have different symptoms: 1. Wrong Positioning You create the wrong value and/or for the wrong clients.…
Pull Marketing: Why Most Consulting Content Fails To Drive Sales (And How To Do It Right)
We’ve talked about why most push marketing tactics fail and how to do it right. Today, let’s focus on pull. Here’s why most organic content doesn’t deliver results and how to fix it to attract clients: The Soviet Union had a shortage of nails during Lenin’s government. To increase production, Soviet officials started setting quotas…
Why Buyers Are Becoming Immune To “Push” Marketing (And How To Do It Right)
You know about this. Marketing tactics fall into two categories: push and pull. “Push” tactics are interruptions. They interrupt a potential buyer and ask for an action. Meanwhile, “pull” tactics are the opposite. You make buyers come to you by offering them content they might be interested in. There is an inherent problem with push…
Mental Availability: How To Make Your Brand The Obvious Choice (At The Purchase Moment)
In 2008, the financial crisis hit the US. People lost their jobs. Banks went bankrupt. Everybody thought the global financial system was about to collapse. And guess what people stopped buying in such an environment? Yes, luxury products. So luxury watchmakers also went into a crisis like many other industries. People didn’t buy expensive watches…
