Blog | Marketing Simplified - Part 18

Are You Selling the Right Thing?

19 Feb 2021

Back when in-person events were possible, I knew I wanted a new dress for an upcoming event. I wasn’t going to walk out of the boutique without it. The manager came over to me and asked me about the event. I described its formality. I described all the people I was excited to see there. I described ... Read More about Are You Selling the Right Thing?

Is Your High Conversion Rate Actually a Problem?

12 Feb 2021

Valentine’s day is around the corner, and they say love is blind, but no one ever talks about how blinding engagement and conversion rates can be… until now. I’ll never forget the frustrated phone call I received from a business owner a few years ago. She was so puzzled. Her email marketing open ... Read More about Is Your High Conversion Rate Actually a Problem?

We forget EVERYTHING

5 Feb 2021

When is the last time you gave someone a list of things to do and what was the outcome? The reason I ask this is because as humans we really cannot remember more than four things at once, especially if they are verbal things. In fact, in medical schools across the nation, doctors are trained ... Read More about We forget EVERYTHING

Will you please tell me a story?

29 Jan 2021

We all love a good story… 22 times more than any fact we could ever hear. This theory was originally credited to Cognitive Psychologist Jerome Bruner and is now taught in innovation labs around the U.S. To prove his theory, think back to a day that you enjoyed a long time ago (at least five years ... Read More about Will you please tell me a story?

What does a bundle of nerves have to do with marketing?

22 Jan 2021

When I became a mom for the first time, I thought I’d developed superpowers. It didn’t matter how loud of an environment I was in, how sound asleep I was, or how many competing voices or cries there were. When my child cried, I could hear it from a mile away. Little did I know that I had these ... Read More about What does a bundle of nerves have to do with marketing?

Do You Know Your Connection Rate?

May 9, 2025 By Vanessa Errecarte Leave a Comment

Most people rely on impressions to judge social media performance because that’s the first metric that social media platforms report on their dashboards. But impressions only count how often your post was shown, not whether anyone noticed or cared. Instead, try using a metric I created that I call the Connection Rate: Engagement ÷ Impressions … Read More about Do You Know Your Connection Rate?

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