I know we're on hiatus, but if you're interested in PPC then we have something very exciting just for you...

I know we're on hiatus, but if you're interested in PPC then we have something very exciting just for you...

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When I got an email from the Growth Hackers team asking if we'd like to preview Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown’s new book for the Call to Action podcast, it was a no-brainer. The book is called Hacking Growth and it's full of interesting stories about businesses you know and love. Listen now to get Sean and Morgan's inside perspective on writing the book and the stories inside Hacking Growth.   

When I got an email from the Growth Hackers team asking if we'd like to preview Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown’s new book for the Call to Action podcast, it was a no-brainer. The book is called Hacking Growth and it's full of interesting stories about businesses you know and love. Listen now to get Sean and Morgan's inside perspective on writing the book and the stories inside Hacking Growth.

Inside "Hacking Growth,"  a New Book by Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown

Call to Action is over 2 years old. Wow, time flies! We've learned a lot in that time, and have decided that it's time to dive even deeper into the issues that affect the lives of marketers like yourselves. So make sure to subscribe to this feed if you haven't already. That's your call to action!

Call to Action is over 2 years old. Wow, time flies! We've learned a lot in that time, and have decided that it's time to dive even deeper into the issues that affect the lives of marketers like yourselves. So make sure to subscribe to this feed if you haven't already. That's your call to action!

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LEAD

In this episode, we speak with Dave Gerhardt about Drift's bold decision to remove all lead gen forms from their content. Plus, hear how their internal "Marketing Manifesto" went viral on SlideShare and continues to direct daily work at Drift.

In this episode, we speak with Dave Gerhardt about Drift's bold decision to remove all lead gen forms from their content. Plus, hear how their internal "Marketing Manifesto" went viral on SlideShare and continues to direct daily work at Drift.

Drift's Marketing Manifesto & Why They Killed the Lead Gen Form

In this episode we get one of our favourite content marketing thought leaders back on the podcast. Andy Crestodina, co-founder and strategic director of Orbit Media, talks with us about how he uses analytics to help the creative juices flow, and how major surgery changed his thoughts about his work. 

In this episode we get one of our favourite content marketing thought leaders back on the podcast. Andy Crestodina, co-founder and strategic director of Orbit Media, talks with us about how he uses analytics to help the creative juices flow, and how major surgery changed his thoughts about his work.

How To Use Analytics To Spur Creativity 

In this episode, find out what happens when the Unbounce blog team stopped publishing for two weeks and focused instead on optimization. Listener beware, this tale might just give you the inspiration to conduct a similar experiment.

In this episode, find out what happens when the Unbounce blog team stopped publishing for two weeks and focused instead on optimization. Listener beware, this tale might just give you the inspiration to conduct a similar experiment.

What Happened When Unbounce Stopped Publishing For Two Weeks?

In this episode, we speak to Samuel Scott, Director of Marketing at logz.io, about a post he wrote for TechCrunch about why the tech world has marketing all wrong. He explains why the martech world has fallen into an echo chamber of meaningless buzzwords — and what can be done about it.

In this episode, we speak to Samuel Scott, Director of Marketing at <a href="http://logz.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">logz.io</a>, about a post he wrote for TechCrunch about why the tech world has marketing all wrong. He explains why the martech world has fallen into an echo chamber of meaningless buzzwords — and what can be done about it.

Is Everything The Tech World Says About Marketing Wrong?

Two years ago, we had our most controversial interview on the podcast, ever, with Angus Lynch, who was defending the use of exit overlays on landing pages. Time has passed, and overlays have become common practices on the web. And now, we've built them into Unbounce as Convertables, so we sat down with Angus again to chat about what has changed, and how you can use them to generate more conversions across your entire website.

Two years ago, we had our most controversial interview on the podcast, ever, with Angus Lynch, who was defending the use of exit overlays on landing pages. Time has passed, and overlays have become common practices on the web. And now, we've built them into Unbounce as Convertables, so we sat down with Angus again to chat about what has changed, and how you can use them to generate more conversions across your entire website.

Unbounce Isn’t Just for Landing Pages Anymore

At Unbounce’s Call to Action Conference in September, Cara Harshman, formerly of Optimizely, told the audience that it’s time to kill the homepage. We asked her why, and what should rise up in its place.

At Unbounce’s Call to Action Conference in September, Cara Harshman, formerly of Optimizely, told the audience that it’s time to kill the homepage. We asked her why, and what should rise up in its place.

Should You Kill Your Homepage?

In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, we talk to Aaron Orendorff, founder of iconiContent, about the epic presidential marketing teardown he wrote for the Unbounce blog (psst, it got over 6000+ shares!). He explains how he got 18 CRO experts to contribute and which candidate's CRO he thinks worthy of election.

In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, we talk to Aaron Orendorff, founder of iconiContent, about the epic presidential marketing teardown he wrote for the Unbounce blog (psst, it got over 6000+ shares!). He explains how he got 18 CRO experts to contribute and which candidate's CRO he thinks worthy of election.

Hillary or Donald: Which Candidate's Marketing Funnel Wins? 

Call to Action is a show about remarkable online marketing success stories and how you can apply the lessons to your own marketing campaigns. You can expect candid interviews with digital marketing professionals and thought leaders featured on the Unbounce blog, actionable tips, actionable tips for improving your conversion rates and exclusive offers for marketing optimization tools, events and resources. Every Wednesday, hear experts in the digital marketing field talk about Conversion Rate Optimization, Pay Per Click Marketing, A/B Testing, Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing, Copywriting, Landing Page Optimization and more!

I truly appreciate this Podcast for the great variety of fresh content it delivers.  I really appreciated the episode about whether or not you should kill your homepage. Some golden nuggets I took home were: &#34;quality vs quantity,  personlize several homepages instead of having ONE homepage where very customer goes to ,  the power of  showing, instead of telling  your website visitors that the page is being personalized for them. &#34; Thank you for continuing to help us climb the marketing latter !

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Stephanie and Dan have really pulled together a fantastic show. I’m so thrilled to hear new content each week that actually helps me grow and it’s the same old rhetoric over and over again. This is a must for any digital marketer.

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Diving into the world of landing page optimization can seem a little bit overwhelming. There is a lot of conflicting advice surrounding your design, your CTA button, your copy. So it may just be easier to throw a page up and cross your fingers for those conversions. But hold up. There are still some basic landing page mistakes that every marketer should know to avoid... so why are they so common? That's why in this episode of the Call to Action podcast, we speak to Casey Ark about the most common landing page mistakes that his agency faces, and how to solve them.

Diving into the world of landing page optimization can seem a little bit overwhelming. There is a lot of conflicting advice surrounding your design, your CTA button, your copy. So it may just be easier to throw a page up and cross your fingers for those conversions. But hold up. There are still some basic landing page mistakes that every marketer should know to avoid... so why are they so common? That's why in this episode of the Call to Action podcast, we speak to Casey Ark about the most common landing page mistakes that his agency faces, and how to solve them.

Are You Making These Landing Page Mistakes? 

With everyone and their grandma pumping out blog posts and ebooks galore, it takes a lot of effort to get your content in front of the right people.    On this episode of Call To Action, we speak to Shopify's Tommy Walker, about his open letter to content marketers. Tommy had a bone to pick with content marketers over producing tons of content without a clear strategy.    As he explains in the podcast, every piece of content you create needs to fit into a larger strategy – and have one clearly defined goal from the start. http://unbounce.com/podcast 

With everyone and their grandma pumping out blog posts and ebooks galore, it takes a lot of effort to get your content in front of the right people. On this episode of Call To Action, we speak to Shopify's Tommy Walker, about his open letter to content marketers. Tommy had a bone to pick with content marketers over producing tons of content without a clear strategy. As he explains in the podcast, every piece of content you create needs to fit into a larger strategy – and have one clearly defined goal from the start. <a href="http://unbounce.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://unbounce.com/podcast</a>

Every Piece of Content Marketing Needs to Serve One of These 4 Goals

As marketers, it’s super easy to get caught up in our data and analytics. Sometimes, we’re watching our click-through and conversion rates so closely that we lose sight of the fact that there are people behind every click. Real people with real emotions. In this episode we speak to Talia Wolf, CEO and founder of Conversioner, about how tapping into your customer’s emotional needs can make your landing pages more powerful.

As marketers, it’s super easy to get caught up in our data and analytics. Sometimes, we’re watching our click-through and conversion rates so closely that we lose sight of the fact that there are people behind every click. Real people with real emotions. In this episode we speak to <a href="https://twitter.com/taliagw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talia Wolf</a>, CEO and founder of Conversioner, about how tapping into your customer’s emotional needs can make your landing pages more powerful.

Why People Just Aren’t That Into Your Landing Page

In this episode of Call to Action, Unbounce's Art Director Denis Suhopoljac shares how marketers and designers can work together to create landing pages that actually serve your campaign goal. Then, we talk to full-stack marketer Vincent Barr about what exactly a wayfinding convention is and how it can help you guide your visitor toward your call to action. 

In this episode of Call to Action, Unbounce's Art Director Denis Suhopoljac shares how marketers and designers can work together to create landing pages that actually serve your campaign goal. Then, we talk to full-stack marketer Vincent Barr about what exactly a wayfinding convention is and how it can help you guide your visitor toward your call to action.

Why Marketers Need to Be More Like Tour Guides

Your customers don't care that you think your product is better than the competition. But they do care about consuming delightful, in-depth content that will make them better at their jobs… which raises the question: is it possible to educate your audience with highly useful content without tiptoeing around what you actually sell? Gregory Ciotti, Content Strategist at customer support software Help Scout, thinks so. In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, our Content Strategist Dan Levy speaks with Gregory about how product marketing is the new content marketing.

Your customers don't care that you think your product is better than the competition. But they do care about consuming delightful, in-depth content that will make them better at their jobs… which raises the question: is it possible to educate your audience with highly useful content without tiptoeing around what you actually sell? <a href="https://twitter.com/GregoryCiotti" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gregory Ciotti</a>, Content Strategist at customer support software <a href="http://www.helpscout.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Help Scout</a>, thinks so. In this episode of the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/call-to-action/id961168554?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Call to Action podcast</a>, our Content Strategist <a href="https://twitter.com/danjl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dan Levy</a> speaks with Gregory about how product marketing is the new content marketing.

Product Marketing is the New Content Marketing

Hiten Shah

When you work on a marketing team, the right hand doesn't always know what the left is doing. The analytics people work on their stuff, the content people work on theirs. But could they tell you what the other is working on, and why it's important? Not always. Which is a shame, because analytics and content marketing aren't as far apart on the marketing spectrum as you might think. Or at least they shouldn't be. In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, Hiten Shah co-founder of Kissmetrics and Crazy Egg (to name a few), makes the case for why more content folks should spend more time thinking about data, and vice versa.

When you work on a marketing team, the right hand doesn't always know what the left is doing. The analytics people work on their stuff, the content people work on theirs. But could they tell you what the other is working on, and why it's important? Not always. Which is a shame, because analytics and content marketing aren't as far apart on the marketing spectrum as you might think. Or at least they shouldn't be. In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, Hiten Shah co-founder of Kissmetrics and Crazy Egg (to name a few), makes the case for why more content folks should spend more time thinking about data, and vice versa.

Hiten Shah on the Marriage of Data and Content

Jay Baer

Haters gonna hate. But Jay Baer of Convince and Convert doesn't think you should let their comments roll off your back. In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, he explains why he thinks you should clap back - and even hug your haters.

Haters gonna hate. But Jay Baer of Convince and Convert doesn't think you should let their comments roll off your back. In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, he explains why he thinks you should clap back - and even hug your haters.

How to Convince and Convert Customers Like Jay Baer

Marketers are slowly realizing that good landing page design creates a sense of trust and can ultimately lead to higher conversion rates. That is, unless you’re losing sight of other important things, like making your unique value proposition the star of your page. Or letting design take precedence over persuasive copy. In this episode, we talk to Mark John Hiemstra, Content Marketer at Unbounce, about some landing page design trends that can actually do harm to your conversion rates – and how to determine whether they’re right for you.

Marketers are slowly realizing that good landing page design creates a sense of trust and can ultimately lead to higher conversion rates. That is, unless you’re losing sight of other important things, like making your unique value proposition the star of your page. Or letting design take precedence over persuasive copy. In this episode, we talk to <a href="https://twitter.com/markjohnh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark John Hiemstra</a>, Content Marketer at Unbounce, about some landing page design trends that can actually do harm to your conversion rates – and how to determine whether they’re right for you.

Landing Page Design Trends You Should Swipe Left

In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, we have a quick story about why we've restructured our AdWords account into country-specific campaigns. Then, we speak to Aaron Orendorff of iconiContent about everything display ads: banner blindness, the fat thumb phenomenon and how one company used display ads in their content to recruit qualified employees.

In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, we have a quick story about why we've restructured our AdWords account into country-specific campaigns. Then, we speak to Aaron Orendorff of iconiContent about everything display ads: banner blindness, the fat thumb phenomenon and how one company used display ads in their content to recruit qualified employees.

Beating Banner Blindness

There's a reason that so many conversion rate optimization "best practices" we learn about stem from the field of psychology.  If you understand human behavior - the desires and motivations of your audience - then you're better equipped to give people what they want. In this episode, Neil Patel of KISSMetrics and Quick Sprout explains how anticipation works in a user's brain and how you can leverage it to create more enjoyable user experiences… all while increasing your conversions. 

There's a reason that so many conversion rate optimization "best practices" we learn about stem from the field of psychology. If you understand human behavior - the desires and motivations of your audience - then you're better equipped to give people what they want. In this episode, <a href="https://twitter.com/neilpatel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neil Patel</a> of KISSMetrics and Quick Sprout explains how anticipation works in a user's brain and how you can leverage it to create more enjoyable user experiences… all while increasing your conversions.

The Psychology of Landing Page Design

"New year, new me" is a phrase I'm sure you're all hearing lately. For those who actually need to restructure their content teams or strategies this year, that phrase might be ringing especially true. But how do you figure out which changes will bring about the biggest benefits? Our content strategist, Dan Levy, nerded out with Jay Acunzo of NextView ventures about the different ways to grow a high-performing content team, and why developing a credible content strategy is hard work, but absolutely necessary. Plus, hear Jay talk about his issue with the growth hacking trend.

"New year, new me" is a phrase I'm sure you're all hearing lately. For those who actually need to restructure their content teams or strategies this year, that phrase might be ringing especially true. But how do you figure out which changes will bring about the biggest benefits? Our content strategist, Dan Levy, nerded out with Jay Acunzo of NextView ventures about the different ways to grow a high-performing content team, and why developing a credible content strategy is hard work, but absolutely necessary. Plus, hear Jay talk about his issue with the growth hacking trend.

The No-Shortcut Approach to Building a Credible Content Marketing Strategy

Copy is an important part of persuading prospects to convert... so then why do marketers toss around cliche terms like "world-class" and "breakthrough" on their landing pages?      On this episode of the Call to Action podcast, we chat with Henneke Duistermaat of Enchanting Marketing about her disdain for certain overplayed terms in the marketing space.      No one wants to feel like they're being sold to - Henneke discloses which words you're better off avoiding if you want to write copy that converts.  http://unbounce.com/podcast 

Copy is an important part of persuading prospects to convert... so then why do marketers toss around cliche terms like "world-class" and "breakthrough" on their landing pages?  On this episode of the Call to Action podcast, we chat with Henneke Duistermaat of Enchanting Marketing about her disdain for certain overplayed terms in the marketing space.  No one wants to feel like they're being sold to - Henneke discloses which words you're better off avoiding if you want to write copy that converts.  <a href="http://unbounce.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://unbounce.com/podcast</a>

Why These Words Make Copywriting Experts Cringe

Sometimes, your landing page visitors aren't quite ready to convert. At least not yet. And that's all right. There isn't much you can do to convince people who simply need more time, but there is a lot you can do to remind them that you exist and gently nudge them toward conversion.   Which is where retargeting comes in. In this episode, we talk to Johnathan Dane about how retargeting can help you recapture those prospective customers that haven’t yet taken the plunge (but totally want to).

Sometimes, your landing page visitors aren't quite ready to convert. At least not yet. And that's all right. There isn't much you can do to convince people who simply need more time, but there is a lot you can do to remind them that you exist and gently nudge them toward conversion. Which is where retargeting comes in. In this episode, we talk to Johnathan Dane about how retargeting can help you recapture those prospective customers that haven’t yet taken the plunge (but totally want to).

Retargeting, as Explained by Nerf Guns

In this special two part episode of the Call to Action podcast, Unbouncers Amy Wood and Helen Arceyut-Frixione sit down with our CTO Carl Schmidt and our Director of Data Science, Tommy Levi to try to get some answers about the mysteries behind “machine learning" and how it can help, or hurt, digital marketers. 

In this special two part episode of the Call to Action podcast, Unbouncers Amy Wood and Helen Arceyut-Frixione sit down with our CTO Carl Schmidt and our Director of Data Science, Tommy Levi to try to get some answers about the mysteries behind “machine learning" and how it can help, or hurt, digital marketers.

Marketing Machines: Part 1

Branding and performance are typically seen as being on opposite ends of the marketing spectrum - the PPC specialists run their campaigns while the branding experts concern themselves with more high-level strategy. But as Dana DiTomaso, Partner at digital marketing agency Kick Point explains in the latest episode of the Call to Action podcast, if you don't see how the two relate, you're likely cheating yourself out of a higher conversion rate.

Branding and performance are typically seen as being on opposite ends of the marketing spectrum - the PPC specialists run their campaigns while the branding experts concern themselves with more high-level strategy. But as <a href="https://twitter.com/danaditomaso" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dana DiTomaso</a>, Partner at digital marketing agency <a href="http://kickpoint.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kick Point</a> explains in the latest episode of the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/call-to-action/id961168554?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Call to Action podcast</a>, if you don't see how the two relate, you're likely cheating yourself out of a higher conversion rate.

Why Branding and PPC Go Together Like PB&J 

On the surface, running a social media campaign seems relatively straightforward. Write your copy, create your assets, set up tracking and then queue it all up in your social media scheduling tool. Simple enough, right? But if you want to run social media campaigns that actually moves the needle for your business and bring you measurable results, then there's one important step you should never skip: A/B testing your campaigns. In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, we speak with Marcus Taylor, founder and CEO of Venture Harbour, about why (and how) you should be testing your social media campaigns. 

On the surface, running a social media campaign seems relatively straightforward. Write your copy, create your assets, set up tracking and then queue it all up in your social media scheduling tool. Simple enough, right? But if you want to run social media campaigns that actually moves the needle for your business and bring you measurable results, then there's one important step you should never skip: A/B testing your campaigns. In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, we speak with Marcus Taylor, founder and CEO of Venture Harbour, about why (and how) you should be testing your social media campaigns.

Your Social Media Campaigns Should Never Skip This One Step

In this episode of the Call to Action podcast, we talk with Brian Hemeryck, Unbounce's Growth Strategist, about the results of his ambitious project to launch eight new marketing growth experiments in eight weeks. Plus, learn why Brian accepted the position under the condition that he would not be titled "Growth Hacker."

What Unbounce Learned From Launching 8 Growth Experiments in 8 Weeks

Psst! We're taking a lil' break for the holiday season but will be back to our regular podcasting schedule on January 6th. We all know what spam looks like when it lands in our inbox, yet we're quick to approve email marketing campaigns that are strikingly similar… That's the realization that Steven Moody, founder of Beachhead Marketing, had one day - and what he cautions against in our latest episode of the Call to Action podcast. In the episode, Steven chats with Unbounce's Content Strategist Dan Levy about how to woo the people on your email list (so they don't mark your emails as spam).

Psst! We're taking a lil' break for the holiday season but will be back to our regular podcasting schedule on January 6th. We all know what spam looks like when it lands in our inbox, yet we're quick to approve email marketing campaigns that are strikingly similar… That's the realization that Steven Moody, founder of Beachhead Marketing, had one day - and what he cautions against in our latest episode of the Call to Action podcast. In the episode, Steven chats with Unbounce's Content Strategist Dan Levy about how to woo the people on your email list (so they don't mark your emails as spam).

Does Your Lead Nurturing Strategy Stink of Spam?

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