Even when you’re giving something away, for FREE, you’ve got to write good “sales&# copy that spurs people into action. MORE

The marketing field is always evolving and to succeed, every marketing professional needs to keep up with the latest in industry trends, including its ever-expanding glossary. Marketers are naturally good at talking the talk; it’s kind of in our job description. MORE

Conversion Rate Optimization Marketing Automation and Demand Generation AIDA Katrina Manning lead generation Leadpath sales funnelGuest post by Katrina Manning. What is a Sales Funnel? Sales funnels are everywhere. MORE

Longtime readers of this blog (and any qualified digital marketer) should already know to stick a fork in that old advertising acronym “AIDA”—attention, interest, desire, action—because it’s done. AIDA doesn’t do any of this. The post AIDA Is Dead! MORE

Out of Synch :  We’ve relied on a logical and sequential progression view of the funnel or pipeline correlated to the many variations of the traditional view of the AIDA sales funnel which was first introduced in 1898 by the American Advertising and Sales pioneer E. MORE

Does the order in which information “hits” you match the classic AIDA principle? And is AIDA right for the intended purpose? Top content creators aren’t just wordsmiths. They’re digital designers, too. We’ll show you how to work with your team and why the strategy behind their designs is just as important as the appearance. Everyone’s got an opinion on design. Let’s face it, we’ve all lifted a brush at some time in our lives. MORE

AIDA: Follow the tried and tested formula of AIDA – Attention, Interest, Desire, Action , to carry over into all of your messaging. That’s Never Good Enough, So What Else Can You Do? . As parents we tell our children to eat their veggies because they are good. Then what happens? MORE

The most successful marketing—regardless if it is social or not—revolves around market segmentation and a traditional marketing concept such as AIDA (Attention-Interest-Desire-Action.). Schools bell ring across the land as kids all over the world head back to school. MORE

This is no different from the “sales funnel” that sales managers have long measured, nor from the AIDA model (awareness, interest, desire, action) that structures traditional brand marketing. Summary: Many vendors are now proposing to move beyond "last click" attribution to measure the impact of advertising on movement of customers through a sequence of buying stages. This is a definite improvement but not a complete solution. MORE

I really enjoyed the comment from Judy about AIDAE, evidence is so key in today's B2B environment. Perhaps you remember the old advertising formula AIDA - Attention, Interest, Desire, Action. MORE

Sales and marketing teams are both responsible for the growth and revenue side of the business -- and yet, many of them still tend to operate like two opposing teams. MORE

How to use AIDA, PAS, and FAB in your sales copy. In this webinar with Heather Lloyd-Martin of SuccessWorks, she discusses tips for writing better sales copy. You’ve struggled over your sales copy, created what you thought was a persuasive page, and waited for conversions to start clicking. MORE

When thinking about your direct mail offer and what you should send, use principles like the AIDA formula (see below) to prepare clear copy and a desirable offer. This will help clarify what you want to express, then build out your offer with the AIDA formula. MORE

As you know, I leave my serious blogging to the my content for TOPO. When I went to let off some steam, I come over the Funnelholic and write something fun. (I I realize I just said I like to write b2b sales and marketing blog posts for fun). MORE

First, the author presents the reader with the AIDA framework, a model that every marketer should know. I was fortunate to receive a copy of “ The New Rules of Lead Generation “, by David T. Scott, for review. MORE

With respect to systems or standards for measuring qualified leads and sales opportunities, there will be a shift in thinking about the effectiveness of models such as BANT and AIDA as the focus increases on sales experience and the buyer experience. Image by Benjamin Ellis via Flickr. MORE

Instead, Grehan said brands sometimes still use AIDA – Awareness, Interest, Desire and Action – even though it is a model he said was developed by a door-to-door cash register salesman a century ago and doesn’t apply to modern marketing. Intent-based marketing, or understanding the consumer intent that prompts search, is the concept behind Avinash Kaushik’s See, Think, Do, Care marketing model. MORE

I was thinking of a modern version of AIDA, or a more contemporary take on the funnel. I’m excited to announce the second annual Stackies awards. Last year, we ran the inaugural Stackies as an experiment with two questions: How do marketers visualize their marketing technology stacks? MORE

First, the author presents the reader with the AIDA framework, a model that every marketer should know. I was fortunate to receive a copy of “ The New Rules of Lead Generation “, by David T. Scott, for review. MORE

AIDA: Attention, Interest, Desire, Action. Have you ever heard an acronym but you didn''t know what it meant? It can really throw you off your game in a conversation. I usually try to write it down discreetly or, if I have a laptop, look it up online without anyone seeing. MORE

Most of sales and buyer thinking over the last 100 years have revolved around the AIDA and BANT process. Image via Wikipedia. Every once in a while, you have to admit you just didn’t get it right.  MORE

Achieving AIDA to ABC. In the B2B world, the notion of AIDA is key: A ttention. Author: Mike Burton The cult classic movie, Glengarry Glen Ross paints a harsh reality of the world of sales. MORE

Having well designed content isn’t good enough. You need to have an excellent digital content distribution strategy and your marketing agency has the experts who can help. A generation ago, digital was a rounding error in marketing budgets, with success measured in hundreds of pageviews rather than millions of customers. Today, it’s the greater part of ad spend worldwide — with global groups like WPP reporting 60% or more of their revenues coming from stuff seen on laptops and phones. MORE

Longtime readers of this blog (and any qualified digital marketer) should already know to stick a fork in that old advertising acronym “AIDA”—attention, interest, desire, action—because it’s done. AIDA doesn’t do any of this. The post AIDA Is Dead! MORE

If they no-showed because they lack attention/interest/desire/action (AIDA), they are probably going to be in the same situation a week from now. It’s your job to rebuild AIDA through education that does not require a lot of your time. We have all been there. MORE

Of course, stages make perfect intuitive sense, and they’re ultimately based on the AIDA (Awareness, Interest, Desire, Action) model of the sales process that has been around for more than 100 years.* Indeed, there has been a fair amount of research questioning the validity of AIDA and similar “hierarchy of effects” models. The fundamental criticism is that decision making isn’t as rational as AIDA suggests because emotions play a much stronger part than AIDA allows. MORE

I’ve seen the term AIDA since the beginning of my marketing career, and I still have to stop and say the individual words to remind myself what the acronym means (Attention Interest Desire Action, if you’re wondering). MORE

Elmo Lewis proposed the AIDA (Awareness, Interest, Desire, Action) sales model.* Indeed, there has been a fair amount of research questioning the validity of AIDA and similar “hierarchy of effects” models. Wanna know a secret? MORE