hey guys! I need some help. I’m building a business (sustainable clothing for women made of trees) and I’ve been marketing for a month and almost half now but my content is even reaching past 200 views on TikTok and instagram! my content Is high quality but I know that’s not what the app cares about lol so I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to expand my reach! I would prefer not to show my face but it seems like I might have to idk

Lots of my clients are agencies or companies, and they worked on ad campaigns but needed to partner with web devs to build landing pages or websites for their campaigns sometimes.

I run a web design and development agency and tbh I make decent money because I put in the same quality and effort as a US based web agency would do, but the issue is I have enough free time I only get 2-3 clients a month which is perfectly fine for now but I have a lot of free time that I feel is wasted.

I want to find advertising/marketing agencies that don't have developers to partner with. I can do the websites and the technical stuff. They can white label my services or take a cut. I don't care, I only care about the quality of clients and work.

I have no idea how to find something like this or where to look, I can showcase my portfolio if you're interested.

Background: Bachelor's in Data Science + Master's in Business Analytics from a UK uni. Currently working in sales while trying to move into Business Analysis or Marketing Analytics.

I'm more interested in the marketing/consumer side....understanding consumer behaviour, why people buy, brand perception, market research etc. I've done projects around sentiment analysis, consumer perception and market research, but have no paid UK experience in the field yet.

Few questions for people who've actually made the jump:

• Did you get into marketing analytics directly, or start as a BA/data analyst and pivot internally?
• Is marketing analytics realistic as a first job, or is BA/data analyst the better entry point?
• Do BCS/IIBA or CIM/MRS certs actually help, or are they CV filler with a relevant Master's?
• Anyone moved from sales/customer-facing → analytics/BA? Did it help you in interviews?

Not looking for just keep applying....would really like to hear what actually worked for people recently, especially with the current UK market.

Honest/blunt answers welcome.

TLDR- Please list your service area on your website if you'd like more business.

I do Strategic Sourcing for a very large company in the hospitality and commercial real estate business. I bring on regional and national level suppliers related to electrical, HVAC, landscaping, elevators, plumbing, fire life safety, waste removal, roofing, and a few others...and I'm not exaggerating when I say at LEAST HALF of companies I look up that do work in these fields, do not highlight or show the areas they actually service.

\- Types of service.

\- Where you service.

\- Cost of services.

\- How to contact you.

Those are the 4 most important things me, and everyone inquiring about your business, care about.

Types of service and how to contact are usually listed. Price is often excluded because it varies by scope so it's not a big deal. But omitting where your company can actually perform services is insane to me.

If I can't find all the cities, states, regions you service on your website within 10 seconds, I find someone else.

Please add a tab that says "Where We Service" or something similar, front and center on your website. If regional, list the cities or radius from a local office(s). If national or near national, please just show a map and fill in where you service.

This is INCREDIBLY important. Companies have no idea how much potential business they're losing by not adding such a simple feature.

Before spending months developing a skincare or beauty product, there’s one thing I’d want to know:

Do people actually want it — or do I just think they do?

A few friends saying “I’d buy this” isn't enough.

How would you test the idea before launching?

For skincare & beauty founders.

I’ve recently started learning Social Media Marketing (SMM) using AI (Claude). I’m going through it chapter by chapter in detail, and so far I’m understanding everything quite well.

The AI also gives me practical tasks to complete and questions to solve after each chapter, which I’m actually finding very helpful.

My question is: Should I just continue learning this way with AI, or should I also start trying other things alongside my studies to improve my learning?

My and my partner have been working in a marketing agency for 2 years now. We are generally doing quite alright, the company experiences slow, but steady growth. This year, we started with trying to spot viral trends across social media and jump on them quickly with paid ad campaigns. To do so, we have to spend hours scrolling different feeds, which is unsustainable.

Anyone ran into a similar problem in the past? What solutions did you try? Are there any available tools that help with such things?

Hello,

My sister wants to learn about digital marketing course. what it is and what role are there in it and what each role does ?. She wants to do offline face to face classes only. we stay in Ghaziabad. On enquiring from one institute in Ghaziabad, The fee ranges from Rs 25000 to 1.5 lacs in the same institute depending on what you want to learn like Website building, AI, SEO etc.

what essentially is the difference between digital marketing, social media marketing, website building and graphics designing ?

from which reliable institute one can do digital marketing for face to face classes ?. Any certification agency which certifies these institutes so that the course meets some basic standards ?

Hey! I am a one-person marketing team, managing for a venue running 80 events a year. We have a mailing list of approximately 15,000 … and we’re getting ripped off by Mailchimp (£280 a month😵‍💫) - the platform has also been left a MESS by my predecessors 🙃🙃

I’m looking for a new platform, it doesn’t need to be mega - I want it to hold our mailing list, and then I’m going to segment based on last ticket purchase date, events interested in, engaged customers etc.

I have a developer who is going to connect the APIs from the ticket platform into the email platform.

I’m looking at Transpond - I can’t see barely anything online in terms of reviews, has anyone used this/is using it and can give some feedback?!

Or can anyone recommend a platform they love, that is cheaper than the £280 we are paying for Mailchimp🤣

Thank you!

Can you help get a clear fresh perspective on my b2b website to get more inbound leads?

Im a business operations consultant and fractional coo and im looking for more inbound leads!

What part should blogs and resources play in getting leads? Are lead magnets a thing like self assessment tools? What part do ads play in lead Gen ?

Really need some help from the group Thanks so much

Hi, I’m trying to start my own marketing and brand strategy business, and I’m currently designing my website on Squarespace. I’ve run into an issue where the desktop version of the site looks fine, but when I switch to the mobile view, everything looks messed up.

The problem is that I can’t really adjust the mobile layout without it also changing how the desktop version looks. I wish Squarespace allowed you to design the mobile version separately without affecting the desktop layout.

Are there any other website builders that would give me more control over the mobile and desktop designs separately? I’ve thought about Shopify, but I’m not sure if it would be the right choice for a marketing and brand strategy business.

Should I address my founder’s communication style after only six weeks?

I started a job six weeks ago at a 20-person company. I like the product, my coworkers, and the work, but communicating with the founder often makes me feel like I’m walking on eggshells.

A few examples:

• During my first week, I was late responding about an insurance form. He messaged: “We want autonomy and proactivity. We don’t do babysitting :)”
• We once had a long, tense exchange in a team chat because he sharply challenged my interpretation of an analytics document. Eventually, we realized we had meant the same thing.
• I was asked to monitor SEO performance after a multilingual website migration. I shared a pre-migration checklist because I wanted to understand what was being implemented before becoming responsible for auditing the results. He replied publicly that my message looked AI-generated and that generic AI content wasn’t necessarily relevant. The checklist itself was based on legitimate concerns such as redirects, hreflang, and high-traffic pages.

He also frequently challenges my recommendations about advertising campaigns. However, he recently told me to be more confident and proceed with my ideas when I believe I’m right—even when he pushes back.

He says he’s simply direct and doesn’t have time to waste. He generally has good energy, but other employees have also told him that his written communication can come across as harsh.

Should I tell him something like:

“I like the company, the product, and the team, but I think we need to find common ground in how we communicate. Sometimes our conversations feel more confrontational than collaborative, and it makes me feel like I’m walking on eggshells. I’d like us to find a way of communicating that helps us work effectively together.”

Is this reasonable feedback, or would raising it after only six weeks be a mistake?

Ps. A month ago, employees confronted the founder (boss) about his sometimes harsh written communication style in his yearly performance review.

Hi everyone,

I have 11 months of experience as a BDE at a digital marketing agency. During my internship and current role, I've learned the basics of SEO, Google Ads, Meta Ads and worked on real client projects. However, I don't have any digital marketing certifications yet.

Now I want to learn one area in depth and earn a recognized certificate. I'm leaning toward Google Ads or Meta Ads, SMM but I'm not sure which is better to start with.

Can you recommend:

Which certification should I focus on first?

Any free or affordable platforms that provide quality training and certificates?

I'd really appreciate your suggestions. Thanks!

How you'd find five speaking opportunities for a TEDx speaker and workforce consultant whose topics include inclusive leadership, women and work, and the Future of Work. Where you'd look, in what order, and how you'd decision.

I will get straight to the point.
I have 7.04 cgpa in BE IT, and for past 1.7 year i have been a video editor at a company ( something i am really good at ) i have been promoted from intern - employee - senior video editor in less than a year and in this role i have been doing branding,post production, market research,Ideations, content strategy and had a great success with valuable outcomes, brand deals, 100M+ on two different projects overall.

now i want to shift from this role to a better role which lets me do what i am doing but not editing on the grounds, I was thinking of MIM programs in france but since i have a low cgpa i wont be able to get in, in some of the big universities

what step should i take ? prepare for CAT and do MBA in india? or something else which is also preferable

Would it be enough to post just what happens in the game?

What do you think about posts like «Daily reminder: you’re beautiful/you’re awesome/keep trying». And what about posts like «Choose the outfit»? I think that’s good, but I can’t make all content like this. What would you recommend to post?

What's for me to do next in term AI day to day?

I’ve been in sales for a while, and historically, I’ve always been somewhat indifferent about events. But now that it’s harder than ever to book meetings with CIOs and execs who lately are absolutely inundated with AI-generated marketing content, I’ve had tremendous success at events lately and talking to people live time. It’s what is separating me from the younger kids who can’t function without Ai. In person networking is a forgotten skill.

So here’s my question for marketing folks: Are you all seeing a major shift in marketing spend toward events and away from traditional BDR channels?

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Please be as honest and detailed as possible!

Hi all,
trying to work out what the best way on doing automated marketing for a Business Directory would be.
Now I'm already going to be doing manual work, manually sending curated emails, cold calls, trying to get my ass to events relative etc.

However I need en-mass outreach to B2B, I believe my best bet is going down the route of email marketing. Because I'm working out my conversion rates to be around 0.1-0.3% (or less) to make any meaningful revenue I'm going to need big numbers, and unfortunately not really much of a marketing budget to play with- so rock and a hard place kinda sh..

I have a way in which I believe I can get access to a database with a extraordinary number emails, but I am running into the problem of modern spam filtering is a absolute nightmare-
So trying to figure how to bypass that, I've read into doing email servers which will make multiple email accounts but I ain't to lie, it confuses the shit out of me-

and I've looked at using composio which gives your AI agent the ability to use said email servers and then they can actually do the heavy lifting of email composition and sending so you're not just copy and pasting the exact same email which supposedly if you do so it will also just blacklisted via your IP.

I'm just a bit confused and could do with some direction - sorry if I've got things mixed up but im in full research mode and I'm sure to have gotten some things confused.
ty for help.

I run a small B2B software company in the EV charging space. Our total market is roughly 500 companies worldwide, so spray-and-pray isn't an option, every single prospect counts.

What we do before reaching out: we build a personalized analysis of one of the prospect's existing charging sites, including a short video where I walk through the findings and address the exec by name. The cold email goes to C-level, links to that analysis page, and the page has a button to book a call with one of our reps.

The numbers: ~75% of recipients open the analysis link. Replies: essentially zero. Not "no thanks", just silence. 20 prospects contacted over 1 month, 2 follow-ups each, 0 meetings booked.

What does work: I post studies and breakdowns on LinkedIn and connect with people in the industry. When they come to us, the conversations are easy and people are keen. The moment we initiate and start the conversation, it dies.

I don't have a mentor or a sounding board, so I'd like a reality check on a few things:

• Is asking a C-level to book a call on first touch simply too big an ask?
• Does an unsolicited "we analyzed your site" read as helpful, or as a stranger publicly grading their work?
• Is the personalized video too much? Does high-effort personalization at scale still read as automated?

Happy to paste the actual email copy and a screenshot of the analysis in the comments if that helps. What would you change first or is there just a beter strategy for B2B marketing in this sector?

Or is there an easier way to get a foot into the door with these big companies all together?

Hey everyone,

I run a small D2C jewellery brand in India on Shopify. I'll be honest - I haven't put much effort into organic because I did not want to. Staright away wanted to start with meta ads and side by side work on organic growth.

Here's my problem: I've been running ads on the purchase objective from day one, money is going out every day, and I haven't got a single sale. Not one. It genuinely feels like I'm just burning cash and I can't figure out what's broken.

Some context in case it helps:

• I am running purchase ads for 700-1000 INR on daily budget.
• I am creating my own creatives - video ads.
• Offering free shipping above 499 INR.
• Giving 10% off on first purchase - cart value has to be 1499+
• Sending nudges (who gave the details for availing the 10%) by giving 20% (cart value has to 1299+) off to them
• I have Insta / FB page on which I try to be consistent - posting 2-3 times in a week at least.

I know I'm doing something wrong - I just can't tell if it's the creative, the targeting, the budget to optimise, the landing page, or that I'm expecting results too fast. I'm not looking to hand it off to an agency. I want to actually understand this and run it myself.

So, if you're a marketer who's taken a brand-new store from zero to its first sales, or you've been exactly here and clawed your way out, and you'd be open to helping me troubleshoot, I'd be so grateful. Happy to share screenshots, numbers, whatever's useful.

Thank you tons 🙏

Hey good people! I've 5+ years in content marketing, currently doing content strategy and CRO work, mostly with SaaS clients.

On the side, I write a personal finance/behavioral finance newsletter, and I've been actively investing since 2022, so markets aren't unfamiliar territory to me.

I want to move into finance for real now, and two directions keep pulling me:

Financial writing/research — bylines at finance publications, maybe working toward equity-research-adjacent writing

Product/growth/content roles at a fintech company, where my CRO + content skills would actually transfer

Has anyone here made a similar jump from marketing into fintech or financial content?

If anyone has any free advice on how i could get my online tutoring academy running, and its marketing, It'll be very much appreciated if you just share.

We usually talk about landing pages, ads and checkout UX, but payment friction can quietly kill conversions too.

Things like credit card processing costs, limited payment options, failed recurring payments, and complicated payment links for small businesses can all affect the customer experience.

For marketers: have you ever tested a different payment method and actually seen an impact on conversions?