Sam O'Halloran
Sam O'Halloran

@ohalloran_sam

7 Tweets Dec 14, 2022
The unspoken secret to marketing:
Knowing most things won’t work.
Simple right?
Yet we live in a world where we're alluded to feel like everything should work.
That is completely wrong.
I like to think I write pretty engaging emails, however on a good day 1 in 3 people open them.
The normal thought process is that it's rubbish.
The marketing thought process is that it’s excellent compared to the average.
A 1% click-through rate.
The normal thought process is that no one clicked it.
The marketing thought process is that it’s excellent.
A marketer expects things to go wrong so puts extra effort into all aspects to ensure what goes right goes really right.
How many people that see an advert for a car on TV actually feel inclined to buy it?
Not many, but it's still cost-effective marketing.
How many ads do you see on social media do you click on and buy?
Not many, but it's still cost-effective marketing.
Don't work for the majority, work for the minority, the 1% and that's how you should love to operate.
The real secret to marketing is to keep on going despite only making very β€œsmall” conversions and very β€œsmall” wins.
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