Wisdom and wisecracks

Martha Barnard-Rae Martha Barnard-Rae

Drive engagement during the holiday season (2024)

The holiday season is prime time for boosting visibility and engagement, but standing out in crowded digital spaces is a challenge. Here are five cutting-edge holiday marketing strategies designed to work for both product and service-based businesses.

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Email welcome sequence—Steal my 6-email formula

If you’ve managed to get a prospective customer to hand over their email address you’ve been given a powerful gift. That’s because welcome emails have the highest open rates of ALL THE EMAILS. Here’s how to make the most of your ideal clients’ interest while it’s sky-high.

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The marketing bro is dead

I'm sure you've seen content like this.

Every sentence sitting all by itself on a single line.

One sentence after another…

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OK, I’m full of sh!t

Warning: the following story contains the use of the the term “broad”.

Listen. I’ve been a bad friend. I got you used to weekly blogs and then I just—fell off the face of the earth. I’m sorry. I was burnt out. And it was school holidays. But I’m back, baby.

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I’ve got bad news re email marketing

Ever hit send on an email like you’ve made it to the end of a marathon? Yes, it was hard. Yes, it was like pulling teeth. Yes, you left it to the 11th hour. But you got that email out.

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Here’s how often I fake it

When I got my first real job (as a teacher) I was FrEaKiNg OuT. I'd graduated from Teacher's College the previous May and spent a few months teaching English in South Korea. (And by 'teaching English,' I mean boozing and sun bathing).

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My secret shame

File this under: things 30 year old Martha never would have said.

🤮 I'm trying to grow my profile on LinkedIn 🤮

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Water up to my ankles

It started off like a regular week.

One Monday I was minding my own business, being a human woman who is also a copywriter and also the Chair of her kids' school board.

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Ask me about my feminist agenda

Yes, there is a living, breathing feminist agenda in our home. And it’s one of the best things about our family.⁠⁠

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Friends with Benefits

Here’s how to make friends with benefits, people. Now — minds out of the gutter, please. I’m talking about the 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 of your product or service, of course. If you’re writing your own copy, you’re going to want to save this one.

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