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Glossary by area

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Buyer psychology
TermDefinitionRelevant area
Audience persona
A representative character of a target group, based on consumer research
Buyer psychology
Bandwagon effect
You are more likely to adopt an idea or belief as it increases in popularity among people
Buyer psychology
Barnum effect
We’re drawn to statements that feel personal (even if they could actually apply to anyone)
Buyer psychology
Brand ladder
A method for modeling the mental and emotional process customers follow when making product purchase decisions
Buyer psychology
Buyer psychology
Buyer psychology studies consumer’s behaviour consists of how the consumer's emotions, attitudes and preferences affect buying behaviour
Buyer psychology
Customer psychographics
Psychographics seeks to understand the cognitive factors that drive consumer behaviours. They go beyond classifying people based on general demographic data, such as age, gender, or race
Buyer psychology
Influence map
A visual framework of how audiences interact with the problem your business solves, and what influences their behaviour
Buyer psychology
Purchase intent
Purchase intent is the probability that a consumer will buy a product or service. To evaluate purchase intent, marketers uses predictive modeling to help identify the possibility of future outcomes based on historical data
Buyer psychology
Social selling
We’re more likely to share stuff that is gratifying to share due to our beliefs or a benefit
Buyer psychology
Status Quo Bias
We’re resistant to change and prefer the known to unknown, so we need to see HOW it’s different
Buyer psychology
Trigger event
Every purchase begins with a trigger event. It’s the moment a buyer realises they may need a new solution
Buyer psychology
Community design
TermDefinitionRelevant area
Clear community intention
The motivation for your community. Something that can only be accomplished by these exact people coming together to answer the call.
Community design
Community design
Practices to help building communities that are engaged and growing
Community design
Content marketing
TermDefinitionRelevant area
Content backlog
A content backlog is a digital document where you add, rank, sort, and update existing content
Content marketing
Content format
The main content you share and the format you choose to deliver it (video, audio etc)
Content marketing
Content idea bank
A content backlog is a digital document where you add, rank, sort, and delete a list of all possible content ideas in order to select only the best
Content marketing
Content pillars
Content pillars are 3 to 5 topics your brand will consistently discuss, amplify, and create content for on social media
Content marketing
Leadership
TermDefinitionRelevant area
BHAG
A BHAG (pronounced “Bee Hag,” short for "Big Hairy Audacious Goal") is a powerful way to stimulate progress
Leadership
Messaging
TermDefinitionRelevant area
Brand mission
The reason why a company exists and does the work it does
Messaging
Brand Values
The standards a company will follow and uphold in order to successfully fulfill its purpose
Messaging
Brand vision
A company’s aspirations for the future and what they hope to achieve
Messaging
Marketing message
Communication of information about the underlying theme, vision, or idea from the transmitter to the receiver
Messaging
SEO
TermDefinitionRelevant area
Offsite SEO
All variables Google takes a look at. These aren’t exclusively in your hands. They depend on other sources, such as social networks, other domains in your industry and the personal history of the searcher
SEO
On site SEO
All of Google’s ranking factors that are determined by crawling the page you optimise, such as your headlines, content and page structure.
SEO
SEO
Search engine optimization is the process of improving the quality and quantity of website traffic to a website or a web page from search engines
SEO
SEO keywords
Keywords are ideas and topics that define what your content is about. In terms of SEO, they're the words and phrases that searchers enter into search engines, also called "search queries"
SEO
Social media
TermDefinitionRelevant area
Audience’s needs
The reason your audience comes back on social media
Social media
Newsjacking
Newsjacking is the process of adding your thoughts and opinions into breaking news stories
Social media
Reference matrix
A social media framework to build consistent relationships on social media
Social media
User intent
The reason why users show up on social media
Social media
Strategy
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Activation strategy
Type of content, incentives and calls to action for each step
Strategy
Creator economy
The creator economy is it tied closely to influencer marketing. People - creators - can earn money by marketing their passions and interests. They can create content for it and carve a career out of this, rather than a traditional career
Strategy
Deliverables
Deliverables includes crucial points for your agreement
Strategy
Marketing activities
Marketing activities are tactics and strategies that a business employs to encourage customers to buy goods or services
Strategy
Marketing channels
Marketing channels are tools that marketers use to build a connection between a manufacturer or company to a group of potential customers (eg. social media etc)
Strategy
Marketing funnel
It’s the journey your customer will go through from getting to know your brand to becoming an advocate
Strategy
Marketing metric
Marketing metrics are a quantifiable way to track performance and are an important marketing measurement tool for gauging a campaign's effectiveness
Strategy
Marketing Systems
TermDefinitionRelevant area
Marketing operating system
A MOS will help you develop and monitor effective strategies for all your marketing efforts, and track your growth effectively.
Marketing Systems
PARA method
PARA stands for Projects — Areas — Resources — Archives, the four top-level categories encompassing every type of information you might encounter in your work and life.
Marketing Systems
Standard operating procedures SOPs
Documented processes, also known as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), can streamline your operations by creating step-by-step instructions for all your repeatable functions. This makes all that knowledge accessible to new and existing team members, ensuring efficiency and consistency in execution.
Marketing Systems