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Marketing Jargons: A/B Testing

The document defines various marketing terms and jargons used in the field of marketing. Some key terms include: A/B testing - Trying out two similar marketing strategies that differ in one aspect to see which performs better. Above the line advertising - Paid advertising through mass media like television, radio, and print. Below the line advertising - Promotional methods like direct marketing, catalog marketing and trade shows that are under direct control of the marketer. Brand - A trademark that identifies a company's products/services and distinguishes them from competitors. Call-to-action - Wording or links on a website that encourage users to perform an action like clicking or buying.

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Marketing Jargons: A/B Testing

The document defines various marketing terms and jargons used in the field of marketing. Some key terms include: A/B testing - Trying out two similar marketing strategies that differ in one aspect to see which performs better. Above the line advertising - Paid advertising through mass media like television, radio, and print. Below the line advertising - Promotional methods like direct marketing, catalog marketing and trade shows that are under direct control of the marketer. Brand - A trademark that identifies a company's products/services and distinguishes them from competitors. Call-to-action - Wording or links on a website that encourage users to perform an action like clicking or buying.

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Marketing Jargons

A/B Testing

Trying out two marketing strategies which are identical but for one part - so you can see
which does better.

Above the line

 A form of advertising - press, radio, and television that earns a commission for the
advertising agency, that contracts the advertising space and broadcast time on behalf of a
client.

Ad copy

The words in an advert.

Advertising

The placement and purchase of announcements and persuasive messages to publicise a


company or product.

Advertorial

An advert which looks like a news article or editorial.

Affiliate marketing

Performance-based marketing where a business pays an affiliate for each visitor or customer
introduced via the affiliate's efforts, e.g. PPC

Analytics

Discovery of meaningful patterns in data.

B2B advertising

Business to business advertising

B2C advertising

Business to customer advertising

Below the line

Promotional methods such as catalogue marketing, direct marketing, and trade fair marketing
that are under the direct control of the marketer or client and earn no commissions for the
advertising agency.

Brand
Legally called a trademark: something that identifies one company's services/products as
distinct from its competitors.

Brand equity

The financial impact of the brand on the bottom line profits.

Brief

Instructions of what a client wants.

Call-to-action "CTA"

This is the name for wording and links on a website which drive you to do something, like
"click here" "read more" "buy now".

CIM "Chartered Institute of Marketing"

The world's leading professional marketing body, representing and developing marketers,
teams, leaders and the profession as a whole. They offer a range of professional marketing
qualifications recognised throughout the profession.

Content

An article, video, image etc which exists to be seen and engaged with. For example, this list!

Context

Context is making sure that the content reaches the right audience.

Data Capture

Capturing the details of users, for example contact details and preferences.

Direct marketing

Advertising directly to consumers, for example via emails, rather than through a mass
medium.

DPS

 Double page spread of advertising in a print medium

Dynamic content

Dynamic content is having content which reaches different users depending on what
information the website already knows. For example, if a website has recorded that you like
black skirts, it will show you content related to black skirts.

Eighty-twenty rule
80% of products are bought by 20% of the consumers.

End-user

Person who uses the product, not necessarily analogous with the purchaser.

Inbound marketing

Marketing which focuses on pulling in a consumer by the means of content.

Lead nurturing

The act of providing contextually relevant content to the right audience at the right stage in
the buying cycle to channel them into becoming customers.

Marketing automation

Its purpose is to streamline marketing campaigns by replacing manual processes with


automated solutions. For example, tracking codes can track what the user does and feedback
to the marketer.

Meme

An idea which spreads from person to person. They are cultural analogues to genes in that
they self-replicate, mutate and respond to selectivity. On the internet, memes are typically
funny images or phrases. The word itself derives from the Ancient Greek for imitation, like a
mime.

Outbound marketing

Marketing which focuses on buying ads, email lists etc.

Persona

The imaginary profile of a target customer.

Qualified lead

A user which has opted in to receive communication from you, such as a newsletter
subscriber.

ROI "Return on Investment"

The measure of the success of a marketing spend.

Smarketing:

A term created by our partners at HubSpot, Smarketing refers to aligning sales and
marketing. This is a critical aspect of Customer Success – making sure that multiple parties in
your business are coming together and are updated with each others’ goings on. This will
allow your message, brand and goals to remain consistent throughout your sales process, and
allow you to perform things like closed-loop reporting

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