This week we’re focusing on one of the most important parts of your ads—the copy. Ralph talks with Brian Kurtz, author and the experienced marketer chosen to continue teaching renowned copywriter Eugene Schwartz’s infamous marketing lessons. They talk about Schwartz’s concept of ‘marketing by walking around’, how direct mail marketing relates to digital marketing, and why research is the most important part of copywriting. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Breakthrough Advertising by Eugene S...
Jan 21, 2020•54 min
What do you do if you don’t have access to past campaign analytics or if you’re running a campaign for the first time? In this episode, Angela Ponsford from Tier 11 joins Ralph to talk about Facebook’s Creator Studio and how you can use it to launch successful campaigns without any past analytics. They talk about how to use the content library feature to find organic posts that have resonated well with an audience and how to use this information in your campaign launch. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN TH...
Jan 13, 2020•45 min
Right now, you can reach almost half of the world’s population through your social media advertisements. What do you do with this opportunity? In this episode, Ralph explains the 5 things that Tier 11 is focusing on in 2020 to drive traffic and conversions. Listen to learn why he’s pushing messaging and ad type variations, how political ad spend is going to affect advertisers, the main website mistake businesses are making, and more. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Image Optimizer Page Spee...
Jan 06, 2020•39 min
Tier 11 has been using the Ecommerce Ad Amplifier to organize their campaigns and create messages for their client’s customers specific to where they are in the customer journey. In 2019, Tier 11 realized that their proven Ad Amplifier didn’t just work for ecommerce—it worked for all businesses. In this episode you’ll learn the 5 levels of prospects and how to identify them to create the right message for each level, the Facebook ad types to run at each level, and the most profitable level to ad...
Dec 31, 2019•48 min
If you’re looking for an agency to work with—this is the episode for you. Ralph talks with Chris Brewer, cofounder of OMG Commerce, about what businesses need to know to hire the right agency. Listen to find out when to know you need advertising help, why you should be okay with hiring more than one agency, and questions to ask to know you’re hiring the best agency for your needs. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: OMG Commerce Tier 11 Agency Manifesto Blue Ribbon Mastermind Work With Tier 11 ...
Dec 10, 2019•59 min
This week we’re continuing our conversation from Episode 229 and talking with Ralph Burns and Angela Ponsford from Tier 11 about the 3 Facebook ad tools to master for the new year. In this episode, they cover the ads reporting tool, how they’re using daily trends to get a snapshot of their campaigns, and how to use the attribution feature. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: About Custom Conversions Specifications for Facebook Pixel Standard Events About Facebook Pixel Standard and Custom Event...
Dec 03, 2019•43 min
If you’re running Facebook ads at any scale—you need to know about these three Tier 11 approved tools that are helping Ralph get conversions on his $1+ million ad spend per week. In this episode, we talk about custom conversions vs. standard events, why (and how) we would use URL based custom conversions if we were just starting our agency today, and when to combine products under one pixel. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: About Custom Conversions Specifications for Facebook Pixel Standard ...
Nov 26, 2019•35 min
BERT is officially no longer just a Sesame Street character. BERT is Google’s latest algorithm update and in this episode Amanda Powell, Director of Marketing at DigitalMarketer, tells us what we need to know to rank with the new update. She explains DM’s SEO strategy for long tail keywords and high intent searches, how we figure out what visitors are searching for to land on DM’s website, and an example of how we ranked for a high volume keyword. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Beginne...
Nov 20, 2019•52 min
In this episode, Molly and John Grimshaw show us the 5-Step Facebook Account Audit they used on the BOOM! by Cindy Joseph Facebook page earlier this year. They explain what the Facebook audit told them about the potential of BOOM! and what campaigns they ran based off of this information that led BOOM! to have their successful year ever. Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Perpetual Traffic ? Connect with us on iTunes and leave us a review. iTunes not your thing? Find us on Spo...
Nov 12, 2019•33 min
In this episode, Molly finishes explaining her and Ezra’s 6-step Facebook product launch campaign for her Train My Traffic Person mentorship program. In Part Two, she explains who she targeted with her direct sales ads, why she’s so happy she didn’t cut her budgets back, and the scarcity ads she ran in the last step of her campaign. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Molly Pittman Ad Library Ezra Firestone Ad Library Train My Traffic Person Smart Traffic Live Thanks for joining us this week. W...
Nov 05, 2019•36 min
In this week’s episode, Molly explains the campaign she and Ezra Firestone used to create a 5x ROAS for their Train My Traffic Person mentorship program. She brings us behind the scenes of each of their offers, how much they spent on ads, their results, and the objectives they used on Facebook. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: DIY Gift Kits Ad Library Molly Pittman Ad Library Train My Traffic Person Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Perpetual Traffic ? Connect with us on ...
Oct 29, 2019•37 min
In this episode, Angela Ponsford, Director of Media Buying at Tier 11, explains how Tier 11 created a testing framework as an official protocol to figure out ad success. Ralph and Angela also talk about the different ad types you must have in each ad set, the importance of changing the messaging on a regular basis, and why you shouldn’t turn off ads right away if they’re not performing well (yet!). Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Perpetual Traffic ? Connect with us on iTune...
Oct 22, 2019•40 min
In last week’s episode, (Episode 222), Ralph explained 4 of the 8 proven Facebook video ad templates for level one traffic. This week, he’s going to go through the next 4 templates, using real-world examples to walk you through each ad so you can easily replicate them for your ecommerce or service-based business. Download the PDF below to get video ad templates for level 1 to level 5 traffic! IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: Big Benefit Video Pure Pitch Video Product Demo Teach and Pitch Video LINK...
Oct 15, 2019•32 min
This week we’re talking about 8 proven video ad templates for your Facebook ads. In this episode, Ralph explains how to use the Ecommerce Ad Amplifier video templates to turn cold traffic into level 2 traffic. Use the download link below to see each template and get the full presentation. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: The types of traffic to create ads for: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, Level 5 The Show Me Video template The 100% Proof Video template Trojan Horse Tutorial Video template LI...
Oct 08, 2019•33 min
This week we’re talking about a conversion strategy for businesses who have sales calls with their customers. In this episode, repeat guest Oli Billson joins us to talk about his Phone Funnel Framework. He explains how he takes cold traffic and turns it into long-standing and loyal customers for service, information-based, and local businesses. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: The types of businesses and benchmark product price point that the Phone Funnel Framework works best for The importance of ...
Oct 01, 2019•59 min
This week we’re talking about how to build a profitable AND scalable agency. Ralph is breaking down the 3 steps that have grown Tier 11 by 4,000% in the last 8 years: attracting A-players, using simple software and tools, and creating systems. Listen to this episode of Perpetual Traffic to get the details on how to hire, what tools to use, and how to systemize your agency. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: The 4 characteristics Tier 11 looks for in their employees: emotional intelligence, humble whe...
Sep 25, 2019•53 min
In this episode, we have return guest Nehal Kazim, here to explain how to use Facebook’s CBO feature. As the CEO of Amplifii, Nehal has hit the ground running to figure out how to use campaign budget optimization before Facebook made it mandatory in September 2019. He talks about how he initially starts a campaign, what scale looks like with CBOs, and the pros of dynamic creatives. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: What mistakes Nehal was making in his CBO campaigns and how he found success by testi...
Sep 17, 2019•44 min
Today we’re sharing the 5 Facebook plays working best for Molly right now. These plays are the strategies she’s using to scale traffic and acquire more leads and customers for her clients. Molly explains which businesses should use each play based on the product they’re selling, who should see each play (cold and/or warm leads), and shows us client examples for each of the 5 plays. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: Play #1: Direct To Product Page used on specific avatars that are ready to purchase P...
Sep 10, 2019•56 min
In spite of the challenges it faced in 2018, Facebook still remains the 800 pound gorilla of the social media world. With over 7 million advertisers and a combined 3 billion active users, it's where your customers are—and the ideal place to advertise your product or service. In this episode, Ralph reviews 7 statistics that every Facebook advertiser, or would be advertiser, should know. Whether you're brand new or have been buying Facebook ads for years, you won't want to miss this episode to gai...
Sep 03, 2019•36 min
This is Part 2 of our Q&A with Ralph and Molly! In this episode, our hosts, and marketing geniuses, answer your questions via Molly’s Facebook group. Ralph and Molly talk about why you should focus just as much on your objective as your hook and creatives, Instagram’s like-removal test, and how they use campaign budget optimization (CBO). IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: Why to use catalog sales and conversion objectives at every level of your funnel Ralph & Molly’s take on Instagram’s like...
Aug 27, 2019•49 min
