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Love the video!Update. It's been a while since I posted here.
We sent out free gift virtual cards to some people we know with small children to claim a free book for the purposes I outlined in my last post. It was interesting how we had to prod people to even bother to open the email. I suspect that for a large proportion of the public email is no longer their main communication point. I also wonder if the, 'Oh no, Leo and Amanda have written something, it'll be amateur junk I'll have to nice about', thing was at play here too. However, once people had used the card and received their book the reaction was genuine delight with offers to help, write glowing reviews, etc.
The most useful help we have received has been videos and photos of them opening the package and reading with their kids. This material has been invaluable for creating marketing assets providing social proof as they were not slick studio made but were genuine home produced reactions.
With Christmas fast approaching we had no social media reach at all and only a couple of 'proper' sales from people we didn't know. We decided to sink our last savings into Google Ads. We researched and researched and came to the realisation that we just couldn't handle this on our own. Google Ads are so complex and they seem to change and add new products daily. If we make even a small mistake we could be pouring our meagre savings down the drain. Of all the research we did we found the most compelling, up to date and genuine advice was being produced by a US ad agency called Solutions 8. As an agency they deal with big pocket accounts but as it happens they were just opening a low cost solution for small companies with limited budgets. To keep costs down they do not produce assets or do 'hand holding', instead they act more as advisors and guides. I think this is critical because every business has different marketing objectives and requirements and it's this advice specific to your business that is valuable and can't be found in general 'how to' books, videos and blogs.
We signed up! And as of today our ads are running at about £100 per day.
We had to do a ton of work to prepare the ad assets including videos, images, copy, etc. along with a bunch of other technical improvements to the website to fit Google's requirements. Some of the work was also beyond us so I employed a Fiverr to do things like speed up the website and harden it against hacking attacks. They were brilliant to work with and quick. Shout out to Kreativopro! The video ads were something, Amanda learnt Da Vinci Resolve from zero and nearly melted her old laptop producing them.
I have to say that so far it seems like the right decision this time to employ an agency. Solutions 8 have been so attentive and helpful guiding us through the process. I guess we'll only know with time if it pays off.
Check out one of our video ads I'd love to know what you think.
Your story is very interesting to me, because I am working on a similar project in a wholly different niche.
Your adaptable graphic is very nice! Good luck to you with the project!
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