THE CREW’S INSIGHTS
Have an inside look of the Stacked Marketer business with our 2021 Annual Report
It’s that time of the year for us… The time when we publish our Annual Report detailing the business side of Stacked Marketer.
And we mean it when we say “detail.” The 2021 edition is better than ever. You’ll be able to sink your teeth into juicy bits like:
- How we made $360,000 in revenue, and almost double what we did in 2020.
- What our expenses and profit were at the end of the year.
- Total emails sent and engagement rates for the year.
- What worked well for growing our readership and what didn’t.
- What our biggest challenges and failures were in 2021.
- What our plans are for 2022.
- What our revenue predictions are for 2022 (and 2023!).
There’s more in our 2021 Annual Report, and the best part is it’s free for everyone to read (no form submission necessary).
Get an inside look into the Stacked Marketer business.
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MICROSOFT
Microsoft Ads has a bunch of updates for January
One billion. According to current stats, that’s how many people Microsoft Ads reaches worldwide.
Microsoft has announced a few updates to its Ads services for January that can be a dealbreaker if you dabble with similar audiences:
- Customer Match (email match) targeting no longer requires a minimum spend.
- Similar audiences will soon become available for the UK, AU, IN, NZ, ID, MY, PH, SG, TH, and VN.
In addition, shopping campaigns are getting performance and conversion reporting. With performance reporting you get all the usual goodies (clicks, impressions, average CPC and CPM, etc).
With conversions you’ll get metrics like return on ad spend, all conversions, and revenue. Sweet!
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Get on the Instagram carousel or you will miss out
Is Instagram important for your social media strategy?
Then you should probably read through this article right here and look at the data-driven reasons carousels are a must in 2022.
1. Carousels have a higher than average engagement rate. This is especially true for profiles under 10,000 followers or over 100,000. But carousels stay more engaging than image posts for all profile sizes.
2. You get more engagement per impression when using carousels. And this is for all profile sizes, from under 5,000 followers to over 100,000 followers.
3. Comments! One of the best engagements are comments. Comments on carousels are also above average. Here though, it’s worth mentioning that videos seem to be the most engaging across the board while images lag behind the bigger the profile gets.
4. Users save carousels more often than average. Again, profile size does make a bit of a difference here, where images are saved the most for profiles over 100,000 followers but for anything less than that, carousels are leading the way when it comes to generating saves.
5. Increased reach rate. If you want to reach your followers (which is hard enough already organically), carousels have the highest reach rate across all profile sizes. So, they improve your chances of being in front of your followers.
The Crew’s thoughts: While carousels have positive signs from this data, just posting carousels won’t get you results. Keep in mind that Instagram is doubling-down on video and trying to make Reels a serious TikTok competitor.
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FROM THE CREW
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BRAIN TEASER
Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
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POOLSIDE CHAT
Cool tech, (funny) business, lifestyle and all the other things marketers like to chat about while sipping cocktails by the pool.
Do Nothing Rent-a-Man
This is the name of a real job title in Japan.
Meet Shoji, a Japanese man who makes a living by doing “pretty much nothing.”
This 38-years-old man provides a service called “rent-a-man.” In essence, you “rent” him to join you in activities such as having a meal. Or simply listening to (and occasionally responding to) your banter.
Here’s the most interesting part, Shoji’s service is thriving. To date, he has had over 3000 people hire him. “I lend myself out to do nothing, which means I don’t make any special effort. I don’t initiate conversation. I reply to chitchat, but that’s it,” Shoji explained.
Joking aside, loneliness is a real problem in Japan and many people struggle with it. So if this is something that made at least one person happy, then Shoji is doing the right thing.