Episode 42

How To ACE Digital Marketing for Businesses (Strategy + Execution) - w/ Emma

Jan 15, 202500:55:43On YouTube too
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Emma is the creative director at The Idea Farm - which is a marketing consultancy with over 50 years of history that seeks to help businesses crack the code of digital marketing in today's privacy-first world.

Who this is for

  • You want a public signal that actually helps your work, not empty internet vanity.
  • You would rather hear Emma's version while the mess is still fresh than get another polished hindsight sermon.

Key takeaways

  • ACE Digital Marketing for Businesses (Strategy + Execution) - w/ Emma
  • It's significant enough that it has absolutely destroyed traditional advertising you can see. That's the biggest thing...

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00:00Introduction + Background
02:32Digital Marketing and Idea Farm
05:41Evolution of Digital Marketing Landscape: 2019 vs 2025
07:57"Ask app not to track" WRECKED digital marketing
10:09Framework: Visual - Copy - Offer
12:37Tailoring Marketing Approaches for Different Businesses

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It's significant enough that it has absolutely destroyed traditional advertising you can see. That's the biggest thing that's changed, whether it's organic or paid. You have to be authentic and really connect with your customers.

00:00:11

You're saying once they leave, I don't have access to any of that data. You're just not getting as many views as you've used to on your stuff. You're not crazy. That's because Instagram's algorithm has changed.

00:00:20

What's one popular marketing strategy that everybody thinks works really well but actually has come directly from our meta reps. Work with is saves, shares, and then comments. They have a high work. What frameworks you follow in trying to put forward the best ad copy?

00:00:36

You can target by zip codes. We have clients that we're running ads in Spanish and English. And then the Spanish neighborhoods are getting Spanish ads. The English neighborhoods are getting

00:00:43

English. We can go down to if you're married, if you have kids. I think it's just a great way to just use science on people. I know that sounds kind of twisted. Because the algorithm itself,

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Emma is the creative director at The Idea Farm - which is a marketing consultancy with over 50 years of history that seeks to help businesses crack the code of digital marketing in today's privacy-first world.

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