Market This | Marketing For Local Business Owners
Are you a local business owner who's spent money on marketing and still isn't seeing results? You might not have a strategy problem. You might have a messaging problem.
Market This is the podcast that helps local service businesses fix what they're saying so their marketing actually works.
I'm Lindsay! A messaging strategist and website copywriter with 20+ years in journalism and advertising. I've written for CBC Radio and led copy on million-dollar campaigns, and now I help local business owners compete on clarity, not budget.
Each week, you'll get practical marketing strategy and content marketing tips you can actually use, like how to write website copy that converts, what to say (and stop saying) in your marketing, and how to build a local business strategy around messaging that's clear, not complicated.
Inside each episode, you’ll learn:
⚡️How to write website copy that actually converts
⚡️How to build a marketing strategy that fits a local business
⚡️What to say (and cut) from your homepage, about page, and social content
⚡️Simple content marketing that doesn't eat your whole week
⚡️When to DIY your copy and when to bring in help
If you’re ready to stop second-guessing your words and start using copy that actually sells, hit subscribe and follow along. And come hang out with me on Instagram too: @lindsaysmithcreative
And if you want expert eyes on your website, you can book your copy audit here:
https://www.lindsaysmithcreative.ca/audit
Let’s turn your words into your hardest-working salesperson.
Market This | Marketing For Local Business Owners
S1 #6: Stop Ghosting Your Audience: Let’s Talk Nurture Content
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There’s always going to be a need for promo and sales content but if that’s all you’re doing, you’re probably missing the one thing that actually turns browsers into buyers: nurture content.
In this episode, I'm talking about what nurture content really is (and what it’s not), how it builds trust between your visibility and your sales, and why ghosting your audience between promos or sales could be costing you clients.
You’ll learn:
- What nurture content does that promo content can’t
- How to write emails people actually reply to
- Why storytelling is your most powerful nurture tool
- The simple framework for writing nurture emails that connect and convert
- How to weave subtle CTAs into your nurture emails without feeling pushy
If you’re ready to build real relationships, and turn your audience into long-term customers, this episode is for you.
This episode was mixed and edited by Cardinal Studio.