Navigating Client Expectations and Strategic Challenges

This chapter examines the intricate dynamics of client relationships, emphasizing the need for patience and strategic planning in business. It highlights the pitfalls of relying too heavily on paid media platforms, the consequences of misaligned goals, and the crucial role of clear communication. Additionally, the discussion reflects on the importance of understanding customer revenue trends and implementing effective email marketing strategies to drive long-term growth.

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Your Playbook for Black Friday & Cyber Monday Creative that Converts

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Get your Beauty Brand’s creative trend report from one of the most successful Creative Strategists, Lauren Schwartz. In this FREE webinar, you’ll get all the Angles, Styles & Hooks That Sell (Before Your Competitors Catch On.) Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the most competitive moments of the year for beauty brands, and the right creative is how you win. In this webinar, we’ll reveal the trends, hooks, and tactics driving conversions before your competitors catch on. You’ll learn:

Angles, Styles, and Hooks - Those that are actually selling this season, and not the trends we are going to see over-saturated.
Macro Creative Trends - Learn all about the Macro creative trends that will shape your Q4 creative ads.
Holiday Hooks - Holiday hooks that can be shaped to your brand to own the feed and stop the scroll.
Quick Start Checklist - Get the ultimate quick start checklist so you can apply these learnings to your brand in under 7 days.

Before you spend another dollar on ads, you need to do your business math right. Download our Marketing Performance Indicators checklist to track the key metrics that accurately measure your marketing efforts.

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Today’s case study is a perfect example of why such metrics matter more than your creative or targeting efforts. The client came to us with growth goals, though their business had been in decline for three years. About 60% of their revenue was coming from existing customers, but that segment was shrinking year over year.

Even with our top strategist, Ricardo Pouwels, deploying proven strategies, we weren't able to break through the tough competitive landscape. We shifted the budget from Google to Meta ads and focused on improving new customer acquisition metrics, but the client couldn't wait for the strategy to fully take effect.

You'll learn that marketing can't fix a fundamentally flawed business model. Tracking metrics like new customer acquisition cost (NCAC) can show progress even when overall revenue drops, but only with realistic expectations about recovery timelines that most businesses aren’t prepared to accept.

In This Episode:

- Meet Tier11’s growth strategist, Ricardo Pouwels

- Case study: Gardening niche client with a flawed business model

- Challenges with Google Shopping and price competitiveness

- How pricing issues contributed to the client’s decline

- Testing new strategies: Meta Ad budget adjustments

- What is the ideal timeframe for testing new marketing strategies?

- Managing client expectations while saving a struggling business

- Why a paid media strategy does not always work

- What’s the best way to turn around a declining seasonal business?

- Why didn’t we focus on email marketing to boost sales?

- How to tackle business challenges with paid media