Inbox zero

Process email to empty daily by deciding whether to act, defer, delegate, or delete each message rather than leaving unread items as false to-do lists.

Inbox zero

Inbox zero

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Demand generation

Build your channel strategy and optimise each channel, so you grow traffic strategically without burning budget.

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Demand generation tools

Demand generation tools

Pipeline doesn't fill itself. These tools help you identify who to target, reach them at scale, and create content that earns attention in crowded markets.

Stages of awareness

Stages of awareness

Demographics don't determine what message resonates. Belief stage does. Map what people need to believe at each stage and your campaigns will resonate instead of falling flat.

Channel selection

Channel selection

Spreading budget across every channel guarantees mediocrity. Focus on the channels where your buyers actually spend attention and scale what works before expanding.

Ad creative testing

Ad creative testing

Most teams waste ad spend testing randomly. A structured approach to creative testing compounds your learnings so every campaign performs better than the last.

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Getting Things Done

David Allen

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Getting Things Done

Capture, clarify and review without friction. Keep projects moving with weekly reviews and clear next actions.

Digital Minimalism

Cal Newport

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Digital Minimalism

How to reduce low value tools and feeds. Practical steps to tidy notifications, choose channels and free up time for impact.

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How to escape your inbox trap

Handle email like a pro so it doesn't interrupt your day. Process inbox efficiently without letting it hijack your focus and deep work time.

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How to run weekly Firebreaks

Use a weekly Firebreak to close open loops and reset. Start next week clear and focused by clearing, reflecting, and planning systematically.

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Landing page

Create focused standalone pages for paid campaigns that remove distractions and guide visitors toward one specific action to improve conversion rates.

Cost per click (CPC)

Calculate what you pay each time someone clicks your ad to evaluate channel efficiency and determine if paid traffic costs justify the leads generated.

Keyword research

Identify search terms your customers use to create content that ranks organically and bid on paid terms that drive qualified traffic at profitable costs.

Bounce rate

Track emails that fail delivery to maintain sender reputation and avoid being marked as spam by continuing to email invalid addresses that hurt deliverability.

Internal linking

Connect related pages through contextual links to help search engines understand site structure and spread authority whilst improving user navigation.

Inbox zero

Process email to empty daily by deciding whether to act, defer, delegate, or delete each message rather than leaving unread items as false to-do lists.

Paid social advertising

Target prospects based on demographic, firmographic, and behavioural data, interrupting their social feeds with relevant offers and content.

Spam score

Evaluate email content and sending practices to identify elements that trigger spam filters before sending campaigns that might damage deliverability.

Impressions

The total number of times your brand appears in front of potential customers across all channels.

On-page SEO

Optimise individual pages for target keywords by improving titles, headings, content, and internal links to help search engines understand topic relevance.

Time blocking

Schedule focused work sessions in your calendar to protect concentration and ensure important tasks don't get crowded out by meetings and interruptions.

Technical SEO

Fix site infrastructure issues that prevent search engines from crawling and indexing pages properly to ensure content can rank regardless of quality.

Engagement

Measure likes, comments, and shares to evaluate content resonance and algorithmic distribution on social platforms that reward interactions with reach.

Click-through-rate

The percentage of impressions that result in a click to your website or landing page.

Engagement rate

The percentage of visitors who meaningfully engage with your landing page instead of bouncing.

Maker schedule

Protect long uninterrupted blocks for deep work that requires concentration by clustering meetings and separating them from creative and analytical time.

Cold email

Reach prospects who don't know you by sending personalised outreach that offers value and starts conversations rather than pitching products immediately.

Cost-per-X

Master the economics of customer acquisition by tracking what you pay for each meaningful action across channels.

Content pillar

Create comprehensive hub pages on core topics that link to related subtopic content to establish topical authority and improve rankings across topic clusters.

Domain reputation

Maintain a positive sending history to ensure emails reach inboxes rather than spam folders by following best practices and monitoring feedback signals.