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Give Them the Gimme

Posted on Dec 14, 2011

Give Them the Gimme

Just a few minutes ago I saw an interactive ad for a new health product, saying “click for free e-book”. “Wow!” I thought. “I want that e-book and I would buy that product!” I happily clicked on the ad.

Guess what? The click took me to the home page of the company’s site. No mention of the e-book. No mention, even, of the new product. Anywhere.

What the…?

At the risk of treating all of you like the dummies I know you’re not, let’s review Rule #1 of content marketing: IF THEY CLICK ON YOUR LINK, YOU’D BETTER GIVE THEM THE GIMME.

Yep, I know, you’re smarter than that. But you’d be amazed how often in the maelstrom of everyone’s workday, the links don’t get checked and the landing page doesn’t get loaded.

Easy lesson here, my friends: Check the link. Every. Single. Dang. Time.

We do. And we check it every day during its run, just to make sure.

 

 

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