Where Premium Brands Come To Grow
We partner with premium eCommerce brands to accelerate revenue growth through high-performance marketing, standout creative, and personalised strategy.
Built for founders who want more than a cookie-cutter solution.
Know where you’re at. Plan where you’re going.
Let’s grow — profitably and on purpose.
You didn’t start your brand to blend in.
You’re building something different — something with personality, purpose, and a point of view. You’ve got a product that’s better than what’s out there, and customers who love it.
Now you need a partner who can help you scale smartly — without sacrificing what makes your brand unique.
At Productpreneur Marketing, we work exclusively with premium direct-to-consumer eCommerce brands who are ready to grow. Whether you’re just starting to scale or entering a new growth phase, we bring the strategic expertise, creative firepower, and performance marketing chops to get you there.
From niche disruptors to household names in the making, here are just a few of the brands we’ve helped scale.
We’re proud to play a part in their journey — bringing clarity, strategy, and serious marketing expertise to help them grow on purpose.
At Productpreneur Marketing, we’re not your typical agency. We don’t do rinse-and-repeat marketing. We work closely with you to build and execute a growth strategy designed specifically for your brand, your stage, and your goals.
Your brand is unique — and your growth strategy should be too. Our clients achieve better financial outcomes through a personalised blend of performance marketing, strategic messaging, and high-converting creative.
THE RIGHT STRATEGY
We start with a clear, data-driven growth plan tailored to your brand, your stage, and your revenue goals. You’ll get a strategic roadmap, complete with monthly forecasts, budget allocations, and our recommendations on the most effective channels to scale profitably.
THE RIGHT MESSAGE
Your customers expect more than just a pretty product. We uncover the messaging and creative that resonates most with your audience, testing ad angles and copy that amplify your brand’s voice and drive action.
THE RIGHT OFFER
Sales shouldn’t require constant discounting. We help you develop conversion-ready offers that create urgency and demand — without sacrificing margins or undermining your brand.
THE RIGHT CHANNELS
We prioritise profit-first growth. That means we focus on bottom-of-funnel strategies first (like Meta, Google, and email marketing), then expand to build awareness and scale once your foundations are converting consistently.
Whether you’re ready to hand over the reins to a trusted expert team, or you want to learn how to run the strategy yourself — we’ll meet you where you’re at, and move with you every step of the way.
Strategic Meta
& Google Ads
management
Automated email
marketing that increases
revenue on repeat
High-converting
Shopify website design
& optimisation
Brand positioning,
messaging, and
campaign creative
Sales funnel
design, offer
strategy & CRO
Conversion-driven
content & paid
media planning
Support to help your
brand scale into a
household name
In an industry known for high churn, our clients stick around—on average, for over 2 years. And here’s the kicker: we don’t do lock-in contracts. They stay because they’re seeing real results, strong ROI, and they know we’re as committed to their brand’s long-term growth as they are. Our high- touch, personalised service means we become a true strategic partner—not just another agency.
We’re not for everyone — and that’s kind of the point.
We partner with ambitious founders who are building more than just beautiful products — they’re building brands that shift conversations, stand out from the crowd, and scale with soul.
We’re a natural fit if:
✓ You’ve launched, made sales, and know you’re onto something…
But you need expert help to scale without burning out or blowing your budget.
✓ Your brand is a bit of a unicorn.
You’re not here to follow trends — your product, packaging, or
mission is truly unique, and you want a marketing partner who gets that.
✓ You want clarity and control over your growth.
Whether you’re hiring us to manage it all or want to learn how to do it yourself, you want to understand the why behind the strategy.
✓ You value high-touch service and real expertise.
No more being fobbed off to juniors or VAs. You want a partner who cares about your brand as much as you do — and knows what they’re doing.
We work with brands at all stages — from post-launch to multi-7-figure growth — and we tailor our support to meet you exactly where you are.
We’re a tight-knit team of digital marketing experts, creatives, and strategists who care deeply about helping innovative brands grow profitably, powerfully, and on purpose.
“From the moment I joined Productpreneur, Cath and her amazing team completely changed the game for me. After implementing their advice and strategy, the results were incredible. I saw growth and sales that far exceeded anything I’d experienced before. It was empowering to see that kind of success and know it came from a well-executed plan. This has been one of the best investments I’ve made in my business. Thanks so much, Productpreneur Marketing!”
Jade Kingston, Wrap’d
“From the first meeting I felt that Cath and her team understood me and her support has felt incredibly personal and specific to me and my business. This has never felt like an off-the-shelf, rinse-and-repeat service, rather I have felt the team have been an extension of my business, in it together and invested in our success. I recouped my investment in revenue growth within days of us teaming up, and it’s still growing today. I highly recommend Productpreneur to any brand that is looking to grow. I am very grateful for all that they have done for us.”
Shayna Stalker, The Waste-Free Home
“Working with Cath and the Productpreneur team has been invaluable. The work we’ve done together has been the essential tool that helped me to scale Outback Linen Co by 100% in only 6 months, from $40k months to over $100k months! This past year has been wild to say the least! I can whole heartily say Outback Linen Co wouldn’t have achieved its current status without the invaluable support and expertise provided by Cath and the team. I 100% would recommend Productpreneur to brands looking to scale.”
Sarah Henney, Outback Linen Co
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🎧 The ChatGPT Walkout: What 60 Million Angry Users Can Teach You About Your Ecommerce Website
https://www.productpreneurmarketing.com/episode-305/
So there I was, Tuesday afternoon, in the middle of working away — using Claude, which for those who don`t know, is the AI tool I`m using extensively throughout my entire business at this point — and it just... stopped.
Completely. Just stopped responding.
Now, the first thing I did (as any completely rational person would 🤓) was assume I had somehow personally broken the internet. Classic. I sat there for a moment, refreshing the page like that was going to help, wondering what on earth I`d done.
And then I did what any self-respecting person does when technology lets them down: I opened social media to see if it was just me.
It was not just me.
What I found instead was this extraordinary wave of conversation: people asking each other if they were switching from ChatGPT to Claude, people posting step-by-step guides on how to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions, people talking about their values, their ethics, their data. And I`m reading all of this thinking: what is happening right now?
So I dug into it. And what I found was one of the most fascinating, real-time case studies in values-based consumer behaviour I have ever witnessed.
And that, friends, is what today`s episode is about.
Today we are talking about what happens when a brand draws a hard line, stands behind its values publicly, and watches its customers do the marketing for it.
And, more importantly, what that means for your eCommerce brand.
Because the lesson here isn`t about AI wars. It`s about the most powerful force in marketing: a customer who buys because they feel seen, not because they found the best price.
🎧 The ChatGPT Walkout: What 60 Million Angry Users Can Teach You About Your Ecommerce Website
https://www.productpreneurmarketing.com/episode-305/
So there I was, Tuesday afternoon, in the middle of working away — using Claude, which for those who don`t know, is the AI tool I`m using extensively throughout my entire business at this point — and it just... stopped.
Completely. Just stopped responding.
Now, the first thing I did (as any completely rational person would 🤓) was assume I had somehow personally broken the internet. Classic. I sat there for a moment, refreshing the page like that was going to help, wondering what on earth I`d done.
And then I did what any self-respecting person does when technology lets them down: I opened social media to see if it was just me.
It was not just me.
What I found instead was this extraordinary wave of conversation: people asking each other if they were switching from ChatGPT to Claude, people posting step-by-step guides on how to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions, people talking about their values, their ethics, their data. And I`m reading all of this thinking: what is happening right now?
So I dug into it. And what I found was one of the most fascinating, real-time case studies in values-based consumer behaviour I have ever witnessed.
And that, friends, is what today`s episode is about.
Today we are talking about what happens when a brand draws a hard line, stands behind its values publicly, and watches its customers do the marketing for it.
And, more importantly, what that means for your eCommerce brand.
Because the lesson here isn`t about AI wars. It`s about the most powerful force in marketing: a customer who buys because they feel seen, not because they found the best price.
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Picture this...
You walk into a beautiful boutique. The products are gorgeous. The branding is on point. Everything about this place says "we know what we`re doing."
And then you look around for someone to help you, and there`s just... a laminated A4 sign blu-tacked to the counter that says "Products here. Buy if you want."
No one to tell you the story behind the brand. No one to explain why this moisturiser is worth $89 when Chemist Warehouse has one for $12. No one to help you feel confident that this is the right choice for you.
You`d walk out. Obviously.
But this is exactly what most ecommerce product pages are doing. Every single day. 🤦♀️
Your Meta ads are working. Your Google Shopping is sending traffic. People are finding you through Pinterest, TikTok, even AI search results. They`re arriving at your store, ready to be convinced.
And what`s greeting them? A default Shopify template with a few product shots, a description that lists features like a spec sheet, and an Add to Cart button that`s doing absolutely zero selling.
Your product page is now your most important sales tool – because it IS where most visitors land first. Not your homepage. Not your collection pages. Your product page is your shop assistant, your brand story, and your closing pitch all rolled into one.
And right now, most of them are about as persuasive as that laminated sign.
That`s why we created High-Converting Product Page Design for Premium Ecommerce Brands — a step-by-step training that shows you exactly how to turn every product page into a conversion machine.
Inside you`ll learn:
→ The elements you need above the fold and the exact order they should appear
→ How to write product descriptions using a framework premium buyers actually respond to
→ The trust and proof architecture that removes purchase anxiety
→ Smart cross-sell and upsell strategies that increase your AOV
→ A 5-minute audit process you can run on every page in your store
All for $47. Less than what most brands spend on a single day of traffic that their product pages aren`t converting anyway.
Ready to give your customers the sales experience they deserve?
Comment below for more details 👇
Picture this...
You walk into a beautiful boutique. The products are gorgeous. The branding is on point. Everything about this place says "we know what we`re doing."
And then you look around for someone to help you, and there`s just... a laminated A4 sign blu-tacked to the counter that says "Products here. Buy if you want."
No one to tell you the story behind the brand. No one to explain why this moisturiser is worth $89 when Chemist Warehouse has one for $12. No one to help you feel confident that this is the right choice for you.
You`d walk out. Obviously.
But this is exactly what most ecommerce product pages are doing. Every single day. 🤦♀️
Your Meta ads are working. Your Google Shopping is sending traffic. People are finding you through Pinterest, TikTok, even AI search results. They`re arriving at your store, ready to be convinced.
And what`s greeting them? A default Shopify template with a few product shots, a description that lists features like a spec sheet, and an Add to Cart button that`s doing absolutely zero selling.
Your product page is now your most important sales tool – because it IS where most visitors land first. Not your homepage. Not your collection pages. Your product page is your shop assistant, your brand story, and your closing pitch all rolled into one.
And right now, most of them are about as persuasive as that laminated sign.
That`s why we created High-Converting Product Page Design for Premium Ecommerce Brands — a step-by-step training that shows you exactly how to turn every product page into a conversion machine.
Inside you`ll learn:
→ The elements you need above the fold and the exact order they should appear
→ How to write product descriptions using a framework premium buyers actually respond to
→ The trust and proof architecture that removes purchase anxiety
→ Smart cross-sell and upsell strategies that increase your AOV
→ A 5-minute audit process you can run on every page in your store
All for $47. Less than what most brands spend on a single day of traffic that their product pages aren`t converting anyway.
Ready to give your customers the sales experience they deserve?
Comment below for more details 👇
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🎧 The Platform Everyone`s Leaving (And Why You Shouldn`t)
https://www.productpreneurmarketing.com/episode-304/
Every year about this time, statistics are published on the state of social media. Over 1,500 marketers worldwide about what they`re doing with social media. And every year, the herd moves collectively in the same direction…
This year? They`re all stampeding toward Instagram and TikTok. Reddit`s had a 63% surge in usage. Everyone`s excited about the new, the fresh, the platforms that feel like they`re going somewhere.
And Facebook? Facebook has officially been dumped. It`s now 2026`s least-loved platform with around 30% of marketers actively reducing their efforts there. The collective breakup is happening in real time.
There`s just one small problem with this mass exodus… The data doesn`t support it.
Facebook`s ad reach actually grew 5.7% year-on-year. Its potential ad audience? A casual 2.35 billion people. And 53% of consumers still use it to research brands before buying.
So let me get this straight. A platform where the audience is growing, the reach is increasing, and more than half the users are actively shopping around... and businesses are leaving?
Something doesn`t add up here. Either 30% of marketers know something the data doesn`t. Or 30% of marketers are making a decision that has nothing to do with what actually works.
So in this episode, I unpack why marketers are really leaving Facebook, which of those reasons are legitimate and which are just noise, and why this exodus might be the biggest opportunity you`ll see this year.
Because I think there`s a real danger in following the crowd here. The marketing industry has a tendency to move as a herd — everyone chasing the same platforms, the same tactics, the same trends. And when the herd moves, it often creates opportunity for those willing to go the other direction.
🎧 The Platform Everyone`s Leaving (And Why You Shouldn`t)
https://www.productpreneurmarketing.com/episode-304/
Every year about this time, statistics are published on the state of social media. Over 1,500 marketers worldwide about what they`re doing with social media. And every year, the herd moves collectively in the same direction…
This year? They`re all stampeding toward Instagram and TikTok. Reddit`s had a 63% surge in usage. Everyone`s excited about the new, the fresh, the platforms that feel like they`re going somewhere.
And Facebook? Facebook has officially been dumped. It`s now 2026`s least-loved platform with around 30% of marketers actively reducing their efforts there. The collective breakup is happening in real time.
There`s just one small problem with this mass exodus… The data doesn`t support it.
Facebook`s ad reach actually grew 5.7% year-on-year. Its potential ad audience? A casual 2.35 billion people. And 53% of consumers still use it to research brands before buying.
So let me get this straight. A platform where the audience is growing, the reach is increasing, and more than half the users are actively shopping around... and businesses are leaving?
Something doesn`t add up here. Either 30% of marketers know something the data doesn`t. Or 30% of marketers are making a decision that has nothing to do with what actually works.
So in this episode, I unpack why marketers are really leaving Facebook, which of those reasons are legitimate and which are just noise, and why this exodus might be the biggest opportunity you`ll see this year.
Because I think there`s a real danger in following the crowd here. The marketing industry has a tendency to move as a herd — everyone chasing the same platforms, the same tactics, the same trends. And when the herd moves, it often creates opportunity for those willing to go the other direction.
...
I`m going to tell you something that sounds like the plot of a Black Mirror episode, except it`s actually just your Tuesday.
Over half of all internet traffic is now bots. Not people. Not your customers. Bots 🤖 Crawling, scraping, and inflating your analytics until your marketing data is about as reliable as a weather forecast in Melbourne.
Meanwhile, the way real humans find and buy products has changed so dramatically, it might as well be a different internet altogether.
AI is eating search alive. Gartner predicts AI assistants will handle 25% of all search queries this year. Nearly 60% of Google searches now end without a single click.
If your brand isn`t showing up in AI-generated answers, you`re becoming invisible to a growing chunk of your audience!!
"Search Everywhere" is the new SEO. People discover products on TikTok, validate them on Reddit, watch reviews on YouTube, then ask an AI to compare prices. All before they visit your website.
Ranking on page one of Google is no longer enough...
The platforms are shape-shifting. Again. Facebook quietly posted a 5.7% increase in ad reach YOY. (The brands leaving are clearing the dance floor for the rest of us.) Reddit`s ad reach exploded 189%. TikTok keeps growing. And everyone`s still ignoring email... the highest-ROI channel in existence 😯
The old playbook – pick a platform, run some ads, cross fingers – isn`t a strategy. It`s a hope, and hope makes a terrible business plan.
The brands thriving right now aren`t louder. They`re smarter. They`re creating content that AI wants to cite, platforms want to surface, and humans actually want to engage with. They`re treating their marketing like an intelligence operation, not a lucky dip.
Your social media might feel like a dumpster fire right now. The good news? Dumpster fires are surprisingly easy to put out when someone hands you an extinguisher.
I`ve opened up ten spots for a complimentary Brand Growth Strategy Session. A sharp, honest look at whether your brand is visible where your customers are searching in 2026, and what to do about it if it`s not.
Comment STRATEGY below and I`ll send you the details.
Catherine x
I`m going to tell you something that sounds like the plot of a Black Mirror episode, except it`s actually just your Tuesday.
Over half of all internet traffic is now bots. Not people. Not your customers. Bots 🤖 Crawling, scraping, and inflating your analytics until your marketing data is about as reliable as a weather forecast in Melbourne.
Meanwhile, the way real humans find and buy products has changed so dramatically, it might as well be a different internet altogether.
AI is eating search alive. Gartner predicts AI assistants will handle 25% of all search queries this year. Nearly 60% of Google searches now end without a single click.
If your brand isn`t showing up in AI-generated answers, you`re becoming invisible to a growing chunk of your audience!!
"Search Everywhere" is the new SEO. People discover products on TikTok, validate them on Reddit, watch reviews on YouTube, then ask an AI to compare prices. All before they visit your website.
Ranking on page one of Google is no longer enough...
The platforms are shape-shifting. Again. Facebook quietly posted a 5.7% increase in ad reach YOY. (The brands leaving are clearing the dance floor for the rest of us.) Reddit`s ad reach exploded 189%. TikTok keeps growing. And everyone`s still ignoring email... the highest-ROI channel in existence 😯
The old playbook – pick a platform, run some ads, cross fingers – isn`t a strategy. It`s a hope, and hope makes a terrible business plan.
The brands thriving right now aren`t louder. They`re smarter. They`re creating content that AI wants to cite, platforms want to surface, and humans actually want to engage with. They`re treating their marketing like an intelligence operation, not a lucky dip.
Your social media might feel like a dumpster fire right now. The good news? Dumpster fires are surprisingly easy to put out when someone hands you an extinguisher.
I`ve opened up ten spots for a complimentary Brand Growth Strategy Session. A sharp, honest look at whether your brand is visible where your customers are searching in 2026, and what to do about it if it`s not.
Comment STRATEGY below and I`ll send you the details.
Catherine x
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🎧📉 There Is No Silver Bullet Growth Strategy: The Death of "Set & Forget" Marketing
February is not only the shortest calendar month but also typically the slowest sales month for eCommerce and – because of that – is often the month that I see business owners make fear-based snap decisions that end up hurting their profitable growth long-term…
Remember when you bought that course that promised the "exact funnel" that would generate sales while you sleep? Or set up your email flows in 2021 and haven`t touched them since? Or wondered why your ads aren`t performing like they used to, even though you`re doing the same things that worked before?
You`re not alone. The online marketing industry spent the last decade selling us a fantasy: that there`s a silver bullet. One funnel, one template, one winning ad that you build once and profit from forever. Set it and forget it. Passive income. Automated success. It was a seductive promise — and it was a lie.
In this episode, I`m breaking down why "set and forget" marketing is quietly killing brands, what`s actually happening when your results start declining (hint: it`s not just the algorithm), and the mindset shift that separates brands that grow from brands that plateau. If you`ve been searching for the magic formula that solves marketing forever, this one might sting a little — but it`ll also set you free.
https://www.productpreneurmarketing.com/episode-303/
🎧📉 There Is No Silver Bullet Growth Strategy: The Death of "Set & Forget" Marketing
February is not only the shortest calendar month but also typically the slowest sales month for eCommerce and – because of that – is often the month that I see business owners make fear-based snap decisions that end up hurting their profitable growth long-term…
Remember when you bought that course that promised the "exact funnel" that would generate sales while you sleep? Or set up your email flows in 2021 and haven`t touched them since? Or wondered why your ads aren`t performing like they used to, even though you`re doing the same things that worked before?
You`re not alone. The online marketing industry spent the last decade selling us a fantasy: that there`s a silver bullet. One funnel, one template, one winning ad that you build once and profit from forever. Set it and forget it. Passive income. Automated success. It was a seductive promise — and it was a lie.
In this episode, I`m breaking down why "set and forget" marketing is quietly killing brands, what`s actually happening when your results start declining (hint: it`s not just the algorithm), and the mindset shift that separates brands that grow from brands that plateau. If you`ve been searching for the magic formula that solves marketing forever, this one might sting a little — but it`ll also set you free.
https://www.productpreneurmarketing.com/episode-303/
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Every year, Meltwater surveys over 1,500 marketers worldwide about what they`re doing with social media. And every year, the herd moves in the same direction... 🐏
This year? They`re all stampeding toward Instagram and TikTok. (To be fair, TikTok did jump from third to second priority — that`s quite the glow-up.)
Meanwhile, Facebook has officially been dumped. It`s 2026`s least-loved platform (not counting X…) Marketers are swiping left on it faster than a bad Hinge date with a fish photo.
There`s just one small problem with this collective breakup...
The data doesn`t support it.
Facebook`s ad reach actually grew 5.7% year-on-year. Its potential ad audience? A casual 2.35 billion people. And 53% of consumers still use it to research brands before buying.
So let me get this straight: a platform where the audience is growing, the reach is increasing, and more than half the users are actively shopping around… and businesses are leaving?
That`s not strategy. That`s herd mentality in a trench coat pretending to be strategy.
Here`s what this means for your brand:
Fewer advertisers competing for the same eyeballs = lower costs, better placements, and more room for brands who actually know what they`re doing.
It`s the marketing equivalent of finding out everyone`s cancelled their gym memberships in February. The equipment`s all yours 💃
If you`d like help making the most of this wide-open lane — with Meta ads managed by a team that actually understands premium brand positioning — let`s chat!
Every year, Meltwater surveys over 1,500 marketers worldwide about what they`re doing with social media. And every year, the herd moves in the same direction... 🐏
This year? They`re all stampeding toward Instagram and TikTok. (To be fair, TikTok did jump from third to second priority — that`s quite the glow-up.)
Meanwhile, Facebook has officially been dumped. It`s 2026`s least-loved platform (not counting X…) Marketers are swiping left on it faster than a bad Hinge date with a fish photo.
There`s just one small problem with this collective breakup...
The data doesn`t support it.
Facebook`s ad reach actually grew 5.7% year-on-year. Its potential ad audience? A casual 2.35 billion people. And 53% of consumers still use it to research brands before buying.
So let me get this straight: a platform where the audience is growing, the reach is increasing, and more than half the users are actively shopping around… and businesses are leaving?
That`s not strategy. That`s herd mentality in a trench coat pretending to be strategy.
Here`s what this means for your brand:
Fewer advertisers competing for the same eyeballs = lower costs, better placements, and more room for brands who actually know what they`re doing.
It`s the marketing equivalent of finding out everyone`s cancelled their gym memberships in February. The equipment`s all yours 💃
If you`d like help making the most of this wide-open lane — with Meta ads managed by a team that actually understands premium brand positioning — let`s chat!
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Discounts are intoxicating. I get it. Sales go quiet, the panic creeps in, and that "20% OFF EVERYTHING" button starts winking at you like the last Tim Tam in the packet.
You hit send. Revenue spikes. You feel like a genius. But much like that third glass of wine on a Tuesday — the buzz wears off fast and the hangover is brutal.
That`s the illusion of discounting: it looks like it`s working. Except when you do the maths, you`ve sold more and kept less. And you`ve trained your customers to never, ever pay full price again. You`ve become the brand equivalent of that friend who always shouts dinner. Everybody loves you. Nobody reaches for their wallet.
Now. Allow me to seduce you with some data.
We work with a premium children`s eyewear brand. Instead of their usual promotional foreplay, we sent one email explaining UV protection ratings. Positively indecent levels of useful information.
No discount. No countdown timer. No breathless "EVERYTHING MUST GO" energy.
That email generated nearly $15,000 in revenue. One email. About UV ratings.
The pattern held: educational emails averaged 55.4% open rates. Social proof? 56.1%. Promotional emails limped in at 51%. The emails that taught people something outperformed the ones trying to flog them something.
Here`s the bit that should make you spit out your oat milk latte: if you`re not generating 30–40% of your revenue from email and SMS, you`re working overtime to fund Mark Zuck`s next metaverse expedition. Every dollar from email is yours. No middleman taking a cut like a dodgy real estate agent.
The brands winning right now aren`t sending fewer emails. They`re sending ones worth opening. Content that makes them the authority, not just another shop with a permanent "SALE" sign in the window.
Give people a genuine reason to fall in love with your product, and the discount code becomes as necessary as a screen door on a submarine. That`s not an illusion. That`s a strategy.
Intrigued? Mildly horrified? Frantically checking your Klaviyo stats? Link in bio to book a Brand Growth Strategy Session.
Your best customers don`t need a bribe to buy from you. They just need a reason to believe you`re worth it.
Catherine x
Discounts are intoxicating. I get it. Sales go quiet, the panic creeps in, and that "20% OFF EVERYTHING" button starts winking at you like the last Tim Tam in the packet.
You hit send. Revenue spikes. You feel like a genius. But much like that third glass of wine on a Tuesday — the buzz wears off fast and the hangover is brutal.
That`s the illusion of discounting: it looks like it`s working. Except when you do the maths, you`ve sold more and kept less. And you`ve trained your customers to never, ever pay full price again. You`ve become the brand equivalent of that friend who always shouts dinner. Everybody loves you. Nobody reaches for their wallet.
Now. Allow me to seduce you with some data.
We work with a premium children`s eyewear brand. Instead of their usual promotional foreplay, we sent one email explaining UV protection ratings. Positively indecent levels of useful information.
No discount. No countdown timer. No breathless "EVERYTHING MUST GO" energy.
That email generated nearly $15,000 in revenue. One email. About UV ratings.
The pattern held: educational emails averaged 55.4% open rates. Social proof? 56.1%. Promotional emails limped in at 51%. The emails that taught people something outperformed the ones trying to flog them something.
Here`s the bit that should make you spit out your oat milk latte: if you`re not generating 30–40% of your revenue from email and SMS, you`re working overtime to fund Mark Zuck`s next metaverse expedition. Every dollar from email is yours. No middleman taking a cut like a dodgy real estate agent.
The brands winning right now aren`t sending fewer emails. They`re sending ones worth opening. Content that makes them the authority, not just another shop with a permanent "SALE" sign in the window.
Give people a genuine reason to fall in love with your product, and the discount code becomes as necessary as a screen door on a submarine. That`s not an illusion. That`s a strategy.
Intrigued? Mildly horrified? Frantically checking your Klaviyo stats? Link in bio to book a Brand Growth Strategy Session.
Your best customers don`t need a bribe to buy from you. They just need a reason to believe you`re worth it.
Catherine x
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🎧 When Boring Gets a Makeover: Why Most Brand Content Falls Flat (And How to Fix It)
https://www.productpreneurmarketing.com/episode-302/
Have you ever noticed that most brand content is so... forgettable.
It`s not that brands don`t try. They`re producing more content than ever. Social posts, emails, product descriptions, blog articles, ads. The volume is enormous.
But most of it lands with a thud. No engagement. No emotional response. If you even notice it at all… you read it, you understand it, you forget it immediately.
We are drowning in content. Every brand, every business, every person with a phone is creating and publishing constantly. Your customers` feeds are overflowing.
Their inboxes are groaning. Their attention is being pulled in a thousand directions at once.
It all blurs together into one beige mass of content. And here`s the thing most brands don`t realise: boring content doesn`t just underperform. It actively damages your brand.
Boring is expensive. It costs you attention. It costs you engagement. And eventually, it costs you sales!
So in this podcast episode, I want to dig into why that happens. Why is so much brand content so boring? And more importantly, how do you create content that actually makes people feel something?
And I’ll share five techniques that will help you master this so that you can build an unforgettable brand.
🎧 When Boring Gets a Makeover: Why Most Brand Content Falls Flat (And How to Fix It)
https://www.productpreneurmarketing.com/episode-302/
Have you ever noticed that most brand content is so... forgettable.
It`s not that brands don`t try. They`re producing more content than ever. Social posts, emails, product descriptions, blog articles, ads. The volume is enormous.
But most of it lands with a thud. No engagement. No emotional response. If you even notice it at all… you read it, you understand it, you forget it immediately.
We are drowning in content. Every brand, every business, every person with a phone is creating and publishing constantly. Your customers` feeds are overflowing.
Their inboxes are groaning. Their attention is being pulled in a thousand directions at once.
It all blurs together into one beige mass of content. And here`s the thing most brands don`t realise: boring content doesn`t just underperform. It actively damages your brand.
Boring is expensive. It costs you attention. It costs you engagement. And eventually, it costs you sales!
So in this podcast episode, I want to dig into why that happens. Why is so much brand content so boring? And more importantly, how do you create content that actually makes people feel something?
And I’ll share five techniques that will help you master this so that you can build an unforgettable brand.
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