This post is sponsored by Fairing
This is the first issue of Brainy Best—a weekly digest of snackable brainy tips to make you a smarter marketer.
I think you’re gonna love this new format and I’m excited to hear your feedback!
(Don’t worry. You’ll still get our regular deep dive issue on Tuesdays.)
This Week’s Brainy Best At-A-Glance
Read time 4 minutes
🧠 Bite: Why you actually don’t want all 5-star reviews
🤓 Breakdown: How Taco Bell uses humor to sell more
📖 Read: Get dozens of the best post-purchase survey questions
💡 Spotlight: How to make your messaging recession-proof
Brainy BITE 🧠
Having a perfect 5-star rating is what every business should aim for right, right?
Wrong.
Research shows that products with a 4 to 4.5-star rating have higher sales than the same product with a 4.5+ star rating.
Traditional surveys tell a team what to do in the next 6 months.
Ours tell your marketing stack what to do in the next 6 seconds.
Fairing operationalizes survey data, tying post-purchase questions to each shopper’s traffic & transaction data so every response impacts attribution, personalization and CRO at 10x speed.
New brands often see ROI before their 14-day trial ends, but this month we’re offering a 30-day extended trial to Why We Buy readers.
Brainy Breakdown 🤓
Imagine you just went through a breakup and you wanna eat your feelings.
What do you reach for? Junk food. Taco Bell understands the “job” people hire them to do.
The Taco Bell tweet below is clever for two reasons:
1) it’s funny
2) it strategically positions Crunchwraps as the ideal “comfort food” for lovelorn singles
Smart, right?
Brainy principles used: The Priming Effect
Brainy Resource 📖
Sponsored by Fairing
Post-purchase surveys are crazy powerful for understanding what works with buyers but many marketers don’t know how to make the most of them.
Don’t just ask the classic, “How did you hear about us?” question. You can use post-purchase surveys to nail your brand positioning, better segment your buyers, improve conversion rates and lots more.
Get some inspiration from Fairing’s Question Bank. Find dozens of post-purchase survey questions that will help you get to know your buyers better.
Brainy Spotlight 💡
As I always say, Conte{x}t Is King.
What worked well two years ago might not resonate as well today. Your buyers are always going through new experiences and shifting their priorities. This requires changing the messaging around your products (even if they stay the same).
In March 2022, Patrick Campbell saw more conversions with the wording “Make you money” versus “Save you money.” One year later, “Save you money” is leading to a 28.6% increase in conversions, and “Make you money” only brings in a 6.7% conversion increase.
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If you have an idea for a future issue, send ’em my way.
Until next time, happy selling.
Pssssttt…
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