Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Good morning,
It’s time to get your piece of the pie and we aren’t talking about pizza.
Meta is finally issuing refunds after the February 14th outage and impacted advertisers should expect to see some money back in their accounts.
Make sure to check your billings and payments to see the amount refunded.
If the amount is lower than what you expected, get in touch with your Meta rep if you have one or fill out the contact form (scroll down to our quick hits section for the link).
Here’s what you’ll find in today’s DTC:
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Like it or not, TikTok has become a powerful search engine.
And if you want your video content to be found, you’ll need to make your content discoverable. 🔍
Apply these TikTok SEO tips below to increase your online visibility so you can become more famous than a bowl of strawberries covered in chocolate. If you know, you know.
1️⃣ Do your keyword research: Brainstorm with your team and make a list of keywords relevant to your industry and product lineup.
2️⃣ Use the search hashtag feature: Type these keywords into TikTok’s search bar and head over to the hashtag section to see how popular these keywords are within your niche. This page will also show you other popular search queries from other users.
3️⃣ Add keywords in your TikTok content: Add your target keywords to the following places so it’s easy for the TikTok algorithm to rank your videos on content relevancy:
4️⃣ SEO your TikTok bio: Add a relevant keyword into your bio or name field. Here’s an example from the brand Bungu that takes full advantage of their profile bio to add keywords like ‘Japanese stationery’ which are relevant to what they are selling.
5️⃣ Turn on text-to-speech captions. Don’t overlook this feature! This is so simple to enable. Turning on text-to-speech captions makes your content a lot more accessible to people with disabilities and also helps with your TikTok SEO.
Not only will these simple tips help with your TikTok visibility but it’ll also widen your reach so you can connect with your niche audience. Give it a try!
In this episode of the pod, we interview CEO Dayne Rusch from Vyper Industrial, an eight-figure family-owned business that combines American innovation and craftsmanship resulting in an amazing brand that champions problem-solving design. 💡
Dayne reflects on his entrepreneurial journey and shares the marketing tactics that propelled them to a 112% YoY revenue growth and secure high-profile clients like Tesla, Delta, and Honda.
Dayne explains the key to scaling: “When you have a great product on top of good marketing, followed by great customer service and quick lead times, you have everything you need to be a successful growing company.
But if you miss any of those, then the word is going to get out that the product is not worth the money. You need to have all those facets to scale a business.” 🚀
In this podcast, we cover:
👉 You can listen to the full episode with Dayne here.
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💰 Reach out to Meta’s support team if you haven’t received your ad refund credit from last month’s outage. Here’s how you can get in contact with Meta.
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DTC Newsletter is written by Rebecca Knight and Frances Du. Edited by Eric Dyck.
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