Search Engine Land

JUNE 14, 2024

This article explores how brands are leveraging video to stand out in a crowded market. Video: The secret weapon for brand differentiation and growth Video is a powerful medium because it leverages human-to-human connection. What I find most interesting about brand building with video is how long top-funnel engagement can last.

Branding 103

Branding B2C Education eCommerce 103

Hubspot Marketing

JULY 12, 2024

For example, a brand community can also be a social community, and vice versa. Brand Communities A brand community is a place where like-minded customers can come together and talk about how much they love what you do, create, or value. Plus, I get all the best advice from users who enjoy the platform as much as I do.

Branding 87

Branding User-Generated Millennials Education 87

Search Engine Land

JULY 19, 2024

With AI taking over more and more platforms being used, all content on the web is now fair game to be used as a training source for generative AI responses. As a result, many brands picked Instagram or YouTube, for instance, and doubled down on them. Enter ChatGPT, leading the movement of generative AI. Processing.

Management 96

Management Branding User-Generated SEO 96

Vertical Response

JULY 7, 2024

Wondering which social media platforms to use to elevate your brand in 2024? Instagram excels in visual content and influencer marketing, providing numerous creative formats and strong e-commerce features, making it essential for brands targeting younger demographics. This makes it a vital tool for brand engagement and growth.

Gen Z 79

Gen Z Branding User-Generated Influencer Marketing 79

Buffer Marketing

JULY 2, 2024

Meta has a track record of creating winning social media platforms that improve how brands can connect with their audiences, and Threads is no exception. Since its launch, Threads has quickly gained traction among major brands, offering a fresh way to connect with followers in an increasingly crowded digital landscape.

Branding 90

Branding User-Generated Communications Education 90

Sprout Social

APRIL 6, 2020

Known for establishing business connections, LinkedIn expanded into the education space by creating University Pages in 2013. Specifically designed with education in mind, LinkedIn Pages for have special sections like Alumni, where you can connect with other graduates. A preview will auto-generate as you fill this information out.

Education 103

Education Law Analytics Communications 103

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In marketing, brand awareness is a significant focus—in fact, it’s likely one of your main goals. In this article, learn how to build your own customer marketing strategy, how it creates customer trust and see some stellar customer marketing examples from brands who are getting it right. This is where customer marketing comes in.

Customer Marketing 129

Customer Marketing Branding Customer User-Generated 129

Scoop.it!

APRIL 11, 2024

These digital sessions can be pre-recorded messages or live events broadcast to educate a specific audience. Current trends indicate marketers rate webinars as an effective channel for brands to connect with a target audience. Below are the benefits of a webinar and why it’s necessary for your brand’s content curation strategy.

Content Marketing 89

Content Marketing Branding Marketing Marketers 89

Scoop.it!

APRIL 18, 2023

Every business strives to increase brand awareness, and one of the best ways of doing so is by providing the intended audience with relevant and informative content. Since content creation is an intricate and time-consuming process, conveying your message to the masses and raising awareness for your brand can be easier said than done.

Branding 83

Branding User-Generated Thought Leadership Industry Insights 83

Businesses Grow

MARCH 11, 2024

What’s the value of a brand community? But when it comes to community, brands are often entering an alternate universe — many traditional ideas of brand messaging and control are abandoned. With influencer marketing, you typically lightly touch consumers through a brand mention. Here are ten ideas.

Branding 119

Branding Customer loyalty PR Influencer Marketing 119

Hubspot Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The ultimate goal of social media marketing is to generate revenue, and a crucial step to generating revenue via social media is creating engagement. Social media communities are incubators for brand awareness, loyalty, and trust. Are brands investing in social media communities? But what about bad reviews?

Branding 144

Branding Social Media Marketing User-Generated Entertainment 144

Sprout Social

JANUARY 19, 2023

There isn’t much regulation at the moment, which has led to inconsistent expectations and user experiences, especially surrounding security and privacy best practices. According to a Sprout survey of 300 marketers responsible for their brands social media strategy, 64% cite data, privacy and brand safety as concerns within the metaverse.

Branding 124

Branding Real Estate User-Generated Communications 124

Sprout Social

JUNE 7, 2023

But an ever-crowded space filled with brands and creators means your relevancy is always at risk. When a brand experience is consistently good, it champions powerful brand recall, turns customers into advocates and builds credibility that ultimately increases your repeat business. What is brand experience?

Branding 121

Branding Health Customer loyalty User-Generated 121

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 24, 2021

When you humanize your brand with authentic content, you can build the kind of trust that makes your company the go-to authority in its field. Gone are the days when a catchy commercial was all a brand needed to win a consumer’s business. Your brand doesn’t need a David Ogilvy or Phyllis Robinson to give it a human touch.

Branding 145

Branding Transform Whitepaper User-Generated 145

Neil Patel

MARCH 22, 2021

With over 1 billion monthly active users , Instagram is one of the liveliest social media platforms in the world. Huge volumes of traffic can make it harder for brands to stand out and reach consumers in the most effective way possible. Why Your Brand Should Use Instagram Live Rooms. The problem? Monetizing Content.

Gen Z 133

Gen Z Branding User-Generated Social Media Marketing 133

Martech

APRIL 26, 2024

This is why it’s essential CEOs and brand leaders recognize the profound connection between storytelling and technology. Predictive content creation: The ability to predict audience preferences could generate more enjoyable content for viewers. Enhanced virtual reality: Immersive VR experiences indistinguishable from reality.

Transform 121

Transform Entertainment User-Generated Education 121

Hubspot Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

However, the specifics can differ dramatically based on age and generation. Let’s break down some of each generation’s most prominent content consumption habits based on data and how to shape your strategy with them in mind. Content Consumption Habits By Generation To be real, I don’t like to put anyone in a box.

Gen Z 128

Gen Z Millennials Entertainment User-Generated 128

Sprout Social

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The metaverse is the new internet frontier and popular brands are taking advantage of this evolving technology. In this article, we’ll discuss how top brands are approaching metaverse brand activations and industries making the largest strides. Metaverse brand activations: What they look like today.

Real Estate 118

Real Estate Branding Fashion Food 118

Martech

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Here are some of the high-level findings: The average number of touchpoints required to generate an MQL increased by 31% from 2023 to 2024 — it now takes 71 touchpoints for a B2B SaaS company to generate an MQL. Agree or disagree, the brand becomes part of the conversation. And that’s what the Exit Five team did on LinkedIn.

User-Generated 112

User-Generated Promotion Marketing Marketers 112

Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The path to earning it varies between ecommerce and lead generation, so your strategy should reflect those differences. For ecommerce businesses, the objective is to generate sales directly through purchase checkouts. Branded search campaigns : Capture users searching specifically for your brand.

eCommerce 76

eCommerce User-Generated Education Entertainment 76

Search Engine Land

JANUARY 18, 2024

Google’s Search Generative Experience (SGE) is having an “extreme” impact on healthcare queries and a high impact on ecommerce, B2B tech, insurance and education. That’s according to new data released by enterprise SEO platform BrightEdge and the company’s new-ish technology, BrightEdge Generative Parser.

Finance 126

Finance eCommerce User-Generated Entertainment 126

SmartBrief - Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2024

Generation X and millennial women are reaching this milestone with a collective sense of frustration and confusion. Beyond its biological implications, menopause represents a significant opportunity for brands to redefine women’s health and wellness strategies. Williams (Parallel Path) Why does this matter now more than ever?

Health 95

Health Millennials Transform Retail 95

Buffer Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

  As content creation continues to blossom into a viable, lucrative career path, so too do the networks of support that can help you level up — whether you’re an influencer, personal brand builder , or just looking to get your work out into the world.

Gen Z 105

Gen Z Branding Influencer Marketing Fashion 105

Hubspot Marketing

AUGUST 4, 2022

Some may not even realize just how robotic their brand’s voice really is. Either way, the truth of the matter is: humanizing your brand is no longer an option, it’s a necessity. Why is humanizing your brand important? Brands are not humans but customers are. How to Humanize Your Brand.

Branding 126

Branding Inbound Marketing B2C Education 126

Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Instead of focusing on keywords that generate revenue, they often prioritize traffic volume alone. Others might use phrases like building brand awareness or talk about concepts like the ‘funnel’ and how they want to create top-of-mind awareness through content. Revenue generation. But most web traffic is useless.

SEO 112

SEO Education User-Generated Entertainment 112

Hubspot Marketing

AUGUST 11, 2022

90% of people buy from the brands they follow on social media. But the role of social media in brand building is more complex than it used to be. Brand saturation, creator communities, and more have changed the way that people interact with brands on social media. The Role of Social Media in Brand Building.

Branding 128

Branding Gen Z User-Generated Shoppers 128

Scoop.it!

MARCH 2, 2023

Marketers swear by its effectiveness in generating leads and sales, building brand awareness, and even boosting customer loyalty. Why Should Brands Bother With Content Marketing? Furthermore, improving search rankings help you build brand awareness, drive traffic, and increase sales. Social media content 3.43

Content Marketing 94

Content Marketing Branding User-Generated Outbound Marketing 94

Sprout Social

JUNE 27, 2022

This new opportunity has revolutionized how B2C brands interact with their customers. Quite a few brands are trying to answer that question for themselves. With more than one billion active monthly users, buyers of all kinds are flocking to TikTok for inspiration, entertainment, education and more.

Branding 140

Branding B2C Real Estate User-Generated 140

Unbounce

DECEMBER 20, 2023

/ AI marketing AI in review: 10 brands that embraced AI in 2023 By Banafshe Salehi. 20 min read 2023 saw brands flocking to AI like bees to the honeycomb, buzzing with digital innovation. From creative powerhouses to organizational wizards, these brands harnessed AI to revolutionize how we work, play, and create.

Branding 52

Branding User-Generated Transform Email Marketing 52

Search Engine Land

JULY 14, 2023

A brand SERP is the results Google serves when a user searches for your brand name. A digital strategy is how a brand positions itself across the online ecosystem. I have been talking about brand SERPs since 2013. I’ve learned that a brand SERP isn’t just a “pretty Google Business Card.”

Branding 92

Branding User-Generated SEO Entertainment 92

Unbounce

DECEMBER 20, 2023

/ AI marketing AI in review: 10 brands that embraced AI in 2023 By Banafshe Salehi. 22 min read 2023 saw brands flocking to AI like bees to the honeycomb, buzzing with digital innovation. From creative powerhouses to organizational wizards, these brands harnessed AI to revolutionize how we work, play, and create.

Branding 52

Branding Transform User-Generated Analytics 52

Many Chat

APRIL 17, 2023

With more than 2 billion monthly active users, Instagram is marketed as the destination where people connect with friends, brands, and things they love. 6ft6 Wine used a 12-day giveaway strategy to generate 1,295 leads in 12 days with zero ad spend. Why use Instagram for eCommerce? Get started with Manychat for free!

eCommerce 98

eCommerce Promotion Branding User-Generated 98

Search Engine Land

JULY 11, 2024

This trend or less visibility for AI-generated answers started in mid-April, when the number of Google Search results without SGE jumped to 65% , up from 25%. We next saw multiple examples of incorrect and dangerous AI-generated answers , such as Google suggesting people drink urine and eat rocks. UGC loses visibility in AI Overviews.

Real Estate 117

Real Estate Entertainment eCommerce User-Generated 117

Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Too many brands and content creators focus on driving audience growth and lose sight of maintaining engagement. Let’s examine proven strategies and techniques for boosting audience engagement and exploring methods for building a community around your brand. Ultimately, it costs more to acquire a customer than to keep one.

User-Generated 88

User-Generated SEO Education Branding 88

Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Users were also granted access to Reels editing tools to make videos more engaging. With the ability to publish longer videos and consumers’ love of short form video, there’s a lot of Reel-estate for brands to get creative and boost their engagement. Instagram Reel ideas for fashion and retail brands. Promote hot in-store items.

Branding 123

Branding Health Thought Leadership Fashion 123

Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In 2022, the average daily time spent on social media declined globally leading to a drop in organic reach for brands and creators. However, social media platforms need users to spend as much time on their apps as possible and to continue buying from advertisers in order to remain profitable.

Non-Profit 141

Non-Profit User-Generated Law Entertainment 141

Hubspot Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2024

In fact, 63% of Gen Z social media users report using TikTok in the last 4 weeks, according to Statista. A recent survey shows that 82% of Gen Z consumers would trust brands more if they used authentic images of real customers in their advertisements. Authenticity can do the same for your brand on TikTok. Don't believe me?

Gen Z 113

Gen Z User-Generated Education Food 113