Hubspot Marketing

APRIL 9, 2024

Advertising is an ever-changing beast — with those on ad and marketing teams working hard to stay ahead of trends. In 2023, we saw the emergence of AI in all forms of content, the rise of personalization, augmented realities (including the metaverse), and the explosion of short-form video. As a seasoned content marketer working in tech, I’ve noticed that advertising trends in 2024 seem to respond to the trends we saw in 2023.

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Content Marketing Institute

APRIL 9, 2024

Generative AI isn’t serving marketers well. All the options make it easy to apply, but all the options make it more difficult to decide what to do. To help, use this categorization chart that looks at capabilities and efficiencies.

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Aspiration Marketing

APRIL 9, 2024

Let's face it: the power of effective communication cannot be overstated, and this extends beyond business. The military has got communication down to a T, represented in the BLUF method, an acronym derived from military communications as " B ottom L ine U p F ront. ” Let's discuss BLUF and how it can translate into your business communication and content.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 9, 2024

The world’s biggest advertising group announced a major collaboration with Google that will see it utilize Gemini AI to help produce its ads, including: Ad narration. Voiceover script generation. Product image creation. The landmark partnership with WPP means that Google’s robots could potentially end up creating ads for some of the biggest brands in the world, such as the Coca-Cola Company, L’Oréal and Nestlé.

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Here’s Your Blueprint for Year-Round Member Engagement. Are you ready to transform your association into a thriving, 365-day community? Download GrowthZone’s ebook, How to Create a Community Your Members Can’t Get Enough Of , and learn strategies for leveling out the peaks and valleys of member engagement. This guide provides actionable strategies to create consistent networking opportunities, deliver value-packed content, and foster connections that your members won’t want to miss.

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Buffer Marketing

APRIL 9, 2024

“Work smarter, not harder” has always been one of my favorite phrases. But now that I’ve entered my working-mom-of-a-toddler era, it’s taken on a whole new meaning. I only have so many hours in a day, and if I want to have any semblance of free time, I need to make the most of them.  Enter: these AI productivity tools, all of which help me streamline, automate, and optimize as much as possible.

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Social Media Examiner

APRIL 9, 2024

Are you up to date on changes from Instagram? Wondering which recent Instagram updates are important to marketers and business owners? In this article, we explore Instagram changes that affect your marketing. #1: Instagram Carousels Expanding Number of Carousel Images Instagram is currently experimenting with an expanded Carousel feature that allows select users to include […] The post Instagram Updates: Ads, Messaging, Carousels, and More appeared first on Social Media Examiner.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 9, 2024

LinkedIn content has been analyzed to identify posting best practices that lead to the highest success rates. A new study conducted by Socialinsider reviewed posts shared by active accounts between January 2022 and December 2023 to determine which content generates the most shares, impressions, and engagement. Key findings. After thorough investigation, researchers concluded that brands and marketers should consider the following to enhance their performance on LinkedIn: Opt for multi-image post

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Martech

APRIL 9, 2024

Google’s Privacy Sandbox is a space where a series of complex proposals to protect user privacy have been developed and are undergoing (or have undergone) extensive testing. In short, Privacy Sandbox is an attempt to fill in the many gaps that will open up in the advertising ecosystem when third-party cookies are deprecated in the Chrome browser.

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illumin

APRIL 9, 2024

You often hear brands tout the importance of short, targeted ads. Too many marketers treat over-the-top (OTT) the same way they do digital advertising on social media or YouTube. Many of these marketers need to remember the importance of narrative. When we examine what makes effective linear TV commercials, we look at the characters, the story, and the humor.

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Martech

APRIL 9, 2024

What’s next in first-party advertising? Our community came together in December at World Tour New York to learn about the latest marketing innovations and how to reach customers better. Here’s the scoop on our latest releases and updates — and what they can do for your business. Companies are now prioritizing first-party customer data in their marketing campaigns.

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What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 9, 2024

In October 2023, I interviewed for a VP of Social and Content Strategy role for a very well-known and established brand. I met with the executive recruiter and had a pleasant and positive conversation that made me initially excited for the role. As we were wrapping up, they asked if I had any questions for them. I replied, “Can you give me an idea of how involved the C-suite is with the social team?

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Martech

APRIL 9, 2024

Enterprise customer engagement platform MessageGears has expanded its partnership with data cloud Snowflake to run MessageGears within Snowflake itself. This will allow brands using the Snowflake platform to execute campaigns faster and more securely. MessageGears primarily serves large consumer brands like Expedia, Rakuten and T-Mobile. It will run on Snowflake using Snowpark Container Services, an offering that allows users to manage data within the security and governance boundaries of Snowfl

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 9, 2024

A full-funnel PPC marketing strategy is incredibly important. But do you understand how to implement this strategy in your accounts? This article will take you step-by-step through the marketing funnel, giving you tactical recommendations on how to keep the marketing funnel in mind when building your PPC strategy and some recommendations on how to measure success.

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Practical eCommerce - Marketing

APRIL 9, 2024

An ad's postion on the search results page is less important than its prominence, per Google. The post Google Ad Updates Reflect New SERPs appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

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Ever wonder why brands like Apple, LEGO, and Sephora are going all-in on branded communities? It’s because online community building is the secret sauce to connecting with audiences in ways that ads and emails simply can’t. But here's the best part—it’s not just for big corporations. Associations can create thriving online communities too. GrowthZone’s eBook, "The Power of Community," breaks down exactly why a branded online community can be a game-changer for your association.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 9, 2024

Google leads AI advertising with machine learning integrated across ad campaigns and types. Even with manual workarounds, results tend to suffer without the help of AI-driven algorithms. Without AI assistance for PPC bidding and creative decisions, your conversion rate will typically be lower than that of competitors who use machine learning to their advantage.

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The CMO Survey

APRIL 9, 2024

The post When AI Investments Pay Off in Marketing appeared first on The CMO Survey.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 9, 2024

From Mentee to Mentor: Crafting a Path to Professional Growth written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Ruth, an esteemed expert in mentorship and leadership development. Ruth is the Chief Learning Officer and associate professor of education in anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 9, 2024

YouTube introduced four new updates for shopping creators, aimed at enhancing conversions, providing inspiration, and offering more choices. These updates include: Shopping Collections. The Affiliate Hub. Enhanced tagging. Fourthwall. Why we care. If you are a YouTube Shopping creator or a brand that sells products on the platform, these new capabilities and features could be worth reviewing and potentially implementing into your strategy to improve efficiency.

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Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten

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SocialPilot

APRIL 9, 2024

Reputation management of a single business location is hard enough. Throw in multi-location businesses with several physical storefronts, franchises, or branches; it can become a nightmare. Still, you can’t afford to avoid the task. 60% of consumers say negative reviews made them not want to use a business. With the right multi-location reputation management strategies in place, you can manage the chaos and protect your business’s reputation across different locations.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 9, 2024

Brands are almost twice as likely to influence U.S. shoppers by advertising on retailer websites as opposed to marketplaces, according to a new study. Research into the digital advertising landscape conducted by software engineering and digital consultancy company Intellias found that: 25% of U.S shoppers are now influenced to buy products advertised to them on retailers’ websites, compared to 13% on marketplaces 54% of U.S. shoppers would be more likely to buy items advertised to them by a R

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Rock Content

APRIL 9, 2024

Between company blogs, multiple social media feeds, and email marketing material, today’s content creation teams have their work cut out for them when it comes to keeping content flowing without sacrificing quality. That’s where the right content creation tools can help. A solid, well-rounded suite of tools helps make a team that’s already on point even better, sharper, and more efficient.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 9, 2024

What’s next in first-party advertising? Our community came together in December at World Tour New York to learn about the latest marketing innovations and how to reach customers better. Here’s the scoop on our latest releases and updates — and what they can do for your business. Companies are now prioritizing first-party customer data in their marketing campaigns.

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Speaker: Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing at ZoomInfo & guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester

Buying signals extend well beyond intent. They give go-to-market teams the chance to know everything about their customers. With buying signals, they can reach more customers and win more deals. Join Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing of ZoomInfo and guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester for this new webinar where you'll find out how marketing teams operate more efficiently and sales teams close more business when they act on buying signals, not just intent!

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Set Up

APRIL 9, 2024

This blog was written by Joe Koufman , Founder + CEO of Set up. Armed with 20+ years of marketing, business development, and management experience, Joe Koufman founded Set up to ignite relationships between marketing agencies and client-side marketers. His unique agency perspective – having worked at a small digital firm, an independent full-service marketing agency, and a massive holding company – is what inspired Joe to help marketers find agencies that are the perfect fit.

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David Meerman Scott

APRIL 9, 2024

Yes, all the hype about a total eclipse of the sun is accurate. It’s been a bit more than 24 hours and I’m still processing my experience, but here are some thoughts.

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Martech

APRIL 9, 2024

Social media management company Hootsuite announced it will acquire Talkwalker, an AI-powered social analytics platform. Terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed, but it’s expected to close in 2Q 2024. Hootsuite, based in Canada, has partnered with Talkwalker to provide social analytics tools to customers for the last seven years. Hootsuite started in 2008 and boasts 6,000 enterprise customers and 200,000 users overall.

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