Aspiration Marketing

AUGUST 5, 2024

In an era where social media dominates our conversations, a whopping 96% of your customers won’t tell you they are unhappy with your services but will speak about their disappointment on at least one social platform. Social listening in 2024 could be the difference between positive customer relationships and a loss of potential leads. By tracking customer conversations about your brand on social media, you can quickly identify pain points and any negative sentiment related to your products and s

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Hubspot Marketing

AUGUST 5, 2024

Today, data wrangling is an essential skill in almost every role, making Excel an essential skill. But, the days of lying about your Excel proficiency are over; instead, you can use the best AI tools on the market for Excel. While analysts and data scientists need serious expertise, I’m just someone who regularly has to export data from multiple tools and leverage Excel to report on marketing performance across different channels.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 5, 2024

You’ve launched your paid media campaign. Ads are running, money is spent, but now comes the million-dollar question: Is it working? Analyzing paid media performance isn’t just a good idea; it’s essential. At Marketing Insider Group, we know that without measuring the right metrics, you’re flying blind. That’s why in this article, we’re covering key metrics that can transform your paid media efforts from guesswork into a fine-tuned strategy.

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Martech

AUGUST 5, 2024

Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content.

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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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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 5, 2024

Traffic to Google Search seems to have not fallen with the rise of new AI search engines and AI based search related features, including from OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot and other specialty search engines. New data from Datos’ clickstream panel, analyzed by Sonata Insights and covered in more detail by Rand Fishkin at Sparktoro shows Google may have grown 1.4% from May 2023 to May 2024. “In May of 2024, Google has slightly more desktop visits than they did in May of 2

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Martech

AUGUST 5, 2024

I recently experimented with Midjourney to generate an image of two hikers. One was wearing pilot-frame sunglasses, which I liked. A day or two later, I walked into a Costco and saw a pair of Hugo Boss sunglasses on a special display that looked like what I saw on the AI hikers. They were on sale for a great price. I tried them on, looked at myself in the mirror, and put them back to get what was on my shopping list.

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Martech

AUGUST 5, 2024

In digital advertising , a hidden threat is silently draining marketing budgets and undermining the value of online content. “Made for advertising” or “made for arbitrage” (MFA) sites, designed purely to attract ad dollars rather than serve users, are proliferating at an alarming rate. While they might offer seemingly attractive metrics, several considerations are crucial for marketers to avoid unintended consequences, particularly concerning the impact on publishers.

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Businesses Grow

AUGUST 5, 2024

A member of my RISE marketing community felt a bit stuck after blogging for a year. It occurred to me that I had not written about basic writing tips for many years, so let’s do that today. Blogging still plays an important role in the digital marketing ecosystem, and it’s also a lot of fun. Here are some tips to re-energize your blog. Some are refreshers, some will be new to you … Write “upside down,” meaning, tell the reader immediately what this story is about.

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Martech

AUGUST 5, 2024

Google Ads continues to experience a significant outage affecting multiple reporting tools and product management features. Why we care. This outage impacts advertisers’ ability to manage campaigns and access critical performance data. The problem, first reported Friday, initially looked like this: Down: Report Editor, Dashboards, Saved Reports in web interface.

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Content Marketing Institute

AUGUST 5, 2024

A CEO and a data scientist have a conversation about generative AI in marketing. Both parties leave frustrated. But the friction could have been dissipated if they had created user stories that got everybody on the same page.

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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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Martech

AUGUST 5, 2024

A federal judge ruled that Google maintained an illegal monopoly in search and advertising markets, marking a significant victory for the Department of Justice. This is the first major decision in a wave of tech monopoly cases brought by the U.S. government in recent years, potentially setting a precedent for future rulings against other tech giants.

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 5, 2024

A federal judge ruled that Google maintained an illegal monopoly in search and advertising markets, marking a significant victory for the Department of Justice. Why it matters. This is the first major decision in a wave of tech monopoly cases brought by the U.S. government in recent years, potentially setting a precedent for future rulings against other tech giants.

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Martech

AUGUST 5, 2024

The digital world moves fast. What drives results today may not be effective tomorrow. To stay ahead, businesses must ensure their content is dynamic, engaging, and impactful. To address this challenge, Adobe, REVOLT, and Protiviti Digital will be presenting “ Embrace the Future of Content Management with a CMS Makeover ,” on Thursday, August 8.

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 5, 2024

PPC advertisers must take a strategic and nuanced approach to campaign management to stay ahead of the competition. At SMX Advanced, PPC experts Sarah Stemen and Christine Zirnheld , senior digital marketing manager at Cypress North, shared their top actionable recommendations to help you create better-targeted ads, manage ad spend effectively and run more successful ecommerce and B2B campaigns.

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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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SocialPilot

AUGUST 5, 2024

People don’t scroll down on their social media feeds forever. They check out the first few things they see. If your post ain’t there, it’s like it never existed. Plus, social media platforms have rules up to your neck about how and when you can publish content. Post too much; you are just noise. Not enough; you are a ghost. So, you play it smart. You use a recurring post schedule to hit the platforms again and again, at different times, on different days.

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Zumvu

AUGUST 5, 2024

Enhancing customer experience in an online store requires careful design, efficient processes, and personalized interactions with your customers.

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 5, 2024

AI has emerged as more than just a tool—it has become a pivotal player in the professional world. My 2019 book, “Digital Marketing in an AI World,” explores the transformative impact of AI on PPC , highlighting three crucial human roles: teacher, doctor and pilot However, the emergence of generative AI necessitates a fourth role to further enhance the synergy between human expertise and AI capabilities.

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Vertical Response

AUGUST 5, 2024

Want to monetize your content? This guide covers actionable strategies like ads, subscriptions, and affiliate marketing. Learn how to turn your digital content into steady income. Key Takeaways Content monetization is essential for creators to generate income and sustain high-quality production, leveraging methods like ads, subscriptions, and affiliate marketing.

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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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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 5, 2024

Have you ever felt like your brilliant SEO ideas are trapped in your head, struggling to gain traction with your team or clients? You aren’t alone. Many SEO professionals overlook a crucial step that could make or break their success: documenting their strategy. This isn’t just about jotting down a to-do list or setting vague goals. A well-documented SEO strategy is your roadmap to success, aligning your efforts with business objectives and getting stakeholders on board.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 5, 2024

Over the past couple of years, bloggers, search optimizers, and marketers have tried to harness the power of generative AI for creating content and promoting themselves. While AI content is certainly impressive, it hasn’t led to the results that many people expected. Why is this the case? Why doesn’t AI content work as well as many people expected?

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 5, 2024

A reporting glitch in Google Ads is causing confusion among advertisers, with Demand Gen campaigns incorrectly showing as Display Network placements. Why we care. This misrepresentation could lead to inaccurate performance analysis and campaign management decisions for affected advertisers. The latest. Google Ads Liaison Ginny Marvin has confirmed the issue is a bug, not a feature change.

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yorCMO

AUGUST 5, 2024

Discover how a financial news and media company successfully launched its direct-to-consumer subscription service with the help of its CMO. The post Launching a Financial Media DTC Subscription Service appeared first on yorCMO.

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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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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 5, 2024

The digital world moves fast. What drives results today may not be effective tomorrow. To stay ahead, businesses must ensure their content is dynamic, engaging, and impactful. To address this challenge, Adobe, REVOLT, and Protiviti Digital will be presenting “ Embrace the Future of Content Management with a CMS Makeover ,” on Thursday, August 8. This live panel discussion will explore strategies to maximize content impact, increase audience engagement, drive conversions, and boost brand awarenes

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Buffer Marketing

AUGUST 5, 2024

30 days. 34 posts. 1 Live. 1 embarrassing dance. 3 copycat scammer accounts. 1 marriage proposal. 385K views. And 1,194 followers gained. For a TikTok newbie, that’s not too shabby, is it? It’s been a few days since I wrapped up my TikTok experiment, and let me tell you, I’ve gained a few grey hairs in that time. But, dear reader, it worked.

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 5, 2024

Google is phasing out an older version of its Structured Data Files (SDF) format used in Display & Video 360, its enterprise-level advertising platform. Why we care. This change affects advertisers and partners using SDF v6, requiring them to migrate to newer versions to maintain uninterrupted service. Key details: SDF v6 will be deprecated on April 30, 2025 Users must migrate to SDF v7 or higher before the sunset date Google has provided a migration guide for transitioning from v6 to v7 Wha

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