Marketing Insider Group
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
As you might know, AI is revolutionizing how brands generate articles, videos, and even art. Tools like ChatGPT and Jasper are transforming how businesses produce content, offering speed and efficiency that was once unimaginable. The Marketing AI Institute reports that 98% of marketers are using these tools , so they’re incredibly widespread already.
Search Engine Land
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Google’s August 2024 core update started on Aug. 15, 2024, and completed 19 days later on Sept. 3, 2024. Early on, we saw some signs of life for sites hit by the infamous September 2023 helpful content update. But honestly, most of those sites did not see enough traffic rebound to make a difference. While the August core update felt really big for us, Google told us the March 2024 core update was its largest core update ever.
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Buffer Marketing
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Ever since Meta officially launched Threads, there has been a lot of speculation about which approach to content gets the best results. So, instead of just speculating, I decided to put some extra time and effort into posting to Threads consistently for a month. Now, what does it say about me (or Threads) that my top-performing posts from the last 30 days were: A “What’s in my bag?
Search Engine Land
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Over the years, Google Business Profile has become much more complex. After years of helping on the Google Business Profile Help Forum, I’ve answered hundreds and hundreds of questions from business owners who have had questions about GBP. Below are some questions that are frequently asked by users just like you. 1. Can random people really make changes to my Google Business Profile listing?
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Hubspot Marketing
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
I know. “AI public relations” (PR) kind of sounds like an oxymoron. Public relations is about shaping and sharing your human stories with other humans. It’s about capturing and creating genuine human excitement and resonance. How can we ever leave that to the robots ? Well, we can’t — at least not entirely. Like applying AI to digital marketing or any other field, you must be selective and thoughtful about incorporating AI into your public relations strategy.
Search Engine Land
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Google Ads offers several ways to create audiences, with custom segments being the most flexible and powerful option. However, most custom segments we see are poorly created. Poorly created audience segments are impossible to refine or optimize since you do not know why the ad is being displayed. Well-crafted audience segments can be optimized similarly to how you optimize search terms.
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Search Engine Land
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Cost-per-click (CPC) rates are rising across industries. In fact, CPCs are up by an average of 10% year over year, according to WordStream. It’s time to address this challenge. Lisa Salvatore, Sr. Manager, Lead Acquisition at CallTrackingMetrics , puts it this way: “You can give the digital advertising landscape credit for one thing: keeping us on our toes!
Practical eCommerce - Marketing
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
A channel might produce a lot of revenue, but at what cost? The post Attributing Marketing Expenses by Channel appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.
Search Engine Land
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
If you use display campaigns correctly, they can be profitable. The problem is that most people use them wrong, turn them off and then claim that “display campaigns don’t work.” This guide will show you how to use display campaigns correctly in all stages of the funnel to make them profitable. Display campaign: Your targeting options There are two categories of how you can target people with display ad campaigns.
Hootsuite
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
How do you know if your social strategy is hitting the mark? Is 100 likes a big deal or just average? And what’s the optimal time to share your content? Unfortunately, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer. It all comes down to factors like your industry, the platforms you’re active on, and the makeup of your audience. That’s where social media benchmarks come into play.
Speaker: Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners
This new, thought-provoking webinar will explore how even incremental efforts and investments in your data can have a tremendous impact on your direct mail and multi-channel marketing campaign results! Industry expert Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners, will share real-life case studies and best practices from client direct mail and digital campaigns where data modeling strategies pinpointed audience members, increasing their propensity to respond – and buy.
Martech
SEPTEMBER 16, 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.
Sprout Social
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
It’s time for another edition of the Post Performance Report (PPR), a series where we showcase social media posts and campaigns inspiring us, and explore what makes them so genius. We unpack how your brand can use these examples to spark your own scroll-stopping ideas—while maximizing your budget and doing more with less. Back-to-school season is in the air.
Martech
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Establishing a martech center of excellence (COE) is essential for navigating modern marketing challenges. Think of it as the core of your marketing strategy, where all tools and processes support your business goals. But how do you ensure your martech efforts are in lockstep with the goals of different organizational and go-to-market functions? The answer is in understanding the unique challenges and opportunities each function faces and positioning martech as a strategic enabler.
Businesses Grow
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
At the end of Marketing Rebellion , a bestselling book that served as a wake-up call for the state of marketing, I predicted what might be the next consumer rebellion. I believe I got it right, and the revolution could be coming sooner than I expected. Let’s take a look at what’s going on, and the implications for marketing and our AI future.
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Set Up
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
The Setup Pulse: Trends CMOs Need to Know Right Now Welcome to the Set up Pulse for Brands and Agency marketers alike! Every other week, we’ll provide three trending topics in the Marketing industry, as well as a new story that you will want to get your eyes on. Read about what’s being talked about this week! On Your Mark…Get Set…SPRINT! Agencies are increasingly using sprint models to deliver focused, high-quality work within short timeframes, catering to Clients' demands for speed + agility.
SMA Marketing
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing SEO, promising quick results and streamlined processes. However, not everything about AI and SEO is as straightforward as it seems. Misconceptions about fully automated strategies often lead businesses astray, compromising the effectiveness of their digital efforts. To help you navigate this terrain, we sat down with Ryan Shelley and Amanda.
yorCMO
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Learn how to integrate lifecycle marketing into your strategy to connect with your buyers at every stage of their journey.
Hubspot Marketing
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
When most people see memes pop up, they don’t think much about them. “Oh it’s just a stupid meme page,” you might say. “What’s there to think about? What’s the big deal?” But what if I told you some of these “stupid meme pages” are making millions? And what if I told you it wasn’t just meme pages, but some of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups and the world’s most iconic luxury brands are using memes to make millions, too?
Speaker: Alex Moore, Co-Founder of Stratagon Marketing & Technology
Ever wondered why sales and marketing teams often struggle to collaborate effectively? Diverging goals, poor communication, and conflicting strategies frequently create silos, leading to a disconnect where marketing efforts fail to translate into substantial sales conversions. Enter Account-Based Marketing (ABM). ABM aligns marketing and sales efforts toward specific target accounts, fostering personalized interactions with high-value prospects.
Search Engine Land
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Google has made a series of updates to its crawlers and user-triggered fetchers documentation, mostly breaking out the single-page document into multiple pages and documents. But Google also expanded what product each crawler affects with a new section next to each crawler and added a robots.txt snippet for each crawler to demonstrate how to use the user agent tokens by each crawler.
Martech
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
According to the experience management company Qualtrics, 63% of customers believe companies need to get better at listening to their feedback. This aligns with my experience as both a customer and a marketer. As a customer, I’m regularly bombarded with requests to “rate my experience” or “provide my feedback.” But as a marketer, I see how rarely this feedback is integrated in a cross-functional way.
Buffer Marketing
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
When it comes to social media platforms , Facebook is as crowded as they come. The social network currently has a staggering 3 billion active users — so almost a third of the world population has a Facebook account they use regularly. Crowded as it may be, it’s still a powerful social media marketing platform for businesses and creators — if you have the right social media strategy in place.
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