Wed.Jan 08, 2025

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Banking on Social: How to Build a Social Media Budget & Spend Smarter in 2025

Hubspot Marketing

A whopping 60% of marketers feel that the way they spend their budget and the ROI it produces is being scrutinized more now than in the past. So, its no surprise you landed here to discover how you can better optimize your social media budget this year. As a content pro (and former social media manager), Ive got you covered. Lets talk about what a good social media marketing budget looks like, who should be involved, and how you can data-charge your approach.

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Crossposting 101: Everything You Need to Know to Crosspost on Social Media Effectively

Buffer Marketing

Building your presence across multiple social media platforms is incredibly valuable for brands and creators — but it doesn't have to mean spending all day creating unique content for each channel. In fact, many successful creators and brands have a secret: they crosspost across platforms to get more mileage out of their content. Our data shows this approach is remarkably common — 59% of posts created in Buffer are posted to more than one social media platform.

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The 7 Roles of an Effective Operations Leader

The Marketing Operations Leader

In this edition: The 7 Roles of an Effective Operations Leader GTM Technology Red Flags to Watch out For Interviewing Martech Expert Austin Hay on AI Agents and The Future of Martech For Paid Subscribers: The Pros and Cons of Working in Enterprise Marketing Operations Reminder! Join the Marketing Ops Interview Bootcamp for free on Jan 15. Level up your marketing operations career I’ve partnered with Mike Rizzo and the team at Marketing Ops Community to bring you a live workshop that’

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These 14 Types of Evidence Instantly Build Trust …and Convert Visitors into Leads

Orbit Media Studios

By Andy Crestodina Whats the most important job of any webpage? Letting the visitor know what you do. Whats the second most important job of any webpage? Letting the visitor know how well you do it. The first part is easy. The header and the navigation labels tell the visitor what you do. In a split second, they answer the question Am I in the right place?

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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In 2025, These SaaS Landing Pages Are My Go-To for Inspiration

Hubspot Marketing

The first place a potential customer may hear about your brand could be from your social media, a passing ad, or even a friends recommendation. And if youre one of the lucky ones, they may even seek out your brand's landing page looking for more. Easy, right? You got them on your website, they're sure to buy now! (Except its usually not that simple.

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The Benefits of Native Advertising: Why It’s a Game Changer

Marketing Insider Group

Standing out in a sea of advertisements is no small feat and will take some effort. Native advertising is a subtle yet valuable approach that blends promotional content seamlessly into the format of the platform it appears on. Unlike traditional ads, which can feel invasive or disruptive, native ads match the tone, style, and context of their surroundings.

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Leadership Spotlight on Tech and Marketing: Meet Stefania Nicolau

Aspiration Marketing

In this edition of our Leadership Spotlight series, we interviewed Stefania Nicolau about her role as the Marketing Manager for iSTYLE CEE. iSTYLE is the Retail branch of MIDIS group with 50+ years of experience representing technology vendors in 70+ countries across the Middle East, Europe, and Africa regions, ensuring long-term exposure and growth.

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4 reporting essentials to streamline business intelligence

Martech

Whether you are a small startup with a simple ecommerce system or a global retailer with a complex sales process, clear dashboarding and insightful reporting are key for teams to work effectively. However, reports often take significant time and effort to create, only for the data to be questioned or ignored. Maintaining these reports also uses valuable resources that would be better spent reviewing results and making informed decisions.

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How to Find the Demographics of Your Website Visitors

Customers.ai

When we talk website demographics, we have to ask ourselves, where did all the data go? Because if you recall, there was a time when website demographics were the easiest part of marketing. Open up Google Analytics, and boom, everything you needed was right there age, gender, location, even interests. At one point you could even see IP addresses! But alas, things have changed.

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Martech stack complexity fragments audience data

Martech

Seventy percent of marketers say identifying audiences across multiple touchpoints is harder than ever. Sixty-six percent say they are using 16 or more marketing solutions. The conclusions are based on a Forrester survey of 325 marketers in Q4 2024 supported by TruAudience from TransUnion. It’s the complexity of the stack, Forrester concludes, that is throwing up increasing barriers to delivering personalization, scaling marketing efforts, onboarding AI and making marketing spend efficient

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Making the Moment: The Art of Creating Events That Drive Results

Speaker: Aja Bradley Kemp, Founder & Chief Experience Officer at Conversate Collective

In a world where every brand is vying for attention, how do you make your events stand out? ✨ From creative swag strategies to immersive brand experiences, the key lies in fostering real connections that inspire action and leave a lasting impression. Whether you're planning a large-scale conference or an exclusive executive gathering, this session will explore how to elevate event engagement, strengthen brand perception, and maximize ROI.

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Zoho Social Pricing: Is it worth the cost?

SocialPilot

When evaluating social media management tools like Zoho Social, pricing is often a deciding factor. Whether youre a social media manager handling a few accounts or a business owner managing multiple platforms, you want a plan that works without paying for extras you dont need. Zoho Social offers a range of pricing plans designed to suit different user levels, but how well does it deliver on its promises?

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USPS 2025 Postage Promotions

DirectMail2.0

The United States Postal Service (USPS) offers mailers opportunities to reduce postage costs while enhancing customer engagement through innovative mail piece designs and technologies. Below is an overview of each promotion, including discounts, registration periods, promotion periods, and mail piece requirements. 1. Integrated Technology Discount Offered: 3% Registration Period: November 20, 2024 December 31, 2025 Promotion Period: Any 6 consecutive months chosen by the mailer within the 2025

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Maximizing Lead Assignment Efficiency with HubSpot’s Custom Workflows

Lynton Web

Managing lead distribution is more than just moving contacts from point A to point B. It's about ensuring every lead reaches the right person at the right time for growing businesses, especially franchises. However, HubSpot's standard lead assignment tools often fall short for complex organizations. The costs of inefficient lead distribution are real: lost sales, frustrated teams, and stunted growth.

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What Is a Content Marketer, Anyway?

Content Marketing Institute

Does your title accurately describe your role? Has the ubiquity of content creator in the creator economy made things problematic? Explore the identity crisis for content marketers, for job seekers, employers, and the employed.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Contentstack acquires CDP Lytics

Martech

Composable digital experience platform Contentstack announced the acquisition of Lytics, the real-time CDP founded in 2013. Contentstack’s primary current offering is its headless CMS. Lytics’ first-party data management capabilities are expected to supplement the existing Contentstack Personalize. Capabilities Lytics will bring include: Real-time engagement data and audience insights for both known and unknown visitors to sites powered by Contentstack.

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What are the Sunday scaries? 7 ways to make your Monday better

Welcome Software

We've all been there—that looming feeling of dread that settles in as your weekend or break draws to a close. It's called the 'Sunday scaries', and it's a modern phenomenon that affects way too many of us. You're about to find out all about the Sunday scaries, and how to fight them. What are the Sunday scaries? Sunday scaries can feel different from person to person, but its symptoms are based on the anticipatory anxiety that builds up as you prepare to get back into work mode.

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