Mon.Dec 04, 2023

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AI vs. Human Content: What Actually Gets You Results? [Research Report]

Marketing Insider Group

Imagine a world where machines pen our stories – sounds like sci-fi, right? Well, that future might be closer than we think. At Marketing Insider Group, we teamed up with Renegade.com and CMO Huddles for a groundbreaking study: ‘Man vs. Machine.’ We wanted to see how AI, like ChatGPT-3.5, measures up against the creativity of human writers.

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Humans Prefer AI-Generated Content

CMO Network

An MIT study showed human subjects rated AI-generated content as better than that created by professional writers.

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2024 and Beyond: 7 Insights for Thriving as a Creator, Straight from the Experts

Hubspot Marketing

Remember when being a “creator” was a laughable teen pastime? Now, consumers are largely trusting influencers over brands , creators are taking over brand marketing teams , and the industry is only growing bigger. In 2023, we’ve seen the so-called Creator Economy grow to 50 million creators globally , with a market size of $250 billion. By 2027, this number is expected to reach $480 billion.

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Steal This Social Media Calendar Template (+ How to Make Your Own From Scratch)

Buffer Marketing

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. As a super Type-A person, that’s a favorite expression of mine. And — having spent many years managing various social media platforms in marketing and media — I’ve learned the hard way that this is one area where you absolutely cannot wing it. Especially if you’re managing multiple channels.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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10-Step Guide to Building a Concrete Marketing Plan

Calvyn Lee Blog

Doing marketing without a strategic plan leads to failure. As a business owner, you need a clear, actionable marketing plan guide to reach your goals. This comprehensive guide walks through the 10 essential steps for crafting an effective marketing plan from scratch. Marketing without a plan equals planning to fail. Most business owners realize they need more sales, but few take the necessary steps to map out a marketing strategy.

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Getting the most from your AI investment

Martech

Artificial intelligence. It is everywhere, or so it would seem. I was at a recent marketing conference and as I scanned the agenda more than half of the sessions, including my own, had AI in the title or in the session description. Two of the keynotes that I attended mentioned AI and the one was entirely on AI. While AI is all the rage , if you are not using it. there is no reason to feel left out.

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Why edge cases matter in marketing strategy

Martech

As a general rule, marketers should major in the majors. We should pay attention to the things that make a significant difference. We don’t want to waste time trying to solve “edge cases” that nip at the periphery. But sometimes, these “edge cases” are more important than we realize, and they can expose issues flying under the radar. It’s wise to take a second look and ensure you’re not missing something.

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How to Design an Engaging Facebook Business Page [+ Tips]

Hubspot Marketing

Facebook is home to nearly 2 billion monthly active users , so it’s safe to say that having a compelling Facebook Business Page is essential for any company looking to bolster its online presence. It should be easy enough, right? Just slap together a photo and a couple of posts and expect the leads and customers to roll in, right? Not quite. If you’re not creating a Facebook Page with a comprehensive strategy to get noticed, Liked, and engaged, the chances of generating leads and customers from

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Google officially drops Mobile Usability report, Mobile-Friendly Test tool and Mobile-Friendly Test API

Search Engine Land

Google has officially sunset the Google Search Console Mobile Usability report, the Mobile-Friendly Test tool and the Mobile-Friendly Test API today. Google told us back in April 2023 that this would happen on December 1st and Google announced today on December 4th that it has been done. “Today we’re sunsetting Search Console’s Mobile Usability report, Mobile-Friendly Test tool and Mobile-Friendly Test API.

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Top Behavioral Targeting Tools Marketers Should Know About

Hubspot Marketing

Like many others, I get dozens of emails a day. If the subject line's irrelevant to my interests, I’m scrolling by and ignoring it. Or, worse, I might click on an email and hit the unsubscribe button after deciding it wasn’t worth my time. If you’re a marketer, you want to avoid scrolling and unsubscribes at all costs. If your email goes unopened because your messaging missed your target, was the content you created within it even worth it?

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Prospect, Personalize, Profit: The New Way Sales & Marketing Teams Are Aligning with AI

Speaker: Kevin Burke, Founder & Managing Director at Digital One and AI & Automation Consultant

AI and automation are currently transforming the way sales and marketing teams operate. Generative AI crafts personalized outreach at scale, while conversational AI bots are engaging prospects in real time. Robotic process automation streamlines manual workflows by triggering tasks the moment a prospect takes a key action, and advanced AI analytics surface hidden patterns in the pipeline, improve forecasting, and help teams make data-driven decisions with confidence.

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5 Excel and Google Sheets tricks every SEO should know

Search Engine Land

Amid the popularity of generative AI tools, spreadsheets are still essential tools for marketing analytics. When it comes to organizing, cleaning, and analyzing data, Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets have stood the test of time. All the famous SEO tools export most of their data in CSV format. And while you can use genAI for data analysis, often you’ll still need a good old spreadsheet to get started.

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Third-party data in advertising: Best of the MarTechBot

Martech

Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. 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. I am the first generative AI chatbot for marketing technology professionals.

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Google expands video requirements for “Video mode” where video must be main content of the page

Search Engine Land

Google is expanding its video requirements where the video must be the main content of the page to show up as a video result in Google Search to also have that requirement with Google’s “Video mode” in search. Google said , “extending this change to search results in Video mode to better connect users with the video content they’re looking for.” The change can take about a week to fully rollout but once it is done rolling out you should only see videos in Goog

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2024 B2B trends: 6 key areas for marketing success

Martech

Staying ahead of the curve is imperative for long-term success in B2B. As we wrap up 2023 and look ahead to 2024, now is the time to evaluate our marketing strategies to ensure we are fully prepared for what’s to come. This article discusses six pivotal areas B2B marketers should focus on to kick off 2024 proactively. 1. Getting real with upper-funnel expectations We need to rethink how we approach the early stages of marketing traditionally focused on brand awareness.

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Neuroscience of B2B Buyer Behavior: Strategies for Influencing Buyer Choices

Speaker: Speakers:

Ever wonder what really makes B2B buyers tick? Spoiler alert: it’s not just logic. Join us for our next session of the B2B Growth Show, "Neuroscience of B2B Buyer Behavior: Strategies for Influencing Buyer Choices" with Grant C. Gooding, where science meets strategy. You'll get the insider scoop on how emotions secretly drive decisions and how you can tap into them to win buyers over.

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Don’t be overwhelmed. Custom GPTs are simple and fun!

Businesses Grow

Note: My friend Frank Prendergast has a newsletter that unwinds many of the most confusing aspects of AI and marketing. He’s like a plow going through the new fields of marketing, making it easier for all of us to follow along. He recently wrote about Custom GPTs in such an eloquent way that I wanted to share it with all of you! By Frank Prendergast Just when you thought you had ChatGPT prompts figured out, here come Custom GPTs.

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2024 B2B trends: 6 key areas for marketing success

Search Engine Land

Staying ahead of the curve is imperative for long-term success in B2B. As we wrap up 2023 and look ahead to 2024, now is the time to evaluate our marketing strategies to ensure we are fully prepared for what’s to come. This article discusses six pivotal areas B2B marketers should focus on to kick off 2024 proactively. 1. Getting real with upper-funnel expectations We need to rethink how we approach the early stages of marketing traditionally focused on brand awareness.

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3 AI Tools Content Marketing Professionals Should Use Within WriterAccess

Rock Content

The use of Artificial Intelligence is now commonplace in the daily routines of marketing professionals and teams. According to the AI Trends for Marketers 2023 report, 48% of marketing teams and professionals use AI for content creation. It’s no wonder; it’s a powerful mechanism to boost content production and maintain a consistent strategy, provided it’s used responsibly to uphold quality.

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ChatGPT turns one: How generative AI is revolutionizing PPC

Search Engine Land

It’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since ChatGPT burst onto the scene and captured the world’s attention with its remarkably adept chatbot that generates human-like text on command. Once users moved on from trying the chatbot for silly things like writing jokes or letters in Shakespeare’s voice, more useful applications emerged.

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Unlocking the Power of Martech for the Non-Technical Marketing Leader

Speaker: Speakers:

Are you struggling to highlight your impact and showcase the results of your team’s marketing efforts? Do you find it challenging to build more effective campaigns that drive meaningful results? The key may lie in unlocking the power of marketing technology (martech)—but as a non-technical marketing leader, navigating this landscape can feel daunting.

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How influencers can boost experiential marketing

SmartBrief - Marketing

Many have hailed experiential marketing as a tool to make a lasting impression on the consumer by giving them an experience to remember. However, there is another resource brands can combine with their experiential marketing to make both more powerful: influencers. With the help of influencers, brands can allow their experiential marketing events to reach people beyond those who attend.

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New Google Search vacation rental rich result

Search Engine Land

Google has yet some more rich result and structured data support for its Google Search results that you can leverage – vacation rental rich results. If you have a website that showcases vacation rentals you may want to consider adding this new markup to your listings. “Today, we’re announcing a new and simpler way for vacation rental integration partners to provide listing data to Google.,” Google wrote.

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Disney+ is “shutting down” – or is it? What Disney’s streaming changes mean for audiences and advertisers

illumin

But not to worry, the major streaming platform isn’t going away – it’s just getting a makeover. US audiences will soon notice their Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions are one and the same. This means audiences will get all the same shows they love, just in the same place. This move comes after Disney’s purchase of Comcast’s remaining stake in Hulu last year and is a way for the company to consolidate costs and more effectively compete in the streaming market.

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Google Local Service Ads roll out impression share data

Search Engine Land

Google has rolled out impression share data for Local Service Ads (LSAs). Impression share is the percentage of times your ad shows up compared to the total number of times it could potentially appear. This data became available on LSAs in November, Ginny Marvin, Google Ads liaison officer, confirmed on X. Why we care. Impression share is a key metric for assessing the visibility and effectiveness of an ad campaign, enabling marketers to better understand performance and optimize more efficientl

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The AI Revolution: Why B2B Buyers Expect More than Just a Website

Speaker: Speakers:

Discover why a traditional website is no longer enough to meet B2B buyer expectations in our must-attend session of The B2B Growth Show, The AI Revolution: Why B2B Buyers Expect More Than Just a Website. Learn how cutting-edge AI tools can transform your B2B website into a results-driven powerhouse that delivers the right message to the right visitor, every time.

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Outbound Marketing Unboxed: Strategies, Tips & Real-World Insights

Customers.ai

In the ever-evolving realm of marketing, one strategy continues to stand the test of time — Outbound Marketing. Dating back to the roots of commerce, outbound marketing has played a pivotal role in connecting businesses with their audiences. However, as technology reshapes our world and consumer expectations soar to new heights, the landscape of outbound marketing is undergoing a shift.

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Mastering Bubble Bags And Brand Leadership: Tissa Fontaneda

CMO Network

Tissa Fontaneda the Ph.D.-turned-fashionista leader shares her lessons on brand leadership with me which are as timeless and chic as the bags she creates.

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Is Email Marketing Still Relevant?

Vertical Response

In the fast-paced world of digital marketing, new strategies and channels seem to emerge every day. With the rise of social media, content marketing, and influencer partnerships, some marketers may question the relevance of more traditional methods. One such method that has been around for quite some time is email marketing. But is email marketing still relevant in today’s landscape?

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How influencers can boost experiential marketing

SmartBrief - Marketing

Many have hailed experiential marketing as a tool to make a lasting impression on the consumer by giving them an experience to remember. However, there is another resource brands can combine with their experiential marketing to make both more powerful: influencers. With the help of influencers, brands can allow their experiential marketing events to reach people beyond those who attend.

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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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Setup Pulse - 12.4.23

Set Up

Welcome to 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! Trending Topics Smarter, Not Just Faster With AI on the rise, we have to be forward thinking. AI doesn't sacrifice quality for speed - it enhances it, if used in a smart way.

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How SEO Can Help Your Business

Sachs Marketing Group

SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is a powerful tool for increasing your business’s visibility online. By optimizing your website and content for search engines, you can attract more targeted traffic, leading to increased customer engagement and higher conversion rates. Essentially, SEO helps put your business in front of people actively searching for your services or products.

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Major Structured Data Updates From Google

SMA Marketing

As technology advances, so do the algorithms and updates from search engines like Google. A major update that has caught the attention of website owners and SEO professionals is the changes in structured data. In this video, we will discuss four changes to structured data and what you need to do to make sure your site can earn new rich feature opportunities.

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Introducing Copy Generator for Web Experimentation

Welcome Software

If you attended Opticon '23, you saw first-hand how Optimizely has been investing in AI. Optimizely introduced Opal , an AI assistant designed to accelerate the entire marketing lifecycle. Opal is ever-present across Optimizely One, providing generative AI, smart insights, and recommendations to transform how our customers create, test and personalize digital experiences.

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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.