Calvyn Lee Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The email marketing landscape is dramatically changing in 2024. Google, Yahoo, and other major email providers have announced strict new regulations around authentication, opt-outs, and allowable spam rates. While aimed at reducing spam from unscrupulous emailers, these new rules create huge obstacles for legitimate email marketers. In this comprehensive guide, I’ll break down the new 2024 email regulations, explain how each type of email marketer will be impacted, and provide actionable t

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Aspiration Marketing

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Building a successful website requires a strategic approach, not just haphazard design choices. Without a clear, data-driven strategy, your website may struggle to achieve its intended goals and engage your target audience. Like any complex project, a website needs a well-defined roadmap to navigate the competitive online landscape and reach its intended destination.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Three-quarters of U.S. consumers say they buy things as a result of SMS messages from companies, according to a new study. What’s more, 60% say they expect brands to text them at least once a week, according to Vibes’ Mobile Consumer Insights Report. On the other hand, 71% cite too many messages as the main reason they no longer want to hear from brands.

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Social Media Examiner

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Are you up to date on changes from TikTok? Wondering which recent TikTok updates are important to marketers and business owners? In this article, we explore TikTok changes that affect your marketing. #1: TikTok Sounds Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's most extensive music catalog, removed its recordings from the popular video app TikTok after […] The post TikTok Updates: Incentivized Video, Shoppable Posts, and More appeared first on Social Media Examiner.

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Calvyn Lee Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There are many reasons why an SEO agency would need access to Google Search Console (GSC), but here are just a few: (Before start, if you would like to know What is Google Search Console? ) 1. Understand Your Website’s Performance: Search Analytics: See which keywords users are searching for to find your site, how often your site appears in search results (impressions), and how often users click on those results (clicks).

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The first few weeks of a new year are the perfect opportunity to reflect on our wins—and I’m thrilled to announce one of our biggest yet: Sprout Social has been named the #1 Best Software Product by G2’s 2024 Best Software Awards. That’s the number one spot when compared across products in every software category! This is the eighth consecutive year Sprout has been recognized by G2.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This Sunday, family and friends will gather around the smart TV while checking their social media feeds and ordering food on their phones. It’s the latest edition of a tried-and-true American holiday — Super Bowl LVIII. While the game on the big screen will bring new glory to either the Kansas City Chiefs or the San Francisco 49ers, the fan experience — and all those commercials — will bring nostalgia and interactive delight to digital consumers.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Jon and Zach Ball in 2011 What does it take to build a $10 million agency? Let’s break it down. A $10 million agency generates an average of $833,000 monthly revenue. Page One Power does link building and content. Its average client is $7,500/month. That means we need 111 clients to clear $833,000 monthly. Because this is the SEO industry, we lose about 5% of our business every month from clients changing their goals or just wanting something else, so they move on.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The path from startup to successful business is a marathon, not a sprint. While an aggressive sales strategy is critical in the early stages, long-term profitability requires balancing customer acquisition and lifetime value. So, when is the right time to shift focus from rapid growth to sustainability? This article provides a framework for making this transition successfully.

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Buffer Marketing

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

You know a social media event has truly gone viral when it transcends the platform and makes global headlines — and even more so when it gets its own subreddit , too. Last year, it was the private chefs of the Hamptons — in 2024, it’s the #UltimateWorldCruise that has taken over TikTok.  What makes this particular cruise aboard Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas unique is that it lasts a staggering nine months.

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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Hard to believe, maybe, but we’re hurtling towards the four-year anniversary of COVID lockdown. The specific date will vary, of course, according to your location and what you count as the beginning of lockdown, but for me, in New York City, it all started around the time the museums, libraries, restaurants and bars closed. That was around mid-March 2020.

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SocialPilot

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Imagine you have the keys to a powerful marketing channel that boosts authenticity, expands reach, and drives engagement. Enter “Influencer Marketing,” an effective way to reach your target audience and generate leads. In this competitive social media generation, authenticity and engagement are the two alphas of the game. Influencer marketing is the bridge to building trust, expanding your reach, and driving conversions like never before.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Jon and Zach Ball in 2011 What does it take to build a $10 million agency? Let’s break it down. A $10 million agency generates an average of $833,000 monthly revenue. Page One Power does link building and content. Its average client is $7,500/month. That means we need 111 clients to clear $833,000 monthly. Because this is the SEO industry, we lose about 5% of our business every month from clients changing their goals or just wanting something else, so they move on.

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Customers.ai

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Top of the funnel often gets a bad rap. After all, people want sales. They want money. The thing is, top of the funnel marketing is the first step in driving those sales. It’s the first step in turning strangers into customers and focusing on awareness and engagement rather than direct sales. Top of the funnel marketing is all about casting a wide net to attract as many potential leads as possible through valuable content, intriguing campaigns, and strategic outreach.

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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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Martech

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

When managing multiple martech projects, it can be tempting to combine efforts if there are overlapping tasks or shared goals. But doing so comes with risks. Before deciding to integrate projects, it is critical to thoroughly assess the implications. Combining martech initiatives may seem efficient on the surface. But in reality, intertwining projects increases the chances that issues with one effort will cascade into the other.

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Content Marketing Institute

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

You need new energy and more creative approaches. You need the team to get out of its content and marketing rut. But if the org chart doesn’t change, you’ll just keep shipping the same old content.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Link building has been considered one of the most important SEO strategies for a long time. The more links you could acquire, especially from authoritative sites, the better your search rankings were supposed to be. But SEO has evolved. Google’s algorithms are now much more sophisticated. To improve search rankings today, you need a comprehensive digital PR strategy that cultivates expertise, targets key touchpoints in the buyer’s journey, creates compelling data stories, and garners

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SocialPilot

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

More and more brands have started spending on influencer marketing to reach new audiences. This surge is so significant that the global influencer marketing landscape is projected to reach $22.2 billion by 2025. No surprises there. Influencer marketing is indeed one of the most effective ways to reach potential customers, make a genuine connection, and eventually turn them into buyers.

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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Snap’s revenue saw a 5% increase for the final quarter of last year, reaching $1.36 billion. Despite this growth, the figure fell slightly below Wall Street analysts’ forecasts, who had anticipated $1.38 billion for Snapchat’s parent company. However, Q4 saw net losses narrowed to $248 million, showing improvement from the $288 million reported in the same period the previous year.

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Digital Marketer

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In the fiercely competitive outdoor gear market, innovative marketing strategies are essential for brand growth and customer engagement. Among these strategies, giveaways stand out as a powerful tool. They are more than just a means to distribute free products; they are a conduit for creating a lasting impression, fostering community engagement, and enhancing your brand’s image.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The big cookie crumble of 2024 officially began in January with Google’s initial roll-out of Tracking Protection for Chrome users. Any PPC marketer caught off-guard by this either haven’t paid attention to the signals for several years or haven’t corralled the necessary parties to create a cohesive strategy in response – or both. As an agency marketer, I’ve been in the position to help dozens of brands formulate an approach to life after third-party cookies.

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SocialPilot

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Imagine your older self reliving the good old days by sharing Snapchat videos with all your old buddies. You’d all laugh at the foolish things you did or marvel that you were ever that young. It would be a great way to indulge in some group nostalgia. But sharing old video and photo memories captured on Snapchat has never been possible. That’s because, as we all know, Snapchat videos are only temporary, allowing you a mere fleeting glimpse into the moments of your and your friends

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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Google Ads will phase out commissions (per stay) and commissions (per conversion) bid strategies for hotel ads in October. Instead, the platform is introducing target Return on Ads Spend (tROAS) for hotel campaigns, along with an expanded Performance Max for travel goals, as alternative bid strategies. Why we care. Advertisers will need to shift bid strategies before the sunset date to avoid disruptions so that campaigns can continue to serve as usual.

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illumin

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

SMS marketing has become a critical, although contentious form of marketing over the past decade. As text messaging became an essential part of most people’s daily communication, marketers began utilizing SMS marketing strategies to reach customers on their personal devices. Like email marketing, SMS marketing is a form of opt-in marketing. Like email marketing, SMS marketing requires a subscription.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Microsoft Bing managed to steal a tiny bit of Google’s search market share in the last year in the U.S., even less globally. But make no mistake – Google remains the dominant search engine. This despite the launch of the new Bing , powered by ChatGPT designed for Search, one year ago, which many believed could ignite a true contender to challenge Google.

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yorCMO

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Automation can dramatically enhance marketing efficiency, personalize customer experiences, and provide valuable insights into consumer behavior. Discover some of the benefits and how to get started. The post Leveraging Technology: The Role of Automation in Marketing appeared first on yorCMO.

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Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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AWeber

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

With more than 7.5 million active sellers and 95.1 million active buyers, Etsy is one of the biggest marketplaces in the world. That creates a good-news, bad-news dilemma for Etsy sellers. On one hand, they have access to a huge audience of active buyers, but on the other hand, they are facing fierce competition. If you are an Etsy seller, you are probably wondering: How do you get your Etsy shop noticed?

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SmartBrief - Marketing

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Ad inventory for Super Bowl LVIII has been virtually sold out since early November, according to CBS – the network broadcasting the Big Game matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers. A 30-second spot cost $7 million, which was about the same price that Fox Sports charged for spots in last year’s game. That’s a hefty investment for brands.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Understanding Research Engine Optimization And Its Impact on SEO with Shama Hyder 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 Shama Hyder. Shama is a visionary strategist for the digital age, a web and TV personality, a bestselling author, and the award-winning CEO of Zen Media – a global marketing and digital PR firm.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Google Ads is currently investigating error messages related to “confusing ad text” and other content quality labels. While affected users can still access the platform, they will experience error messages, high latency, or other unexpected behaviors. Why we care. If your campaign is affected by these issues, rest assured that the problem is on Google Ads’ end, and the platform is actively working on a solution as a top priority.

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Unlock the secrets to building strong communities and sustaining growth with GrowthZone’s “5 Pillars of Community” ebook. In today's digital era, fostering a sense of belonging is more important than ever. GrowthZone’s informative ebook will help you transform your association’s community and discover new opportunities for growth. Explore the importance of personal and virtual communities, the ACHIEVE Model for success, and the key pillars including Direction, Shared Responsibility, Personal Val

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