Wed.Jan 31, 2024

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A Fishful of Dollars: What Marketers Can Learn from the Gen Z Caviar Bump

Hubspot Marketing

If you’re a marketer, you cannot ignore meme culture. No, I’m not talking about making tone-deaf corporate memes that shout “How do you do, fellow kids?” I’m talking about real, organic viral trends. They might seem silly on the surface but– when timed right– jumping on the right meme can mean marketing magic. Case in point: The Gen Z caviar bump. A TikTok trend that’s helping brands tap a $465 million global market.

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What are Outbound Links, and How Do They Help SEO?

Aspiration Marketing

SEO can be a confusing landscape, especially regarding outbound links. You hear conflicting advice – some say they're essential for ranking, others warn they drain your "link juice." So, what's the truth? Are outbound links friends or foes in this SEO game? We're here to show how outbound links work, why they matter, and how to leverage them strategically to boost your SEO efforts.

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Humans prefer AI-generated copy, survey finds

Search Engine Land

Humans are more likely to prefer content generated by AI than written by a human, according to a surprising new survey. Why we care. While AI can’t entirely replace humans in content creation, clearly generative AI can create content that resonates with consumers. Generative AI 6, humans 0. In six AI- vs. human-generated content battles, the generative AI version “won” each.

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Why you should add predictive modeling to your marketing mix

Martech

Predictive analytics provides a solid foundation for data-driven decision-making for marketing campaigns. But while most marketing leaders already use some form of predictive analytics, specifically predictive modeling, many still struggle to fully integrate it into their decisions. Concerns about data quality and using the right data hinder the wider adoption of predictive analytics.

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How to Create a Community Your Members Can't Get Enough Of

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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6 Easy Things You Can Do To Improve the Content Experience for Your Audience

Content Marketing Institute

How do you create a seamless content experience so your audience doesn’t even realize it’s an “experience?” Follow these tips.

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Generative AI use explodes for RevOps

Martech

The use of generative AI in business processes grew by 400% in 2023, and the biggest adopters were RevOps (48% of use cases) followed by IT (31%). Perhaps surprisingly, customer support lagged behind at 12%. Highly complex automation cases have almost doubled over the past two years, while 50% of automation cases stretch over four or more departments.

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The secrets of effective leadership

Martech

There are certain qualities all strong leaders possess, regardless of their role in the organization and the circumstances under which they lead. How and when you apply good leadership skills makes all the difference. An infantry platoon leader in the army, for example, needs to demonstrate confidence in their decision-making and communicate clear orders to take action.

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How to Move From Agency Vendor to Trusted Marketing Advisor

Social Media Examiner

Tired of being viewed as a disposable marketing vendor? Wondering how to become a partner your clients turn to for advice instead? In this article, you’ll learn how one marketer made the move from vendor to trusted advisor. The Making of a Trusted Marketing Advisor: An Industry Veteran’s Perspective Marketing has undergone significant shifts over […] The post How to Move From Agency Vendor to Trusted Marketing Advisor appeared first on Social Media Examiner.

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How I Turned $75 Per Day in Ad Spend Into 1 Million Views on My Instagram Reel With Only 1,000 Followers

Buffer Marketing

Here’s the flashy version of my story: Last fall, I posted a Reel to my business’ small Instagram account and backed it with $75 a day in ad spend. Within a week, the Reel had over one million views. Now, less than a year after launching my AI-based healthy eating app, I have an Instagram advertising strategy that regularly leads to not only downloads but purchases as well!

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7 paid media reporting tips when tracking is messy

Search Engine Land

The impending deprecation of third-party cookies presents a tracking nightmare for PPC managers. With broken attribution models, how can you confidently report campaign performance and optimize ad spend? While perfect one-to-one attribution is impossible, all hope is not lost. By shifting focus to longer-term trends and incrementality, capturing campaign data through UTMs, agreeing on a single source of truth, and having a plan for when tracking breaks, you can still glean actionable insights f

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

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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Increase YouTube engagement: 10 ways that actually work

Sprout Social

Is your YouTube engagement where you want it to be? Earning billions of daily views and video searches, YouTube’s popularity speaks for itself. And like any other type of social media engagement , competition on YouTube is fierce. For brands big and small, growing a channel and dedicated audience is no small feat. Especially when performance is tied to the ever-changing YouTube algorithm.

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Google Core Web Vitals to add Interaction to Next Paint on March 12

Search Engine Land

On March 12, 2024 Google will replace First Input Delay (FID) with Interaction to Next Paint (INP) as a Core Web Vitals metric. The news of INP replacing FID is not new , and we knew it was coming in March but now we have the specific date – March 12. “Today, we’re announcing that INP will officially become a Core Web Vital and replace FID on March 12 of this year, and that FID will be deprecated in this transition,” Google posted today on its Web.dev blog. “It̵

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Maximize Klaviyo Performance with Website Visitor Identification

Customers.ai

2024 has already been a big year of change for ecommerce marketers. Major email providers like Google and Yahoo! have increased anti-spam provisions , browsers are killing third-party cookies, and every new smartphone operating system increases privacy capabilities. In other words, things are harder than they used to be. But with the right combination of tools and strategies, ecommerce marketers can be even more successful than before.

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Google CEO talks future of SGE, Gemini, Ads and AI Search

Search Engine Land

We have entered the new “Gemini era” of Google – and the Search Generative Experience and AI will continue to be a huge part of Search, based on the latest earnings call of Alphabet, Google’s parent company. Why we care. Despite what you may have heard on social media, SGE isn’t going away. While it’s still unclear whether Google will fully launch SGE as the default experience in 2024, Google continues to test and tweak it.

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The Power of Community: Why a Branded Community is a Must-Have for Every Association

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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Top 9 Influencer Marketing Case Studies You Can’t Miss

SocialPilot

The power of influencers can turn a brand into a phenomenon and a product into a movement. The same philosophy also applies to the B2B SaaS (Software as a Service) industry. It is an extremely competitive and ever-evolving industry where new features, tools, and software are born every day to take their place in the market. In this market, the insights derived from influencer marketing case studies become invaluable.

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Google showing TikTok videos in featured snippets, SGE

Search Engine Land

TikTok videos have been spotted in two prominent locations in Google’s Search results – featured snippets and Search Generative Experience (SGE). While I’m not entirely sure if this is “new,” I’ve never seen this before and this is definitely new to many people in the search community. Why we care. Many people have been having a semantic debate over whether TikTok technically is a “search engine.” What actually matters is that people use TikTok to search

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Martech activity slows in 2023 with less funding, launches

Martech

In 2023, martech funding and industry activity significantly dwindled, marked by fewer product launches, feature updates and M&A deals compared to previous years. There were 354 new product announcements, down 6% from 2022’s 376 new products. Investment shifts. Martech investment saw a consistent decline, decreasing from $39.8 billion in 2021 to $28.4 billion in 2022 and further to $18.9 billion in 2023.

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7 signs links aren’t dead: Why to plan for them in 2024

Search Engine Land

Links have been an integral part of SEO since Google’s early days. However, recent comments from Google’s Gary Illyes have led some to believe that links are losing relevance. While links may not be the single most important ranking factor, they are far from dead and should still be part of a comprehensive SEO strategy. This article covers seven signs that links still matter in SEO and makes the case that quality backlinks remain important.

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

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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Mastering Email Deliverability: The Crucial Changes You Must Make in 2024

Duct Tape Marketing

Mastering Email Deliverability: The Crucial Changes You Must Make in 2024 written by Tosin Jerugba 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 JT Beckham, a senior manager of deliverability at ActiveCampaign , leading the Deliverability team and collaborating with other teams across the organization.

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Google boss addresses concerns of AI replacing advertising staff post layoffs

Search Engine Land

Google officially clarified that it has no plans to replace its advertising sales staff with AI. Philipp Schindler, Google’s senior vice president and chief business officer, emphasized that recent organizational restructures were geared towards enhancing the efficiency of its services. Additionally, he highlighted that the ongoing development of new AI solutions is to enable its customers to grow and deliver a return on their investments at scale.

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Build a Robust Content Infrastructure With the Right CMS [Sponsored]

Content Marketing Institute

Content management systems can help align your content strategies with organizational goals, increase efficiency, and enhance your brand experience. Take these steps to capitalize on all that potential.

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Google investigating widespread issue impacting Ad Manager

Search Engine Land

Google is investigating a widespread issue impacting “the majority” of Ad Manager users. Affected users can access Google Ad Manager but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or unexpected behavior. While the service has now been restored for some, others are still experiencing issues. Why we care. Publishers experiencing difficulties with Ad Manager, including error messages or slow performance issues, should be aware that the problem lies with Google and not their own system

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Evolving Beyond Intent: Create Customer Value with Signals

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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Experiment: Do Long-Form X Posts Give You More Reach?

Hootsuite

Among the many recent changes to X, formerly Twitter, one of the biggest is the ability to share long-form posts. You’ve probably seen them in your feed already — these long-form posts can be up to 25,000 characters and can even be formatted with bold and italicized texts. Long-form posts are one of the features you get when subscribing to X Premium (formerly Twitter Blue ).

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What Types Of Marketing Are There?

InTouch Marketing

Uncertain about the differences among all the marketing services you hear about? You aren’t alone. Even people who use the terms don’t always understand what they mean. However, failure to understand the different types of marketing is costly. Invest in the wrong type, and toss your cash into a trash can. The type of marketing strategy you use for your business depends on a lot of factors, from your target audience to industry dynamics and your individual goals.

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My most embarrassing business mistakes revealed

Businesses Grow

When you’ve been around as long as I have, you’re bound to have a sizable blooper reel of embarrassing business mistakes! And when you combine Jay Acunzo and me on this topic, you’ll have a bounty of embarrassing moments. I thought it would be fun and different to have an entire show devoted to our most ambrassing business mistakes.

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CMO Spotlight | Ami Badani - Arm

Set Up

The CMO Spotlight is a chance to get an inside look into the minds and journeys of high-performing marketing leaders. Set up CEO, Joe Koufman , virtually sat down with Ami Badani , the Chief Marketing Officer at Arm, to talk about the power of relationship building, Louis Vuitton’s powerful impact as a brand, and more. WATCH + READ THE RECAP BELOW (SCROLL TO THE END FOR THE FULL INTERVIEW) Q1 | What advice would you give to marketers?

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

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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How to Optimise Your Entire Go-To-Market Tech Stack

Six & Flow

Who doesn't love growth? But a growing business somehow leads to an equally growing tool kit - the purpose of which is to help us become more efficient. But adding more tools to your go-to-market tech stack only increases the size of the maze that you now need to navigate through to get the simplest work done! Talking about efficiency, it has become quite the buzzword these days - especially in sales and marketing owing to the dynamic and fast-paced nature of these industries.