Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The social media boom of the last decade is over. It’s not that people are no longer using social media — they are. They’re just using it less, and engaging differently. In 2022, the average daily time spent on social media declined globally leading to a drop in organic reach for brands and creators. Per GWI , 54% of people use social media to connect with friends and family, and 27% of people use social media to keep up with news.

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Aspiration Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Email marketing remains a cornerstone for businesses seeking to engage and connect with their audiences in today's fast-paced digital landscape. But it's not always smooth sailing–several challenges may hinder your email marketing success. From email deliverability concerns to open rates and list growth, we'll delve into actionable strategies to enhance your email campaigns.

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CMO Network

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

French bee CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener talks about how AI and a new style of plane are helping the Paris discount carrier take off where others have faltered.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Google has rolled out ranking improvements aimed at showcasing more content from social media, blog posts, forums and more that share personal insights and experiences. This is the hidden gems announcement Google made back in May, but this update is not part of the helpful content system. It is part of the Google core ranking system, Brad Kellett, Senior Director on Google Search product and engineering told us.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

As marketing becomes more tech-driven, the role of marketing operations (MOps) is getting more complex. Today, the discipline is increasingly interwoven with other vital go-to-market motions — including sales and customer support — and is responsible for all business elements associated with marketing, including the tech stack. In this eBook, we’ll show you how marketing operations can create efficiencies in your tech stack, reporting, and budget that will not just improve internal processes, bu

Social Media Examiner

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Struggling to put a price on your agency's marketing services? Wondering whether to charge based on value or on time spent? In this article, we'll explore how to price your marketing services effectively. How to Determine the Price Structure for Your Marketing Agency Pricing your services is one of the biggest marketing agency challenges. Pricing […] The post How to Price Your Marketing Services appeared first on Social Media Examiner.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Yahoo Search is expected to start rolling out aspects of its new search engine in the first weeks of 2024. Brian Provost, the Senior VP and General Manager of Yahoo Search, said Yahoo Search will be launching in the very early days of 2024. Brian Provost said this at Search Marketing Expo Next event during the question and answer portion of his talk today.

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Buffer Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Choosing the perfect audio to accompany your latest Instagram Reel is an art, not a science. Still, opting for a trending sound or music clip could provide the boost you need to get your video on the Reels feed or Instagram Explore page.  But where to find them? If you always feel like you’re chasing the tail-end of audio trends on the app, you’ve come to the right place.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

I wasn’t always a social media manager. I started my career as a TV reporter, then worked for a company’s in-house public affairs department, before managing social media professionally. So, I know first-hand how interactions with coworkers and leadership within a company differ when you’re not a social media manager versus when you are one. It’s fascinating really.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Google is rolling out a more personalized search experience that aims to show searchers more information about what they care about directly in the search results. This is being done with several new search features, including a new Follow button, search results tailored to you, perspectives results updates, creator snippets and more. Follow button in Google Search Google is rolling out a new “Follow” button in Google search that aims at keeping you up to date on topics that you want

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CMO Network

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

CEOs are tasking leaders for an AI strategy. Technology leaders must borrow from the marketing playbook to change IT's narrative from cost-center to innovation factory.

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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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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Google has released a new robots.txt report within Google Search Console. Google also made relevant information around robots.txt available from within the Page indexing report in Search Console. Finally, Google has decided to sunset the robots.txt tester. The new robots.txt report. Google’s new robots.txt report shows gives you some information Google has on your robots.txt file including: Which robots.txt files Google found for the top 20 hosts on your site The last time Google crawled t

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Martech

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Holiday shopping will soon begin — officially — the Friday after Thanksgiving, a.k.a. Black Friday. And despite fears of economic slowdowns and lingering inflation, the holiday season is expected to be a boon for retailers. Holiday spending is projected to be up between 3% and 4% over 2022, according to the National Retail Federation. Here are the trends we’re watching for Black Friday and throughout the rest of the ever-expanding holiday calendar.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Bing is now using AI to generate captions for some of its search result snippets. Bing is using GPT-4 to make the “search results more relevant and informative and helping users find the websites they are looking for more quickly,” Bing announced. What it looks like. If you do a search for my, [ barry schwartz SEO ], and then click on the arrow down by the title link in the search results, you can see that some of the results are labeled with “AI-Generated Caption.” Here

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Martech

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Google Analytics 4 properties can now be connected to Salesforce Marketing Cloud using the Sales Marketing Cloud interface. Integration is available to both GA4 standard and 360 properties for the first time to anyone who was previously using the same setup with Universal Analytics 360. Why we care. GA4 integrated with Salesforce Marketing Cloud allows you to sync audiences from Analytics to Marketing Cloud.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Google Analytics 4 (GA4) has launched a new Admin experience for its properties. The redesign categorizes settings, making it simpler to find and understand each administrative setting. Now, settings affecting how data appears in your reports are grouped together for greater convenience. This adjustment means you can accomplish your administrative tasks with fewer clicks and increased confidence.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With customer data platforms now essential for unified customer data and personalization, you likely face the build vs buy decision. Do you build a custom CDP tailored to your tech stack? Or buy an established platform? This guide from Customer.io will walk you through the key factors in deciding whether to build or buy your CDP. Inside you’ll get: An overview of pros and cons Steps to evaluate your team’s capabilities A comparison of vendor features Details on integration and implementation Gui

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Bing Chat has a new name as of today – Copilot. It now shares the same brand name as multiple other Microsoft AI products. R.I.P. Bing Chat. Bing Chat, part of the new Bing that was powered by ChatGPT for search, launched Feb. 7. Bing Chat has handled more than 1 billion prompts and queries since it launched, Microsoft Bing said in a blog post. Copilot + Search.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The marketing industry is facing major challenges in 2023. Budgets are down, teams are facing layoffs and martech consultancies are struggling due to client budget cuts. Martech vendors trying to sell into marketing departments with smaller budgets have been even more miserable. While some see this as the beginning of a lasting downturn, there are strategies marketers can use to optimize performance and demonstrate value today.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Google appears to have been experimenting with a new ad format within its Search Generative Experience (SGE). When select users asked the search engine follow-up questions to queries, SGE provided an AI-generated answer alongside sponsored content titled “You May Also Like” The feature served a carousel of products, all of which displayed a product title, image and company name.

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illumin

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

On October 30 2023 Meta announced a new paid Facebook and Instagram subscription option for users in the European Union, the EEA, and Switzerland. The social media giant will soon offer users this service as a way to opt-out of ads on Facebook and Instagram, so that Meta can be in compliance with recent EU regulations. It will also still be offering its current service and platforms for free, supported by ads.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This article was co-authored by Rebecca Steurer. The world is drowning in digital content. Sadly, marketing success is often measured by quantity rather than the effectiveness of content in building awareness, generating leads, and converting customers. As a result, we’ve turned the web into countless low-insight listicles that focus on capturing keyword searches instead of sharing insights that mean something to the reader.

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Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In today's data-driven world, the ability to transform data into actionable insights has never been more critical for success. According to HubSpot’s research, 36% of marketers say data helps them reach their target audience more effectively. Data-driven decision making is used in almost all areas of business, especially marketing. Why building the right strategy will lead to solid ROI, doing so can be complex and time consuming.

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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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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Raju Narisetti wasn’t sure how he’d fare as the global publishing leader at McKinsey & Company because he had never done B2B publishing. Almost four years later, he’s still there and earned a 2023 Content Marketer of the Year finalist nod.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Why will people click on one ad – and not another? Lots of factors go into the decision. But among the most essential is trust. If your ads look slightly “off” or slightly suspicious, people are much less likely to click on them. When you unintentionally set off internal alarm bells, people will scroll on by in the split second it takes for them to make the click/no click decision.

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Influence & Co

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

A strong link-building strategy is critical for SEO and improving your site’s ranking. Incorporate these link-building techniques for success.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Google has released their newest analytics platform – Google Analytics 4 (GA4). This is the first major update to their analytics suite in years and brings with it some game-changing capabilities. GA4 provides: A new event-based data model for more accurate tracking across devices Streamlined account structure and reporting Advanced AI-driven insights and predictive analytics Simplified conversion tracking This new whitepaper from MoreVisibility walks through the key changes in GA4 and how

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The 90-Day CMO and Cross-Channel Acquisition Strategies That Scale written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Janstch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interviewed Ryan Stewart, a prominent fractional marketing officer (CMO) and a seasoned expert in the world of multi-channel marketing strategy.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

SEO professionals start their careers in so many different and unconventional ways. Most people don’t come in on day one being able to identify SERP features or optimize a header. That means some of your hiring decisions for SEO roles will be based on what your candidates can learn, not just what they already know. Spotting good SEO candidates based on their potential abilities, not just their current experience or skills will get you a broader pool of candidates.

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Internet Marketing Ninjas

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It seems like just about every month, the SEO community gets into a tizzy because there’s another Google update. Often, it’s a core update, a routine improvement to Google’s algorithms (though “improvement” can be subjective, depending on how the results shake out for your site). And usually, there’s nothing specific that Google can tell us about it, nothing actionable that we need to know.

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Whos Mailing What

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In this article, we collected 13 best practices for senior living direct mail, all accompanied by examples from Who’s Mailing What! database.

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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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