Trade Press Services Newsletter

OCTOBER 3, 2024

There’s a generational shift taking place in B2B purchasing. Studies show that younger buyers now represent two-thirds of B2B decision-makers. While traditional B2B marketing strategies have primarily focused on targeting baby boomers, Generation X, and millennials , a new generation is rapidly emerging as a new force in the B2B sector: Gen Z. Born between 1997 and 2012, Generation Z is the first generation to grow up with technology at its fingertips.

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The year I turned 30, I started a new job. The role was a management position and carried strategic responsibility for marketing, communications and PR — all things I was excited about. Also tucked in the job description? Event planning for a festival and various smaller events. I didn’t know it yet, but I was about to take a crash course in event marketing.

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Event Marketing Food Direct Mail Entertainment 109

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Today’s marketing world is much more interesting than it was ten years ago. Among all the changes, the debate between paid media vs. organic media is still going strong. Both methods have unique advantages and challenges, but how do you know which is better for your brand? Whether you’re working on increasing traffic, boosting engagement, or driving conversions, understanding the difference between paid and organic media can help you make decisions better aligned with your business.

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Branding SEO User-Generated Price 122

Aspiration Marketing

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Have you ever poured your heart and soul into creating amazing content, only to see it languish in the search engine results pages (SERPs)? You're not alone. Many website owners underestimate the importance of backlinks, a crucial factor in SEO success. Backlinks are essentially votes of confidence from other websites. When a high-quality site links to yours, it tells search engines your content is valuable and relevant.

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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

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Far too many content marketing programs fail to connect the brand to customer problems before the customer starts looking for a solution. At this crucial and overlooked point in the customer journey, most brands provide content about the product and the industry, when they should address specific customer pain points. There’s “a gap that exists in almost every program … when it comes to how to position your brand to put it into the consideration set,” said Liam Moroney at The MarTech Conference

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Content Marketing Customer Journey Thought Leadership Marketing 137

Buffer Marketing

OCTOBER 23, 2024

When it comes to growing your Instagram following, it’s no secret that Instagram Reels can be a powerful tool. The Meta-owned platform has been doubling down on video content in recent years, with CEO Adam Mosseri candidly sharing that , “People are more interested in videos — they’re just more engaging.” Now, that may be true — but it depends on how you define, “engaging.

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Entertainment Branding Social Media Marketing Marketers 133

Businesses Grow

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Some brands seem to be making a U-turn away from the safe and reliable marketing practices into something bizarre and even … horrifying. The trade press began to characterize the new wave of unhinged brands as DGAF (for Don’t Give a F*ck). But nothing could be further from the truth. These brands care deeply about their products and customers but realize that their enemy is indifference.

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Branding Marketing Marketers Entertainment 118

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Optimizing paid media campaigns is one of the best ways to achieve a better return on investment (ROI). Simply running ads and hoping for results is,unfortunately, no longer a strategy that provides enough value. With the right optimization techniques, you can refine your targeting, improve ad performance, and increase the efficiency of your marketing budget.

Analytics 119

Analytics Market Trends Communications Digital Marketing 119

Aspiration Marketing

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Remember those days when filling a vacancy felt like tossing a pebble into a calm pond? You'd post a job ad, and qualified applicants would come swimming in. Those days are as gone as the fax machine. Today's talent landscape is a churning ocean, and simply throwing out a generic "Help Wanted" sign just won't cut it. Attracting top talent requires a strategic, targeted approach – enter recruitment marketing.

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Marketing Marketers Branding 252

Martech

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Hispanic consumers represent a significant economic force in the U.S. today. Yet, they often face barriers in accessing mainstream financial services, particularly when purchasing vehicles essential to their household mobility and economic opportunity. To address these barriers, we are testing a generative AI-powered pre-approval bot to help potential car buyers confidently navigate the loan process without the intimidation of sharing private information.

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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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Buffer Marketing

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Your social media success hinges on creating content that makes your audience tick. But.how do you even find content ideas that resonate? And how do you ensure you never run out of them? This article will share nine places to find content ideas — ensuring you never have to stare at an empty content calendar (wondering ‘what should I create?

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 1, 2024

We all know there have been many changes in the search results during the last year. AI Overviews. Reddit increases in visibility. Google’s site reputation abuse policy. And the list goes on and on. However, one key topic has been overlooked: Google’s major updates to ecommerce search results, which deserve more attention. March 2022 : They launched product grids that show products directly.

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Practical eCommerce - Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Merchants have long dreamed of delivering the perfect marketing message to a specific shopper at the ideal time to close a sale. The post Gen AI Nears Hyper-Personalization at Scale appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

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Shoppers eCommerce Marketing Marketers 117

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Competition is everywhere. Thanks to widespread digitization, your company isn’t just competing with the business down the street. On the contrary, you’re competing with businesses around the globe — and more businesses keep popping up all the time. Is it any wonder that it’s so challenging to get your brand the recognition it deserves? While it may be more difficult to grab attention from busy consumers, it’s not an impossible task.

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Marketing Strategy Marketing Marketers Influencer Marketing 119

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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Aspiration Marketing

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In today's B2B landscape, traditional marketing approaches often struggle to cut through the noise. Enter Account-Based Marketing (ABM): a strategic, laser-focused technique that prioritizes building relationships with high-value accounts. But is ABM right for your industry? This comprehensive blog dives deep into the power of ABM, exploring the top 20 industries implementing Account-Based Marketing and where it shines brightest.

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Traditional Marketing Marketing Marketers Digital Marketing 245

Martech

OCTOBER 16, 2024

We have some big news to share with you. As a reader of the MarTech website and newsletter and an attendee at the MarTech Conference, you’re part of a community of marketers created by Third Door Media, the company that built and continues to invest in MarTech and its sibling brands Search Engine Land and SMX. Today, our company takes another step in its maturation.

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Law Education Digital Marketing SEO 125

Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Social media and video content are integral to any marketing strategy in 2024. 91% of businesses use video as a marketing tool, and 35% are committed to making more social media videos in 2024. If you want to leverage social media videos in your marketing efforts but are unsure how you've reached the right blog. I gathered 16 social media video examples from different platforms to help inspire you and motivate you to create your own.

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Video Marketing Marketing Marketers Fashion 123

Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Sparks flew at Content Marketing World 2024. Will they help you slow down long enough to bring joy, courage, enchantment, and connection back to your work? There’s only one way to find out. Try these ideas in your work.

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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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Businesses Grow

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Today, I’ll explain the Parasite Economy and why it is destroying businesses but opening up new opportunities for creators. For many years, I’ve subscribed to Ted Gioia’s newsletter, “ The Honest Broker.” It’s hard to describe this newsletter. Ted is a music critic and historian whose musings tend to wander all over the cultural landscape.

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User-Generated Education Advertising Advertisers 114

verse.ai

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Imagine this: you’ve done everything to attract a customer, but they walk away because of preventable mistakes in their journey with you. From unrealistic expectations to lackluster handoffs, even the smallest missteps can lead to dissatisfaction and lost loyalty. Rather than focusing on the dos, we’re flipping the script in this post to highlight the don’ts—what not to do if you want to keep your customers engaged, loyal, and happy.

Customer Journey 109

Customer Journey Customer Transform Communications 109

Aspiration Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Writers have been using paragraph generators for a long while since these are now an important part of writing. These AI-powered assistants offer a tantalizing prospect: They produce structured blocks of text with just one click. For writers whose deadlines have crept closer or who have hit writer's block, the generators may seem like the easy fix. In addition, the tools enable easy customization of content specific to a particular tone or style.

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Customer Content Marketing Marketers Marketing 244

Martech

OCTOBER 31, 2024

People may not need to actually lick stamps any more but they are still sending and receiving mail. Often they receive mail with joy. Consider how things have changed. “Thirty years ago, when you received an email you got excited. Your mailbox was just full of junk mail at the time.” That would be your physical mailbox, of course. “Now it’s kind of the opposite.

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Direct Mail Retail Gen Z Logistics 119

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Ready to streamline your marketing efforts and achieve more with less? Our guide provides a step-by-step roadmap to: Build a Strong Foundation: Set up your automation infrastructure for success. Execute Proven Tactics: Implement effective strategies to nurture leads and drive conversions. Measure and Optimize: Track your results and make data-driven adjustments.

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I write for a living. While I love allowing creative work space to breathe, grow, and develop, deadlines don‘t allow me the luxury of writer’s block. At some point in the project timeline, I‘ve got to get moving beyond that blank page. It doesn’t happen often, but when I'm really struggling to do this, I'll enlist AI to help me ideate and get the juices flowing.

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Education Product Place Management 112

Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Media consumption isn’t like it used to be. Online videos beat TV viewing, and YouTube bests Netflix in market share. People spend a big chunk of time on user-generated content on social. In this terrain, what’s a marketer to do?

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Content creation is a beast and can be a minefield, especially in this AI-driven era, where many seek to “save time” by using AI to partially or fully write content, sometimes with little to no human oversight As guardians of the corpus of the web (it’s scary, but true in many ways), SEO professionals should seriously consider whether the content they’re publishing is valuable, useful, unique and actually answers the user’s question.

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SEO User-Generated Communications Place 116

Animalz blog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Rather than drowning in data, marketing teams should focus on asking precise questions that drive business growth. That’s the core philosophy of Keith Perhac, founder of SegMetrics, a marketing analytics platform specializing in tracking complex, multi-touch customer journeys. Key insights from this interview: Most teams track too many metrics (aim for 3-5 KPIs max per department).

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Copywriting Customer Journey Analytics Key Performance Indicator 108

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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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Aspiration Marketing

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The world is getting smaller, and businesses are taking notice. Consumers today are not limited by geographical borders, and their purchasing power is just as vast. This shift in consumer behavior has propelled multilingual marketing to the forefront of successful business strategies. But how did we get here? Buckle up because we're diving into the history of multilingual marketing and why it's here to stay.

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Marketing Marketers 257

Martech

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This is a warning to all business professionals. If you’re an agency in the world of data collection (analytics, marketing, etc.), this might be a “shame on you” moment. Data is the lifeblood of all organizations. Without it, how can executives, business owners and managers make day-to-day and long-term decisions? Yet, for many organizations, the question of who owns their data rarely arises — until problems emerge.

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Social Media Examiner

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Feeling left behind by Instagram's rapid evolution? Need help understanding how recent updates can benefit your business? In this article, we'll explore some of Instagram’s newest features and what they mean to marketers. Why Instagram's Latest Features Matter for Marketers Instagram continues to be a powerhouse platform for marketers and Instagram creators, with recent statistics […] The post Instagram Updates for 2025: What Marketers Need to Know appeared first on Social Media Examiner.

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Marketing Marketers Social Media Marketing 113

Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI) has many concerned about job security. AI writing , AI images , AI videos — while the final products are far from perfect, they raise the question of what jobs AI could eventually replace, even if we don’t want them to. But, heck, if AI can create a marketing plan for me, I say, "Welcome to the team!" A marketing plan is a foundational piece of any marketing strategy.

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Marketing Plan Key Performance Indicator Marketing Marketers 109

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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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