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The Future of Digital Marketing: AI and Automation (6 Tips)

Jeff Bullas

ChatGPT, a generative A.I. tool, has accomplished something unprecedented. In just two months, it has amassed 100 million active users , making it the fastest-growing consumer platform in history. To put this into perspective, it took Facebook almost five years , Instagram two years, and TikTok nine months to reach this milestone. Why it matters We live in a world of accelerated magic enabled by technology.

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The Ultimate Guide to Social Media Marketing (2023 Edition)

Jeff Bullas

Perhaps one of the biggest human flaws is that we tend to be a bit impatient. We speed date, eat fast food, use emojis instead of words, pay for overnight shipping, and get started with social media without knowing why or what to expect. I get it. The world is moving faster than ever before. New trends and technology seem to appear overnight, and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep pace.

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What Does the De-influencing Trend Mean for Influencer Marketing?

Hubspot Marketing

Welcome to HubSpot Marketing News! Tap in for campaign deep dives, the latest marketing industry news, and tried-and-true insights from HubSpot’s media team. Is influencing on its way out? In recent weeks, a new trend called de-influencing has taken over TikTok with the hashtag #deinfluencing racking up over 160 million videos. The initial de-influencing videos that began circulating in January featured social media users talking about the viral products they wouldn’t recommend to discourage ove

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Clever Email Subjects For Your Next Email Marketing Campaign

Vertical Response

Email marketing is a powerful tool for reaching potential customers and growing your business. But with so many companies vying for people’s attention, it’s important to craft compelling, attention-grabbing emails that stand out in the inbox. According to a recent study by Hubspot , subject lines with 6-10 words had an open rate that was nearly 21% higher compared to subject lines with fewer than 6 words.

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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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AMP for Email: Should You Love or Leave this Email Marketing Trend?

Litmus

Year after year, Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) for email—an open-source technology that enables email marketers to create and send interactive emails—has made the list of trends for email marketers to watch. 1 But should email marketers embrace or ignore this trend? Read on for a deeper look at AMP for email, and our thoughts on whether it’s right for your email marketing campaigns. 8 Email Marketing & Design Trends to Know (And 1 to Ignore) Discover the eight email marketing and design tr

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Don't Ignore Email Marketing

SMA Marketing

Have you ever scrolled through your inbox and had an emotional reaction while reading an email subject line? This happened to me the other day. The email subject said, "Want to know why your 6-month-old puppy stopped listening?" Why did this simple question evoke an emotional reaction ? Because just a few days earlier, our 6-month-old puppy had stopped listening to our training commands.

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How Employer Branding Fuels Business Growth

Aspiration Marketing

A strong employer brand is a powerful tool for attracting and retaining top talent. It helps to differentiate a business in the marketplace, facilitates trust with potential employees, and improves team member engagement, leading to increased productivity and a better work environment. As a result, a strong employer brand significantly impacts a business's bottom line.

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Leverage Your LinkedIn Profile with PPC

Aspiration Marketing

Wise businesses value the potential of social media marketing. Similar to other facets of marketing and efforts for lead generation, those who are most successful in marketing on social media platforms develop a plan based on well-defined goals and strategies. Creating a large advertising budget and developing a traditional outbound marketing effort to flood the market will not generate the intended leads or revenue.

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Are Brands Investing in Social Media Communities in 2023? We Asked 1,200+ Marketers

Hubspot Marketing

The ultimate goal of social media marketing is to generate revenue, and a crucial step to generating revenue via social media is creating engagement. If your followers don't engage with your posts, they won’t engage with your business. And a sure way to boost engagement is by fostering a tight-knit social media community. Social media communities are incubators for brand awareness, loyalty, and trust.

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Will A.I. Unleash Our Creativity or Crush it?

Jeff Bullas

I feel constrained and limited by my history. I know there is much more opportunity that lies beyond. But trying to unlock my creativity feels restrained by my hardwiring. So…I sit at my desk wanting to break the shackles of a lifetime and decades of caged thinking that seem to keep me in a box of the past. I see many things through my parents’ panorama and society’s shackles.

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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.

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Another Unconfirmed Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Around February 14th

Search Engine Roundtable

Here we go again; yet another Google search ranking algorithm update seems to have touched down on February 14th, maybe as early as February 13th, and seems to be continuing to shake things up throughout today. We previously covered unconfirmed updates on the 8th/9th and also the 4th.

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SWOT Analysis: The Key to Unlocking Your Marketing Potential

Aspiration Marketing

As a marketer, you're always looking for ways to improve marketing strategies and make the most of your efforts. A SWOT analysis is a powerful tool that can help you do just that. But what exactly is a SWOT analysis, and why is it so crucial for your marketing efforts?

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Which Social Media Channels See the Most ROI? [New Data + Expert Tips]

Hubspot Marketing

As any marketer knows, social media is an undeniably powerful tool to reach new audiences and connect with existing customers. However, while it's important to meet your audience where they are, it's equally critical to know which social media channels offer the best ROI for your business. Here, we'll explore which channels provided marketers with the highest ROI in 2023.

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How to Choose the Right Keyword Tool

Jeff Bullas

Google is always insisting that SEO marketers should pay more attention to the user’s needs rather than keywords. And while that’s true, search still largely depends on keywords and your site — and ranking for specific search queries. I’d say that it’s not like keywords are now less important, it’s just that the very nature of keyword research has changed.

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The Intersection of AI and Sales: Personalization Without Compromise

Speaker: Jesse Hunter and Brynn Chadwick

Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.

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How to do a Content Marketing Audit in GA4: 9-Steps for Discovering SEO, Email and Social Performance

Orbit Media Studios

It’s the 80/20 rule of content marketing: 80% of results come from 20% of your content. This is true for every website and for every content audit I’ve ever done. A small handful of articles pull in a big percentage of traffic and conversions. Just look at your own data. A report of your top posts by traffic probably looks something like this. A few posts bring in a lot of traffic, while most articles drive little or no traffic.

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How Employer Branding Fuels Business Growth

Aspiration Marketing

A strong employer brand is a powerful tool for attracting and retaining top talent. It helps to differentiate a business in the marketplace, facilitates trust with potential employees, and improves team member engagement, leading to increased productivity and a better work environment. As a result, a strong employer brand significantly impacts a business's bottom line.

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7 Smart Ways You Can Use TBT To Grow Your Brand on Social

Hootsuite

Some hashtags feel like quaint relics of an internet past. But there’s one throwback hashtag that will never go out of style: #TBT. Maybe it’s because this hashtag comes with nostalgia built right in, but the #TBT (or #ThrowbackThursday) hashtag somehow never gets old. It appeals to people’s deep desire to share their favorite moments from the past.

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FREE Instagram Followers: 5 Best Sites 2023

Jeff Bullas

Instagram is a social media platform that has quickly become a major player in the world of business and influencer marketing. So is going after free Instagram followers worth it? Let’s find out! With over one billion active users, Instagram offers a unique and dynamic platform for businesses and influencers to connect with a massive audience, promote their products and services, and build their personal and brand reputations.

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Relevance, Reach, Revenue: How to Turn Marketing Trends From Hype to High-Impact

Speaker: Alexa Acosta, Director of Growth Marketing & B2B Marketing Leader

Marketing is evolving at breakneck speed—new tools, AI-driven automation, and changing buyer behaviors are rewriting the playbook. With so many trends competing for attention, how do you cut through the noise and focus on what truly moves the needle? In this webinar, industry expert Alexa Acosta will break down the most impactful marketing trends shaping the industry today and how to turn them into real, revenue-generating strategies.

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How ChatGPT, Bard, and AI Will Impact Search

Neil Patel

It’s so funny how many people are concerned about ChatGPT and Bard. Not necessarily from a content creation standpoint but more so how it is going to kill search. When Google announced Bard, their stock fell 7%. It cost them more than 100 billion dollars… that’s a lot of money. Why such a big drop in their stock price ? Google’s ad showed an incorrect description of the telescope used to take the first pictures of a planet outside our solar system, for example.

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How to Drive More Local Foot Traffic With Instagram

Social Media Examiner

Wondering how to get your business in front of local customers or tourists? Looking for a plan and examples to model? In this article, you’ll discover an effective Instagram strategy to drive foot traffic to your local business. Optimize Your Instagram Profile for Local Business Before you dive into creating paid and organic content, set […] The post How to Drive More Local Foot Traffic With Instagram appeared first on Social Media Examiner.

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The 12 Top Benefits of Chatbots in 2023

Hootsuite

The benefits of chatbots for businesses are well documented. These robot sidekicks do wonders for customer service, sales, and brand loyalty. And they’re just getting started. The size of the chatbot market worldwide is expected to hit a whopping $1.25 billion in 2025. And Gartner predicts that they’re going to be a primary customer service aid for 25% of organizations not long after that.

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Instagram Bots – What Are They & How Can They Work? (Real Results)

Jeff Bullas

Even if you have excellent content on Instagram, it could turn into a waste of your time if your posts fail to get real followers and engagement. While Instagram might not have the largest community compared to other social media platforms, it has the highest rate of engagement, and that is the very reason why a lot of online marketers and influencers are so keen on using Instagram for their digital marketing campaigns.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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8 Methods to Writing Creative Email Subject Lines [With 72 Examples]

Marketing Insider Group

Email isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, and making sure your message stands out is becoming harder and harder to do. The average person receives 121 emails per day. That’s a lot of stuff to comb through, and the trash button is typically the quickest way to declutter. One third of email recipients open an email based on the subject line alone and 69% of email recipients report email as spam based solely on the subject line.

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Get Common First If You Want To Develop a Great Content Strategy [Rose-Colored Glasses]

Content Marketing Institute

Does your business have a good handle on what you mean by an e-book, white paper, video, etc.? What about a common understanding of thought leadership, advertising, and sales content? If not, your content strategy likely won’t work.

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‘AI-powered’ search is off to a problematic start. Can Google and Bing fix it?

Econsultancy

The era of AI-generated conversational search is, apparently, here. On 16 th December I published a piece about whether ChatGPT could pose a threat to Google, as many were already suggesting that it might, just two and a half weeks on from the chatbot’s release. At the time of writing, neither Google nor Microsoft – a major backer of ChatGPT’s parent organisation, OpenAI – had indicated any plans.

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10 Low-Cost Side Hustles You Can Start With Almost No Money

Jeff Bullas

When I first started receiving pocket money as a child, I got just 10 cents a week. As I grew older it rose to a staggering 50 cents. Finally, my allowance verged on almost millionaire levels at $1 every seven days. Nothing like a bit of passive income. Well, it wasn’t really passive as I had to wash the dishes and make my bed. According to recent research the average kid’s allowance per week today is a very specific $7.17.

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How to Build a Winning B2B Video Strategy in 2025

Speaker: Speakers:

Think creating impactful B2B video is intimidating, boring, or requires a Hollywood-level budget? Think again. Join our "B2B Growth Show" to uncover the secrets of building video strategies that drive ROI, captivate your audience, and leave your competition in the dust. What you’ll learn: Why video is non-negotiable for B2B in 2025 Storytelling tips to engage your target audience and keep them coming back Case studies from printing companies to telecom giants with jaw-dropping results Practical

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11 Reasons We Love Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

At Marketing Insider Group, we love content marketing. Are we biased? Maybe. But we also have a good reason for it. Content marketing is one of the most effective ways to grow your audience, encourage engagement and build your brand’s image. Every business needs a content marketing strategy to reach their target market and establish a presence in their industry.

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Writer Ends 10-Year Relationship With HARO To Keep Trusted Relationship With Audience

Content Marketing Institute

A content writer ends her 10-year relationship with HARO, once her go-to for sources. Her experience offers a lesson in vetting and verifying for all content marketers.

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Unlocking the Power of Curated Content for Your Business

Businesses Grow

For more than a decade, I’ve been teaching about the power of curated content, and it occurred to me that I’ve never written about it on this blog. If you’re trying to find a powerful new way to stand out in this very noisy world, this might be an exceptional opportunity for you. Today, I’ll cover: What is curated content? The business case for curated content An inspirational case study The future of curated content What is curated content?

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7 Tools to End Online Distractions So That You Can Grow Your Business

Jeff Bullas

According to Statista, over half of Americans spend more than 5 hours a day on their mobile phone. 28% of the time we spend at work is wasted on distractions. Digital distractions are getting in the way of our goals. They are a top productivity killer at workplaces. But it’s not just work. Being married to apps and devices is affecting our personal lives as well.

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2025 Association Survey Results Report

GrowthZone’s 11th annual survey highlights trends, challenges, and strategies shaping the membership industry through insights from U.S. and Canadian association professionals. Get your copy of the 2025 Association Survey Results Report to see how your organization measures up: The biggest challenges associations are facing Membership retention trends and non-renewal insights Strategies for automatic renewals and reinstatements Shifts in member engagement tactics Why members are joining (and sta