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6 Critical Marketing Metrics CMOs Need to Measure

SMA Marketing

As a CMO, youre constantly challenged to demonstrate the return on investment (ROI) of your marketing efforts. It’s crucial to focus on key performance indicators (KPIs). This article highlights six critical marketing metrics every CMO should monitor closely. By tracking these metrics, you can gain valuable insights into your digital marketing campaigns’ effectiveness, identify improvement.

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Speed to Market, or, How To Organize a Prison Break in Eight Days

Kuno Creative

Speed to market isnt always about getting a new or refreshed brand out there for public consumption, or facilitating a successful product debut. It can be about sparks of creativity in the moment and capitalizing on timely opportunities. When strategy, ingenuity and speed are combined with a team of marketing professionals and a client willing to try something outside of the box, the results are impactful and memorable.

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How to align your content marketing and social media teams

Welcome Software

Content distribution is key to any marketing strategy. Yeah sure, you might write a blog that ranks #1 the next day (one of the ultimate content marketing miracles) and that LinkedIn post you did last week might have gone viral (or your company-sized equivalent), but strategizing how every piece of content can be promoted across channels is the winner.

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Multilingual Marketing vs. Translation: The Key Differences

Aspiration Marketing

Imagine launching a global marketing campaign only to discover your message is lost in translation or, worse, offensive to your target audience. This costly mistake highlights a critical distinction in international business: multilingual marketing is not simply translation. While translation focuses on converting words from one language to another, multilingual marketing goes deeper, adapting your entire marketing strategy to resonate with specific cultural nuances and consumer behaviors.

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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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Supercharge Your Practice With Growthtech

The CMO Survey

The post Supercharge Your Practice With Growthtech appeared first on The CMO Survey.

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The 7 Principles of Conversion-Centered Landing Page Design

Hubspot Marketing

Designing an optimized landing page isnt just a task its an art form. If you want a landing page that doesnt just exist but actively converts, you need to master the craft of conversion-centered design (CCD). Ready to level up? CCD is the science of crafting experiences laser-focused on achieving a singular business goal. Think of it as your cheat code to guide visitors toward one specific action whether thats sharing their details, learning about your offering, or taking the next step in your

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CRO and Your Sales Funnel: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimization

Aspiration Marketing

Is your sales funnel springing leaks? You're not the only one. It's a common struggle for businesses to convert those hard-earned leads into paying customers. Conversion rate optimization (CRO) is the key to plugging those leaks and boosting your bottom line. By strategically optimizing each stage of the buyer's journey, you can significantly improve your results.

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Social Media Dashboard: Why You Need One and How to Create It

Buffer Marketing

Picture this: Your boss is asking you about the business impact of your social media strategy. You know you’ve moved the needle — brought in website visitors, converted some of them, and nudged brand awareness. But how do you prove it? This is where a social media dashboard comes in handy. It’s a visual representation of the key metrics that prove the impact of your social media efforts.

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Why Am I Losing Followers on Instagram? What the Data Says + How You Can Fix It

Hubspot Marketing

The dreaded question of social media marketers everywhere: Why am I losing followers on Instagram? I spent years in the trenches as a social media editor for media brands and know the daily toil it takes to keep up with the latest media trends, platform updates, and more. Inevitably, a situation arises where you are losing followers and unsure of the cause.

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How AI makes marketing data more accessible and actionable

Martech

What if anyone on your marketing team whether theyre an analyst, a campaign manager or even an intern could simply ask a question about marketing performance and receive a detailed, data-backed analysis in seconds? Imagine, no more waiting on reports, toggling between dashboards or emailing the data team with one quick question (which is never actually quick).

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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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Struggling to Reach Your Target Audience? You Need Buyer Personas

Aspiration Marketing

Marketing can feel like shouting into a vast, echoing canyon you know you're putting the effort in, but are your ideal customers really hearing you? If your message isn't resonating, you're likely missing a key ingredient: buyer personas. These semi-fictional representations of your ideal customers go beyond basic demographics to paint a vivid picture of who you're trying to reach.

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How to Build Your Ops Team by ARR levels

The Marketing Operations Leader

In this edition: How to Build Your Ops Team by Annual Recurring Revenue Levels How to Handle Conflict With Other Teams at Work Poll: What Would You Do With 20% More Budget? Exclusive For Paid Subscribers : The Hidden Things You Have to Get Right in the Marketing Leader and Ops Leader Interview Sponsor this newsletter and reach thousands of marketing operators and decision-makers , fill out this form to get started.

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How to Create Content for Social Media: A Simple 6-Step Guide

Buffer Marketing

Creating content on social media can be powerful, both for businesses and aspiring creators — but it can be tough to figure out where to begin. You’re hemming and hawing over which social media platforms you should be on, which content creation tools you should use, and building a social media content strategy. It’s all too…overwhelming.

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New partnership integrates Canva’s design capabilities into HubSpot

Martech

Canva and HubSpot today announced a partnership that integrates Canva’s complete design experience and Magic Studio AI tools directly into HubSpot’s customer platform. Canva is an easy-to-use, affordable design platform that’s popular with smaller marketing teams that often struggle with creative resources. HubSpot focuses on many of the same teams, which use HubSpot as a CRM , marketing automation platform and more.

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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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Twitter or Bluesky: Which Platform Fits Your Needs?

SocialPilot

Ever since Elon Musk took the reins at X (formerly Twitter), the social media landscape has been buzzing with debates about its future. Amid these changes, Bluesky has gained attention as an exciting alternative for businesses and users. Both platforms let users share posts, images, and videos while interacting through replies and likes. However, their different content moderation and user control approaches have stirred debates about their impact on communities.

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How I Built a $75M Newsletter: My Top Tips to Make Yours Impactful in 2025

Hubspot Marketing

I started Morning Brew during my senior year at the University of Michigan while helping students prepare for job interviews. When I asked them how they stayed up-to-date with business news, they all gave similar answers. "I read the Wall Street Journal because my parents told me to. It's dense. Its dry. I can't get through it." I was surprised. These were future business leaders who couldn't connect with the very content that was supposed to inform their careers.

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10+ Social Media, Marketing, and Creator Economy Conferences to Attend in 2025

Buffer Marketing

Conferences have been on my mind a lot lately—specifically, the ones that bring together the brightest marketers and creators in the industry. After sharing the list with my Marketing team, one thought echoed across the board: "Our readers would probably love this, too." So, why are conferences on our radar in the first place? Well, being a remote team has some huge perks—working with people from around the globe, for starters.

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What’s behind the rise in roles like GTM engineer, RevOps engineer and GTM ops engineer?

Martech

In MarTechs MarTechBot explains it all feature, we pose a question about marketing to our very own MarTechBot , which is trained on the MarTech website archives and has access to the broader internet. Q: Whats behind the rise in roles like GTM engineer, RevOps engineer and GTM ops engineer? The emergence of roles such as GTM engineer, RevOps engineer, GTM ops engineer, growth lead, growth strategist and outbound architect reflects the evolving landscape of marketing and sales operations, particu

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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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The Benefits of Using Long-Tail Keywords in Your SEO Strategy

Marketing Insider Group

Choosing the right keywords and writing content containing these terms is a massive part of your keyword strategy. Without identifying these words, reaching your target audience becomes far more challenging. Long-tail keywords are a secret weapon as you boost your SEO efforts. They are longer, more specific search phrases, such as “best organic coffee for cold brew,” compared to broad short-tail keywords like “coffee.” While they might have lower search volumes, they do a

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Media Mix Modeling: What It Is and How to Use It [+ Examples]

Hubspot Marketing

Ive worked in digital marketing for over ten years and always look for ways to improve my marketing analysis and reporting. Having worked in leading digital agencies and my own multi-channel agency, media mix modeling (MMM) is paramount in my work. I co-founded an SEO and PPC agency with Leigh Buttrey, and we are dedicated to multi-channel marketing.

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How to Improve Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) in Under an Hour

Backlinko

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) is one of Googles three Core Web Vitals. Like the other two (Cumulative Layout Shift and Interaction to Next Paint), its not exactly clear what it means. Lots of tools can show your LCP score and outline ways to improve it. But their tips are often generic, and lack the detail you need to actually take action. So, in this guide Ill walk you through actionable steps to improve your LCP.

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3 reasons your paid social ads aren’t converting (and how to fix them)

Martech

Youve spent hours crafting the perfect ad strong creative, sharp copy, precise targeting. But instead of conversions, youre seeing sky-high CPMs, low CTRs and a budget thats disappearing fast. Paid social media ads dont fail because of the algorithm. They fail because of fixable mistakes weak creative, poor targeting and broken landing pages. In 2025s attention economy, ads that dont grab attention instantly dont get a second chance.

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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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9 years and counting: Sprout recognized by G2’s 2025 Best Software Awards

Sprout Social

Valentines Day has come and gone but Team Sprout is still feeling the lovemainly because Sprout Social has been ranked in 7 categories by G2s 2025 Best Software Awards. This is the ninth consecutive year Sprout has earned G2 recognition. This year, weve been named as a top company across categories includingBest Software Products and Best Marketing & Digital Advertising Software Products.

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Which LLM Should You Use for Your Business? [Pros and Cons]

Hubspot Marketing

Choosing the right large language model can feel overwhelming with so many options out there, especially if youre not exactly living and breathing AI But as weve worked through each one, weve gotten a real sense of what theyre good at (and where they fall short). So, lets talk about what to use, when. ChatGPT & OpenAI-o1: The Reliable All-Rounders Lets start with ChatGPT and OpenAI-o1.

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How AI is creating a pandemic of dull (and what to do about it!)

Businesses Grow

A few months ago, I viewed a demonstration of a new ad agency “operating system” that showed how AI could take one piece of blog content and distort it endlessly into a nearly infinite number of variations to serve every platform and every language. It made me feel ill as the copy of a copy of a copy gradually lost any connection to its human origins.

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3 reasons the ‘Do You Want to Hear From Us’ email must die

Martech

It’s February, and my request to opt out of my subscription to 2025 is still pending, so I have to continue like the good marketing soldier I am. You, too? After sharing a key budget strategy move in my last column, I’ll switch gears and rant about a list hygiene practice that doesn’t work and must be stopped. Rant mode ON. I recently got this email from a significant seasonal retailer: My first response was not, “Gee, I sure do!

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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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The future of app marketing; get ahead of the curve in 2025

illumin

Attracting new app users can be difficult for even the most successful brands. However, with the right strategy, tech companies can rake in new downloads. In a saturated market, consumer attention is elusive, and finding the right audience poses a challenge. But some brands are doing this with massive success. TikTok, Instagram, Facebook , PayPal and others saw incredible growth in 2024, and this can be attributed to clever strategy.

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How the Eisenhower Matrix Can Keep Your Projects on Track [My Experience]

Hubspot Marketing

In my early days as a solopreneur, I often drowned in an endless list of tasks (more often than Id like.) Every item on my to-do list felt urgent, and I was constantly pulled in different directions. Yet, by the end of each day, I felt like the most critical stuff remained unattended. To put it lightly, I was frustrated with this pattern. Desperate for a solution, I stumbled across the Eisenhower Matrix, which teaches prioritizing like a president.

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Most Popular AI Apps

Backlinko

Currently, the mobile AI apps market is valued at $2 billion , primarily led by the success of ChatGPT and the sector continues to rise with more apps. In 2024 alone, over 4 thousand new AI apps were released and downloads reached a staggering 1.49 billion times across all AI apps. But what are the most popular AI apps worldwide and in the US, besides ChatGPT?

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AI is transforming GTM teams into fiduciary powerhouses

Martech

AI is driving a radical shift in how go-to-market (GTM) teams navigate an increasingly complex landscape of fiduciary responsibility. Sales, marketing, customer success and channel partnerships are no longer siloed functions that simply execute campaigns and close deals. The combination of AI particularly causal AI key judicial rulings and more litigious shareholders is forcing GTM teams to elevate their decision-making.

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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