Martech
AUGUST 26, 2024
Like just about everything in marketing, B2B marketing is changing — and fast. Some of the trends I’m seeing have been developing for a while, but now they’re really taking off. What’s going on? Here are five of the most important developments. 1. Welcome the new generation of buyers Gen X and Y are entering the buying group, in droves.
Hubspot Marketing
AUGUST 26, 2024
It often surprises people to learn just how unfunny making comedy can be. I worked with this week’s master of marketing some years ago out of The Onion’s HQ, so we’ve both been behind the scenes. A business is still a business, and marketing is still marketing. Which isn’t to say it can’t be a helluva lot of fun. I talked to Hassan S. Ali , the creative director of brand at Hootsuite , where he describes his job as “leading a team of creatives to ruffle B2B marketing feathers for an equally feat
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Marketing Insider Group
AUGUST 27, 2024
As technological advancements and consumer behaviors shift, staying ahead of the marketing curve is becoming increasingly critical. This evolution will create challenges in the manufacturing industry, but it’s also an exciting time that should facilitate growth. Implementing a few marketing strategies can help manufacturing companies unlock significant growth potential and succeed in a competitive industry.
Aspiration Marketing
AUGUST 27, 2024
Have you ever built a thriving business on a marketplace platform? Great! But are you wondering if it's enough for long-term success in North America? The answer might surprise you. While marketplaces offer a quick launchpad and access to a vast audience, relying solely on them can limit your brand's control and growth potential. Building and maintaining a standalone website is crucial for businesses aiming to thrive in the North American market.
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Struggling to grow your B2B brand in an overcrowded market? Discover how partner marketing can transform your strategy, unlocking new opportunities for lead generation and ROI. What you'll gain: Craft collaborative campaigns that minimize conflicts and maximize ROI. Harness automation to streamline partner marketing efforts. Learn to gain and retain partner mind share with proven strategies.
Aspiration Marketing
AUGUST 26, 2024
With an effective marketing strategy, you can establish a name for your business in your industry within a short span of time. If you think about some of the biggest brands in the world, like Nike or Apple, you will realize how they have become globally recognized names through their marketing strategies. Both companies made use of catchy taglines and innovative ideas to come up with memorable campaigns that have stayed with consumers.
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Hubspot Marketing
AUGUST 29, 2024
As AI reshapes marketing, the next generation of decision-makers is placing more trust in creators than in brands. Here’s how to use creator marketing strategies to keep your business relevant. Marketing strategies evolve with the technological shifts of each era, continuously redefining how businesses connect with consumers. In the early days of the internet, outbound marketing tactics like billboards and direct mail were the go-to approach.
Marketing Insider Group
AUGUST 26, 2024
AI marketing automation is not just a futuristic concept; it’s here today and transforming how businesses engage with customers, streamline campaigns, and boost ROI. Image Source According to estimates by Statista, the market value of AI in marketing will reach nearly $36 billion in 2024 and could eclipse $107 billion by 2028. Your competitors are using this technology, so understanding the basics of AI and exploring advanced automation tools is essential as you personalize customer experi
Martech
AUGUST 26, 2024
Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content.
The LeadG2 Blog
AUGUST 27, 2024
When it comes to inbound marketing, return on investment (ROI) is often measured solely by revenue and conversions. However, there's a powerful, often overlooked benefit—lead intelligence. Keep reading to see how lead intelligence can significantly boost your marketing efforts and why it should be considered a valuable ROI metric. You can also dive deeper into this topic in our new The ROI of Inbound Marketing eBook.
Speaker: Karen Swim, APR
Relevance is the currency of modern media relations—and personalization is how you earn it. In this new webinar with industry leader Karen Swim, APR, we'll explore proven strategies for precision targeting and crafting personalized pitches that resonate with journalists and build stronger relationships over time. You’ll also learn how to ensure your media lists are accurate and up to date, craft outreach that gets responses, and streamline your workflow without sacrificing quality.
Lynton Web
AUGUST 29, 2024
As more and more businesses expand globally , effective cross-cultural communication has become crucial for success. HubSpot's suite of multi-language tools offers a comprehensive solution for creating, managing, and optimizing content for diverse international markets. Whether you're a startup exploring new territories or a corporation refining your global strategy, these tools equip you to resonate with customers worldwide.
Search Engine Land
AUGUST 30, 2024
Welcome to the first installment of our article series on artificial intelligence (AI) for marketing beginners. This aims to demystify AI, providing foundational knowledge and practical insights on how AI can help your marketing efforts. This introductory article explores AI and why it’s significant and highlights key milestones. I’ll also share actionable steps you can take to start integrating AI into your marketing strategy.
Martech
AUGUST 26, 2024
I watched “OpenAI Sora’s first short film — ‘Air Head,’ created by shy kids,” when it debuted in March and assumed Sora would be publicly available in a few months. But it’s already August and only a limited number of visual artists, designers and filmmakers have been granted access to “gain feedback on how to advance the model to be the most helpful for creative professionals.
Marketing Insider Group
AUGUST 26, 2024
In the ever-evolving landscape of medical technology, staying ahead requires more than just innovation; it necessitates a robust demand generation strategy. This tactic is crucial for companies looking to build awareness, engage prospects, and ultimately convert leads into loyal customers. A unique approach to demand generation is what will get you the most leads, and this involves building specific buyer personas and creating targeted campaigns to uncover gaps that most businesses miss.
Speaker: Steve Worthy, MBA
The rapid rise of AI-powered displays, touchless technology, and sensory marketing is reshaping the future of in-store engagement. Yet for many retail executives, the real challenge is not identifying new tools - it is knowing which signals to trust, which inputs to prioritize, and how to architect decisions that elevate in-store leadership rather than dilute it.
Hubspot Marketing
AUGUST 28, 2024
HubSpot’s 2024 State of Marketing Report found that marketers save around 2.5 hours per day with AI. Further, 60% of marketers see AI tools as helpful assistants in their jobs. When it comes to technical SEO and AI, specifically, I set out to answer three burning questions: Are SEO folks using AI? If so, how? And is it actually worth it? To find answers, I contacted members of HubSpot’s technical SEO team and practitioners from my external network.
Scoop.it!
AUGUST 29, 2024
Almost a third of marketers find it challenging to curate content—which is much less than our hypothesis because curating and sourcing content is complex. However, if leveraged correctly, content curation could become an excellent part of your content strategy and get phenomenal results even with a limited budget and tight deadlines. On that note, let’s go forward and dive into this topic a little more, including why content curation should be part of your strategy and some of the best practices
Buffer Marketing
AUGUST 26, 2024
Remember when social media content was limited to Facebook statuses and, er, “pokes?” Even a few years later, cutting-edge content was limited to a blurry photo with an oversaturated filter on Instagram. It seems bizarre now, given how much you can do with social media today. With the ever-growing list of platforms releasing new features daily, it's an exciting time to build a following online — but it's not an easy one.
Search Engine Land
AUGUST 29, 2024
For two years, my team ran 54 Google Ads experiments in one lead gen (non-ecommerce) account, testing various features, including: Bidding techniques. Keyword match types. Campaign setting adjustments. Ad copy changes. This article delves into those tests, explaining the rationale behind them, the outcomes achieved and the implications for your own Google Ads accounts.
Speaker: Hanan Polinovski, Events Manager and David Brown, Sr. Marketing & Events Lead
Are your events living up to expectations? Are you getting quality leads from your sponsorships? Have you ever wondered if that branded notebook actually makes an impact? Get ready to transform your event strategy! Join event marketing pros Hanan Polinovski from Printfection and David Brown from Bonusly for a fast-paced webinar about turning your event efforts into serious ROI.
Ann Handley
AUGUST 29, 2024
A version of this story appeared in Total Annarchy, my fortnightly newsletter that helps you be a better writer, storyteller, marketer. Get it in your inbox ; you’ll love it. Pearl is 8 years old but seems much more mature. Maybe because she’s so quiet. At first, I don’t even notice her there, sitting still and silent. Or maybe it’s the way she meets my gaze directly when I do.
Duct Tape Marketing
AUGUST 30, 2024
Scale Your Business with Precision: A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing the Marketing Strategy Pyramid written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Want to stay ahead of your competition and keep your business growing? A solid marketing strategy and understanding the Marketing Strategy Pyramid are key. With AI evolving fast, attention spans shrinking, social media algorithms constantly changing, unpredictable ad costs, and tighter privacy rules, it’s easy to get caught up in the lat
Buffer Marketing
AUGUST 28, 2024
Getting your first 1,000 followers always feels like the biggest hurdle on any social media site. Since you’re starting from scratch, you have to begin to understand your audience, learn the algorithm and, perhaps most importantly, build up some consistency. Here’s the ultimate guide on how you can gain your first 1,000 followers on the most popular social media platforms.
Martech
AUGUST 29, 2024
Salesforce expects the 2024 holiday season to be shorter and more competitive with brands facing the challenge of attracting consumers with less purchasing power. Based on global statistics, around 66% of shoppers plan to buy based on price this year, an increase of 20% since 2020. Also, 43% of shoppers are carrying more debt this year than they did in 2023.
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Brace yourself, B2B marketers. Your beloved SEO is getting a makeover, and its name is Language Model Optimization (LMO). What does that mean for your digital strategy? Join Jesse McFarland of SpearPoint Marketing on the next B2B Growth Show as we unravel the mystery and get you prepped for the next evolution in search. Here’s what you’ll walk away with: A clear breakdown of SEO vs.
Set Up
AUGUST 27, 2024
This blog is written by Rhonda Beckmann the new SVP, Growth at Setup and Business Development Guru | Strategizing & Guiding Growth. This is part two of a previous blog: The Expert’s Irony: Are Agencies Losing Their Own Game? With nearly two decades in agency growth, I have devoted my career to helping agencies unlock their full growth potential.
Vertical Response
AUGUST 25, 2024
Want to boost your holiday sales? This article outlines effective marketing strategies for holidays that you can implement right away. Learn about early planning, multi-channel campaigns, personalized marketing, and more to ensure a successful festive season. Key Takeaways Early planning for holiday marketing is essential to capture customer attention and refine strategies based on past campaigns.
Search Engine Land
AUGUST 30, 2024
Google rolled out a significant update to Google Analytics 4 (GA4), allowing users to compare their performance with other businesses in their industry. Why we care: This new feature will provide valuable context for advertisers trying to understand their performance relative to their peers, potentially informing strategic decisions and goal-setting.
Martech
AUGUST 30, 2024
Fashion and beauty brands are often early tech adopters. Many are digital-native, forging tailored D2C digital strategies. And there are so many competitive brands that any innovation could give one an edge, especially as the busy holiday season approaches. Apparel and home decor retailer Tuckernuck, and beauty brand Kitsch, have adopted AI-powered tools in Meta’s Advantage+ shopping campaigns solution to drive campaign performance on social media.
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Internet Marketing Ninjas
AUGUST 29, 2024
This post was written with the assistance of AI. Hey, folks! Jim Boykin here, your favorite SEO guy who loves diving into the depths of Google’s ever-changing algorithm. You know me—I’ve been around this block a few times, poking around, running experiments, and seeing what makes Google tick. And oh boy, have I got something juicy for you today.
Businesses Grow
AUGUST 26, 2024
Too short for an entire blog post, too fun to pass up, here are a few observations from the marketing world. My AI stack It’s hard to have a definitive comparison because all these LLMs are in a race to AGI (super-human intelligence) and evolving week by week. We have had many discussions in here about where to focus and invest because you could go broke buying subscriptions to everything.
Search Engine Land
AUGUST 29, 2024
AI is transforming how businesses approach their digital marketing budgeting and forecasting processes. Companies can develop robust forecasting and budgeting models that focus on data-driven decisions. This approach enables customized strategies that align with specific business goals and can be adjusted based on organizational needs and channels. AI is a key driver for transformation.
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