The CMO Survey

JANUARY 2, 2025

The post 8 Mega-Trends That Matter For Marketing In 2025 appeared first on The CMO Survey.

CMO 100

CMO Marketers Marketing 100

Aspiration Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2024

As we all know, times have drastically changed with the introduction of the digital era. The capability of content writing is indeed a huge factor in establishing and customizing user interactions. Now, consumers prefer important links and solutions of high expertise instead of the old generic outreach, and this is where content marketing enters as a great strategic tool.

Content Marketing 240

Content Marketing Customer Marketers Marketing 240

yorCMO

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Build a loyal brand community with a fractional CMO. Gain insights, boost customer engagement, and drive growth with expert guidance. The post Can Your Brand Thrive Without a Tribe? appeared first on yorCMO.

Branding 115

Branding CMO Customer 115

Martech

DECEMBER 30, 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, its impossible to ignore the central theme that has shaped marketing and technology this year: artificial intelligence. From breathtaking advancements in generative models to bold proclamations about the agentic era, the year has been dominated by promises of transformation. And yet, for all the excitement, theres a significant gap between these bold visions and the day-to-day realities of most companies.

Transform 103

Transform User-Generated Fashion Marketers 103

Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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The Marketing Operations Leader

JANUARY 2, 2025

In this edition: Your Marketing Ops Career Guide for 2025 Marketing Tools Without Databases - Podcast Episode For Paid Subscribers: The Truth About Being More Strategic in Marketing Reminder! Join the Marketing Ops Interview Bootcamp for free on Jan 15. Imagine gaining 5 hours back each week. UTM.io makes tracking UTMs simple and efficient, so you can spend less time on admin tasks and more time optimizing campaigns.

Non-Profit 130

Non-Profit CRM Thought Leadership Marketers 130

Aspiration Marketing

JANUARY 2, 2025

Google's search algorithm is constantly evolving, and it can be tough to keep up with the latest ranking factors. One of the most important factors in today's content creation and SEO is EEAT: Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness. In this blog post, we'll focus on authoritativeness, what it means for your website, and how you can demonstrate it to Google to boost your search rankings.

SEO 209

SEO Content Marketing Marketers Marketing 209

Martech

JANUARY 3, 2025

Marketing has traditionally served as the “guardian of the brand,” ensuring organizational consistency across all channels. AI creates brand assets at scale, offering speed and efficiency. However, it also introduces new risks. Here’s how it changes guardrails and governance and what to do about it. Guardrails vs. governance While closely related, guardrails and governance serve different but complementary functions in AI-powered marketing organizations.

Branding 114

Branding Copywriting Law Marketing Ethics 114

Social Media Examiner

JANUARY 2, 2025

Are you struggling to get your content seen on Facebook? Wondering how Meta's algorithm has changed? Learn the content formats, posting strategies, and engagement techniques that are driving organic reach on Facebook today. Why Facebook Still Matters for Marketers in 2025 Despite the rise of newer platforms, Facebook continues to hold its crown as the […] The post Facebook Content Strategy 2025: What’s Actually Working Right Now appeared first on Social Media Examiner.

Social Media Marketing 111

Social Media Marketing Marketers Marketing 111

Lynton Web

JANUARY 2, 2025

We see it a lot. Your marketing department hands off leads that aren't ready for your sales team, and it causes tension within your company. You sometimes feel like you're wasting your sales team's time by passing off leads that aren't ready to buy. But at the same time, how do you actually know which of your prospects are genuinely ready to discuss with a sales representative and which are still in the beginning stages of the buyer's journey ?

Transform 98

Transform CRM Whitepaper Price 98

Backlinko

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Google reviews play a huge role in a brands success. Especially positive reviews. That means its a good idea to think about how to get more Google reviews for your business. To illustrate why, lets go over some of the advantages. Benefits of Getting Google Reviews By collecting Google reviews, you can: Learn what customers think about you: This includes what they like and dislike about your business, so that you know whats working and what to improve on Increase visibility: Having more good Goog

User-Generated 106

User-Generated Energy SEO Place 106

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Martech

JANUARY 3, 2025

Influencer marketing and social media management platform Later announced Friday it acquired Mavely for $250 million. Mavely has a network of more than 120,000 creators who the company says drove more than $1 billion in gross merchandising volume for more than 1,400 major brands, including Nike, Anthropologie, Lululemon, Macy’s, Old Navy and Adidas.

Influencer Marketing 110

Influencer Marketing Marketers Marketing Analytics 110

Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2024

I love content monitoring! Well, not as much as chocolate, or cake, or chocolate cake. But when it comes to work-related processes, it's one of my favorite things. Why? Because it helps me analyze what is and isn't working. I can then use these actionable insights to create or improve upon any content strategy. Honestly, I love content monitoring so much that I want you to love it, too.

eCommerce 94

eCommerce SEO User-Generated Key Performance Indicator 94

Businesses Grow

DECEMBER 30, 2024

One of the most significant periods of my life was the three years I studied under the world’s greatest business consultant, Peter Drucker. Dr. Drucker is known as the father of modern management, but he also contributed to the creation of marketing as a professional discipline, wrote extensively about entrepreneurship and innovation, and is generally regarded as the greatest business philosopher of all-time.

Email Marketing 108

Email Marketing Customer Management Marketers 108

Lynton Web

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Running a business without a strategic customer journey in HubSpot is like navigating a ship without a compass. You might eventually reach your destination but waste valuable time and resources. The truth is that companies that master their customer journey in HubSpot aren't just seeing incremental improvements they're transforming how they operate.

Customer Journey 97

Customer Journey Customer Transform CRM 97

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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

JANUARY 3, 2025

Understanding the real costs of events and how to manage them effectively is the difference between a successful conference and a budget nightmare. When planning a conference, most teams start with the big-picture items: venue, food and beverage and production. But veteran event professionals know success lies in the details and building flexibility into your budget from the start. “Put your whole wish list in there from the beginning,” said Kristene Hentz, an event planner at One

Logistics 102

Logistics Food Entertainment Finance 102

Hubspot Marketing

JANUARY 3, 2025

As Wizs Head of Marketing Tom Orbach says, Mini tools are 10x more powerful than free trials. For the last 20 years, tech marketers have been giving away e-books and PDFs. I think Orbach would agree that this era is coming to an end. Thanks to AI, no-code, and outsourcing, the smartest tech marketers are now giving away mini software tools entirely for free.

Finance 101

Finance Marketers Marketing Promotion 101

The CMO Survey

JANUARY 3, 2025

The post CMOs Focus Less on Gathering Data for a Cookieless Future appeared first on The CMO Survey.

CMO 100

CMO 100

Customers.ai

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Knowing who visits your website is a necessity that most people are missing out on. Why? Because we arent talking about surface-level data like traffic counts or bounce rates. Were talking about real insights. Were talking visitor data like age, location, interests, industries, behaviors, and more. The kind of information we used to get that takes your marketing from generic to laser-focused.

Price 88

Price Analytics eCommerce User-Generated 88

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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Martech

JANUARY 2, 2025

Over the last year, the RMN space saw new in-store standards and solid growth. This is likely to continue. Here are a few ways we expect to see this dynamic space continue to mature. Growing in-store networks While retail media networks have gained some attention [in 2024], I believe their full potential remains largely untapped, said Melanie Babcock, Vice President, Orange Apron Media and monetization at The Home Depot.

Retail 97

Retail Transform Advertising Advertisers 97

Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Do you ever struggle to visualize your ideas or consolidate your thoughts in one place? I certainly have. As a marketer, generating numerous ideas for campaigns, collateral, and messaging is essential yet managing them can be challenging without proper documentation. Without a clear, organized visual for others to follow, communicating said ideas becomes even more difficult.

Transform 93

Transform Communications Place Management 93

The CMO Survey

JANUARY 3, 2025

The post Marketing And Housing Trends To Watch For 2025 appeared first on The CMO Survey.

CMO 100

CMO Marketers Marketing 100

Sprout Social

DECEMBER 31, 2024

It isnt uncommon for companies to receive hundreds of brand pitches in their social inbox from influencers and creators. Sprouts Influencer Marketing Report found that 93% of influencers say the quality of a brands existing content impacts whether they agree to collaborate. But what separates a perfect brand pitch from a bad one? How can you identify which influencers to partner with based on their outreach?

Branding 78

Branding Influencer Marketing Promotion Marketing Strategy 78

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.

Marketing

Martech

JANUARY 2, 2025

There continues to be a lot of buzz around marketing performance optimization and testing. Justifiably so. Technology is helpful with this, of course, but its non-technical expertise that really makes a difference. I do a lot of performance testing with my clients, and I always follow scientific method. Heres a primer on scientific method, along with a deep dive into one of its core elements: hypotheses.

Performance Marketing 97

Performance Marketing Promotion Product Branding 97

Backlinko

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Want to know why some plumbing businesses dominate Google’s first page while others struggle to get noticed? It’s not luck. These plumbing companies all focus on the same core SEO strategies. Take Deer Valley Plumbing Contractors, for instance. They appear in Googles 3-Pack when prospective customers in their area search for “plumbing company and other related keywords.

SEO 84

SEO Customer Real Estate User-Generated 84

Customers.ai

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Form abandonment. The silent killer of conversions. After all, youve done the hard work of crafting a killer offer, nailing your landing page design, and bringing visitors right to the finish line. But then crickets. They were this close to signing up and suddenly theyre gone, leaving you with nothing but a half-filled form and a sense of missed opportunity.

Shipping 92

Shipping Outbound Marketing eCommerce Customer Journey 92

Zumvu

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Customer support in 2025 involves far more than just addressing questions. It is now integral to the delivery of good customer experiences.

Customer 98

Customer 98

Advertiser: ZoomInfo

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

Transform

Martech

JANUARY 2, 2025

Marketing teams make changes all the time. But to make big changes in marketing, like using your tech stack more effectively, decreasing your time to market or improving campaign outcomes, a concerted effort to communicate and deliver change is necessary. In a presentation at the Fall MarTech Conference , Melissa Reeve discussed the “middle-out” strategy, a way to drive successful change in marketing.

Management 94

Management Transform Finance Communications 94

Practical eCommerce - Marketing

DECEMBER 31, 2024

More than 60% of Gen Zs and Millennials worldwide shop on social media platforms. The post Open a Facebook Shop in 2025 appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

Millennials 88

Millennials eCommerce 88

Customers.ai

JANUARY 2, 2025

Email marketing is like printing money when you get it right. On average, it brings in $42 for every $1 spent. But lets be realsending generic blasts to your entire list doesnt cut it. Thats where trigger-based email marketing comes in. Think of it as the perfect mix of timing, relevance, and automation. These emails arent random as theyre based on your customers actions (or inactions).

Email Marketing 74

Email Marketing eCommerce Shoppers Marketers 74

SocialPilot

DECEMBER 29, 2024

In today’s digital age, online reviews are no longer a nice-to-have; they’re a must-have for your business. Positive reviews can boost your brand’s credibility, attract new customers, and improve your search engine rankings. On the other hand, negative reviews can damage your brand’s reputation, deter potential customers, and even lead to lost revenue.

Management 72

Management User-Generated Price SEO 72

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