Martech

JULY 11, 2024

CFOs are scrutinizing the financial landscape for tech companies more closely, putting significant pressure on marketing departments. The prevailing directive is clear: “Enhance performance with existing tools or reduce expenses to align with current performance levels,” a sentiment echoed by CFOs over the past year. For marketers, this presents a dilemma: reducing investment in tools could potentially hamper performance.

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The LeadG2 Blog

JULY 9, 2024

We all know leads are the lifeblood of business growth. But how do you uncover high-quality prospects who are genuinely interested in your offer? Let's explore some effective strategies for mining valuable leads through inbound marketing—moving beyond surface-level metrics to tap into a richer vein of potential customers.

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Trade Press Services Newsletter

JULY 11, 2024

Influencer marketing is the practice of collaborating with recognized experts or popular social-media users to drive brand awareness, engagement, and revenue. From viral tooth whitening products to the latest fitness gadgets, influencer marketing is a staple in the B2C marketplace. By partnering with industry influencers, brands can reach new audiences while deepening trust with existing ones.

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Hubspot Marketing

JULY 11, 2024

Welcome to Creator Columns , where we bring expert HubSpot Creator voices to the Blogs that inspire and help you grow better. Months before Beau was born, my sister — herself a mother of three — recommended we put a “NoseFrida” on our registry. “It’s this rubber tube,” she said. “One end goes in the baby’s nose, the other goes in your mouth. Then you suck.

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Here’s Your Blueprint for Year-Round Member Engagement. Are you ready to transform your association into a thriving, 365-day community? Download GrowthZone’s ebook, How to Create a Community Your Members Can’t Get Enough Of , and learn strategies for leveling out the peaks and valleys of member engagement. This guide provides actionable strategies to create consistent networking opportunities, deliver value-packed content, and foster connections that your members won’t want to miss.

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JULY 8, 2024

Scottsboro, Alabama, (population 15,750) is a sleepy river town known for its First Monday craft fair, Payne’s Soda Fountain, and hot, muggy summers. It would not be considered a hotbed for influencer marketing. Well, not until Sarah Stahl made it into an influence marketing case study. Sarah is the marketing director for ReTreet , a glamping (“glamorous + camping”) site in the woods outside of town.

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Kuno Creative

JULY 9, 2024

Want to ensure your healthcare content reaches the right people as they're searching? Follow these 6 steps to creating an SEO keyword strategy.

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Martech

JULY 10, 2024

TikTok implemented new restrictions on ads targeting U.S. teens and introduced AI disclosure requirements for advertisers. Why we care. These changes aim to protect younger users and increase overall ad transparency, potentially impacting how advertisers reach and engage with TikTok’s audience. It’s also an example of a social platform choosing to build stronger guardrails for user privacy rather than having those guardrails imposed on them by legislators.

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Search Engine Land

JULY 10, 2024

Internal linking is one of the most under-utilized arrows in the quiver of a site owner. Although inbound link building gets all the press, it’s the correct use of internal linking that can really move a site algorithmically when done strategically. Need to provide increased UX to users accessing content ? Use internal linking. Need to promote an inclusive, accessibility-compliant experience ?

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Hubspot Marketing

JULY 12, 2024

If you‘ve seen other posts I’ve written about community management, you know I used to manage a Facebook community for a TV station where I worked as a digital journalist. My experience gave me first-hand knowledge of why community management is important and why brands should invest in it. Don't believe me, well consider this: 86% of social media marketers believe having an active community is critical to brands’ success on social media in 2024.

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Aspiration Marketing

JULY 9, 2024

Podcasts are everywhere! True crime, self-help, even underwater basket weaving (seriously). But with so much content, how can your podcast stand out? This blog tackles the challenge of niche selection, helping you craft a podcast that resonates with listeners and propels your brand forward.

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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

JULY 10, 2024

No marketing technology series would be complete without discussing the ever-important measurement of success or KPIs. I have been writing about KPIs and ROI my entire career, with the topic becoming especially hot and heavy during the dawn of social media. I recall discussing the topic at a digital marketing dinner about 15 years ago, where after several glasses of wine, the bold consensus was to forget direct ROI and instead find inherent value in the new relationships we could garner on socia

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Buffer Marketing

JULY 11, 2024

As a professional, there’s no better way to future-proof your career than building your personal brand on LinkedIn. Establishing yourself as a thought leader and building an engaged audience on the platform can help generate new customers for your business, exciting job opportunities, and even paid side projects as a B2B (or B2C) creator.  I’ve been focused on building a personal brand on LinkedIn since mid-2022 (that’s just about two years at the time of writing this),

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Hubspot Marketing

JULY 12, 2024

In a perfect world, my car would run on starlight and dreams, fries would taste good reheated, and we would never be asked to prove the ROI of community management. Unfortunately, that’s not the world we live in — so I reached out to 3 different community management experts and asked how they show the value of their community. Below, I’ll share their best tips for communicating ROI to your stakeholders.

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Aspiration Marketing

JULY 10, 2024

Podcast listenership is booming, with massive audiences eager to be transported by engaging narratives. But unlike movies or TV shows, podcasts rely solely on audio to captivate their audiences. There are no fancy visuals, just the power of your voice and the listener's imagination. It's a unique challenge, but one that narrative podcasts are conquering in incredible ways.

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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

JULY 12, 2024

Brand trust is on the decline. The combination of rapidly emerging technologies, an abundance of misinformation and unethical data use have put consumers on edge. The trust metrics are proof. Only 30% of consumers trust companies highly, and only 61% trust business leaders to tell the truth. Trust is integral to long-term consumer loyalty. Without a relationship with a brand, what keeps customers returning or motivates them to advocate for your brand to their friends and family?

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Search Engine Land

JULY 11, 2024

Google’s AI Overviews now appear less than 7% of the time. This is one of 10 noteworthy findings from a new analysis of AI Overviews. This trend or less visibility for AI-generated answers started in mid-April, when the number of Google Search results without SGE jumped to 65% , up from 25%. Google then announced the rollout of AI Overviews in the U.S. at Google I/O in May, and the trend continued.

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Hubspot Marketing

JULY 10, 2024

It’s one thing to have good website copy — it’s something entirely different to ensure your site has great copy (and design) and also ranks well on Google. As someone who writes website copy for a living, I work closely with search engine optimization (SEO) consultants to ensure that the copy speaks directly to the audience while remaining optimized for search engine rankings.

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Buffer Marketing

JULY 12, 2024

⚡ At Buffer, we’re committed to full transparency — which means building in public and sharing how our engineers work. You’ll find more content like this on our Open Blog here. We’ve all experienced it at some point — a change is deployed to an API and suddenly, clients stop working. User experience deteriorates, negative reviews start coming in, customer advocacy starts dealing with requests, multiple engineers start digging into the issue, and it quick

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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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Martech

JULY 11, 2024

Did you know that you have your own intent data? You don’t need to buy it. If you are executing campaigns, especially in existing accounts, you have data that goes much deeper than you could buy. You just know where and how to look for it. Once you find it, you will realize that what has been sold or said to you about “signals” isn’t exactly true. The reality of intent signals As marketers, we’ve been told that there is a connection between a “signal” of a prospect seeking information with their

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Search Engine Land

JULY 11, 2024

Data gathering through original research has long been hailed as the ultimate tool for link building. As AI-generated content becomes more prevalent and sites like Reddit are dominating , original research is at its most necessary. In a world where unique content reigns supreme, you can’t beat the value of first-party data collection. It’s more than just link bait; it’s future-proofing your SEO strategy.

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Hubspot Marketing

JULY 12, 2024

They say if you can measure it, you can manage it. So how do you measure a community? That’s not a rhetorical question. If you want to manage a thriving community, you better figure out which community management metrics actually mean something about your work. I spoke with a panel of four experts — from CCOs and Directors to program managers in the trenches — and asked what metrics they use themselves.

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Content Marketing Institute

JULY 10, 2024

Brief content reigns on Google, YouTube, and other social media platforms. But how do you write great meta descriptions, excerpts, and episode descriptions within their character-limiting requirements? Read on.

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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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Martech

JULY 12, 2024

LinkedIn is preparing to roll out Accelerate, its AI-driven campaign tool, to all advertisers globally by early fall. It was originally made available in October 2023 to selected North American advertisers, but by the time of Cannes Lions in June this year it had achieved a 50% global rollout in beta. By the numbers: According to LinkedIn , Accelerate: Cuts campaign creation time from 15 hours to 5 minutes.

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Social Media Examiner

JULY 11, 2024

Are you using the wrong types of video in the various stages of your customer’s journey? Wondering how to make adjustments? In this article, we’ll explore developing a video content strategy. The Importance of Having a Video Content Marketing Strategy As a marketer in today's digital landscape, you understand the immense power of video content. […] The post Video Content Marketing Strategy: Balancing Quality and Quantity appeared first on Social Media Examiner.

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Hubspot Marketing

JULY 11, 2024

Kieran and I conducted an experiment with ChatGPT to brainstorm an unconventional marketing plan. Here are four intriguing approaches it suggested using community and audience — and why we think they're valuable for marketers. In the latest episode of Marketing Against the Grain , we experimented with ChatGPT to develop a differentiated marketing strategy for acquiring the first 1,000 customers for a hypothetical SaaS product.

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Aspiration Marketing

JULY 11, 2024

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the hiring process? Resumes piling up, inboxes overflowing, and not enough hours in the day to sort through it all? You're not alone. Hiring can be a time-consuming and chaotic battle, especially for busy businesses. But what if there was a way to streamline the process, improve your candidate experience, and free up valuable time and resources?

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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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Martech

JULY 12, 2024

The only constant in marketing is change. With new trends, technologies and techniques emerging almost daily, the importance of swiftly adapting only increases. Specifically, two connected areas in the marketing world have seen rapid evolution over the last few years: privacy and technology. The evolving landscape: Privacy regulations and technological advancements Privacy has become a growing concern in the global marketing landscape.

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Search Engine Land

JULY 8, 2024

Google Search Console (GSC) is a free gift from Google to SEO professionals that tells you how your website is performing. With data-packed amenities, SEOs can scavenge through GSC to locate stashes of hidden nuggets like clicks and impressions from search queries, Core Web Vitals and whatever other surprises lay within your website. Custom regex filters take you around your million-page website.

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Hubspot Marketing

JULY 12, 2024

When I started thinking about the different types of online communities that exist, I felt like the possibilities were endless. After all, new communities pop up every day. Some are free , some are paid. Some are public, some are exclusive. However, based on what I know about community management , there’s a smart way to categorize these communities based on your brand’s engagement goals.

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Aspiration Marketing

JULY 9, 2024

Podcasts are everywhere! True crime, self-help, even underwater basket weaving (seriously). But with so much content, how can your podcast stand out? This blog tackles the challenge of niche selection, helping you craft a podcast that resonates with listeners and propels your brand forward.

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