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Salesforce unveils integrated ecommerce storefronts

Martech

Maybe digital won’t grow again like it did in 2020 and 2021, but it’s also not going back. Management of products, orders, customers, pricing and promotions in one place. Salesforce’s own research shows more than 50% of revenue for small businesses coming from digital channels in 2025, up from the current 42%.

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41% of brands using AI for video, up from 18% last year

Martech

The report found: More than 60% of AI users leverage or plan to use AI for captions, a 572% increase in caption usage since 2021. Although lead generation form usage has declined, video conversion rates have increased by 11% year-over-year, emphasizing the importance of well-placed CTAs. How should marketers respond?

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38 YouTube stats marketers need to know in 2025

Hootsuite

What takes first place? This is a jump from last year when it sat in third place, behind both TikTok and Netflix. YouTube was the second most visited Wikipedia page in 2024 Wikipedia is a great place to get a quick synopsis of nearly anything you could be searching for online. Its parent company, Google, of course.

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Nearly 60% of Google searches end without a click in 2024

Search Engine Land

Also, many of those zero-click searchers were never your target user/client in the first place, according to technical SEO consultant Pedro Dias on X. That said, it’s important to remember that not all users want to click on a link and visit a website to get an answer. Here are more findings from the study. Clicks to Google properties.

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Free speech, Meta, data privacy and email: A delicate balance or a complete disconnect?

Martech

Then in 2021, Apple introduced mail privacy protection (MPP), which made email open rate data unreliable. Is this the kind of place where youd choose to spend your time online? These regulations posed challenges for marketers reliant on personalized targeting, but the industry is adapting. Dig deeper: U.S.

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How to get your email marketing ready for iOS 18

Martech

iOS 15 and mail privacy protection To get a sense of the impact iOS 18 will have, lets look at the disruption caused by iOS 15 in 2021. You should already have the processes in place to manage unsubscribe requests initiated through automatic replies. AI-powered automatic reply suggestions also pose a challenge for marketers.

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How brands are handling the lack of transparency in major ad platforms

Martech

The rise of consolidation: Efficiency at the expense of control Google’s Performance Max (PMax), launched in late 2021, reflects the consolidation trend. PMax runs ads across all Google-owned media, including unexpected places like Gmail inboxes, which lack the personal touch marketers prefer.

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