Sprout Social

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Yet, as organic reach becomes more elusive, brands are looking to TikTok branded content as a way to truly connect with their audience. This guide will show you everything you need to know about TikTok branded content. It’ll show you how it works with influencer marketing and how to measure its return on investment.

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Branding Influencer Marketing User-Generated Key Performance Indicator 127

Martech

JUNE 11, 2025

B2B marketers are under pressure to deliver pipeline, but the old playbook of MQL chasing, generic content and paid ads isn’t cutting it anymore. To drive growth in an AI-saturated, attention-poor market, we need to refocus on what really moves the needle: building a brand that stands out, connects with buyers and earns trust.

Branding 109

Branding Education Thought Leadership User-Generated 109

Trade Press Services Newsletter

JANUARY 9, 2025

2025 is here, and the landscape of B2B marketing continues to evolve at breakneck speed. Rapid technological advancements, intense shifts in consumer behavior, and trends like personalization make it difficult for marketers to keep up. A documented strategy is foundational to marketing success.

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Martech

DECEMBER 27, 2024

In the new year, customer experience will remain a high priority for marketers. It will happen in how marketers and organizations view customer experience. Here are some of the ways marketers will adjust and leverage customer experience to achieve these goals in 2025. Of course, those preferences change.

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Martech

OCTOBER 3, 2024

That emotional connection to a brand is extremely important to customer loyalty. It goes beyond a product’s or service’s functional benefits and taps into customers’ feelings, values and identity. In addition, 80% of these customers promote the brand to family and friends and 62% advocate on social media.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Today’s marketing world is much more interesting than it was ten years ago. Both methods have unique advantages and challenges, but how do you know which is better for your brand? Organic media builds long-term value through SEO, social media posts, and content marketing, though it requires more time to see results.

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Branding SEO User-Generated Price 127

Sprout Social

MARCH 14, 2025

Within minutes, the product sells out. As the industry steadily gains popularity outside of Asia, more brands and creators are tapping into its potential. This article will break it all down: what live social shopping is, how it works, the latest trends and real-world brand examples. Sounds too good to be true?

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SMEI

MARCH 5, 2025

Podcast Trade wars can create significant challenges for businesses operating in international markets. Diversify Your Markets When a trade war impacts a specific country or region, over-reliance on that market can be risky. Instead, consider expanding to alternative markets that are not directly affected by trade restrictions.

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Martech

MARCH 26, 2025

A new report found that 41% of brands now use AI for video creation, up from 18% in 2024. The report attributes the surge in the use of AI for video to the increasing accessibility of AI tools, empowering marketers to streamline production and enhance video quality. How should marketers respond? Click to enlarge.

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Buffer Marketing

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Whether you are a seasoned social media marketer, a marketer looking to venture into  social media  marketing, or a business owner who wants to leverage the enormous power of social, it’s helpful to know about the most popular social media platforms out there right now. Does it fit your brand image?

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Branding Social Media Marketing User-Generated Advertisers 123

The CMO Survey

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Marketing leaders’ optimism about the U.S. But despite macroeconomic and political concerns, marketing spending at U.S This edition, which was conducted September 4-25, sampled 260 marketing leaders at for-profit U.S. Digital marketing spending continues its upward trajectory, rising from 8.9% companies grew by 5.8%

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illumin

JUNE 6, 2025

As Pride Month is underway, brands worldwide have been navigating their Pride Month advertising efforts differently this year. A survey by Gravity Research indicates that 39% of brand executives plan to reduce Pride-related marketing in 2025, a sharp increase from 9% in 2024, with none intending to increase spending.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

TikTok wants to help brands make content for the platform with its new AI tool, Symphony Creative Studio. The tool generates TikTok-style video clips based on a product description or URL. How it works: Brands input product info or assets, or import them from a URL. Unlike competitors (e.g., What’s next. Processing.

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SmartBrief - Marketing

APRIL 8, 2025

Think about the brands you trust most. In essence, these are the key building blocks of every brand identity. Regardless of your industry, brand identity is more important than ever. In this article, I’ll show you how brand identity shapes customer psychology and ultimately drives loyalty.

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Martech

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Far too many content marketing programs fail to connect the brand to customer problems before the customer starts looking for a solution. At this crucial and overlooked point in the customer journey, most brands provide content about the product and the industry, when they should address specific customer pain points.

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Content Marketing Customer Journey Thought Leadership Marketers 141

Martech

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Ross admits he’s a proponent of direct mail marketing but tells us: “If what shows up in your mailbox is relevant and respectful, then you’re likely to engage with it. Nor do they want to receive mail from the same brand every day. ” Remarks from Jacob Ross, CEO of programmatic direct mail vendor PebblePost.

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Aspiration Marketing

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Precision is the name of the game in account-based marketing (ABM), and that precision starts with a crystal-clear understanding of your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP). In this blog, we'll explain how to identify your ICP step-by-step so you can focus your ABM efforts on high-value accounts and maximize your marketing ROI.

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Martech

APRIL 24, 2025

At the recent MarTech conference, I hosted a live coffee chat with Dave Minifie , CMO at Terakeet, about brand safety what it means, what it definitely doesn’t and why so many marketers still get it wrong. They help brands own the conversation. When Minifie talks about brand safety, he’s not spinning PR.

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Martech

AUGUST 20, 2024

The hype cycle’s rapid pace is unsettling many companies and their marketing departments. It’s reasonable to infer that many of those laid off were in marketing and customer service roles, where AI is handling many more tasks. Example : Mary Marketer, the marketing operations manager at ACE Corp.

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Martech

AUGUST 26, 2024

Like just about everything in marketing, B2B marketing is changing — and fast. So, we marketers need to get on board. Interestingly, this change in buying behavior has major implications for the role of the marketing function in the firm. Could be that marketing will enjoy an increase in power and influence in B2B?

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Sprout Social

APRIL 21, 2025

Brands can tap the power of these creators highly engaged, niche audiences to increase awareness and loyalty. By listening to and engaging with niche communities, brands can also stay culturally relevant and keep a pulse on their audience. This can boost loyalty over time, turning your audience into brand advocates.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Many companies divide marketing responsibilities across multiple specialists: graphic designers, social media managers, marketing operations managers, content marketers and email marketers, to name a few. Customers now expect brands to engage with them in ways that feel relevant, immediate and aligned with their needs.

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Calvyn Lee Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In a recent conference session, chartered marketer Luan Wise shared valuable insights on leveraging social media marketing to drive business success. As Wise emphasizes, it’s a choice that can manifest in various ways, including personal development and market share expansion.

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Social Media Marketing User-Generated Marketers Marketing 130

Sprout Social

MAY 21, 2025

This time, were putting the spotlight on brands celebrating major milestones. Milestone campaigns are some of our favorites because they offer brands an opportunity to highlight their unique culture, history and customers. That tells us audiences value well-crafted milestone stories just as much as marketers do.

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Martech

AUGUST 1, 2024

It is 2024, and we’ve all heard how AI can improve our email marketing efforts. But as we dive into generative AI tools like ChatGPT, it doesn’t take long to realize AI can yield lackluster results, inconsistent and off-brand content and campaigns that feel average. They become obsessed with how it can create productivity.

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Email Marketing Food Marketers Marketing 135

Hubspot Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

In a world driven by content marketing , understanding how your target audience prefers to consume information is critical to getting your messages seen and heard. All consumers are unique, but that level of personalization as a marketer isn’t really realistic. Image Source What can you do as a marketer?

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Martech

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The decline of marketing as an influential business function is well documented. Among C-suite roles, chief marketing officers (CMOs) are the least likely to advance to the CEO spot and the most likely to be dismissed. The changing mandate for marketing leaders At the B2B Marcom Summit in Washington, D.C., and the U.S.

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Transform Marketers Marketing Customer Acquisition 135

Martech

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Much like an old engine that’s past its prime, some AI marketing strategies are sputtering as technology speeds ahead. 6 AI trends in marketing you need to let go of 1. This provided brands with a general understanding of how consumers felt about them, but it lacked depth and nuance.

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Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

It’s a visual search engine, productivity tool, and e-commerce powerhouse for brands of all sizes. pic.twitter.com/mQ1l5jbaJm — Stallion Stats (@MegansStats) April 10, 2024 The question is, should your brand tap into Pinterest’s unwavering potential in 2025? What is Pinterest marketing? The strategy?

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Martech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

To provide clarity, we at MartechTribe surveyed 283 marketing professionals including CEOs, consultants, marketing directors and operations managers to understand how frequently marketers use different genAI applications. Copy production (43.9%) : Automation plays a major role in drafting content across multiple formats.

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Transform Copywriting Marketers Marketing 140

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

What began as brands sending free products to popular social media users has now evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry, where contracted brand deals are closely aligned with targeted campaigns. Influencer marketing is no longer a novelty—it’s a critical component of advertising strategies.

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Buffer Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2025

Artificial intelligence is transforming digital marketing by empowering us to do our best work. The right AI marketing tools will help you automate repetitive tasks, make data-driven decisions, and unblock your creativity. The shift to AI-powered marketing has been dramatic.

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Martech

APRIL 25, 2025

MarTechCharts regularly highlights data of interest to marketers and marketing operations professionals. The Consumer Products Engagement report from SAP Emarsys and Deloitte found U.S. consumers prefer to interact with brands via email more than any other channel by a substantial margin. Source: SAP Emarsys and Deloitte.

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Branding Product Marketers Marketing 119

Martech

APRIL 30, 2025

It directly influences customer loyalty, brand perception and overall business success. Brand trust and brand value depend on each other. Trust is the essential component of a brand’s value. Brands that prove their worth inspire customers to trust them even more. Demonstrating authenticity.

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Branding Customer loyalty Price Communications 94

Sprout Social

JUNE 11, 2025

More than just a single approach, influencer marketing now represents several campaign types and a core way for brands to use socials to expand reach, further influence and gain new followers. Influencers don’t just drive platform choices, they also influence brand engagement. The importance of influencers can’t be overstated.

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