Wed.Sep 27, 2023

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Anchor Text: What It Is and Why It Matters for SEO

Aspiration Marketing

In the world of search engine optimization (SEO), the anchor text holds a unique position of power and influence. It serves as the essential link between content relevance and user engagement. Join us as we uncover the secrets to effective SEO, where anchor text is the guiding force that can lead to contact marketing success.

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New Results from the Fall 2023 Edition of The CMO Survey

The CMO Survey

AI bolsters marketing returns, weaker Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion investments and impact, and brand activism shifts to hot-button societal issues are among the results of the Fall 2023 edition. Results are based on a sample of 316 marketing leaders at for-profit U.S. companies, 96% of whom hold positions of VP-level or higher. Marketer Optimism Rises, While Marketing Spending Dampens: Marketing leaders are more optimistic about the U.S. economy, but inflation and its attendant uncertainty c

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Why Travis Kelce’s Love Story With Taylor Swift Will Make Him An Even Bigger Marketing Star

CMO Network

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end was already scoring big with sponsors. Then he went on a date in Arrowhead Stadium. Now advertisers—and millions of Swifties—see him as quite the catch.

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26% of the top 100 websites are now blocking GPTBot

Search Engine Land

At least 26 of the top 100 most popular websites – and 242 of the top 1,000 – are now blocking GPTBot , the web crawler OpenAI introduced Aug. 7, according to an updated analysis. That’s a 250% increase since last month, when just 69 of the top 1,000 websites had blocked GPTBot , according to an updated analysis from AI content and plagiarism service Originality.ai.

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How to Leverage Behavioral Science Insights for Direct Mail Success

Speaker: Neal Boornazian, President and Nancy Harhut, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer - HBT Marketing

Direct mail has consistently remained a powerful tool in the marketer's arsenal, but in an age of digital dominance, its effectiveness hinges on the strategic integration of behavioral science. 💡 When you incorporate powerful behavioral science principles into your direct mail marketing strategies, you can prompt the hardwired decision-making shortcuts your audience relies on — and that automatically unlocks new avenues for engagement, conversion, and brand loyalty.

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Marketing AI blueprint unveiled at The MarTech Conference

Martech

Marketers now have a blueprint to adopt new AI technology thanks to Shawn Goodin, principal martech strategist at technology services and digital transformation leader Capgemini. Goodin unveiled the marketing AI blueprint in a keynote that kicked off Day 2 of The MarTech Conference. The blueprint helps marketers map where tools fit in their organization’s stack.

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5 SEO content strategy considerations for 2024 and beyond

Search Engine Land

The search landscape is expanding rapidly. People increasingly turn to various platforms for their search needs instead of relying solely on traditional Google searches. In this evolving landscape, a brand’s visibility is crucial, as consumers are bombarded with messaging at every scroll, click, and swipe. With recent developments like Search Generative Experience and Google’s Perspectives feeds, dominating the SERPs is a top priority for SEO professionals.

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How to create a perfect location page for SEO and visitors

Search Engine Land

Local businesses must ensure they can be found by those looking for them – both online and on the road. Location pages on your website are the perfect place to direct people to your place of business while giving additional information that might be helpful to them. Location pages also signal important information about your business to search engines, which helps make your website more relevant for certain search queries.

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Replacing your martech? Improved customer experience should be top priority

Martech

One of the things I love about my work is reading through the various research reports available. They provide great insight into the market and help me as I continue to advise my clients. So, I was pretty excited when MarTech released its 2023 Replacement Survey. I won’t go into the details of the study, but I will comment on the one thing that stood out to me and provide my insights on it.

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Meta AI assistant uses Microsoft Bing Search results

Search Engine Land

Meta AI, announced today, is a new conversational assistant “you can interact with like a person,” according to the company. Microsoft Bing is working with Meta to “integrate Bing into Meta AI’s chat experiences enabling more timely and up-to-date answers with access to real-time search information,” according to Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president and consumer chief marketing officer, in a company blog post.

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9 Google Drive Tips You'll Wish You Knew All Along

Hubspot Marketing

If you asked me to name the sites and applications I use every single day, Google Drive would be near the top of the list. What’s Google Drive? a cloud-based app used for file creation, storing, sharing, collaboration, and a whole lot more. Download our free guide here for even more tools and tips for increasing your productivity. In fact, Google Drive has more value than meets the eye.

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.

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ChatGPT Browse with Bing returns after being disabled 3 months ago

Search Engine Land

Open AI has reenabled the Bing search feature it has added to its ChatGPT AI service after temporarily disabling the feature in early July. “ChatGPT can now browse the internet to provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources. It is no longer limited to data before September 2021,” wrote OpenAI on X.

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Everything you wanted to know about data but were afraid to ask

Martech

Making informed decisions about your marketing data investments is crucial. That’s why empowering yourself as a confident, savvy data-buyer is essential. Join industry experts in this webinar to learn how to save time, reduce headaches and extract maximum value from your marketing data investments. Learn more by registering and attending “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Data but Were Afraid to Ask,” presented by Rhetorik.

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Reminder – Google Optimize sunsets this weekend

Search Engine Land

Google Optimize will not be available after Sept. 30. This means you will no longer be able to create or edit experiments, personalizations, or view experiment reports after this date. However, you will still be able to run A/B tests in Google Analytics 4. Why we care. Moving forward, you will need to use GA4 to conduct A/B testing and optimize your website or app’s user experience.

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5 essential Google Shopping optimizations Google won’t tell you by ShoppingIQ

Martech

Google Shopping Ads are a powerful platform for increasing your sales. With Black Friday fast approaching, implementing the latest tactics is crucial to ensure your ad spend is invested wisely amid rising costs per click. These five essential optimizations that will instantly impact your campaigns are brought to you by Google Shopping Feed partner ShoppingIQ, who specializes in overcoming existing limitations of Google Shopping and Performance Max campaigns, whist developing extra features, opti

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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YouTube relaxes controversial topic guidelines to boost ad revenue opportunities

Search Engine Land

YouTube is updating its Advertiser-Friendly Content guidelines regarding controversial issues. Under the new best practice recommendations, creators will be able to earn ad revenue on content discussing topics such as: Sexual and domestic abuse. Abortions. Eating disorders. This means content that addresses these topics without going into graphic detail can now be fully monetized.

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Tested and Approved: AI Persona Builder for creating buyer personas in minutes

Rock Content

You probably already know what a buyer persona is (and if you don’t, I recommend reading this post ) and its importance within a marketing strategy. However, you might still feel uncertain about defining your brand’s persona(s). Well, since Artificial Intelligence has become the buzzword of the moment, in this article I’m going to show you how to use AI to make your personas more precise using the AI Persona Builder.

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Building Customer Trust: Comparing Credibility of Custom Chatbots amp;amp; Live Chat

Zumvu

Addressing customer issues quickly is not merely a strategy to distinguish your brand; it's an imperative for survival in today's fiercely competitive marketplace.

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The Future of Partnerships: Celebrities Working For Major Brands

Hubspot Marketing

Celebrity brand partnerships are evolving beyond endorsements and #sponcon. A growing number of brands are finding new ways to work with celebrities and public figures including having them come on board as advisors or employees and exchanging equity as payment for collaborations. Celebrity New Hires Recently, Delta Air Lines announced Tom Brady would be brought on as a strategic adviser.

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The Resurgence of Direct Mail as a Growth Marketing Strategy

Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service

Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.

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YouTube Shorts Monetization Guide [How Much Can You Make?]

Hootsuite

Just like all the other social platforms, YouTube has been leaning hard into short-form video content, with a Shorts tab on the main menu and a prominent Shorts feature on the watch page. So, it’s no surprise that YouTube Shorts reached two billion monthly logged-in users as of July 2023. In this post, we talk specifically about YouTube Shorts monetization, a.k.a. how to make money from your YouTube Shorts.

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The Ecopreneurs: A Win-Win-Win-Win for Salesforce, FORTUNE Brand Studio, Entrepreneurs, and Audiences

Content Marketing Institute

Salesforce and FORTUNE Brand Studio partnered to create The Ecopreneurs, an 11-episode series for Salesforce+ whose impact went far beyond the streaming platform. Here’s how this Project of the Year finalist turned long-form storytelling into big results.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about data but were afraid to ask by Cynthia Ramsaran

Search Engine Land

Making informed decisions about your marketing data investments is crucial. That’s why empowering yourself as a confident, savvy data-buyer is essential. Join industry experts in this webinar to learn how to save time, reduce headaches and extract maximum value from your marketing data investments. Learn more by registering and attending “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Data but Were Afraid to Ask,” presented by Rhetorik.

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How Does Success of Your Business Depend on Choosing Type of Native Advertising?

Zumvu

The very first commercial advertisement was shown on TV in 1941. It was only 10 seconds long and had an audience of 4,000 people.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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Is it possible to achieve human marketing at scale?

Businesses Grow

In 2019, I published my most popular book, Marketing Rebellion: The Most Human Company Wins. Chapter 8 included a Manifesto for Human Marketing that became a guidepost for a generation of marketers who aspired to do something greater than trick people into clicking links. The Manifesto was a blueprint for human marketing at scale, and it became a sensation.

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5 essential Google Shopping optimizations Google won’t tell you by ShoppingIQ

Search Engine Land

Google Shopping Ads are a powerful platform for increasing your sales. With Black Friday fast approaching, implementing the latest tactics is crucial to ensure your ad spend is invested wisely amid rising costs per click. These five essential optimizations that will instantly impact your campaigns are brought to you by Google Shopping Feed partner ShoppingIQ, who specializes in overcoming existing limitations of Google Shopping and Performance Max campaigns, whist developing extra features, opti

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Marketing Tools for Small Business Consulting Firms

Rock Content

Marketing is essential for businesses of all shapes and sizes, but many small companies often can’t afford it. Or, they will try for a little while, not see immediate results, and then give up. To alleviate the problems that come from marketing, small businesses can turn to consulting firms like yours. Fortunately, running a marketing consulting firm has never been easier.

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Taylor Swift, Fantasy Football & International Games Add To The NFL Entertainment Mystique

CMO Network

The days leading up to the NFL season’s opening game are a whirlwind of anticipation and excitement.

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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What makes this ad great: Adidas – Play Until They Can’t Look Away

illumin

This bold and colorful campaign from Adidas was launched this year to celebrate the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023. Play Until They Can’t Look Away impactfully showcases the talent of some of the world’s greatest soccer players. With appearances from Alessia Russo, Lena Oberdorf, and Mary Fowler, this ad gives audiences a small taste of the skill they’ll see in the FIFA tournament.

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The Top Types of AI-Generated Content in Marketing [New Data, Examples & Tips] (Clone)

Hubspot Marketing

Thanks to the advancements in artificial intelligence technology, content generation doesn't have to be a headache-inducing task. As AI increasingly takes over manual content production tasks, it's wise for marketers to understand the different types of AI-generated content that exist — and which benefit the most from it. These tools can help us produce high-quality content appealing to your audience and on-brand.

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What is Film Marketing? 3 Examples to Get You Inspired

Rock Content

Unprecedented entertainment industry strikes didn’t just affect movie production. They also rocked marketing , upending how things have been done for decades and bringing new ideas and tactics. Large studios have never been shy about splurging on advertising. In fact, many have spent over 50% of a movie’s production budget on promotional efforts.

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What Is Your Brand's Writing Voice? [QUIZ]

Influence & Co

Take this quiz to discover your preferred brand writing voice and learn how to strike the right voice in your content marketing.

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What Questions Are Brands Asking About Their ESG Initiatives Ahead of 2024?

Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.