CMO Network

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A recent McKinsey survey finds CEOs and CMOs aren't always on the same page about marketing's role. Are they speaking in synonyms and not defining "marketing" the same?

Marketing

Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Google Search supports discussion forum and profile page structured data. This functionality allows Google to show “first-person perspectives from social media platforms, forums, and other communities” within the search results. In addition, Google added new Search Console reports to support those who added structured data to their pages, the company announced.

Promotion

Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Welcome to Breaking the Blueprint — a blog series that dives into the unique business challenges and opportunities of underrepresented business owners and entrepreneurs. Learn how they’ve grown or scaled their businesses, explored entrepreneurial ventures within their companies, or created side hustles, and how their stories can inspire and inform your own success.

Marketing Mix

Buffer Marketing

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

💡 At Buffer, we’ve long aimed to default to transparency, a practice we believe helps eliminate inequality and gives everyone a greater chance of succeeding. Financial transparency is especially close to our hearts, which is why we’re proud to share Open Books, a series of small business owners giving us a peek inside their books in the spirit of being open about finances as well.

Product

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Struggling to grow your B2B brand in an overcrowded market? Discover how partner marketing can transform your strategy, unlocking new opportunities for lead generation and ROI. What you'll gain: Craft collaborative campaigns that minimize conflicts and maximize ROI. Harness automation to streamline partner marketing efforts. Learn to gain and retain partner mind share with proven strategies.

Marketing Strategy

Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Social media marketers understand the power of community more than most. But for a long time, communities built specifically for them have been few and far between. We set out to change that. Brought to life in March 2022, The Arboretum (Arb), a virtual community powered by Sprout, has become a thriving hub for social and marketing professionals—from practitioners to C-suite executives.

Social Media Marketing

Martech

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Best of the Chatbot showcases MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content. I am the first generative AI chatbot for marketing technology professionals.

Management

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Marketing is at its best when it’s like a science experiment. Think of your strategy as a series of tests where each result teaches you something new. It’s a cycle of trying, learning, and improving that keeps getting better, whether your ideas hit the mark or miss it. Why does this work so well? Because marketing is rich with data, goals are clear, and there are always more ideas than there are resources to try them out.

User-Generated

Martech

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

If you were asked, right now, on the spot, to cite every possible source creating new contacts, leads, or supplemental data points in your CRM , could you do it? If you can answer that question “Yes!” with 100% confidence, congratulations! You can stop reading here. Go grab a celebratory cup of coffee! But chances are, if you’re like most marketers, you’ve kept your focus primarily on how data flows from your marketing automation platform to your CRM.

Direct Mail

SmartBrief - Marketing

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Scheduling creative inspiration is notoriously difficult.

Speaker: Karen Swim, APR

Relevance is the currency of modern media relations—and personalization is how you earn it. In this new webinar with industry leader Karen Swim, APR, we'll explore proven strategies for precision targeting and crafting personalized pitches that resonate with journalists and build stronger relationships over time. You’ll also learn how to ensure your media lists are accurate and up to date, craft outreach that gets responses, and streamline your workflow without sacrificing quality.

Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Are you tired of spending countless hours creating a social media strategy for your business? Have you ever wondered what would happen if you let AI take the wheel and plan everything for you? Would your results improve, or decline? Would your audience love it, or walk away? To test if AI is really ready to replace social media marketers and strategists, I decided to perform an experiment.

Transform

Martech

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Brand sponsorships require some very sophisticated matchmaking. Both sides are tying their public image to that of the other organization — which they have no control over. It’s easy to think of big failures: In 2001, the Houston Astros had to rip the name Enron off their stadium when the company collapsed. Earlier this year the Miami Heat had to do the same when naming-rights owner FTX filed for bankruptcy.

CRM

Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

High-potential keywords are phrases that bring relevant traffic to your website and lead to revenue. While Google Keyword Planner and SEO tools are useful, they focus on search volume and intent, not necessarily revenue. To find keywords that actually lead to sales, it’s important to explore other sources that combine website traffic with actual conversions.

SEO

Litmus

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Is there any way to ensure your emails always land in the inbox? With Google and Yahoo enforcing new email deliverability rules, reaching your subscribers is about to get more difficult. But worry not—as long as you follow these new rules, your email campaigns should stay out of spam. From authenticating your emails to avoiding bounces and spam complaints, we’ll go through the steps you need to take to boost and maintain your inbox reach.

PR

Speaker: Hanan Polinovski, Events Manager and David Brown, Sr. Marketing & Events Lead

Are your events living up to expectations? Are you getting quality leads from your sponsorships? Have you ever wondered if that branded notebook actually makes an impact? Get ready to transform your event strategy! Join event marketing pros Hanan Polinovski from Printfection and David Brown from Bonusly for a fast-paced webinar about turning your event efforts into serious ROI.

Event Marketing

Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Google Search Console went down at about 8 am ET today and is still down at the time this story was published. Search Console was down and inaccessible for about 50 minutes. The tool went down at about 8 am ET and returned at 8:52 am ET. Google is aware. At about 8:30 am ET Google’s Daniel Waisberg replied to some concerns on X with a bit of a joke, he said, “I was looking for a plug to charge my phone, so I had to unplug the server.” “Joking aside, we’re working on

SEO

Martech

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

HubSpot’s October releases include same object associations, adding external webpages to campaigns, AI assistant and ChatSpot additions, and more. Here are the updates relevant to managers. Associate records of the same object type (beta) To correctly demonstrate how your business relationships connect with each other, HubSpot now allows you to associate records of the same type (e.g., connecting contacts to contacts or companies to companies).

User-Generated

Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

YouTube Shorts ads are being rolled out to more advertisers as the solution moves from beta to general availability. For the first time, Marketers are reporting the ability to choose Short ads as a video format, integrate them with in-stream ads and combine them with in-feed ads. While many advertisers worldwide are finally gaining access to these new options, Google notes that this feature is not yet available on all accounts, but will be rolled out to all advertisers within the coming months.

Advertisers

Litmus

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We’re back, with the highlights of our inbox in this weird liminal space between Thanksgiving and December! Is it the holiday season yet? Can we get away with putting up Christmas lights before December 1st? Who can say? But what we can do is tell you who blew us away in the inbox this month! Without further ado, here are our top email picks from November 2023.

Retail

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Brace yourself, B2B marketers. Your beloved SEO is getting a makeover, and its name is Language Model Optimization (LMO). What does that mean for your digital strategy? Join Jesse McFarland of SpearPoint Marketing on the next B2B Growth Show as we unravel the mystery and get you prepped for the next evolution in search. Here’s what you’ll walk away with: A clear breakdown of SEO vs.

SEO

Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

More than 250 websites now block Google-Extended , the “standalone product token” Google introduced Sept. 28 to let you block Bard, Vertex AI generative APIs and future generations of models from accessing your content. That’s according to research shared exclusively with Search Engine Land by the Detailed.com team. Why we care. There has been much debate and discussion about whether brands and businesses should block any bots (e.g., GPTBot , CCBot) that crawl content that is then used to

Product

Digital Marketer

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In a groundbreaking alliance, Amazon and Hyundai have joined forces to reshape the automotive landscape, promising a revolutionary shift in how we buy, drive, and experience cars. Imagine browsing for your dream car on Amazon , with the option to seamlessly purchase, pick up, or have it delivered—all within the familiar confines of the world’s largest online marketplace.

Retail

Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Technical SEO refers to the process of improving a website’s architecture and backend elements to improve its visibility and performance on search engines. Tackling such SEO projects often requires collaboration between technical SEO specialists and web developers, especially for large sites. Technical SEO examines page load speed, site architecture, security, internal linking, etc., to eliminate friction points that might hinder search bots from properly crawling, indexing and rendering a websi

SEO

Digital Marketer

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Navigating through the world of business can be chaotic. At the time of this publication in November 2023, global economic growth is expected to remain weak for an undefined amount of time. However, certain rules of marketing remain steadfast to guide businesses towards success in any environment. These universal laws are the anchors that keep a business steady, helping it thrive amidst uncertainty and change.

Law

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CRM

Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Google Ads mistakenly sent out an email telling some advertisers that their accounts had been suspended. The notification, which was triggered by a technical fault, was issued just hours before the Thanksgiving holiday, causing some marketers to “freak out” Google confirmed the error shortly after and reassured advertisers to disregard the message.

Advertising

Businesses Grow

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Too short for a blog post, too important to ignore, here are a few things on my mind these days! Let’s start with ignoring your customers. Don’t listen to your customers? I’ve been playing around with the “Trusted Voice” badge on LinkedIn. Does it mean anything? Who knows? I recently answered a question about aligning your communication style to your target audience and provided a weird answer: Do NOT develop a style that fits your audience.

Customer

Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Google is planning to update its Video publisher policy on 1 April 2024. All video inventory monetized with Google ad code (“Video Inventory”) through AdSense, Ad Manager, and AdMob, in accordance with the Google Publisher Policies, will be impacted. The move aims to streamline policies across various Google products and align them with current industry standards, such as IAB OpenRTB.

Content Placement

Unbounce

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

/ Landing page optimization Mastering ecommerce conversion rate optimization: expert tips and inspirational examples By Alan O’Sullivan. Updated on November 27, 2023. 37 min read If you work on ecommerce projects and you’re not already BFFs with conversion rate optimization (aka “CRO”), you’re really missing out. They might not be the coolest kid on the digital marketing campus, but CRO is low-key the most valuable friend you can have while you’re finding your way around campus and preppi

eCommerce

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Marketing and sales might be two halves of the same coin, but how often do they feel like they’re tossed in completely different directions? It’s time to bridge the gap, align your teams, and start building a pipeline instead of frustration. Join us for this insightful webinar to transform your siloed teams into a powerhouse partnership. What you’ll learn: A clear understanding of why sales and marketing alignment is crucial for business growth.

Marketing

SmartBrief - Marketing

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Scheduling creative inspiration is notoriously difficult. By its very nature, creativity is unpredictable; it doesn’t care about deadlines and tends to come in its own sweet time. So it’s interesting to consider that kickstarting the muse appears to be an area where artificial intelligence can provide significant creative value. Ultimately, of course, creativity is organic.

Transform

Six & Flow

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Understanding and calculating revenue growth is a critical aspect of successful business operations. This indicator provides a benchmark for the financial health and prosperity of a business, supporting strategic decision-making and future planning. By effectively measuring revenue growth, businesses can pinpoint areas for potential incremental change in each operation affecting their people, processes, and technology , which could drive further increases in revenue.

Health

illumin

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Black Friday is the biggest retail event of the year. The revenue brought in by this post-Thanksgiving shopping spree is critical for both the advertising industry and the retail sector. During the 1980s, Black Friday really began to take off and since then it has continued to experience year-over-year growth. With the rise of e-commerce, sales continued to evolve and Cyber Monday was born, becoming almost equally as significant a sales day for some retailers.

Retail