Marketing Sherpa

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Yesterday on MarketingSherpa we published a case study showing how AI Guild member Michael Lerner increased email marketing clickthrough rate. You can read the case study in this article – Value-Driven Marketing Strategies: Email marketing, OOH, and SEO examples with results.

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Martech

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This week, Meta announced it is beginning the rollout of generative AI capabilities in Ads Manager. These should be globally available by next year. These capabilities are: Background generation. The creation of multiple ad backgrounds allowing advertisers to choose relevant creative for their targeted audiences. Image expansion. Automates the adjustment of image assets to aspect ratios suitable for specific channels like Feed or Reels.

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Google Ads is no longer maintaining individual and ad group keyword forecasting in Keyword Planner. Few advertisers were using these features so the platform decided to retire them, according to Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ad Liaison, on X (formerly known as Twitter). However, campaign-level forecasts and historical keyword-level data are still available.

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Martech

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Marketing has always been challenged to demonstrate impact on pipeline and revenue — and it hasn’t gotten easier. Success metrics have evolved beyond impressions, opens, and click rates, with privacy changes like Apple iOS 15’s open-blocking feature pushing marketers to rethink impact measurement. New martech tools focus on measuring marketing impact, tracking customer journeys and analyzing sales funnels.

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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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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Whether you have just built your first search campaign or have already set up thousands, once you hit the “launch” button, you’re probably already thinking about how to effectively track and share the results of your efforts. There are dozens of metrics you can use to review PPC performance depending on your business objectives. While the wealth of data points may seem overwhelming, here are six tips to consider as you navigate PPC performance tracking and glean valuable insigh

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Martech

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Google Analytics 4 has rolled out two new features to help improve data security and reporting accuracy. The new capabilities, which are available in GA4 now, enable marketers to redact client-side text and exclude Google data signals from reports and explorations. Data redaction. This new feature is designed to help minimize the risk of unintentionally transmitting Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With LinkedIn Pulse discontinued, it can be difficult to find the best articles on the platform now that they are no longer available in one place. However, there is still plenty of great content on LinkedIn written by some of the top experts in their fields. Below we’ve compiled a list of our favorite LinkedIn articles from past to present as well as some insights from our favorite authors to inspire your own.

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Unique, quality and intent-focused content remains a key element of any digital marketing strategy. But in today’s rapidly changing landscape, it’s easy for your once-promising blog content to become stale and outdated. Gone are the days when you’d publish a blog post and forget about it. As the web gets inundated with new content daily, it’s even more crucial to consider your content’s fresh and relevant.

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Small businesses are the lifeblood of any economy. Mom-and-pop restaurants, corner stores, family-owned shops, boutique tech firms, and other ventures drive economic growth, foster innovation, and generate employment opportunities. These businesses are the beating heart of the community. They provide essential services and goods, adding a unique flavor to local markets. 2023 continues to illustrate the importance of small businesses as they navigate through challenges and seize new opportunities

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The 2023 Trust in Marketers research finds buyers generally trust brands’ content. But they also are less likely to find value in it. How can you bridge that gap? The answer’s pretty simple. (Well, maybe.

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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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illumin

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Social media is a unique niche of the tech world in that it isn’t just selling a service to people, but supporting existing user behavior with new features and changes. These changes directly impact advertisers. From how social posts are planned and created, to the dimensions and formats of paid ads, the changes made to social media applications are necessary to follow and understand.

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Zumvu

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Launching a B2B SaaS startup is no small feat.

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Dana Nicole

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Last Updated on October 6, 2023 BLUF is a powerful way to improve your writing. Whether you’re writing blog posts or emails, applying the BLUF technique will ensure your readers stick around and read your entire message. What is Bottom Line Up From (BLUF)? The BLUF acronym stands for Bottom Line Up Front. It’s when you give readers the main message or key takeaway at the beginning of your writing instead of burying it deep down.

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InTouch Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2023

When it comes to selecting the perfect marketing partner for your business, one of the first things you may look at is the agency’s web design portfolio.

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