Mon.Sep 23, 2024

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Can AI Enhance Your Content Creation Process? Here's How

Aspiration Marketing

In today's fast-paced digital world, content is king. Whether you're a seasoned writer, a marketer, or a small business owner, the demand for high-quality content is relentless. But let's be honest—creating content that resonates with your audience can be a time-consuming and, at times, daunting task. That's where Artificial Intelligence (AI) comes into play.

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What Does Marketing Management Software Do & When Do You Need It?

Marketing Insider Group

You need to efficiently market your business , and factors like strategy and data-driven decision-making are largely responsible for your marketing success. These areas are where marketing management software can help. But what exactly does it do? In short, marketing management software is a powerful tool that enhances your marketing efforts. It helps you plan campaigns and analyze results as your business grows and the complexity of your marketing needs increases.

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3 ways to optimize your marketing automation beyond technology

Martech

Memo To : Marketing directors, VPs, SVPs and CMOs Re : Recommendations to optimize your automated marketing campaigns Your investment in technology to support marketing automation was smart. Automated campaigns increase relevance for your target audience and boost the productivity of your marketing team, which together should improve your bottom-line performance.

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Visual Storytelling: 10 Stunning Examples to Inspire You

Hubspot Marketing

Before becoming a marketer, I was a journalist who loved the opportunity to tell stories about my community and share perspectives that would otherwise go unnoticed. When I left the journalism business, I thought my storytelling days were over; however, visual storytelling is critical in the marketing world. Visual storytelling allows brands to connect with audiences on an emotional and personal level by sharing stories accompanied by stunning imagery.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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The Best Time to Post on Social Media in 2024: Times for Every Major Site

Buffer Marketing

At Buffer, we recently embarked on an ambitious project: uncovering the best times to post on every major social network in 2024.  We poured over millions of posts, Reels, Tweets, TikToks, Shorts, videos, and more to pinpoint when the best-performing content was published.  To predict the best time to post on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X, we looked at the timeslots with the highest engagement rates on each platform.

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How to Create an SEO Budget for Max ROI

Hubspot Marketing

I work in and around SEO on a daily basis. And although I’m on the content creation side of things, I can tell you with certainty that SEO budgets impact every part of the process. It’s obvious to me when companies have a clear SEO budget and when they don’t. The ones that do have an organized list of target keywords and a carefully laid out plan for ranking for those keywords — from content creation for landing pages and blog posts to building a backlink strategy.

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Mail still holds appeal for younger generation

Martech

Sixty-five percent of consumers still send letters and packages with nearly half (48%) of Gen Z sending mail one to two times per month. That’s according to new research from online postage and shipping vendor Stamps.com. Why we care. Not only does mail still exist (it’s that stuff in your mailbox) but direct mail continues to play a role in marketing.

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How we’re creating a culture of AI across Sprout’s marketing org

Sprout Social

Marketers: AI isn’t necessarily coming to replace you. But if you want to be the most skilled and well-equipped marketer in your field, you need to stay ahead of the curve with a strong command of how to use AI within your function. That’s the AI-powered culture we’re building at Sprout Social. Let’s be clear: AI and automation are, and will be, transformational to the art and science of marketing.

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Role of a marketing technology manager: Best of the MarTechBot

Martech

Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. 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.

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Google Ads adds Video Enhancement for Performance Max

Search Engine Land

Google Ads is rolling out a new Video Enhancement feature for Performance Max (PMax) campaigns. This feature aims to improve video ad performance through automated adjustments. Why we care. The feature is designed to optimize video creatives, but you may not want to give Google this level of control. So, depending on many caveats, it may be worth testing.

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Prospect, Personalize, Profit: The New Way Sales & Marketing Teams Are Aligning with AI

Speaker: Kevin Burke, Founder & Managing Director at Digital One and AI & Automation Consultant

AI and automation are currently transforming the way sales and marketing teams operate. Generative AI crafts personalized outreach at scale, while conversational AI bots are engaging prospects in real time. Robotic process automation streamlines manual workflows by triggering tasks the moment a prospect takes a key action, and advanced AI analytics surface hidden patterns in the pipeline, improve forecasting, and help teams make data-driven decisions with confidence.

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3 announcements from Dreamforce marketers need to follow

Martech

Salesforce held its annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco last week, and to the surprise of no one, the Bay Area air was filled with news about AI. With announcements covering the full range of the Salesforce universe, from Data Cloud to Service Cloud and everything in between, there was something for everyone in the revenue organization. But all the news makes it easy to lose track of what’s most important for marketers.

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Psychology of Email Credibility

Campaign Monitor

When compared to other advertising media, email holds unique advantages, enabling deeper levels of user engagement. It benefits from distinct placement within the digital ecosystem, enjoys the ability to incorporate all types of content, and theoretically has no length restrictions. It offers unparalleled personalization abilities and serves as one of the best vehicles for brand storytelling.

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Google Search Ads 360 (SA360) starter guide

Search Engine Land

Since its rebranding in 2018, Google Search Ads 360 has continued to be a powerful tool for PPC advertisers. However, many marketers still struggle to understand its full potential. This confusion often leads businesses, agencies and corporations to miss the benefits of integrating it into their marketing strategies. This article will address some of the most common questions about Google Search Ads 360 and help clarify how it can enhance your marketing efforts.

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A spicy marketing lesson from Ed Sheeran

Businesses Grow

About a year ago, singer Ed Sheeran partnered with Heinz on a new hot sauce. This is a great lesson literally pointing to the future of influencer marketing, and I kept forgetting to blog about it. But before I get to the dazzling marketing lesson from Ed Sheeran, let’s talk about the marketing problem with soap … The new influencer landscape I recently attended a meeting at a CPG company famous for its iconic soap products.

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Neuroscience of B2B Buyer Behavior: Strategies for Influencing Buyer Choices

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Ever wonder what really makes B2B buyers tick? Spoiler alert: it’s not just logic. Join us for our next session of the B2B Growth Show, "Neuroscience of B2B Buyer Behavior: Strategies for Influencing Buyer Choices" with Grant C. Gooding, where science meets strategy. You'll get the insider scoop on how emotions secretly drive decisions and how you can tap into them to win buyers over.

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The best deployment model for martech genAI

Martech

Many companies are struggling to prepare their organizations for generative AI. As they navigate this process, they typically choose from one of three models: the centralized, decentralized or open approach. But which one is best? Our data reveals that leading companies across industries aren’t struggling. They’ve embraced innovation and embedded it into their everyday operations.

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How To Improve Data Storytelling and Gain More Support in Your Organization

Content Marketing Institute

Most marketers know the power of storytelling. Nearly all know the value of data. But here’s what many don’t understand: How to apply the two to persuade and motivate executives and other departments to support your mission.

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13 Best Linktree Alternatives Reviewed in 2024

Zumvu

Maintaining online consistency is more significant than ever with this fast-paced digital world today. Whether you're an influencer, a small business owner, or a creative entrepreneur, that easy tool which will help blend several links into one goes without saying.

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“Does Marketing Need Curtailment for the Sake of Sustainability?” – Philip Kotler

The Marketing Journal

We are republishing this article given the critical nature of the subject at hand. If you missed this the first time, now is your chance to join the conversation. Marketing, a subject that I dearly love, needs to be reformulated in terms of its purpose and constraints.

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Unlocking the Power of Martech for the Non-Technical Marketing Leader

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Are you struggling to highlight your impact and showcase the results of your team’s marketing efforts? Do you find it challenging to build more effective campaigns that drive meaningful results? The key may lie in unlocking the power of marketing technology (martech)—but as a non-technical marketing leader, navigating this landscape can feel daunting.

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13 Best WordPress Security Plugins in 2024 to Protect Your Site or Blog

Zumvu

WordPress is the most widely used Content Management System (CMS) in the world of internet, powering more than 40% of all websites on the internet. This makes it a number one target for cyber attacks.

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Driving Upsell, Cross-Sell, & Expansion Through Customer-Centric Campaigns

Base.ai

In the highly competitive business landscape, driving upsells, cross-sells and expanding your pipeline require more than just a standout product.

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How to plan a website to maximize SEO success

Search Engine Land

Many redesigned websites fail to improve SEO , often damaging existing rankings and creating challenges for SEO teams trying to recover lost traffic. This can severely affect business visibility, lead generation and sales. I have been handed many a brand new website and asked to “SEO it” when untold damage has been done and significant time and effort must be spent just to get traffic levels back where they were before the redesign.

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Creator Camp: A Challenge to Form a Content Creation Habit in 30 Days

Buffer Marketing

When it comes to forming a new habit, even the most disciplined person has to work at it. From new workouts to studying, we can all agree that no matter what it is, adding something new to our routines takes time and effort. Content creation is no exception to habit forming. To the untrained eye, anyone with a phone can pick it up and film or type their way into an empire.

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The AI Revolution: Why B2B Buyers Expect More than Just a Website

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Discover why a traditional website is no longer enough to meet B2B buyer expectations in our must-attend session of The B2B Growth Show, The AI Revolution: Why B2B Buyers Expect More Than Just a Website. Learn how cutting-edge AI tools can transform your B2B website into a results-driven powerhouse that delivers the right message to the right visitor, every time.

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6 advanced (yet missing) Meta Ads KPIs to track success

Search Engine Land

Meta Ads provides a solid foundation of basic metrics like ROAS and conversion rate, but savvy marketers know that true optimization lies in the details. Are your clicks translating into quality visits? Is your audience reach expanding or stagnating? These questions demand more nuanced data. Below are six advanced key performance indicators (KPIs) that Meta Ads doesn’t readily offer out of the box but which can dramatically elevate your paid social strategy. 1.