Fri.Mar 29, 2024

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5 ways to evolve agile for real business results

Martech

You may have heard “agile is dead.” Agilists have overused buzzwords, promoted processes and transformations over people and treated agile like a religion rather than an evolving approach to better ways of working. Tamás Polgár declared agile has failed because proponents “merely parroted buzzwords and played with meaningless cards and colorful charts all day.

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How schema markup establishes trust and boosts information gain

Search Engine Land

In this article, we’ll explore how schema markup, particularly the use of descriptive markup, linking entities and connecting to external data sources, can establish trust with Google and potentially reduce the chances of being deindexed. Additionally, we’ll discuss the role of schema markup in increasing the likelihood of inclusion in Search Generative Experience (SGE) and boosting information gain scores, which can be crucial for visibility in conversational search environments.

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Gmail Bulk Sender Rules: Preparing for April 1st Updates & Beyond

Customers.ai

Back in October, Google and Yahoo announced their new bulk sender rules. These rules, which effectively drew a line in the sand when it came to spam complaint rates, were a big change in that this was the first time any big email provider had given specific directives. The new rules? Mandatory digital email signing (domain authentication) 0.3% spam complaint rate threshold The updates, rolled out February 1, 2024, were a surprise to many and certainly presented a new challenge for email marketer

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Advertisers sue Meta for allegedly inflating ad viewership in $7 billion lawsuit

Search Engine Land

Facebook and Instagram advertisers filed a class-action lawsuit against Meta for $7 billion in San Francisco. They claim that the social media giant exaggerated ad viewership figures by up to 400%, leading them to pay inflated premiums for ad placements on its platforms. Potential Reach metric. The advertisers suing Meta allege that the Potential Reach metric used by the company to determine advertising costs relies on the total number of social media accounts rather than individual users.

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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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What Is Hreflang and How To Implement It the Right Way

Backlinko

Hreflang is an HTML attribute that specifies the language and regional targeting of a webpage. You use it on international or multilingual websites to signal to search engines—notably Google—the language or regional variation of your content. With hreflang properly implemented on your website, someone making an online search from Germany is more likely to see the German version of your site in their search results.

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Agile for SEOs: How in-house teams get projects prioritized

Search Engine Land

Does it ever feel like your SEO recommendations and projects get lost in the shuffle or deprioritized by other teams? If you work in-house, you’ve likely experienced the “fear of missing out” (FOMO) when it comes to getting your optimization work properly resourced and implemented. The good news is that a project management methodology called “Agile” can help cross-functional teams self-organize and collaborate more effectively.

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Lessons from Unreasonable Hospitality: A Favorite Read From Our Customer Advocacy Team

Buffer Marketing

Books have a way of changing our perspective and bringing new lenses to life and different mindsets to mind — which is why we recently kicked off a quarterly book club within our Customer Advocacy Team at Buffer. Late last year, Å sa Nyström , our VP of Customer Advocacy, introduced us to the book Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara, the former co-owner of legendary New York restaurant Eleven Madison Park.

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6 new Reddit Ads Manager features to simplify campaign creation and tracking

Search Engine Land

Reddit Ads Manager has been updated to simplify the process of creating and tracking campaigns more efficiently. The platform now offers six new automated features designed to provide advertisers with easy access to creative best practices. Why we care. These updates offer advertisers simpler ways to build campaigns and receive creative support, which could be particularly beneficial for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with limited resources.

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Boost Your Website’s Visibility: Proven Strategies to Increase Organic Traffic

Vertical Response

Looking to increase your website’s organic traffic? You’re in the right place. This guide offers actionable insights on leveraging SEO, content marketing, and a user-centric approach to drive sustainable traffic from search engines to your website. Key Takeaways Organic traffic is pivotal for a successful online presence and can lead to higher engagement and conversions compared to paid traffic, with proper SEO strategies playing a critical role in attracting this type of traffic.

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Unlocking the potential of synthetic data: A business game-changer

Martech

The idea of “synthetic data,” or artificially generated information, has recently caused a stir. Data is a huge asset for businesses in this age, and knowledge can often provide a decisive competitive edge. The notion of easily obtaining free data has sparked extravagant claims and controversy. But, as your mom probably told you — if something seems too good to be true, it is.

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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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What Are URL Parameters? A Guide for Marketers and SEOs

Backlinko

URL parameters are strings of text added to a URL that modify website content and functionality. Or collect data on customer behavior. You can identify URL parameters as text strings following a “?” in a website’s URL. Here’s an example that shows how URL parameters tailor the user experience: robojan.gumroad.com/l/CFmodeling ? layout=discover&recommended_by=staff_picks The example URL consists of the following elements: Base URL ?

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Adobe GenStudio: 3 key questions answered

Martech

Among a raft of product announcements at the 2024 Adobe Summit, Adobe GenStudio stood out for a number of reasons. The solution will allow users to take content from the planning and workflow stage, through creation and production, to asset management, delivery and performance evaluation. In other words, it’s aimed at being an end-to-end content supply chain that, because it deploys generative AI, can be at the service of business users rather than just creative professionals.