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Ready to Start Marketing Your Startup? 3 Crucial Questions all Founders Should Ask

The CMO Survey

The post Ready to Start Marketing Your Startup? 3 Crucial Questions all Founders Should Ask appeared first on The CMO Survey.

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China leads the world in generative AI use

Martech

Eighty-three percent of Chinese business decision-makers say their organizations are using AI. This contrasts with the U.S. (65%) and the U.K. (70%). However, closer questioning reveals that U.S. organizations are ahead in terms of genAI maturity, having fully implemented solutions. These statistics come from an extensive global survey of 1,600 decision makers in genAI strategy or data analytics in organizations across key sectors conducted by Coleman Parkes for data management and analytics ven

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How curiosity fuels your marketing

Businesses Grow

The two most important “soft skills” in marketing are empathy and curiosity. I realized that I’d written more than 3,000 blog posts and had never written about curiosity. How un-curious of me. Curiosity is the spark that ignites innovation in marketing. It’s the fuel that propels us beyond the mundane and into the realm of the remarkable.

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Why digital out-of-home advertising is summer 2024’s marketing powerhouse

Martech

Summer is a time to get out of the house and maybe on the road. It’s filled with activities like long-distance vacations, trips to the beach and farmers’ markets. Digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising’s dynamic content and precision targeting capabilities make it perfect for reaching audiences at this time of year. Here’s why DOOH is the ticket to this summer’s marketing success.

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A Data Revolution: Why Your AMS/CRM Needs a Native Data Warehouse

Unlock the Power of Historical Data A Data Revolution: Why Your AMS/CRM Needs a Native Data Warehouse Today’s association leaders need more than real-time snapshots—they need the full story. MemberSuite: A Data Revolution reveals how a native data warehouse transforms your AMS into a strategic decision-making engine. In this free eBook, you’ll discover: The difference between a database and a data warehouse—and why it matters How to gain historical visibility into membership, engagement, events,

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How to drive business agility through modern data management practices

SmartBrief - Marketing

Business agility is a requirement for survival and growth in today’s market competition. Along the same lines, modern data management practices are at the core of gaining the much-desired agility for any organization to respond timely to changes in markets or operational challenges. Effective data management empowers an organization toward improved decision-making, rationalization of processes and innovation.

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The Rise of Personalization in E-commerce: 2024 Consumer Insights by Wunderkind

Martech

Personalization has always been a buzzword in marketing, but not every brand does it the way consumers want. Wunderkind’s 2024 Consumer Insights Report is a survey of over 1,503 consumers across the United States and United Kingdom about several topics from personalization to online shopping habits, advertising and more. In this article, we’ll dive into what we found when we asked consumers about personalization.

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How marketing fuels the shift from problem-market fit to product-market fit

Martech

As companies scale, marketing leaders face increasing pressure to deliver results with limited resources while adapting to evolving market dynamics. Marketing must drive the transition from problem-market fit to product-market fit. Here’s why it matters and how it can be done. A marketing VP’s dilemma In 2022, Emma was the confident VP of Marketing for a thriving SaaS analytics platform.

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Podcasts for Lead Generation: Convert Listeners into Customers

Aspiration Marketing

Consumers today are bombarded with marketing messages. Attention spans are shrinking, and traditional advertising methods are becoming less effective. This leaves businesses facing a constant challenge: how to attract high-quality leads and convert them into paying customers. But what if there was a way to connect with potential customers on a deeper level, build trust, and establish yourself as an industry authority – all while they're doing the dishes or commuting to work?

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Hypothesis-Driven Growth: How to Turn Data into Revenue

Duct Tape Marketing

Hypothesis-Driven Growth: How to Turn Data into Revenue written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Doug Davidoff, the founder and CEO of Lift Enablement and the author of The Revenue Acceleration Framework. Dough Davidoff brings over 20 years of experience advising small and mid-market companies focused on significant growth.

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Survey: Search marketing gender pay gap is widening

Search Engine Land

Men earn an average of 36% more than women in search marketing in 2024, according to a new Search Engine Land survey. While there is less of a gender pay gap disparity in senior positions, there is still a disparity. Additionally, women were more likely to have changed jobs or received promotions more recently than men. And men and women are similarly satisfied with their current role, the survey revealed.

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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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Social Media Benchmarks by Industry and Networks (2024)

SocialPilot

You have put a lot of effort into your social media content, but you are unsure how well it performs, right? You are not alone. Many marketers and businesses like you struggle to understand if their social media efforts are hitting the mark or falling flat. But what if you had a clear roadmap to guide you? Social media benchmarks are your guiding compass, helping you measure how your current performance stacks up against the industry standards and competitors.

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Google tightens AdMob policies, reshaping ad placement rules

Search Engine Land

Google announced significant updates to its AdMob policies, set to take effect this month, aimed at improving clarity and transparency for publishers. These changes will impact how and where ads can be placed within apps, particularly in private communication spaces, affecting publishers’ monetization strategies. Key changes: “Ads on Dynamic Content” policy replaced with “Ads in Private Communications” policy “Personalized Advertising” policy moved from

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From Meta to Cara: Where Artists Reclaim Their Creative Freedom

Rock Content

The recent news that Meta is using our public posts to train their Artificial Intelligence (AI) models left many of us with an unsettling feeling, especially the artists. Seriously, imagine being an artist in this AI-driven world. If you’re an artist, you might feel a bit uneasy with some AI advancements. Not because you think AI will replace you, but because you might be afraid of two main things: AI stealing your intellectual property to generate artwork.

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The Rise of Personalization in E-commerce: 2024 Consumer Insights by Wunderkind

Search Engine Land

Personalization has always been a buzzword in marketing, but not every brand does it the way consumers want. Wunderkind’s 2024 Consumer Insights Report is a survey of over 1,503 consumers across the United States and United Kingdom about several topics from personalization to online shopping habits, advertising and more. In this article, we’ll dive into what we found when we asked consumers about personalization.

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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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How To Catch Audiences With Extraordinary Hooks

Content Marketing Institute

If you can’t capture your audience immediately, they won’t keep watching, listening, or reading. Learn how to develop strong hooks that transform the ordinary into extraordinary, and watch your audience grow.

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Google Merchant Center Next rollout expands

Search Engine Land

Google is now expanding the rollout of Merchant Center Next to all merchant accounts, following its announcement at Google Marketing Live 2023. Merchant Center Next (GMC Next) brings a revamped interface and new features to Google’s ecommerce platform, potentially streamlining operations for online retailers. Key points: New users and many existing ones already have access.

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Fiction and Fact! New Movie “Fly Me To The Moon” Partly Based On My Book

David Meerman Scott

The new film Fly Me to the Moon starring Scarlett Johansson & Channing Tatum is a romantic comedy set in the 1969 race to the moon. Johansson plays a marketing strategist planning a fake moon landing video in a NASA warehouse.

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The Kanban approach to efficient PPC campaign management

Search Engine Land

Have you ever found yourself in one of the following situations? A stakeholder asks you the exact date that you adjusted the Target ROAS for a specific campaign, and you have to comb through the Change History to track it down. You have difficulty recalling your projects and explaining your value during performance review time. You forget to check in proactively to see how a new set of ad copy is performing after a few weeks.

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Neuroscience of B2B Buyer Behavior: Strategies for Influencing Buyer Choices

Speaker: Speakers:

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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What is Account-Based Marketing (ABM)? 2024 Guide: Definition, Benefits, Challenges & Implementation Steps

Lusha

Let’s face it: traditional marketing can feel like throwing darts blindfolded. You blast out your message to the masses, hoping something sticks. But what if you could laser-focus your efforts on the accounts that truly matter – the ones with the highest revenue potential? That’s the essence of Account-Based Marketing (ABM). It’s not about casting a wide net; it’s about strategically hunting big game.

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How to address the top reputation issues impacting brands today

Search Engine Land

In 2024, brands are encountering a variety of challenges that can impact their reputation. Their decisions are under close scrutiny and require strategic foresight to effectively manage these issues. Brand reputation issues in 2024 NewsWhip’s report, “ The Biggest Reputation Issues Impacting Brands in 2024 ,” examines four specific types of crises that brands have faced in the first half of 2024: Food inflation.

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12+ Lead Generation Guide: Strategies & Tactics That Really Works in 2024

Lusha

In 2024, when things are constantly changing, lead generation is still the most important thing for any business that wants to succeed. It’s the art and science of attracting potential customers, nurturing their interest, and guiding them toward becoming paying clients. But in this digital age, the game has changed. Gone are the days of relying solely on cold calls and mass emails.

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SCOTUS ruling makes it easier to challenge federal ad regulations

Martech

U.S. Supreme Court rulings don’t often impact marketing, but a decision handed down last month likely will. Lober v. Raimondo sharply curtails the power of federal regulators — like the FTC and FCC — saying federal courts should no longer defer to them when interpreting laws. Chief Justice John Roberts said federal judges “must exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority.

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

Speaker: Speakers:

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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Objection Handling for 2024: Steps, Common Objections, Tips, Psychology and Scripts

Lusha

The Art of Turning a “No” into a “Yes” The Scenario: You’re on a promising sales call, but then the dreaded “no” pops up. Your prospect is full of objections—it’s too expensive, not needed, or they simply want to “think about it.” Does this sound familiar? Objections are a natural part of sales.

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Optimizely launches new SaaS CMS

Martech

Digital experience platform Optimizely has launched a new SaaS CMS while vowing continued support for its PaaS CMS. The new CMS is headless by design and incorporates a new Visual Builder, a user-friendly interface allowing content to be easily created and previewed. The SaaS CMS and Visual Builder were announced last year and have been available for preview in beta.

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Power Words: 150+ Words to Drive More Clicks and Conversions on Social Media

Buffer Marketing

A single word or phrase can change the trajectory of your social media posts’ performance. Power words can increase your conversions, engagement , and click-through rates. They aren’t magic pills, but they can convert the same-old social media copy to strong, sticky, and persuasive posts. In this article, I’ll explain how power words work and how you can sprinkle them into your social media content.