Fri.Jul 28, 2023

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It’s time to say goodbye to your email open rate

Martech

The data privacy landscape is changing rapidly, driven by legislation like GDPR and CPRA , plus consumer pressure on big tech companies. Marketers can no longer use personal data without restrictions. This affects not only digital advertisers but also email marketers. Here’s how these changes impact email marketing, including open rates, and why measuring direct engagement is crucial for success.

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How do we use interactive content in Rock Content’s marketing strategy?

Rock Content

In today’s fast-paced and highly competitive digital landscape, capturing and retaining the attention of your target audience is no small feat. One approach that has proven to be highly effective is the use of interactivity. In fact, 79% of marketers surveyed by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI), stated that interactive content improves messaging retention.

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Meta ad revenues up 12%, far ahead of Microsoft and Alphabet

Martech

The big tech companies’ earnings reports this week showed mixed results in digital ad revenues. Meta had double-digit growth in the second quarter of 2023, while Microsoft and Alphabet were both close to flat. Meta The winner. Meta’s ad revenue increased 12% to $31.5 billion YoY, beating analyst expectations and returning it to double-digit growth for the first time since 2021.

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A marketers guide to omnichannel vs multichannel strategies (with examples)

Use Insider

Omnichannel vs multichannel vs cross-channel: What’s the difference? Across different theories of marketing, the terms omnichannel , multichannel , and cross-channel marketing are often used interchangeably. After all, these strategies all involve multiple channels meant to acquire, engage , and retain customers. Here’s the difference in how they’re connected: In multichannel marketing , all the communication channels work in isolation with no connection between any of them.

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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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Marketing 101: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners

Hubspot Marketing

If you're new to marketing, you might have a skewed perception of it. You might imagine a multimillion-dollar Super Bowl ad or a glowing billboard in Times Square. Marketing is much more than that. It encompasses a variety of channels, tactics, and formats — and can work for any business at any budget. The key to getting started is knowing the fundamentals.

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This Barbie Inspired a Newsjacking Frenzy – B2B Marketers Should Study It

Content Marketing Institute

Barbie-related newsjacking exploded with the movie’s worldwide success. But can your brand be successful with newsjacking (Barbie or no Barbie)? Robert Rose explains the key ingredient you’ll need.

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The best AI video generators for creators and marketers

Search Engine Land

If you are in marketing, especially content marketing, exploring the AI-based tools YouTube creators use is essential. They offer insight into the most effective AI video generators that could secure your job in the near future. ChatGPT and Midjourney Check out “Star Wars by Wes Anderson Trailer | The Galactic Menagerie.” Uploaded on April 28, this whimsical and visually stunning fan-made fake trailer now has 2.8 million views.

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Gen-Z, The Loneliness Epidemic And The Unifying Power Of Brands

CMO Network

Gen-Z is the loneliest generation and brands have the platform and resources to tackle the loneliness epidemic facing young people.

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Ad spend up across Google, Meta, Amazon, Walmart in Q2

Search Engine Land

Ad spend increased across Google, Meta, Amazon and Walmart during the first two quarters of 2023. Another major advertising platform on the grow in Q2: fashion brand Temu. The company became a major player in the Google Shopping race, so much so that it is now competing against 82% of US advertisers – to put this percentage into perspective, this is a higher share than Walmart, according to Tinuiti’s latest Digital Ads Benchmark Report.

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Meet the Mailers: Serving SMBs with Direct Mail

Whos Mailing What

We discussed how Taradel works with small- and medium-sized businesses to find the right channels, including Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) by USPS.

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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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Google Search rolls out site name updates and workarounds

Search Engine Land

Google has released some really needed updates to its site names feature in Google Search. Site names are now supported on subdomains on all devices in English, French, German, and Japanese languages. Google also made other improvements and added workarounds when Google gets your site name wrong, Google announced. Site names. Site names is the title and name of the site Google shows in the search results listings.

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Meet the Mailers: Serving SMBs with Direct Mail

Whos Mailing What

We discussed how Taradel works with small- and medium-sized businesses to find the right channels, including Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) by USPS.

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Google Merchant Center adds customer support feature

Search Engine Land

Google has launched a new customer support feature on Merchant Center. The new tool enables retailers to input their customer support information and returns policy. Merchant Center is then able to share these details with shoppers without them ever having to leave the program. Why we care. Consumers often feel frustrated and dissatisfied when they can’t easily access customer support and returns-related information while shopping online.

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CMO Spotlight | Marti Walsh - NAPA Auto Parts

Set Up

The CMO Spotlight is a chance to get an inside look into the minds and journeys of high-performing marketing leaders. Set up COO, Amanda Thompson, virtually sat down with Marti Walsh , the Vice President of Marketing at NAPA to discuss the benefits of hard work, empathetic leadership’s ripple effect on an organization, and Delta and Peloton’s brilliance as brands.

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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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Google’s attribution model shake-up: 3 solutions for advertisers

Search Engine Land

You’ve probably heard the news: Google Ads and Google Analytics 4 will completely retire first-click, linear, time decay, and position-based attribution models in September. Last-click and data-driven attribution models will remain available, along with external attribution. What some PPC marketers don’t realize is that Google won’t just discontinue these attribution models from a bidding standpoint.

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How to audit your YouTube channel for brand success

Search Engine Land

Despite what some business leaders still (shockingly) think, YouTube isn’t just cat videos and fail compilations; it’s a mighty tool in your marketing arsenal. If you’re not harnessing its full potential, you’re missing out big time. Regularly performing a thorough audit is one way to ensure you’re squeezing all the value from your brand’s YouTube channel.

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New Google Merchant Center policy: AI-generated reviews are spam

Search Engine Land

A new Google Merchant Center policy on “automated content” says reviews generated using an automated program or artificial intelligence application are considered spam and against the Google Merchant Center policies. Google posted this update here and clarified its existing Merchant Center policies and enforcement. Automated content policy.

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