Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 2, 2024

Social media isn’t the king of the castle anymore. That’s right – we’re first hand witnesses to the decline of social media as the go-to source for driving web traffic. This isn’t just a blip on the radar. It’s a wake-up call for content marketers and publishers everywhere. While social media platforms are still bustling with activity, boasting billions of users worldwide, there’s a twist in the plot.

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Aspiration Marketing

JANUARY 2, 2024

Consistency is key in the world of effective sales and marketing. Whether you're nurturing leads, closing deals, or providing customer support, having a standardized approach ensures that your team is operating at peak efficiency. That's where HubSpot Playbooks come in.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 2, 2024

LinkedIn ad prices have soared due to a surge in demand reportedly driven by the advertiser boycott of X. Why we care. If you’re thinking about moving your ad spend away from platforms like X in 2024, LinkedIn could be a solid alternative to consider. Marketers are seeing good returns, but keep in mind it comes with a higher cost, so be sure to check your budget before making the switch.

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Customers.ai

JANUARY 2, 2024

For most of us, heading into a new year means taking a look back. While somewhat counterintuitive, looking back often allows us to move forward. So, as we kick off a new year, I thought I’d take a look back and share with you the origins of Customers.ai. I’ll tell you how we got here, who we are, and of course, where we are going. How Customers.ai Came to Be As the founder of WordStream, the world’s largest PPC advertising software company, I’ve had the privilege of managing approxim

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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

JANUARY 2, 2024

As search marketers brace themselves for SEO’s next chapter, it’s easy to get caught off guard by disruptions from generative AI advancements like Google’s SGE. Get ready to step into the future of SEO by joining experts from Conductor as they dive into the ever-evolving landscape of SEO in the age of AI. Learn more by registering and attending “The State of SEO for 2024: Are you AI-Ready?

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Martech

JANUARY 2, 2024

There is much talk about how marketers can leverage customer data. However, this also means thinking about how this same customer data needs to flow throughout all the marketing platforms marketers use to do their day-to-day jobs. We have already seen how marketers can leverage conversion data in top-of-funnel activities. Now we will see how marketers can also ensure this data flows automatically and as quickly as possible throughout the appropriate martech platforms, without skimping on data q

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Hootsuite

JANUARY 2, 2024

Wanna build your LinkedIn network fast? Don’t wanna spend hours crafting connection request messages only to be left “pending” forever? Not to fear: all you actually need to do is comment on other people’s posts. But what kind of comments are best? Where do you leave them? What should you say? How long do they need to be? Turns out, maybe not as long as you think… As the world’s most popular business-focused social platform with over 950 million people , LinkedIn is the best place to build your

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Martech

JANUARY 2, 2024

Last week, The New York Times announced a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft alleging large-scale copyright infringement. They are accused of using millions of articles, without permission, to train ChatGPT to provide information to readers. The complaint accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of taking a “free-ride on the Times’s massive investment in its journalism” to create content that readers unwittingly use as a substitute for the Times’ original articles.

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AWeber

JANUARY 2, 2024

If you’re daydreaming about starting your own business and you love crafts, you’ve probably heard about Etsy—one of the biggest online marketplaces for handmade or vintage items and craft supplies. Whether you want to earn extra bucks on the side or you want to invest your entire focus on starting an online business, with almost 500 million visits monthly , Etsy can be the perfect opportunity to get in front of an audience looking for unique items.

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Businesses Grow

JANUARY 2, 2024

This continues a tradition of highlighting my top posts of the year, as determined by the number of your page views. Essentially, this is the “greatest hits” list of the best blog posts of 2023 as determined by you! This represented Year 14 of the {grow} blog, and I think it was one of the strongest years ever. I had a little more breathing room this year to relax and think things through.

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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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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 2, 2024

SEO is the cornerstone of online success, but it’s not a one-size-fits-all solution. For businesses, understanding the nuances of B2B SEO is essential, as it significantly differs from B2C SEO. Once you grasp some of the key differences, you’ll be more effective with your efforts. The Distinct Focus of B2B SEO B2B SEO operates within a distinct paradigm, primarily due to the nature of the target audience.

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Litmus

JANUARY 2, 2024

As we stand on the threshold of a new year, the ever-evolving landscape of email marketing beckons us with exciting possibilities. Our goals for 2024 are bold, fresh, and vibrant—better campaigns, higher engagement rates, and a seamless brand experience. To accomplish these things, however, we must keep our finger on the pulse of email industry trends and spend some serious time thinking about what those lovely trends mean for us all.

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David Meerman Scott

JANUARY 2, 2024

If 2023 was the year that ChatGPT ushered in an Artificial Intelligence revolution for the masses, then this year we will see creators and copyright owners at odds. I see the situation as like the skirmish between the Napster music file sharing service and music labels from two decades ago.

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Content Marketing Institute

JANUARY 2, 2024

Selecting a word for 2024 can work better than making resolutions. The word becomes a theme or intention rather than a set of rules you will likely break. Here’s an option for marketers in 2024.

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Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 2, 2024

Decoding the AI Dilemma: Unveiling the Hidden Pitfalls, Ethical Quandaries, and Future Realities 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 Kenneth Wenger, an author, research scholar at Toronto Metropolitan University, and CTO of Squint AI Inc.

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Martech

JANUARY 2, 2024

Open-source customer data platforms can revolutionize your data management, empower your marketers and provide unparalleled flexibility and control for less money in licensing costs. But is open source the right route for your marketing organization to take? Let’s begin with customer data platforms. CDPs help businesses gather their first-party data from disparate systems and use it to build unique profiles of individual customers.

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Rock Content

JANUARY 2, 2024

With a new year comes thoughts of growth. In today’s digital world, that means a workable content marketing strategy. Content marketing involves creating online search-engine optimized (SEO) material. The objective is to improve your brand’s internet presence and build interest in your target audience. Content marketing only works if it meets two critical standards.

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Hootsuite

JANUARY 2, 2024

Social media growth reached a new high in 2023, with 4.88 billion total active social media user identities, representing 60.6% of the world’s population. How do brands grow their own social presence to reach that ever-increasing audience base? We’ve got 10 strategic tips (and 3 tools) for optimum social growth in 2024. Bonus: Get a free social media strategy template to quickly and easily plan your own strategy.

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Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service

Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.

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Martech

JANUARY 2, 2024

A few days ago, I joined a virtual holiday happy hour event with my best friend from college, Will, and our close mutual friend, Erin. Erin is a seasoned PR veteran and communications professor and I often invite her into my University of Oregon classes as a guest lecturer. As we were toasting the holidays, the conversation moved toward AI and the impact it would have on the new year.

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Buffer Marketing

JANUARY 2, 2024

After a record-breaking launch and a quick drop-off in regular users, Threads is on the up once more. The Instagram- (read: Meta-) owned platform rocketed to 100 million sign-ups within days of its launch in June 2023. However, Threads’ barebones features failed to hold users’ interest, and within weeks, active users, time spent, and sessions were down by 75 percent.

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