Fri.Mar 22, 2024

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Is TikTok’s Clock Ticking? 7 Answers to TikTok Ban Questions

Content Marketing Institute

Headlines sound the alarm on the proposed TikTok ban. But go behind all the noise and get answers to seven questions about the bill and its impact on marketing.

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Google starts testing AI overviews from SGE in main Google search interface

Search Engine Land

Google is now testing AI overviews in the main Google Search results, even if you have not opted into the Google Search Generative Experience labs feature. Google said this is an experience on a “subset of queries, on a small percentage of search traffic in the U.S.,” a Google spokesperson told Search Engine Land. In May 2023, Google opened up a Search Labs section for searchers to opt in to see and use the Google SGE results, that contained AI overviews.

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What Google’s Privacy Sandbox means for the app ecosystem

Martech

Mobile advertising underwent an upheaval when Apple enabled the deprecation of the device identifier a couple of years ago. “We already lost about 50% of the ecosystem,” said Itai Cohen, SVP marketing and strategy at Digital Turbine. Now Privacy Sandbox for Android is coming down the road. Digital Turbine, a platform for programmatic and bespoke mobile advertising, has been around since 1998 (it started out as Mandalay Digital).

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What impact will AI really have on white-collar jobs?

SmartBrief - Marketing

Imagine an HR chatbot telling you, “The company no longer requires your services.” Your first reaction might be, “Spam. In the bin, you go,” — it’s written in AI-speak, after all. Then, your reaction changes when you get official confirmation and a final check from HR. This scenario isn’t real, but the general feeling around AI in regard to employment has many segments of industry in panic mode.

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Aligning Sales & Marketing to Drive Demand & Build Pipeline

Speaker: Speakers:

Marketing and sales might be two halves of the same coin, but how often do they feel like they’re tossed in completely different directions? It’s time to bridge the gap, align your teams, and start building a pipeline instead of frustration. Join us for this insightful webinar to transform your siloed teams into a powerhouse partnership. What you’ll learn: A clear understanding of why sales and marketing alignment is crucial for business growth.

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Transforming content marketing lifecycles with AI

Martech

As organizations continue embracing AI-driven approaches, marketing leaders should be empowered to push the boundaries of innovation and drive better results with less manual, time-consuming effort — but it requires thinking beyond basic applications. AI tools and large language models (LLMs) are changing the content marketing process, impacting how we conceive, produce and distribute content.

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Is ChatGPT the Google Search killer we’ve been expecting?

Search Engine Land

AltaVista. Lycos. Yahoo. Once upon a time, these were the most popular search engines in the world. Then along came Google. It did Search better. Since around 2002, Google has been the search engine – and its dominance has only grown year after year. It has ascended to monopoly status and 91.6% of the global search market share in February, per StatCounter.

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Google SGE a top threat to brand and product terms, study finds

Search Engine Land

You should expect to see “some erosion of current traffic levels” from brand-related terms as a result of Google’s Search Generative Experience, according to a new Authoritas analysis. Why we care. Google just today announced it is rolling out SGE to users who aren’t opted into Search Labs, under the name of AI overviews. We’re still in the dark about how large of an impact the AI-generated answers will have on organic traffic.

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Top Innovative Online Business Ideas for 2024

Vertical Response

oSeeking a profitable business idea online? This essential guide is designed to spark your entrepreneurial spirit with 20 creative and viable online business opportunities for 2024. Without the fluff, we provide straightforward insights into each idea, highlighting the potential for growth and success. Prepare to find your niche in the digital marketplace and kickstart your venture with clarity and strategy.

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How to create local business content that converts

Search Engine Land

With the rise of AI-generated content, Google is cracking down on low-quality, auto-generated copy in favor of high-quality, human-written content from real experts. This creates an opportunity for local businesses to stand out by producing authentic, helpful information that resonates with their audience and builds trust. This article covers strategies for creating localized business content that converts, such as: Providing transparent pricing details.

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What is an H1 Tag? Best Practices & Examples

Backlinko

The H1 tag is an HTML heading tag you can use to create the main title or highlight the primary subject of a webpage. It comprises an opening <h1> tag, the title text, and a closing </h1> tag. Here’s an example of an H1 tag in one of our blog post’s HTML code and how it looks on the live page. The H1 tag is the most important header tag among other headers (H1-H6).

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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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AI-powered Problem-solving Strategies: An interview with MECLABS AI’s Problem Solver expert assistant

Marketing Sherpa

Personification is the intimate companion of imagination. Which is why so many great artists use it. For example, Jack London wrote, “But the plummet of his hearing brought nothing to him save the moaning of wind through invisible trees and the rustling of leaves on swaying branches.

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Google publishes Performance Max developer guide

Search Engine Land

Google released a dedicated guide for developers called the Performance Max developer guide. The document is aimed at helping developers access the necessary information to build PMax integrations more easily. Why we care. For developers working on PMax integration, this guide consolidates all necessary information into one convenient location. Additional improvements.

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The Ultimate Guide to B2B Intent Data

Lusha

By now, every major sales intelligence platform (and a lot of the minor ones, too) has intent data. At this point, it’s pretty much a must. But a lot of people are still unclear on what exactly intent data is or how to take advantage of its insights. The goal of this guide is to make sure that won’t be a problem anymore once you’re done reading. We’ll tell you what intent data is, how it works, and the most important part: all the different ways you can use it.

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Ideal Customer Profile And Its Role In Go-to-market

Six & Flow

Understanding your ideal customer profile (ICP) helps you design a blueprint of your ideal customer, pointing all your go-to-market moves in the right direction. It helps you figure out whose needs and problems fit perfectly with what you're offering. Understanding your ICP doesn't just tweak your marketing game; it also boosts product development, sales outreach, and overall business growth.

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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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Bing Deep Search is officially live for all users

Search Engine Land

Bing Deep Search, an optional generative AI feature meant to help searchers with complex questions that don’t have simple answers, is now fully live for all users. Microsoft announced today that all users can now access Deep Search within Bing Search by clicking on the Deep Search button at the top of the search results page. Bing Deep Search was originally announced in December 2023 as a search engine that goes deeper on your queries using Bing’s index and GPT-4 to give you more tailored

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Ethical marketing in the age of hidden fees and deceptive pricing

Martech

Most of us crave genuine connections and experiences that hold lasting value. We yearn to build trust and engage in interactions beyond mere transactions. Unfortunately, the realities of commerce and associated marketing often pull us in a different direction. Many businesses, facing economic pressure, prioritize short-term gains over long-term brand health.

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