Sprout Social

DECEMBER 12, 2023

You are no stranger to long to-do lists. Especially as you embark on refining your goals and processes for the year ahead, it might seem like every meeting ends in a multitude of action items. But in 2024, it’s imperative to focus on the most critical marketing priorities to grow your business in the new year and beyond. The fast-paced nature of digital marketing, especially social media, complicates zeroing in on marketing priorities.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2023

What’s ahead in content and marketing for 2024? AI gets a lot of attention in these predictions, but in surprising ways. Plus, these experts forecast the impact of social media and world turmoil and give a healthy dose of hope.

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CMO Network

DECEMBER 5, 2023

What would happen if CMOs and marketers stopped marketing? Like the "Got Milk" campaign, could a deprivation strategy help CEOs better see marketing's value?

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Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The prevalence of mass-produced, AI-generated content is making it harder for Google to detect spam. AI-generated content has also made judging what is quality content difficult for Google. However, indications are that Google is improving its ability to identify low-quality AI content algorithmically. Spammy AI content all over the web You don’t need to be in SEO to know generative AI content has been finding its way into Google search results over the last 12 months.

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Martech

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This is the second of two articles exploring data silos in marketing. Part one can be found here. Every company has issues with siloed data. Many companies know this but continue to use systems that provide information to various parts of the organization. This is where organizations face their most significant obstacle — lack of leadership with vision.

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CopyBlogger

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Even if you create the best piece of content possible, it won’t perform well if nobody finds it. Relying entirely. Continue Reading The post 10 Content Promotion Strategies That Work (With Examples) appeared first on Copyblogger.

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Customers.ai

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A few weeks ago, Google rolled out its new AI spam filter for Gmail. The filter, known as RETVec, stands for Resilient & Efficient Text Vectorizer and is used to identify things like homoglyphs (manipulated letters and symbols), invisible characters, or keyword-stuffed text that is often used to try and bypass spam filters. According to Google , their new spam filter can help improve the spam detection rate by 38% and reduce the false positive rate by 19.4% This is great news for Gmail users

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Martech

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Generative AI is revolutionizing digital marketing by altering how we create, analyze and optimize marketing strategies. This technology leverages artificial intelligence for tasks like content creation, data analysis and customer engagement. Understanding and harnessing its capabilities allows marketers to achieve new levels of efficiency and creativity.

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Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Google launched nine confirmed algorithmic updates in 2023, as well as a new AI search engine, the Search Generative Experience. In 2022 and 2021, Google had 10 confirmed algorithmic updates. Unless Google rolls out a new update this week, Google would have rolled out one less update in 2023 than it did in 2022 and 2021. Google confirmed algorithm update summary We whipped up this timeline documenting all the confirmed Google search algorithm updates in 2023, so you can visualize the updates ove

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Buffer Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Think about five content creators you admire. Regardless of who they are, there's a common thread: consistency.  Now, consistency might sound simple, but let's be real—it's tough. I know firsthand because I struggled with it myself. Before 2019, I was a freelance writer trying to make a name for myself. I joined LinkedIn hoping for opportunities, but my sporadic and lackluster posts went unnoticed, and my online presence was, to put it bluntly, a flop.

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CMO Network

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The generations that proudly wear the labels of tech-savvy, socially conscious, and effortlessly unconventional have, unsurprisingly, ushered in a new era of coffee.

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Businesses Grow

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Somebody in my community asked me, in the coming year, what are your plans to grow your business? This question stopped me in my tracks for a moment because this year, I have no plans to grow my business. Isn’t that a strange and unexpected answer? Might make a good story. So here it is. A different view of success I used to be a corporate pig-dog, climbing the corporate ladder.

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CopyBlogger

DECEMBER 14, 2023

AI writing tools can create basic content, like how-to style SEO blog posts, and many clients are using them instead. Continue Reading The post Freelance Writing Niches That Pay Well In 2024 appeared first on Copyblogger.

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Martech

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketers will improve customer experience in 2024 so brands can remain competitive and demonstrate to customers that they matter. Every year the bar gets raised. In 2024, keys to customer success will include better personalization delivered at scale by ramped-up automation and generative AI. And better digital content will surface, if organizations put in place the necessary guardrails for generative AI to fuel the anticipated content surge.

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Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 14, 2023

“Stop building links; build your brand.” These six words should be plastered on the desks of every SEO in the world. In this article, I’ll explain why brand mentions are the new backlinks. Let’s dive in. Back to the brand future Nearly 10 years ago, Rand Fishkin was talking about brand mentions. That wasn’t a typo; it’s been nearly 10 years!

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Buffer Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2023

LinkedIn carousels are a great content format for many reasons. First, the LinkedIn algorithm prioritizes this content format, probably thanks to the visual appeal and subsequent engagement. Much like Instagram carousels , they tend to be very appealing because they differentiate from the other types of content you might come across on your feed. 0:00 / 0:17 1× They also tend to perform quite well – I’ve only posted a few, but they tend to be one of my top-performing formats,

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 5, 2023

“Who do consumers think runs brand accounts?” That’s the question we set out to answer when we surveyed 1,623 consumers from the US and the UK. The results are telling: According to our Q4 2023 Sprout Pulse Survey, respondents believe the average social media manager is: white (65%), female (73%), 25-40 years old (55%), and a part-time employee or freelancer (40%).

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CMO Network

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The importance of the holiday season to small businesses along with use of innovative technology by these business is reviewed (includes American Express survey results).

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Speaker: Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners

This new, thought-provoking webinar will explore how even incremental efforts and investments in your data can have a tremendous impact on your direct mail and multi-channel marketing campaign results! Industry expert Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners, will share real-life case studies and best practices from client direct mail and digital campaigns where data modeling strategies pinpointed audience members, increasing their propensity to respond – and buy.

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Hootsuite

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Whether you’re B2B or B2C, your customers want to engage with humans on social media. 56% of customers want more relatable, personable content from brands on social, but 48% of brands are still posting self-promotional content multiple times a week. How can you — a CEO, CFO, CMO, or other executive — tip the scale in your favor? Easy: be active on social media.

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Martech

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In this two-part feature, Jade Bunke offers a step-by-step guide to building a successful brand. A brand is an organization’s most valuable asset. The art of capturing the hearts and minds of your customers starts with crafting a brand strategy that evokes emotions and behaviors that benefit your company. Brand is more than a collection of logos and colors — it’s the personification of your organization.

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Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 18, 2023

SEO can be complicated – in many cases, overcomplicated. It’s easy to get lost in the SEO rabbit hole, spending significant time with minimal results. This article will help you cut through the noise and focus on the four key pillars of SEO that will help you improve visibility in 2024 and beyond. The four pillars of SEO The four key areas of SEO that site owners need to consider are: Technical SEO : How well your content can be crawled and indexed.

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Buffer Marketing

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Last year, I shared Buffer’s top social posts and why I thought the posts performed so well. It was so much fun looking back at the past year, so now I’m back to do it again for 2023! Today, I’m sharing Buffer’s top-performing social posts from each platform and will give you an analysis of why I think these posts performed so well.

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Speaker: Alex Moore, Co-Founder of Stratagon Marketing & Technology

Ever wondered why sales and marketing teams often struggle to collaborate effectively? Diverging goals, poor communication, and conflicting strategies frequently create silos, leading to a disconnect where marketing efforts fail to translate into substantial sales conversions. Enter Account-Based Marketing (ABM). ABM aligns marketing and sales efforts toward specific target accounts, fostering personalized interactions with high-value prospects.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It’s common knowledge amongst social media marketers that Facebook’s organic reach is tough to get. It involves a hefty strategy of great content and consistency. In fact, without continuously engaging your Facebook audience, you may lose credibility, authority and brand loyalty, on top of your reach. If the concept of maintaining a steady stream of content seems daunting, don’t worry—you have the ability to schedule Facebook posts in one of three different methods.

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Customers.ai

DECEMBER 18, 2023

For years, marketing and sales teams relied on IP data for everything from lead generation to ad targeting to analytics and contact enrichment. After all, the ability to identify attributes like who is visiting your site and where they live can go a long way toward better targeting and outreach. Unfortunately, times have changed and the reverse IP lookup tools we relied on for so long are no longer as powerful as they once were.

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Animalz blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

There’s a hidden epidemic in the Product-Led Growth (PLG) movement, and it’s happening right under our noses: the waste of valuable by-products. Every day, teams create artifacts as part of their work — presentations, demos, interview transcripts — that could make for great content. Instead, these resources go to rot in digital archives. This waste contradicts a core feature of Product-Led Growth (PLG): efficiency.

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Martech

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This February, Google and Yahoo will begin enforcing new requirements for bulk email senders. The guidelines largely focus on three areas: authentication of outgoing emails, reported spam rates and the ability to easily unsubscribe from email lists. Google defined bulk senders in an early-October announcement as “those who send more than 5,000 messages to Gmail addresses in one day,” which caught the attention of email marketers in both B2B and B2C circles.

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Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Leading U.S. marketing company Cox Media Group (CMG) has reportedly admitted to monitoring conversations for the purpose of targeted advertising. Working with renowned brands like CBS, Fox News and ESPN, CMG has allegedly been promoting its ability to eavesdrop on consumers through microphones in smartphones, TVs, and smart speakers. The agency has coined this capability “Active Listening” and has been actively pitching this service it to advertisers, showcasing the feature on its we

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Buffer Marketing

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As a Gen X founder, I initially thought TikTok was not for me. I didn’t want to dance, figured the Gen Z audience of TikTok wouldn’t be interested in seeing me on screen, and didn’t think entertaining videos would lead to sales for my company, PerfectDD , which designs clothes specifically tailored to fuller busts. I had the privilege to attend Gary Vaynerchuk’s 4Ds program , where he encouraged me to rethink TikTok, emphasizing that the message of my company would re

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Every member of a procurement team is more than just a professional—they’re people. Parents, pickleball players, podcast enthusiasts—and those are just the P’s. On and off the clock, they research potential purchases just as everyone else might. There lies the magic of B2B influencer marketing. Influencer marketing has long been a staple for business-to-consumer (B2C) brands looking to cultivate more authentic connections with their audience.

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Customers.ai

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the world of sales and marketing, making meaningful connections with customers and potential customers is an absolute must. In fact, according to Sitecore , 70% of Americans crave deeper, more personal connections with brands. Enter lead enrichment. Lead enrichment helps you refine and enhance the data you have on your leads, allowing you to personalize your outreach with precision, and build those personal connections.

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Speaker: Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, Author, Speaker

Yes - press releases are still relevant in the world of public relations! 🎯 Ever wondered how to write a compelling press release, or what are current best practices for pitching your news to earn media coverage? In this exclusive webinar with Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, we’ll cover tips and advice to help you get the most out of each piece of news you pitch!

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