Businesses Grow
JUNE 16, 2023
America’s greatest writer in downtown Knoxville I was saddened by the passing of Cormac McCarthy , who holds a special place in my life for three reasons: He was my favorite author He grew up in my hometown of Knoxville, TN, and wrote about the city in his many of his books. After attending the university, he lived in a home about 1,000 feet from my current house!
Aspiration Marketing
JUNE 1, 2023
Are you tired of the same old marketing strategies that leave your target audience uninspired and uninterested? Look no further than webinar marketing. The new kid on the block is taking the marketing world by storm. We'll dive deep into the benefits of webinar marketing and why it's a must-have in every business's marketing strategy. From increased reach and audience engagement to cost-effective marketing, webinars are the gift that keeps on giving.
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Buffer Marketing
JUNE 28, 2023
Just over a year ago, my role at Buffer shifted, and I became a Growth Marketing Manager working on Buffer’s Growth Marketing team. This change happened at a time when we needed to quickly scale how we run experiments to start looking for improvements to their performance. Experiments are an important component in marketing teams and are a proven method for understanding the causal impact of a change and improving marketing strategy iteratively and quickly.
Search Engine Land
JUNE 13, 2023
Search is in the midst of a content revolution. We’re at a time where content creators reign supreme and the search universe is no longer confined to the traditional boundaries of Google’s search engine results pages (SERPs). As SEOs, we’d be foolish to ignore the potentially seismic shifts we are seeing implemented, seemingly on a weekly basis.
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.
Social Media Examiner
JUNE 5, 2023
Want to raise the bar on your social media marketing? Wondering how leading industry professionals deliver exceptional results? In this article, six marketing experts share the social media marketing tactics they’re using to execute successful marketing campaigns. #1: Be a Strategic Marketer on Facebook, Not a Creator Newsflash: being a creator is only sustainable as […] The post 6 Advanced Social Media Marketing Tips appeared first on Social Media Examiner.
Martech
JUNE 14, 2023
There are a lot of stats out there about marketing and artificial intelligence. Unfortunately, many of them are (gasp!) more than two years old. When it comes to AI, change comes fast. Not just in the technology, but in attitudes and usage. Here’s a collection of statistics about AI and marketing with the date of the survey included. This will let you judge for yourself how much things have changed since they came out.
Marketing Pro Pulse brings together the best content for consumer marketers from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Hubspot Marketing
JUNE 23, 2023
Email marketing remains crucial to most marketing campaigns. However, not every marketer knows how to write a marketing email that will boost conversions and audience retention. If your marketing emails aren't well-written, your subscribers will stop opening and start deleting your messages. This article will break down best practices for an effective email that will boost your next lead-nurturing campaign. 10 Email Copywriting Tips for Writing Better Marketing Emails We'll start with copywritin
Search Engine Land
JUNE 29, 2023
Google is broadly rolling out brand exclusions in Performance Max and broad match brand restrictions in Search to all advertisers. Following successful pilots for both, the search engine announced that the move would help marketers with guiding Google AI and where their campaigns appear online. Up until now, both features were only available in beta.
Martech
JUNE 6, 2023
Apple’s Vision Pro. Image: Apple. This week Apple announced the Vision Pro headset, available early next year. Here’s what we know so far about the device and what this means for marketers experimenting with AR and VR engagement. “Spatial computing” and AR. The use cases demoed at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) show augmented reality (AR) experiences where users interface with a digital layer on top of their real-world environment.
Ann Handley
JUNE 17, 2023
Source: Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash A version of this story appeared in Total Annarchy, my fortnightly newsletter that helps you be a better writer, storyteller, marketer. Get it in your inbox ; you’ll love it. * * * My friend Paul shared his out-of-office email with me. ChatGPT4 had written it. The prompt Paul gave ChatGPT4: “Write me a clever out-of-office email that explains I’m going to be slow to reply to emails because I’m traveling for a series of talks about artificial
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.
Litmus
JUNE 23, 2023
Did you know there is a preview text hack you can use to make the most of this valuable email real estate? Because your email’s preview text in the inbox shows at least as many characters as your subject line —(and in some cases, much more) it can be difficult to optimize. That’s because email clients always pull in enough characters to fill all available preview text space (up to 5 lines).
Content Marketing Institute
JUNE 1, 2023
Love or hate them, hashtags have a place in your social content. But to attract an audience who loves them, stop using them willy-nilly. Follow this advice for Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.
Hubspot Marketing
JUNE 26, 2023
It's hard to believe that if the HubSpot Blog were a person, it would currently be in high school. That's right – for well over a decade, content has been published on the HubSpot Blog to help hundreds of millions of readers discover best practices in the areas of marketing, sales, customer service, website development, agency work, and general business best practices.
Search Engine Land
JUNE 5, 2023
Chrome extensions provide a quick and easy way to execute boring and repetitive tasks. Extensions can be a huge time saver in SEO. But many still don’t focus on building them. One reason is that some marketers are unable to code complex tools, so they use whatever tool is available. That said, you don’t always need to invest your time learning difficult skills or spending money on an expensive developer to build a new complex tool.
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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.
Businesses Grow
JUNE 19, 2023
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been nine years since I wrote a well-known blog post called Content Shock. For the uninitiated, this post predicted that when business niches overflow with useful, high-quality content, a never-ending content arms race results. For many businesses, competing would become increasingly expensive, and content marketing would not be a sustainable strategy.
Martech
JUNE 21, 2023
Picture this. You’ve just hit the “publish” button on your company’s latest blog post. A masterpiece, full of trend analyses, punchy insights and actionable takeaways. Once upon a time, you might have sat back, fingers crossed, hoping your precious piece would somehow tumble into the great wide world of cyberspace. But let’s face it — the “publish and pray” era of content marketing is long gone.
Sprout Social
JUNE 27, 2023
There’ll always be a competitor trying to outperform you. The only way to grow and stay ahead is a keen eye on what your customers are saying about their interests and pain points. In a world where star ratings can make or break a brand, review analysis is your north star. It gives you deep insights from customer feedback so you can uncover trends, make targeted improvements to your business and build a richer brand management strategy.
Content Marketing Institute
JUNE 22, 2023
SEO optimization goes far beyond keywords and meta tags. Try these five ideas to structure your content for better visibility, more traffic, and winning positions on search engine result pages.
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Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.
Hubspot Marketing
JUNE 21, 2023
It's no secret that live streaming has taken off in a major way — eMarketer predicts there will be 164.4 million live video viewers in 2023. ; Facebook Live is the second-most popular live stream video platform in the U.S., and it's a valuable tool for forging an authentic and valuable connection with audiences. In this post, we'll walk through: In this post, we'll walk through: What is Facebook Live?
Search Engine Land
JUNE 11, 2023
Google has begun the rollout of the new perspectives filter in the mobile search results this weekend. This feature was announced at Google I/O and we have seen previews and tests from Google over the past months related to this feature and now it is live. What it looks like. Here is a screenshot of the feature, you can see it by searching on mobile and sliding the search bar filters until you see a “perspectives” option.
David Meerman Scott
JUNE 21, 2023
For decades, marketers have been the experts. We marketing people use our experience and creativity to make decisions. This reality isn’t going away! In fact, I think the new world of AI makes our work even more important, because we must always recognize the limitations of machines.
Buffer Marketing
JUNE 19, 2023
There’s been much ado about AI lately, especially since ChatGPT was released to the public in November 2022. Since then, we’ve seen an influx of thoughts and tools around the topic and the use of AI. We like AI here at Buffer – we’ve even launched an AI Assistant to help our audience create content better and faster. However, we understand its limitations, especially when it comes to creation, better than most.
Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive
Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an
Martech
JUNE 16, 2023
This is the first part of a three-part series on the success elements of growth. One of the things I enjoy the most about my job is how much I learn from my clients and colleagues. Over the years, I have had the incredible opportunity to work with some big brands and incredibly smart people and engage with innovative thinkers I am proud to call my clients.
Hootsuite
JUNE 28, 2023
You text your partner a pic of the chocolate bar you want from the store. You mention your fave new shampoo in a WhatsApp message. You share an amazing Hootsuite blog article to your work Slack (hint!). Welcome to dark social. Don’t worry, dark social isn’t the same as the notorious “dark web” trying to lure you into evil. Dark social is the oldest social network in action: private, untraceable human-to-human communication.
Hubspot Marketing
JUNE 23, 2023
There's a lot of material out there about writing a great headline. But what about writing a good introduction sentence? Compelling readers to read the article is an art form in itself. And if you don't do it well, you're missing out on potential subscribers, leads, and customers. In this post, we'll share how to write powerful introductions that turn casual browsers into readers.
Search Engine Land
JUNE 29, 2023
Microsoft has announced new AI-powered shopping tools powered by Bing and Bing Chat. These include new price match monitors, AI-generated buying guides, and review summaries, all aimed to “help you shop and save with confidence,” Microsoft said. Price match monitors. These new price match monitors show you a product’s price after you purchase that product.
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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr
Search Engine Journal
JUNE 29, 2023
Looking to grow your online business? Try these 5 beginner-friendly techniques to grow your organic traffic and gain visibility online. The post 5 SEO Techniques To Grow Organic Traffic appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Buffer Marketing
JUNE 21, 2023
YouTube is a staple in the global cultural landscape – parents use it to keep their kids occupied, students use it to learn, and millions use it for entertainment, information, and everything in between. But one thing that is often a mystery is discovery – how do people get the content they do? Why does certain content go viral seemingly overnight?
Martech
JUNE 15, 2023
The audience targeting and segmentation of programmatic advertising are now available for out-of-home advertising. Beeyond Media, a programmatic digital out-of-home (pDOOH) demand-side platform (DSP), has launched a new segmentation tool, Beeyond TrueReach. It lets brands pick from over 900 criteria — like behaviors, locations and demographics — to create audience segments.
Content Marketing Institute
JUNE 20, 2023
Plan your content to match customer intent with this no-tech, three-step process. You'll end up with content that helps both your prospects and your sales team.
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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