June, 2023

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Three marketing lessons from America’s greatest writer

Businesses Grow

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!

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The Power of Webinars: 5 Benefits for Your Marketing Strategy

Aspiration Marketing

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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Why creator-led content marketing is the future of search

Search Engine Land

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.

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6 Advanced Social Media Marketing Tips

Social Media Examiner

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.

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

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.

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AI and marketing: What the stats show

Martech

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.

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AI might kill organic traffic—here’s what SEO marketers need to know

Unbounce

Alexa, add organic baby carrots to my grocery list and play Walk This Way by Run-D.M.C.! Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the way we live. From virtual assistants to self-driving cars, AI-powered technology is transforming us into a more efficient species by automating mundane tasks, providing personalized recommendations, and helping us make informed decisions.

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Google rolls out brand restriction settings to all advertisers

Search Engine Land

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.

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What Apple’s Vision Pro means for AR and VR marketing

Martech

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.

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Why We Write: A Story About AI and a Sentient Toaster Oven

Ann Handley

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

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The Preview Text Hack You May Want to Use in Every Email [Updated]

Litmus

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).

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The Silver Lining to Corporate DEI Challenges

In our latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Scorpio Edition, 3BL embraces the perspective of one of the zodiac's most misunderstood signs: Scorpio. While this sign often has a darker view of the world, they do not shy away from shining a light on controversial topics. This month we take a deep dive into corporate pullback of DEI and how companies can utilize astrological advice to reinvent its social impact communication.

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How To Master Your Hashtags on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram

Content Marketing Institute

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.

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How the HubSpot Blog Generates Leads [+ How Yours Can, Too]

Hubspot Marketing

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.

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How to create an SEO Chrome extension using ChatGPT

Search Engine Land

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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Days before UA sunset most sites still not using GA4

Martech

The UApocalypse is drawing nigh. On July 1st, nine days from now, Google will shut down the standard version of Universal Analytics (UA) — the most widely used marketing analytics tool in internet history. In its place is Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a very different and likely more powerful tool. Everyone’s ready for that, right? We’ve all transitioned to GA4, briefed stakeholders on the new metrics and triple-checked how GA4 data interacts with your other technologies, right?

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The Staffing Solutions Playbook for Associations

44 low-cost and free ideas to reduce employee turnover and improve morale. Employee turnover is disruptive, costs money, and impacts morale. But it’s preventable — or at least manageable — when you have a game plan. Read the Staffing Solutions Playbook for Associations, and you’ll learn: 21 ideas to boost morale and improve retention 12 key perks of time off, awards, recognition, and praise 11 strategies to keep new and existing employees involved and informed, and why this is fundamental to the

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Remaining Human in a World of AI

David Meerman Scott

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.

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How to develop a winning customer experience strategy

Sprout Social

Customer experience (CX) is all about how your customers perceive their interactions with your brand. A positive CX can turn casual browsers into loyal customers, while a negative one can send them straight to your competitors. Now, enter social media — your secret weapon. It’s more than just likes and shares. With billions of users worldwide, it’s an invaluable channel for real-time interaction, customer care , feedback and engagement.

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5 SEO Content and Design Tips To Improve Your Ranking in SERPs

Content Marketing Institute

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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9 Simple Ways to Write a Good Introduction Sentence

Hubspot Marketing

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.

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Let's Get Physical: How to Blend Direct Mail Marketing with Your Digital Strategy

Speaker: Akeel Jabber, B2B SaaS Investor and Growth Marketer at Horizen Capital

⭐ Are you ready to boost campaign success? Consider the untapped potential of integrating direct mail marketing seamlessly with digital marketing strategies. Combining the physical, tangible impact of direct mail with the dynamic reach of digital marketing can be a game-changer, significantly increasing your ROI when done right. Direct mail grabs attention, making it great for reaching your target audience 📩 Digital marketing keeps the momentum going, driving action 📲 So.

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Google launches perspectives filter in mobile search results

Search Engine Land

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.

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Employee advocacy: The untapped goldmine in your content marketing strategy

Martech

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.

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Unprompted: Can you build a marketing campaign using only AI?

Unbounce

If you’re a marketer, you’re all too familiar with the, uh… less exciting parts of the job. Filling out a templated campaign brief. (What are the KPIs, dangit?) Scrollin’ endlessly through cheesy stock images. Drafting alternative email subject lines and ad copy. Not exactly Mad Men , is it? So: What if you could just… not? Not write that landing page.

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How to analyze customer reviews for brand insights

Sprout Social

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.

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

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

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Dark Social in 2023: Here’s Why (and How) You Should Track It

Hootsuite

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.

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How to Use Facebook Live: The Ultimate Guide

Hubspot Marketing

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?

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How To Map Content to Customer Intent (and Make Your Sales Team Happy)

Content Marketing Institute

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.

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The success elements of marketing-driven growth

Martech

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.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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

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How to beat ChatGPT and the new wave of Content Shock

Businesses Grow

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.

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Omnichannel customer experience: exploring seamless customer journeys

Sprout Social

Enhanced customer satisfaction, high customer engagement, and increased revenue are good reasons to develop an omnichannel customer experience. Still, it takes more than integrating multiple channels to build a successful one. It takes a strategic approach, continuous optimization, a customer-centric mindset and a well-planned omnichannel strategy to make it all possible.

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Free Instagram Engagement Rate Calculator for 2023

Hootsuite

There’s more to life than likes. For example, there’s engagement rate. Knowing your Instagram engagement rate—and developing a social media strategy to maintain or improve your engagement rate—is an essential part of finding success on the platform. Especially if you’re using Instagram for business : engaged followers are much more likely to become customers than followers who simply scroll by your content.

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20 Tips to Write Catchy Email Subject Lines [+ Examples]

Hubspot Marketing

Your readers are judging your email subject lines. In fact, 47% of marketers in 2022 say they test different email subject lines to optimize their emails' performance and increase click-through rates. While subject lines may seem like an insignificant part of your message, they are often your only chance to stand out in a crowded inbox. Read on for some tried-and-true tips to help jazz up your subject lines and boost your email engagement.

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5 Inspiring B2B Marketing Campaigns to Take Yours to the Next Level

Your next big B2B marketing idea starts here. Get inspired with these five successful B2B marketing campaigns. Ready to generate more leads, interest, and revenue with your B2B marketing? In this comprehensive eBook, you’ll get: In-depth studies of five successful B2B marketing campaigns spanning a wide range of industries Key takeaways and lessons from each story to implement in your own strategy Resources to help your own B2B marketing thrive By submitting this form, you agree to have your con