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5 Misunderstood Best Practices in Content Marketing

Content Marketing Institute

Almost everybody loves best practices. But too many equate “best” with “infallible” or “in every circumstance.” Have you ever fallen into one of these five best practice traps in content marketing? Continue reading → Company News

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Three ways marketing leaders can build recession-proof CX strategies in 2023

Use Insider

The state of customer experience in 2023 Let’s kick things off by looking at the state of customer experience in 2023. Consumers are spending less Thanks to inflation and fears of recession, global consumer confidence is way down.

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Want To Align Your Marketing Team? Try A Workshop!

Marketing Insider Group

Let’s face it – at some point, every business can benefit from enrolling team members in a marketing workshop.

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The foundation of any good SMS marketing campaign

Quikly

Every marketing channel has a unique selling point that makes it appealing to consumers. For text message marketing , it’s the level of convenience. SMS Marketing

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Best Practices to Boost Marketing Efficiency while Decreasing Cost Per Sale

Speaker: Kristin Hess - Senior Product Marketing Manager, Drift; Will Lyon - Head of Vertical Marketing, 6sense

In this webinar, you will learn how a digital buying experience can maintain the feel of an in-person buying experience, how to leverage first-party data for better brand experiences, and how to achieve seamless marketing-to-sales handoffs at scale.

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7 SEO Tools Every Search Marketer Needs In Their Arsenal

Jeff Bullas

To win at Google, you need to have not only a strong SEO skillset to influence its algorithms but you also need access to the right SEO tools that make this process easier and more effective.

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10 AI Tools to Transform Your Marketing Strategy

Jeff Bullas

In 2021, the investment in AI tools reached a total of $111.4 billion. This year, Microsoft has reportedly invested an additional $10 billion in the startup known as “OpenAI,” which released its highly successful ChapGPT platform in November of last year. Why should you care?

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This Month in Email: A Recap of Email Marketing in February 2023

Litmus

Welcome back to This Month in Email—our new monthly series about the latest happenings around the world of email marketing. Read on for the biggest headlines shaping the email industry in February 2022.

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The One Email Metric You Need to Track

Ann Handley

Source : Grosset & Dunlap A version of this story appeared in Total Annarchy, my fortnightly newsletter that helps you be a better writer, storyteller, marketer.

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The Most Effective Link Building Methods For 2023

Jeff Bullas

So first, let’s try to understand the essence of link building before we even start with link-building methods. As Moz states, “ Link building is the process of acquiring hyperlinks from other websites to your own. ”

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Leadership Spotlight on Hospitality: Meet Francois Gouelo

Aspiration Marketing

In this edition of our Leadership Spotlight series, we had a Q&A with Francois Gouelo about his role as the CEO & co-founder of Enso Connect. Enso Connect is a leading guest experience platform for hospitality operators. Leadership Spotlight Marketing Strategy

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Which ESG Topics Get the Most Attention?

People are focusing on how companies are responding to the headline issues of the day, says a report from 3BL Media on evolving interests in ESG subjects, which also found a mismatch between the stories brands publish and topics audiences want.

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Google: You Don't Hoard Anything By Nofollowing Links (It's An SEO Myth)

Search Engine Roundtable

Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that it is an SEO myth to say you can use the nofollow attribute on links to hoard your links. He said, "You don't hoard anything when you make links nofollow." It's a common SEO myth," he added

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14 Project Management Skills To Succeed as a Project Manager

Learn Hub | G2

Do you freeze when someone asks about your strengths and skills? Productivity

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How To Start A Blog In Any Niche With No Technical Experience And (Almost) No Money (2023 Update)

Jeff Bullas

It was 2008… I was unemployed, recently divorced, and searching for a passion project that had escaped me for my 50+ years on this planet. Jump forward to today and my website, that you are on right now, has had over 16 million readers. I don’t say that to brag.

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The Beginner's Guide to Keyword Research: Tips & Tools

Aspiration Marketing

You know the importance of search engine optimization (SEO) to your company's marketing efforts, but you can't implement your strategy if you don't know what your customers are searching for.

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Marketing Through Storytelling: The Secret to Building a Unique Brand Identity

Speaker: Amanda Wener, Award-Winning Content Strategist and Brand Storyteller

In this exclusive webinar with award-winning content strategist Amanda Wener, you’ll learn the benefits of a strong editorial content strategy in building a brand identity, why functioning like a newsroom works, and how a structured approach to content creation and marketing can bring your brand to life.

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Google On Moving Domain To Temporary Domain & Then Back To Original Domain

Search Engine Roundtable

An SEO is in a situation where a site needs to move from www.domain.com to new.domain.com and then a few months later back to www.domain.com. John Mueller of Google was asked if they should use 302 redirects but John said, no, use 301 redirects

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Clams, Wagoneers, and Harings: Creativity Is Even More Important in an AI World

David Meerman Scott

Artificial Intelligence engines that generate text such as ChatGPT use large language models, which I like to think of as simply math applied to data (in this case text). These tools calculate the most likely next word to create sentences.

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The 15 Best Hashtag Generator Tools For Smart Social Media Marketers [2023 Update]

Jeff Bullas

Hashtags are the universal language for post discoverability on social media. First used on Twitter in 2007, they’ve been going strong ever since in helping users find content that they are interested in and want to see.

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What is Largest Contentful Paint and How Does It Impact Marketing?

Aspiration Marketing

Do you want more traffic, more leads, and more sales? You can optimize your website performance regularly to facilitate search engine optimization (SEO) or a website redesign.

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Maximizing Marketing Efforts: Benefits of Personalizing Online Experience

Speaker: Kate Marx, VP of State Street Global Advisors; Tara Quehl, Marketing Director at Demandbase; Lee Zucker, Global Head of GTM & Revenue Strategy at Drift

In this webinar, financial services marketing professionals will teach you how to refocus your marketing efforts on a digital-first client experience by humanizing visits to your website, boosting the effectiveness of your client-facing teams.

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Google's Gary Illyes: Authorship, Links & Disavows Less Important Than SEOs Think

Search Engine Roundtable

Gary Illyes from Google gave a keynote and a Q&A session yesterday at PubCon and while the keynote was pretty vanilla stuff, the Q&A did reconfirm a lot of what has been said in the past around authorship, links and disavowing links

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The Gmail Promotions Tab is Getting More Interesting

Litmus

Context impacts how you perceive information. For example, think back to being a kid and seeing a teacher in the classroom versus in the grocery store. One scenario made perfect sense, and the other was enough to stop you in your tracks.

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The Science Behind Copywriting Headline Formulas That Grab Attention

Jeff Bullas

If you’re in the world of copywriting , you know that headlines are a big deal. A great headline can mean the difference between a reader clicking through to read your stuff, or just skipping it altogether.

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The Ultimate Guide to Community Management

Hubspot Marketing

Marketers say that having an active online community is key to success in 2023 , and at the time of our Consumer Trends Survey, 1 in 5 social media users joined or participated in an online community in the past 3 months.

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7 Trends in ESG: What PR Pros Need to Know in 2023

What does the evolution of ESG programs mean for communicators? As it turns out - a lot. New challenges are coming into focus, driven by the increasing attention to corporate sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs, and the evolving state of ESG reporting regulations. This new ebook from 3BL Media explores seven trends in detail and unpacks what they mean for communicators. Access your copy for free today.

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Google Search Ranking Volatility On March 1st, Is It The Product Reviews Update?

Search Engine Roundtable

I am seeing a much bigger spike in chatter within the SEO community this morning around another Google search ranking algorithm update. It might be related to the ongoing Google February 2023 product reviews update or it might be something new.

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Gain Valuable Insights into Landing Page Optimization: Key takeaways from the MECLABS Institute LiveClass

Marketing Sherpa

Here is a summary of this week’s MECLABS SuperFunnel Research Cohort LiveClass. It was written with the help of artificial intelligence, part of our exploration into using AI in marketing (scroll down to the Process section if you are curious for how it was written).

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9 Best Instagram Tools for Instagram Marketing (Revealed)

Jeff Bullas

If you’re serious about growing your Instagram following, you need to get the right Instagram tools to help you reach your goals. Whether you’re looking for ways to expand your reach or track your progress, there is a tool out there that can help you.

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80+ Instagram Stats You Need to Know in 2023

Hubspot Marketing

It feels like Instagram, more than any other social media platform, is evolving at a dizzying pace. As it continues to roll out new features, updates, and algorithm changes, it can be hard to keep up. That's where the Instagram stats comes in.

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. It’s clear there’s a maturity gap in ABM strategies, so how can marketers start closing it?

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Google Ads Testing New Design To Improve Advertiser Workflow

Search Engine Roundtable

Google announced it is testing a new design to help improve the workflow of advertisers in the Google Ads console.

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The Top 5 SEO Software Suites For Agencies via @sejournal, @clarkboyd

Search Engine Journal

This guide will highlight the areas in which each SEO software suite excels to help you navigate the highly competitive landscape of SEO. The post The Top 5 SEO Software Suites For Agencies appeared first on Search Engine Journal. SEO Tools

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The Ultimate Guide to Selling Your Blog for Profit

Jeff Bullas

There’s a lot of money to be made in the blogging world; whether you’re a small blogger who makes money selling digital products or the owner of a high-trafficked blog that earns through affiliate programs and ads, there is something for everyone.

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The advantage of having a job before starting your own business

Businesses Grow

We recently had a lively discussion in the RISE community about the advantage of spending time in the corporate world before taking an entrepreneurial leap.

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A 12-Month New-Member Onboarding Schedule

Onboarding is more than simply sending out a welcome packet and adding the new member to your association’s email list — it’s a strategic process. Get the step- by-step onboarding schedule now.