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55 Funny Commercials We Love From the Last Five Years

Hubspot Marketing

It seems like every commercial is trying to be funny these days, and it makes sense because humor is a way to sell your brand without outwardly selling something. By appealing to a consumers' funny bone, you’re able to engage with them and help them remember your brand. Incorporating humor can work for almost any business or any product. Businesses with highly specialized or expensive products can take advantage by appealing to all audiences.

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2024 Predictions: Social media’s evolution

Martech

Marketers will continue to engage with audiences on social media through advertising and organic social campaigns. The space continues to diversify, with more user-generated content inspired by the emergence of TikTok in recent years. And for consumers with money to spend, there are new ways to shop through social commerce. How will these opportunities shake out in the upcoming year?

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How to Optimize Web Copy: 3 Steps for Semantic SEO (plus a helpful AI prompt)

Orbit Media Studios

By Andy Crestodina Once upon a time… SEO was mostly about just using a keyphrase a certain number of times. Not too many times or you look spammy. Not too few or you don’t look relevant. I did SEO back then. It was very weird and search results were bad. Those were dark days online. Today… Search engines are much better and SEO has evolved. Through research and experimentation, SEOs learned that it isn’t just about using the target keyphrase.

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The Role of Buyer Personas in Marketing [Template]

Aspiration Marketing

In a dynamic marketing world, where customer engagement is paramount, understanding your audience is the key to success. One of the most powerful tools at your disposal in reaching our marketing goals is the creation of buyer personas—semi-fictional representations of your ideal customers.

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Do's and Don'ts: How to Pitch Your Press Release to Journalists

Speaker: Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, Author, Speaker

Yes - press releases are still relevant in the world of public relations! 🎯 With that said, have you ever wondered how to write a compelling press release? Have you considered best practices when it comes to pitching your news to journalists 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 of each piece of news you pitch!

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Google has started phasing out third-party cookies

Search Engine Land

Google has officially started to phase out third-party cookies. A new feature called Tracking Protection, which restricts third-party cookies by default, began rolling out to 1% of Chrome users globally on January 4, 2024. If you have been affected, you will will receive a notification when you open Chrome on either desktop or Android devices. Why we care.

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4 common pitfalls in failed agile marketing transformations (and how to avoid them)

Martech

Transforming your marketing department from a traditional model to an agile one is not an easy journey. Still, it can be accomplished if you avoid the common pitfalls that cause transformations to come to a sudden halt. Successful agile marketing transformations happen when: Change is incremental rather than all at once. Employees have a voice in how change is happening.

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Buyer Persona 101: Tips and Examples to Create Yours

Hubspot Marketing

In the eight years of my marketing career, I've always believed that good marketing ultimately boils down to how well you know your buyers. For me, creating buyer personas has been key to truly understanding the person on the other side of the screen. These fictional profiles have helped me understand what makes my buyers tick, what keeps them up at night, and what they need to succeed.

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What The Decline of Social Media Means For Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

Social media isn’t the king of the castle anymore. That’s right – we’re first hand witnesses to the decline of social media as the go-to source for driving web traffic. This isn’t just a blip on the radar. It’s a wake-up call for content marketers and publishers everywhere. While social media platforms are still bustling with activity, boasting billions of users worldwide, there’s a twist in the plot.

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LinkedIn ad prices surge as advertisers’ X boycott continues

Search Engine Land

LinkedIn ad prices have soared due to a surge in demand reportedly driven by the advertiser boycott of X. Why we care. If you’re thinking about moving your ad spend away from platforms like X in 2024, LinkedIn could be a solid alternative to consider. Marketers are seeing good returns, but keep in mind it comes with a higher cost, so be sure to check your budget before making the switch.

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Comparing HubSpot Pricing Tiers: Which One is Right for You?

Aspiration Marketing

HubSpot has demonstrated a highly successful CRM with world-class features, integrations, and capabilities, all available within different price ranges. As each pricing tier comes with different capabilities, how do you choose the one that aligns with your budget but gives you the tools you need to succeed? Whether you're a small startup or a large enterprise, we'll guide you through the options, ensuring you maximize your investment in HubSpot.

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Cracking the Code: Turning Intent Data into Go-to-Market Success

Speaker: Steven Bryerton, SVP of Sales at ZoomInfo & Robin Izsak-Tseng, VP of Revenue Marketing at G2

Join Steven Bryerton, SVP of Sales at ZoomInfo, and Robin Izsak-Tseng, VP of Revenue Marketing at G2 in this webinar where you're guaranteed to walk away with a fresh understanding of and a new perspective on intent data! Turn your go-to-market motions around with intent data! Instead of searching for ways to showcase your products, reach out to the customers that are searching for your solutions — then build your messaging around their needs to set you apart from the competition. 🚀 With

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Leveraging Professional Certification to Elevate Your Career in Sales & Marketing

SMEI

In today’s highly competitive job market, particularly in the dynamic fields of sales and marketing, standing out to prospective employers is more crucial than ever. With a multitude of candidates vying for the same positions, having a resume that not only showcases your experience but also highlights your unique qualifications is key. This is where professional certification comes into play, serving as a significant differentiator that can set you apart from the competition.

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Topical Map for Cybersecurity Industries

Calvyn Lee Blog

Creating a topical map for cybersecurity industries’ website is an excellent strategy to establish authority and enhance visibility in search engine results. A well-structured topical map helps users easily navigate your content and ensures search engines understand the relevance and hierarchy of your information. Here’s a step-by-step guide: 1.

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Charting the Course: How to Navigate Your Way to Marketing Success in 2024

Trade Press Services Newsletter

2024 is poised to be a revolutionary year for B2B marketers. From new artificial intelligence tools to shifting digital marketing strategies, the year will be filled with opportunity. Staying ahead of the curve is crucial to success. Just as a captain needs to define a clear course for a successful journey, your business requires a well-defined marketing plan to navigate a competitive marketplace.

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Reach a Global Audience with a Multilingual Website

Aspiration Marketing

Expand your online reach and connect with a global audience by creating a multilingual website. Learn how HubSpot can help you effectively translate your content and optimize it for SEO.

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Scan to Success: How to Leverage QR Codes for Offline and Online Marketing Power

Speaker: Corey Daugherty, Head of Business Development at Flowcode & Georgette Malitsis, Senior Customer Success Manager, Enterprise at Flowcode

Let's explore the transformative power of QR codes in bridging offline and online marketing worlds. 📲 This new webinar featuring Corey Daugherty and Georgette Malitsis of Flowcode will dive into how innovative QR technology not only enhances traditional marketing strategies, but also drives meaningful customer engagement and analytics. Register today to gain practical knowledge on using QR codes to increase conversion rates, optimize customer journeys, and ultimately unlock a new realm o

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94% of Google SGE links are different from organic search results, study finds

Search Engine Land

The AI-generated answers in Google’s Search Generative Experience (SGE) do not match any links from the top 10 Google organic search results 93.8% of the time. That’s according to a new Authoritas analysis, which focused primarily on commercial keywords. Why we care. Google SGE is expected to reduce organic traffic significantly to websites for many keywords because searchers will be able to get the answer directly in Google’s AI-generated answer.

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Topical Map for Cybersecurity Industries

Calvyn Lee Blog

Creating a topical map for cybersecurity industries website is an excellent strategy to establish authority and enhance visibility in search engine results. A well-structured topical map helps users easily navigate your content and ensures search engines understand the relevance and hierarchy of your information. Here’s a step-by-step guide: 1.

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Weird Words in English: 100+ Terms You Need to Know from 2023 and Beyond

Hubspot Marketing

In 2023, the Oxford English Dictionary again updated its lexicon, adding 80 new weird words and phrases. From technological jargon like “Bitcoin” and “Deepfake” to colloquial gems such as “Bestie” and “Binge-Watching,” the OED continues to capture the ever-evolving tapestry of the English language. The words newly added not only reflect technological advances but also capture the cultural zeitgeist.

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What are HubSpot Playbooks, and How Can I Use Them? 

Aspiration Marketing

Consistency is key in the world of effective sales and marketing. Whether you're nurturing leads, closing deals, or providing customer support, having a standardized approach ensures that your team is operating at peak efficiency. That's where HubSpot Playbooks come in.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

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.

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10 internal linking best practices for accessibility

Search Engine Land

Internal linking has often been a powerful tool for SEO, helping serve as a bridge to connect various webpages. One main goal has typically been to boost visibility in search engines. However, the importance of internal linking extends beyond SEO; it’s pivotal in creating a navigable, user-friendly website, especially for people with disabilities. Internal linking is one area that SEO has influence in terms of where and how it appears on a website.

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Topical Map for Gaming Industries

Calvyn Lee Blog

Creating a topical map for gaming industries, gambling, and casino website is a strategic approach to establish authority in this niche. A well-structured topical map not only enhances user experience but also improves search engine visibility, leading to increased organic traffic. Below is a step-by-step guide to help you create an effective topical map: Step 1: Define Your Core Topics Identify the main themes or categories within your niche.

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Zero-Click Content: What It Is and Why You Should Create It

Buffer Marketing

Picture this: you spend hours working on a piece of content only to direct your sizeable social media audience to it and get a fraction of your typical engagement. That’s not an unusual challenge, especially as platforms focus on keeping you engaged within the container of whatever app you’re on. It’s why every social media app has text, photo, and video formats with varying levels of focus.

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Optimizing digital experiences: Don’t focus on just one metric

Martech

Website speed is often seen as the main factor impacting customer conversions. However, speed is just one element that contributes to broader digital friction. Here’s why taking a more holistic view of digital experience is key and how to balance best practices with your business’s unique circumstances. Factor fixation Recently, my boss, Ken Goldshvartz, was on The Frictionless Experience podcast to discuss putting website speed into a broader context.

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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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I Took a Deep Dive Into the Marketing Funnel, Here’s What I Learned

Hubspot Marketing

Ever felt the thrill of coming into work only to notice that plenty of new leads have started signing up for a product demo through an article or asset you've created? I can tell you, from personal experience, that few things give you as strong of a motivation boost as this. After all, it's proof that you must be doing something "right." That said, it takes a lot of time to work out where to find your target audience.

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Founder’s Story: The Origins of Customers.ai

Customers.ai

For most of us, heading into a new year means taking a look back. While somewhat counterintuitive, looking back often allows us to move forward. So, as we kick off a new year, I thought I’d take a look back and share with you the origins of Customers.ai. I’ll tell you how we got here, who we are, and of course, where we are going. How Customers.ai Came to Be As the founder of WordStream, the world’s largest PPC advertising software company, I’ve had the privilege of managing approxim

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Here’s Every New Feature Threads Has Built Since Launch (+ How to Use Them)

Buffer Marketing

After a record-breaking launch and a quick drop-off in regular users, Threads is on the up once more. The Instagram- (read: Meta-) owned platform rocketed to 100 million sign-ups within days of its launch in June 2023. However, Threads’ barebones features failed to hold users’ interest, and within weeks, active users, time spent, and sessions were down by 75 percent.

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How to combine GA4 and Google Ads for powerful paid search results

Search Engine Land

Google Analytics 4 (GA4) offers enhanced Google Ads integrations and features that surpass those available in its predecessor, Universal Analytics. To make the most of these new and updated capabilities, Google Ads expert Charles Farina discussed the latest improvements in conversion tracking, audience analysis, and reporting at SMX Advanced. Read on to discover how integrating GA4 and Google Ad s could boost your paid search results.

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

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.

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What Is Content Writing? Plus 12 Tips to Take Your Content to the Next Level

Hubspot Marketing

Content writing can mean many things. Crafting social media copy for a small business, drafting press materials for an insurance brand, and posting an essay on AI Ethics to Medium are all forms of writing that fall under the content writing umbrella. So, what is the actual definition of content writing? Content writing is creating and editing written content for the internet.

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MarTech’s ecommerce experts to follow

Martech

Ecommerce isn’t only digital anymore, it’s a key part of shopping at physical stores, too. It’s so important and also constantly changing. New channels, new platforms, new customer expectations, how do you keep on top of them all? Here are six must-follow experts to help you deliver the kind of ecommerce experience shoppers are looking for. Marsha Collier Marsha is a best-selling author, radio host, podcast host and educator who specializes in technology, internet marketing, and ecommerce.

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SEO Trends in 2024 and How to Adapt

Backlinko

In this article, you’ll find search engine optimization trends of 2024. And let’s be clear about something: This is NOT your average “SEO in 2024” guide. We’ll cover the most important SEO trends, but also share our own opinions on them, and advise how to adapt. So if you’re looking to optimize your website in 2024, you’ll love this article. SEO: A Year in Review As we look back on 2023 there have been some important updates that will shape SEO strategies in 2024 and beyond.

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Google Ads updates gambling and games policy

Search Engine Land

The Google Ads gambling and games policy United States country-specifics has been updated. From January 4, the platform will accept and run ads for sports betting from state-approved entities in Delaware. Why we care. Eligible advertisers who want to run sports betting ads in Delaware will need to apply for accreditation. Certification. To obtain certification, follow these steps if you meet Google’s policy and country-specific requirements: Privately-licensed operators: If you are based in one

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How to Leverage Behavioral Science Insights for Direct Mail Success

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.