Sat.Sep 25, 2021 - Fri.Oct 01, 2021

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Want to Buy TikTok Followers? Here’s What Happens When You Do

Hootsuite

Thinking about buying TikTok followers ? I get it. In this instant-gratification world, of course it’s tempting to buy the metrics you want. If we as a society have developed the technology to order a pizza with an emoji on Twitter , why shouldn’t I be able to become TikTok famous with the click of a button? Organic growth just takes so much time and you want a nice juicy follower list nowwwww !

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6 Kinds of Action Words Your Content Marketing Needs

Marketing Insider Group

If your brand is earning tons of web traffic but seems lean on conversions, you might need more action words in your content marketing. Action words turn consumers from simple readers of your content into engaged potential customers. So how do you start using them? If you’re publishing content, you probably already are, but maybe not optimally. We’ve put together a handy guide that covers: How you can use action words strategically.

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How to Build Social Commerce into Your Influencer Program

Traackr

We share essential social commerce best practices from influencer partnerships, to budget optimization, to measurement, and more.

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Content Marketers Share Their Best Networking Tips for In-Person and Virtual Events

Content Marketing Institute

Conferences – in person or virtual – can present great opportunities to network. But it doesn’t come naturally to many. Here’s some help to overcome those networking jitters, whether you’re remote or gathered with others. Continue reading → The post Content Marketers Share Their Best Networking Tips for In-Person and Virtual Events appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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16 Ways to Promote Your “Boring” Brand or Product on Social Media

Hootsuite

Twenty years ago, if you said you worked in robo-advising, direct-to-consumer optometry, or mattress sales, you would probably be the least popular person at a dinner party. No offense but: booooring! Who invited you!? Get out! But things have changed: some of today’s hottest brands are centered around traditionally “boring” industries. Wealthsimple, Warby Parker and Casper (who trade in — you guessed it — robo-advising, direct-to-consumer optometry and mattress sales) produce some of social med

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How to Create & Execute a Digital Content Strategy

Marketing Insider Group

Your digital content strategy is the key to driving some of your biggest success factors: organic web traffic, brand awareness, lead generation, and ultimately sales. The thing is, there’s a lot to consider when it comes to actually creating your strategy. Content, audience, schedules, channels, KPIs — where do you even start? Our advice: take it one step at a time.

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7 ‘Secrets’ of Award-Winning B2B and B2C Content Marketing Programs

Content Marketing Institute

We asked 2021 Content Marketer of the Year finalists for a peek behind the curtain of what makes their content marketing programs successful. Here are their seven tips. Continue reading → The post 7 ‘Secrets’ of Award-Winning B2B and B2C Content Marketing Programs appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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How to get more views on YouTube: 11 tips that actually work

Sprout Social

Trying to figure out how to get more views on YouTube? Hey, you’re not alone. Brands and creators often struggle for viewers’ attention when they’re in the early stages of channel growth. But boasting over a billion collective hours of content viewed per day, recent YouTube statistics signal that there’s plenty of attention to go around on the platform.

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Digital Marketing – What Are The Top Goals And Challenges?

Marketing Insider Group

Digital marketing goals and challenges – every business has them. Meeting those goals and overcoming those challenges is critical to achieving ROI from your efforts. The goals we’ve set for our Digital Marketing programs also change constantly, depending on internal and external factors. Flexibility around these is critical to navigating your way and driving results.

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How to Use Transcription Services to Repurpose Your Content

Neil Patel

Keeping your audience engaged with your content is a full-time job in itself. You must constantly evaluate your current content’s engagement metrics while also anticipating the needs of your growing audience. With this in mind, new and updated content is crucial to any successful digital marketer’s strategy. How can you generate new content without spending more time than you have available?

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Prospect, Personalize, Profit: The New Way Sales & Marketing Teams Are Aligning with AI

Speaker: Kevin Burke, Founder & Managing Director at Digital One and AI & Automation Consultant

AI and automation are currently transforming the way sales and marketing teams operate. Generative AI crafts personalized outreach at scale, while conversational AI bots are engaging prospects in real time. Robotic process automation streamlines manual workflows by triggering tasks the moment a prospect takes a key action, and advanced AI analytics surface hidden patterns in the pipeline, improve forecasting, and help teams make data-driven decisions with confidence.

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3 Hot Takeaways: Delicious Content Ideas Inspired by Media Brands

Content Marketing Institute

Media brands serve up hot takeaways for B2C and B2C content marketers. What can you learn from ESPN crowing about a rooster? A popular food show expanding across platforms? A travel magazine marking its relaunch with a web series? We share our take. Continue reading → The post 3 Hot Takeaways: Delicious Content Ideas Inspired by Media Brands appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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YouTube Shorts: An Introductory Guide via @sejournal, @gregjarboe

Search Engine Journal

YouTube's quick and entertaining video format did very well in its first year. Here's everything you need to know about YouTube Shorts. The post YouTube Shorts: An Introductory Guide appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Using psychology and better data practices to get customers closer to purchase

Martech

With limited resources, marketers need every edge they can get, including psychology, to get customers closer to purchase. “All [marketers] are using several different channels, platforms, solutions and tools to track assets, campaigns, user and customer data, performance data, etc.,” said Megan Sangha, Senior Product Marketing Manager for workflow management company Wrike, in her talk at our recent MarTech conference.

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How to measure employee advocacy at every stage of your program

Sprout Social

You’ve shared your content through the proper internal channels. You’re seeing more employee posts on LinkedIn and Twitter. Overall, your employee advocacy program seems to be performing well. But can you prove it? To accurately measure employee advocacy initiatives, you need to have a clear goal in mind. Whether your needs lie in brand awareness, human resources or sales, employee advocates can play a vital role in achieving business objectives.

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Neuroscience of B2B Buyer Behavior: Strategies for Influencing Buyer Choices

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Ever wonder what really makes B2B buyers tick? Spoiler alert: it’s not just logic. Join us for our next session of the B2B Growth Show, "Neuroscience of B2B Buyer Behavior: Strategies for Influencing Buyer Choices" with Grant C. Gooding, where science meets strategy. You'll get the insider scoop on how emotions secretly drive decisions and how you can tap into them to win buyers over.

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LinkedIn Marketing Fundamentals Study Guide

Calvyn Lee Blog

I have completed both LinkedIn Marketing Fundamentals and LinkedIn Marketing Strategy 2 months ago. I wish you share with you some study guide for this 2 LinkedIn certification. For LinkedIn Marketing Fundamentals, it contains 3 topics. Introduction to LinkedIn Ads (45 minute). Using LinkedIn’s Ad Targeting (45 minute). Reporting and Analytics for LinkedIn Ads (45 minute).

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Breadcrumb Navigation: Is It a Google Ranking Factor? via @sejournal, @A_Ninofranco

Search Engine Journal

Breadcrumbs help provide positive user experiences to website visitors and reinforce site structure for search engines. Is it a ranking factor? The post Breadcrumb Navigation: Is It a Google Ranking Factor? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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What do marketing attribution and predictive analytics tools do?

Martech

Marketing attribution and predictive analytics platforms are software that employ sophisticated statistical modeling and machine learning to evaluate the impact of each marketing touch a buyer encounters along a purchase journey across all channels, with the goal of helping marketers allocate future spending. Platforms with predictive analytics capabilities also use data, statistical algorithms and machine learning to predict future outcomes based on historical data and scenario building.

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Selling on Instagram: Everything you need to know

Sprout Social

Businesses shouldn’t be shy about selling on Instagram anymore. Instagram is booming for brands right now. The Sprout Social Index 2021™, UK & Ireland report found 54% of UK consumers use Instagram. Social commerce is on the rise too, with 63% buying from social in the last year. And as noted in our guide to marketing in Gen Z, younger consumers rely on Instagram to discover, research and share new products.

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Unlocking the Power of Martech for the Non-Technical Marketing Leader

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Are you struggling to highlight your impact and showcase the results of your team’s marketing efforts? Do you find it challenging to build more effective campaigns that drive meaningful results? The key may lie in unlocking the power of marketing technology (martech)—but as a non-technical marketing leader, navigating this landscape can feel daunting.

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Secondary Goals: Track These GA Events If You’re Doing A/B Testing

Neil Patel

A/B testing is brilliant. It lets you compare two or more versions of the same page element, paid ad, or another variable to see which one performs the best. In other words, it’s a key way to improve your content, increase user engagement, and boost conversion rates across your site. What’s not to like? Additionally, with A/B testing, the results are clear and speak for themselves.

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YouTube Introduces ‘Typical Audience Retention’ Data via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Search Engine Journal

YouTube is changing the way it reports on audience retention to make it easier for creators to understand what's working and what's not. The post YouTube Introduces ‘Typical Audience Retention’ Data appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Google delays the timeline for testing FLoC

Martech

FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts) has faced a series of hurdles over the last few months, from a U.K. regulatory requirement that Google not discriminate against its rivals in favor of its own advertising business to internal discussions revealing that a consensus on tracking cohorts (as opposed to, say, topics) has yet to be reached. Google had already backed up the deprecation of third-party cookies until 2023, but now the testing of FLoC itself — Google’s favored alternative which wo

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How’d You Make That Flipping Awesome B2C Content for AARP?

Content Marketing Institute

AARP targets a huge audience – people in the United States over 50. But that doesn’t mean they don’t focus on niches too. The editor-in-chief of Sisters From AARP (and 2021 B2C Content Marketer of the Year) shares how they do it. Continue reading → The post How’d You Make That Flipping Awesome B2C Content for AARP? appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Need a dose of inspiration for 2022 planning? Join us at our next digital event

Sprout Social

The social media landscape is brimming with potential. Over the past year, changes in consumer preferences drove innovation from both platforms and brands alike, revamping the field for leaders across industries. As we close out 2021 and start planning for 2022, now is the time to step back, reflect and find the inspiration you need to bring your team into the new year.

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Choosing Your SEO Agency’s Rank Tracker: 4 Key Questions to Ask via @sejournal, @seomonitor

Search Engine Journal

Agencies need a reliable rank tracker to carry out successful SEO campaigns. Consider these points when choosing the right tool for your needs. The post Choosing Your SEO Agency’s Rank Tracker: 4 Key Questions to Ask appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Value data privacy to build customer trust

Martech

Privacy and consent are more important than ever in digital marketing since the advent of GDPR and CCPA, leading marketers at today’s biggest brands to change how they interact with customers. “You’ll see Apple is using this as a brand value differentiator there. And it’s not just Apple, it’s Google, it’s Facebook, everybody is working towards initiatives around privacy controls and other use cases within the browsers,” said Arshdeep Sood, Marketing Solutions

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How’d You Make That Flipping Awesome B2B Content for Salesforce?

Content Marketing Institute

How did Salesforce go from pausing all marketing to launching an award-winning content initiative just weeks into the pandemic? It wasn’t easy, but a fortuitously timed content revolution paved the way. Read the inspiring behind-the-scenes story. Continue reading → The post How’d You Make That Flipping Awesome B2B Content for Salesforce? appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Making the Moment: The Art of Creating Events That Drive Results

Speaker: Aja Bradley Kemp, Founder & Chief Experience Officer at Conversate Collective

In a world where every brand is vying for attention, how do you make your events stand out? ✨ From creative swag strategies to immersive brand experiences, the key lies in fostering real connections that inspire action and leave a lasting impression. Whether you're planning a large-scale conference or an exclusive executive gathering, this session will explore how to elevate event engagement, strengthen brand perception, and maximize ROI.

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How to Streamline PHP for SEO

Neil Patel

There’s a lot of misconceptions about PHP for SEO. Many people don’t understand it, what it is, how we use it, and how it impacts our SEO. The good news is that you don’t likely have much to worry about. PHP can make your website better for SEO and better for your users. The key is to know how to use it properly and what pitfalls to look out for. The goal of this guide is to help you better understand how PHP relates to SEO and how to use it to your advantage.

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Google Answers if Links or Content Determine E-A-T Scores via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Search Engine Journal

Google's John Mueller speaks frankly on the topic of using E-A-T as an SEO or technical factor The post Google Answers if Links or Content Determine E-A-T Scores appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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How to become a B2B influencer on LinkedIn

Martech

Adopting a soft sales technique on LinkedIn can grow your network, and ultimately sales, according to Darryl Praill, CRO for sales engagement software company VanillaSoft. “You’ve got your marketing or your sales list of people you’re trying to target,” Praill said, “but that’s just the people you know of. The fact is there’s thousands of people out there who could buy your products or services, or influence the purchase of your products or services.”.

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Email Deliverability Remediation: 6 Ways to Avoid Getting Burned

Litmus

Brands tend not to spend much time thinking about their deliverability until it’s an inferno and many of their emails are being blocked. Faced with huge losses of revenue and engagement, brands then race to assemble an email remediation plan and try to do the right things to get back in the good graces of inbox providers and blocklist operators. Learn from your peers who neglected their email lists and infrastructure and watched them go up in flames.

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The AI Revolution: Why B2B Buyers Expect More than Just a Website

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Discover why a traditional website is no longer enough to meet B2B buyer expectations in our must-attend session of The B2B Growth Show, The AI Revolution: Why B2B Buyers Expect More Than Just a Website. Learn how cutting-edge AI tools can transform your B2B website into a results-driven powerhouse that delivers the right message to the right visitor, every time.