The CMO Survey

JANUARY 2, 2025

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CMO

Aspiration Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2024

As we all know, times have drastically changed with the introduction of the digital era. The capability of content writing is indeed a huge factor in establishing and customizing user interactions. Now, consumers prefer important links and solutions of high expertise instead of the old generic outreach, and this is where content marketing enters as a great strategic tool.

Content Marketing

yorCMO

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Build a loyal brand community with a fractional CMO. Gain insights, boost customer engagement, and drive growth with expert guidance. The post Can Your Brand Thrive Without a Tribe? appeared first on yorCMO.

Branding

Martech

DECEMBER 30, 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, its impossible to ignore the central theme that has shaped marketing and technology this year: artificial intelligence. From breathtaking advancements in generative models to bold proclamations about the agentic era, the year has been dominated by promises of transformation. And yet, for all the excitement, theres a significant gap between these bold visions and the day-to-day realities of most companies.

Transform

Speaker: Speakers:

Struggling to grow your B2B brand in an overcrowded market? Discover how partner marketing can transform your strategy, unlocking new opportunities for lead generation and ROI. What you'll gain: Craft collaborative campaigns that minimize conflicts and maximize ROI. Harness automation to streamline partner marketing efforts. Learn to gain and retain partner mind share with proven strategies.

Marketing Strategy

The Marketing Operations Leader

JANUARY 2, 2025

In this edition: Your Marketing Ops Career Guide for 2025 Marketing Tools Without Databases - Podcast Episode For Paid Subscribers: The Truth About Being More Strategic in Marketing Reminder! Join the Marketing Ops Interview Bootcamp for free on Jan 15. Imagine gaining 5 hours back each week. UTM.io makes tracking UTMs simple and efficient, so you can spend less time on admin tasks and more time optimizing campaigns.

Non-Profit

Customers.ai

JANUARY 3, 2025

Youve got traffic. Youve got products. But do you really know what your customers are thinking as they move from maybe to add to cart? For any marketer, understanding their journey is the key to doing the thing we all want to do – turning browsers into buyers and buyers into loyal fans. And its a must! Why? Because people arent just hopping on your site and making a purchase. 81% of shoppers research online before making a purchase.

Customer

Sprout Social

DECEMBER 31, 2024

It isnt uncommon for companies to receive hundreds of brand pitches in their social inbox from influencers and creators. Sprouts Influencer Marketing Report found that 93% of influencers say the quality of a brands existing content impacts whether they agree to collaborate. But what separates a perfect brand pitch from a bad one? How can you identify which influencers to partner with based on their outreach?

Branding

Lynton Web

JANUARY 2, 2025

We see it a lot. Your marketing department hands off leads that aren't ready for your sales team, and it causes tension within your company. You sometimes feel like you're wasting your sales team's time by passing off leads that aren't ready to buy. But at the same time, how do you actually know which of your prospects are genuinely ready to discuss with a sales representative and which are still in the beginning stages of the buyer's journey ?

Transform

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 30, 2024

It should come as no surprise that you need a strong online presence to grow your business. Search engine optimization (SEO) and social media are part of this puzzle because you can use them to connect with your audience. SEO enhances your website’s visibility on search engines, making it easier for your audience to find you. A viable social media strategy builds engagement and brand awareness across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, creating connections with potential cust

SEO

Speaker: Karen Swim, APR

Relevance is the currency of modern media relations—and personalization is how you earn it. In this new webinar with industry leader Karen Swim, APR, we'll explore proven strategies for precision targeting and crafting personalized pitches that resonate with journalists and build stronger relationships over time. You’ll also learn how to ensure your media lists are accurate and up to date, craft outreach that gets responses, and streamline your workflow without sacrificing quality.

Backlinko

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Google reviews play a huge role in a brands success. Especially positive reviews. That means its a good idea to think about how to get more Google reviews for your business. To illustrate why, lets go over some of the advantages. Benefits of Getting Google Reviews By collecting Google reviews, you can: Learn what customers think about you: This includes what they like and dislike about your business, so that you know whats working and what to improve on Increase visibility: Having more good Goog

User-Generated

Customers.ai

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Did you know that 98% of your website visitors leave without doing anything? No purchases, no sign-ups, just a blip in your traffic data. These anonymous visitors are potential customers, leads, and revenue streams just slipping away under the radar. And the kicker? Most marketers are so focused on the visible 2% that they ignore the massive untapped opportunity sitting right under their noses!

Key Performance Indicator

SocialPilot

DECEMBER 29, 2024

In today’s digital age, online reviews are no longer a nice-to-have; they’re a must-have for your business. Positive reviews can boost your brand’s credibility, attract new customers, and improve your search engine rankings. On the other hand, negative reviews can damage your brand’s reputation, deter potential customers, and even lead to lost revenue.

Management

Martech

JANUARY 2, 2025

Over the last year, the RMN space saw new in-store standards and solid growth. This is likely to continue. Here are a few ways we expect to see this dynamic space continue to mature. Growing in-store networks While retail media networks have gained some attention [in 2024], I believe their full potential remains largely untapped, said Melanie Babcock, Vice President, Orange Apron Media and monetization at The Home Depot.

Retail

Speaker: Steve Worthy, MBA

The rapid rise of AI-powered displays, touchless technology, and sensory marketing is reshaping the future of in-store engagement. Yet for many retail executives, the real challenge is not identifying new tools - it is knowing which signals to trust, which inputs to prioritize, and how to architect decisions that elevate in-store leadership rather than dilute it.

Retail

Backlinko

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Want to know why some plumbing businesses dominate Google’s first page while others struggle to get noticed? It’s not luck. These plumbing companies all focus on the same core SEO strategies. Take Deer Valley Plumbing Contractors, for instance. They appear in Googles 3-Pack when prospective customers in their area search for “plumbing company and other related keywords.

SEO

Customers.ai

JANUARY 2, 2025

Email marketing is like printing money when you get it right. On average, it brings in $42 for every $1 spent. But lets be realsending generic blasts to your entire list doesnt cut it. Thats where trigger-based email marketing comes in. Think of it as the perfect mix of timing, relevance, and automation. These emails arent random as theyre based on your customers actions (or inactions).

Email Marketing

Aspiration Marketing

JANUARY 2, 2025

Google's search algorithm is constantly evolving, and it can be tough to keep up with the latest ranking factors. One of the most important factors in today's content creation and SEO is EEAT: Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness. In this blog post, we'll focus on authoritativeness, what it means for your website, and how you can demonstrate it to Google to boost your search rankings.

SEO

SocialPilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

If you are among the 93% of consumers, you probably check the reviews before investing in a product or going to a restaurant. Online reviews are the new word of mouth that affects the purchase decisions of your target market consumers. Among many online review platforms, Google Reviews is a standout, attracting 73% of all online reviews. Google Reviews appear right alongside your business listing on Google, persuading potential customers even before they visit your website.

Management

Speaker: Hanan Polinovski, Events Manager and David Brown, Sr. Marketing & Events Lead

Are your events living up to expectations? Are you getting quality leads from your sponsorships? Have you ever wondered if that branded notebook actually makes an impact? Get ready to transform your event strategy! Join event marketing pros Hanan Polinovski from Printfection and David Brown from Bonusly for a fast-paced webinar about turning your event efforts into serious ROI.

Event Marketing

Martech

JANUARY 3, 2025

Marketing has traditionally served as the “guardian of the brand,” ensuring organizational consistency across all channels. AI creates brand assets at scale, offering speed and efficiency. However, it also introduces new risks. Here’s how it changes guardrails and governance and what to do about it. Guardrails vs. governance While closely related, guardrails and governance serve different but complementary functions in AI-powered marketing organizations.

Branding

Customers.ai

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Knowing who visits your website is a necessity that most people are missing out on. Why? Because we arent talking about surface-level data like traffic counts or bounce rates. Were talking about real insights. Were talking visitor data like age, location, interests, industries, behaviors, and more. The kind of information we used to get that takes your marketing from generic to laser-focused.

Price

Chief Martec

JANUARY 2, 2025

Welcome to 2025! It’ll be the Year of AI Agents in martech, in word and deed. Here’s what I think that means… From the moment there was more than one software product in a company’s tech stack, there’s been jockeying to determine who was boss. If the tech stack were an orchestra, which product would be the conductor? Whichever one directed the flow of data among apps and determined which function in which app was called when literally orchestrating the tech stack

Fashion

illumin

JANUARY 2, 2025

Technical advancements blur the lines between MarTech and AdTech so much that they the terms are used interchangeably. Martech(Marketing Technology) and Adtech(Advertising Technology) are distinct aspects of modern marketing that are differentiated and simultaneously overlap and complement each other. Heres how to spot the difference, and the applications of both.

CRM

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Brace yourself, B2B marketers. Your beloved SEO is getting a makeover, and its name is Language Model Optimization (LMO). What does that mean for your digital strategy? Join Jesse McFarland of SpearPoint Marketing on the next B2B Growth Show as we unravel the mystery and get you prepped for the next evolution in search. Here’s what you’ll walk away with: A clear breakdown of SEO vs.

SEO

Martech

JANUARY 2, 2025

Marketing teams make changes all the time. But to make big changes in marketing, like using your tech stack more effectively, decreasing your time to market or improving campaign outcomes, a concerted effort to communicate and deliver change is necessary. In a presentation at the Fall MarTech Conference , Melissa Reeve discussed the “middle-out” strategy, a way to drive successful change in marketing.

Management

Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Do you ever struggle to visualize your ideas or consolidate your thoughts in one place? I certainly have. As a marketer, generating numerous ideas for campaigns, collateral, and messaging is essential yet managing them can be challenging without proper documentation. Without a clear, organized visual for others to follow, communicating said ideas becomes even more difficult.

Transform

Social Media Examiner

JANUARY 2, 2025

Are you struggling to get your content seen on Facebook? Wondering how Meta's algorithm has changed? Learn the content formats, posting strategies, and engagement techniques that are driving organic reach on Facebook today. Why Facebook Still Matters for Marketers in 2025 Despite the rise of newer platforms, Facebook continues to hold its crown as the […] The post Facebook Content Strategy 2025: What’s Actually Working Right Now appeared first on Social Media Examiner.

Social Media Marketing

Lynton Web

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Running a business without a strategic customer journey in HubSpot is like navigating a ship without a compass. You might eventually reach your destination but waste valuable time and resources. The truth is that companies that master their customer journey in HubSpot aren't just seeing incremental improvements they're transforming how they operate.

Customer Journey

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CRM

Martech

JANUARY 2, 2025

There continues to be a lot of buzz around marketing performance optimization and testing. Justifiably so. Technology is helpful with this, of course, but its non-technical expertise that really makes a difference. I do a lot of performance testing with my clients, and I always follow scientific method. Heres a primer on scientific method, along with a deep dive into one of its core elements: hypotheses.

Performance Marketing

Sprout Social

DECEMBER 30, 2024

YouTube is the king of long-form video content, but YouTube Shorts is quickly entering the spotlight. With 70 billion views a day and counting, Shorts are becoming a go-to choice for creators and brands to connect with their audiences through short-form video. Interested in creating more YouTube Shorts but not sure where to start? Dont worry. Weve got you covered.

Branding

DirectMail2.0

DECEMBER 31, 2024

In this new interview series, Payton chats with industry leaders in printing and mailing to uncover trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the future of direct mail marketing. Episode 1 features Christiana Trenum of Planet Direct Mail in Manassas, Virginia. She shares her thoughts on how the print industry has evolved in recent years, the growing demand for sustainability, the role of artificial intelligence in the future of direct mail, and much more!

Direct Mail