Hubspot Marketing

JULY 24, 2023

Good things happen when you create killer calls-to-action. I would even argue that your website can't be successful unless you produce great calls-to-action. The ideal CTA, however, isn't always easy to think of. Sometimes, you need a little nudge in the right direction. If you're sick of "click now" CTAs that aren't working, improve your game with these  surefire call-to-action formulas. 1.

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Buffer Marketing

JULY 24, 2023

Ever scrolled through TikTok and wondered why certain videos gain meteoric popularity while others, seemingly of equal quality, barely get a glance? The answer isn't just in the dance moves or catchy tunes. It's in the mysterious underpinnings of the TikTok algorithm. The uncannily accurate recommendations are powered by an algorithm that delivers hyper-relevant content that’ll make you wonder if they’re tracking you.

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Content Marketing Institute

JULY 26, 2023

The days of the basic marketing funnel are over. Adding an overlay of empathy lets you walk with your prospects on their never-quite-linear journey. And that’s when you’ll start seeing real, long-term relationships.

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Martech

JULY 25, 2023

In a content-driven era, marketers continue to revolutionize themselves, creating a vibrant spectrum of stories that need to be told. Every day, content creators, social media managers and industry professionals spend significant resources on generating unique, high-quality content to attract, engage and inspire. Yet, as the volume of content grows, the challenge of managing these diverse assets effectively becomes increasingly critical.

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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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Digital Marketer

JULY 24, 2023

In 2023, the renowned toy company Mattel , famous for creating the iconic Barbie doll , faced challenging times amidst a competitive market. However, a recent development has the potential to reshape the company’s trajectory and revitalize its brand presence: the release of the much-anticipated Barbie movie. This article explores how this cinematic venture has impacted Mattel’s stock performance and discusses the potential implications it may have for the company’s survival.

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Search Engine Land

JULY 24, 2023

Content marketing is crucial for brand awareness and engagement in the digital landscape. Generating compelling ideas consistently can be daunting, but generative AI like ChatGPT offers solutions. This article explores top AI tips to boost your content marketing efforts. What is an AI prompt? AI prompts are any type of text, data, or question that tells the AI the desired response you seek.

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Hubspot Marketing

JULY 26, 2023

Earlier this month, Kim Kardashian’s apparel company Skims made headlines after closing a $270 million fundraising round, reaching a valuation of $4 billion. In a business climate where VCs are pulling back investment from direct-to-consumer brands, this accomplishment is quite the feat for a four-year-old business. Skims initially launched in 2019, offering shapewear and intimates.

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Martech

JULY 25, 2023

Marketing work management platforms help marketing leaders and their teams structure their day-to-day work to meet their goals on deadline and within budget constraints, all while managing resources and facilitating communication and collaboration. Functions may include task assignments, time tracking, budgeting, team communication and file sharing, among others.

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Businesses Grow

JULY 24, 2023

Today I present a trove of little topics that are too short for a full blog post but too important to ignore. A radical idea about AI and marketing Obviously, AI is here. It’s the new gold rush, setting off feverish activities in every corner of the marketing world. And, there is a lot of debate about marketers learning these tools and new skillsets.

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Aspiration Marketing

JULY 26, 2023

Are your employer's branding efforts yielding the desired results? If you're unsure, fear not because you're in the right place. Understanding how others perceive your company and how that perception impacts your overall success is crucial. Your employer brand affects the team members you hire and the companies that choose to work with you. That's why it's essential to measure the success of your branding efforts.

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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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Sprout Social

JULY 25, 2023

Brands need the context social media metrics provide to meet today’s dynamic consumer space and take their business to the next level. That’s why leaders from more than 700 companies surveyed in the 2023 State of Social Media Report revealed that 85% of their business decisions were strongly informed by social data and insights. And 56% claimed they soon planned to invest more resources in social media data analysis.

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Martech

JULY 28, 2023

The data privacy landscape is changing rapidly, driven by legislation like GDPR and CPRA , plus consumer pressure on big tech companies. Marketers can no longer use personal data without restrictions. This affects not only digital advertisers but also email marketers. Here’s how these changes impact email marketing, including open rates, and why measuring direct engagement is crucial for success.

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Search Engine Land

JULY 27, 2023

“Broad match gives you the most relevant reach and conversions within your performance goals.” – Google Marketing Live 2023 This is how Google describes broad match in their Google Marketing Live 2023 recap. Wait, what? Broad match gives the most relevant reach? PPC marketers know it inherently can’t be the most relevant – or at least that was the conversation within our team at the time.

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Aspiration Marketing

JULY 25, 2023

Are you a marketer or customer service manager looking to enhance your customer service skills? In today's competitive business landscape, delivering exceptional customer experiences has become crucial to successful customer management and retention strategies. Fortunately, HubSpot Academy makes obtaining and improving these skills easier than ever.

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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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Sprout Social

JULY 27, 2023

Static images are as fundamental to social media as the hashtag or the like button. Static image posts revolutionized the way we share images online—from creating a culture of selfies, memes and compulsory food photography to reimagining how brands could relate to audiences. The rapid rise of short-form video content eclipsed static posts in early 2020, when TikTok and Reels took over popular culture—but now we’re wondering if static posts are making a comeback with Instagram returning to its ph

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Martech

JULY 28, 2023

The big tech companies’ earnings reports this week showed mixed results in digital ad revenues. Meta had double-digit growth in the second quarter of 2023, while Microsoft and Alphabet were both close to flat. Meta The winner. Meta’s ad revenue increased 12% to $31.5 billion YoY, beating analyst expectations and returning it to double-digit growth for the first time since 2021.

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Buffer Marketing

JULY 27, 2023

🤔 Question : I want to improve the quality of my social media content, but the most popular advice is to create high-quality content to satisfy Google and other search engines. What advice do you have for consistently generating high-quality content for social media? Or better yet, how do I improve the quality of my content? This is a question I often have to ask myself: how do I create (and improve) high-quality content?

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Rock Content

JULY 28, 2023

In today’s fast-paced and highly competitive digital landscape, capturing and retaining the attention of your target audience is no small feat. One approach that has proven to be highly effective is the use of interactivity. In fact, 79% of marketers surveyed by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI), stated that interactive content improves messaging retention.

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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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Scoop.it!

JULY 27, 2023

Are you looking for new ways to build leads and high-value customers for your healthcare brand? You’re in luck. By creating a demand generation and lead generation strategy, you can attract aligned prospects, increase your lead list, and create meaningful patient relationships. But how exactly do you create a demand gen and lead gen strategy? Simple.

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Martech

JULY 27, 2023

Before we get to this week’s round-up of AI-powered martech platforms, solutions and features, here’s an interesting survey about marketers and AI. Even though marketers have doubts about its output and accuracy, 72% use AI tools at least once a month, according to a new survey. The survey by Basis Technologies was done in July 2023 and had more than 200 respondents from agencies, brands and publishers.

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Buffer Marketing

JULY 26, 2023

For one week in July this year, the full Buffer team did something rather unconventional. All 80 of us paused our day-to-day work, cleared our calendars, and dedicated a whole week to projects outside of our usual tasks. It’s Buffer’s annual Build Week. Why did we do this? At Buffer, we believe that the most exceptional ideas often emerge from outside the confines of conventional work structures.

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Content Marketing Institute

JULY 27, 2023

Accuracy mattered before AI-generated content, and it still matters today. Use this checklist to ensure the accuracy of all your content – whether it originates from a human or an algorithm.

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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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Hootsuite

JULY 26, 2023

Instagram is constantly pushing the boundaries of what a photo-sharing app can be. This social network is a multi-talented queen: Sure, you can throw a cool filter on a photo, but thanks to Instagram’s many native features, you can also edit videos, buy your mom’s birthday present, start an annoying group chat, see all of the posts you’ve liked (ever), video call your coworker, start a flame war via quiz sticker, and more.

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Martech

JULY 27, 2023

CabinetM has released its Q2 2023 MarTech Innovation Report, a quarterly summary of new technology introductions, feature updates and acquisitions. Key findings. In Q2 2023, there were 128 new product announcements, an uptick from previous quarters driven partly by new AI tools. Investment in martech companies was spread across 24 categories and decreased from $13.2 billion in Q1 2023 to $3.1 billion in Q2.

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Buffer Marketing

JULY 25, 2023

Newsletters, as we know them, have been around for a really long time (even longer if you think back to pre-email times). They’ve also been a mainstay of the Internet since its inception. Newsletters have become a major content format among creators, partly due to their appeal to targeted interest groups and because email is the next best thing to social media for reaching audiences.

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Search Engine Land

JULY 25, 2023

Google is rolling out two new upgrades to Performance Max. Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) and Google Display Ads (GDA) campaign upgrades are now available to all advertisers. Opting in is voluntary. If you decide to upgrade, you can do so via a self-serve tool that will appear in their accounts. A new, separate PMax campaign will be created for each upgraded campaign, using a combination of settings and learnings from existing campaigns to maintain consistent performance, Google said.

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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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Hootsuite

JULY 25, 2023

Have you been using ChatGPT prompts for marketing? If not, now is the time to start. ChatGPT helps marketers brainstorm ideas faster, make decisions quicker, and increase productivity within their day-to-day workflow. But, if you’re unfamiliar with ChatGPT’s conversational AI model , you may not be sure what kind of questions and commands will get the most out of your chatbot.

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Martech

JULY 27, 2023

In this new series, we dig deeper into the stories of our expert contributors. This interview has been edited for clarity and length. Jen Bergren has been breaking down HubSpot releases for us since May 2022. As head of operations at a HubSpot RevOps and WebOps agency and a teacher at the HubSpot Academy, she’s the ideal person to explain HubSpot innovations in a language everyone can understand.

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Use Insider

JULY 28, 2023

Omnichannel vs multichannel vs cross-channel: What’s the difference? Across different theories of marketing, the terms omnichannel , multichannel , and cross-channel marketing are often used interchangeably. After all, these strategies all involve multiple channels meant to acquire, engage , and retain customers. Here’s the difference in how they’re connected: In multichannel marketing , all the communication channels work in isolation with no connection between any of them.

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Social Media Examiner

JULY 27, 2023

Want to convert more followers on Instagram? Wondering how Stories can help you close more business? In this article, you’ll discover how to convert with Instagram Stories. What Makes Instagram Stories So Effective? Instagram has a long list of features and formats that are great for social media marketers. But Stories has some unique aspects […] The post Instagram Stories: Creation to Conversion for Marketers appeared first on Social Media Examiner.

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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.

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