CMO Network

JUNE 22, 2023

The 2023 Forbes CMO Hall of Fame recognizes those chief marketing officers whose influence stands the test of time.

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Search Engine Land

JUNE 20, 2023

Google Ads continues to be one of the most important platforms for businesses of all sizes and scales. But with constant updates, increasing automation and the loss of many “traditional” control levers, finding the right balance between investment and returns can be incredibly difficult. At SMX Advanced , Sam Tomlinson , executive vice president at marketing communications agency Warschawski, explained that marketers need to figure out how to work alongside AI and help them do better R

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Businesses Grow

JUNE 19, 2023

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been nine years since I wrote a well-known blog post called Content Shock. For the uninitiated, this post predicted that when business niches overflow with useful, high-quality content, a never-ending content arms race results. For many businesses, competing would become increasingly expensive, and content marketing would not be a sustainable strategy.

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Aspiration Marketing

JUNE 22, 2023

Are you looking to enhance your marketing skills and stay ahead in today's competitive landscape? Modern business requires continuous learning for professional growth, but traditional certification courses can be costly and time-consuming. That's where HubSpot Academy comes in. Marketers of all levels can access a wealth of knowledge and opportunities to enhance their marketing expertise for free, whether they are marketing managers or marketing automation engineers seeking to fine-tune their sk

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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.

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Martech

JUNE 21, 2023

Picture this. You’ve just hit the “publish” button on your company’s latest blog post. A masterpiece, full of trend analyses, punchy insights and actionable takeaways. Once upon a time, you might have sat back, fingers crossed, hoping your precious piece would somehow tumble into the great wide world of cyberspace. But let’s face it — the “publish and pray” era of content marketing is long gone.

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Kevin Indig

JUNE 19, 2023

Almost every website now uses JavaScript. While it's really handy for UX, it can harm your SEO! The challenge is you don't see JS problems. The page might look fine but the problem can exist! How to find and fix harmful JS issues? One option is using Chrome Developers Tools. OR: JetOctopus JS Tools - the most advanced JS crawler for pro users.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 19, 2023

You’re probably not operating your business inside a protective bubble. At least, we don’t think you are. (If you’ve found the secret, please let us know! ) More than ever, you’re constantly competing against others for attention and eventual sales. Winning the battle means developing a solid strategy and tactics in operations and marketing. However, your competitors aren’t going to openly spill their secrets for success.

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Chief Martec

JUNE 19, 2023

Lately, I’ve been excitedly talking about “composability” as a major new trend in martech (and business technology in general). But in the absence of defining it more precisely, the term has triggered some confusion and debate about what is or isn’t technically feasible today. So let’s rectify that. In the most broad sense, composability is simply the ability to combine things together.

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Search Engine Land

JUNE 21, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a well-known technology in SEO , as it’s been used by Google for years to power its search engine. Recently, major companies like Google, Bing, Adobe, Meta, and Apple have recognized the changing consumer behavior and started embracing AI as a central focus. AI and machine learning (ML) now play a vital role in their core product offerings.

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Ann Handley

JUNE 17, 2023

Source: Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash A version of this story appeared in Total Annarchy, my fortnightly newsletter that helps you be a better writer, storyteller, marketer. Get it in your inbox ; you’ll love it. * * * My friend Paul shared his out-of-office email with me. ChatGPT4 had written it. The prompt Paul gave ChatGPT4: “Write me a clever out-of-office email that explains I’m going to be slow to reply to emails because I’m traveling for a series of talks about artificial

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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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Aspiration Marketing

JUNE 21, 2023

Are you struggling to re-engage with potential customers who have abandoned your website or cart? Do you want to increase your conversion rates and boost your online sales? If so, consider using AI-powered retargeting in your online marketing strategy. AI-powered retargeting allows you to identify and target abandoned leads and customers with personalized ads that are more likely to convert them into buyers.

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Hubspot Marketing

JUNE 23, 2023

There's a lot of material out there about writing a great headline. But what about writing a good introduction sentence? Compelling readers to read the article is an art form in itself. And if you don't do it well, you're missing out on potential subscribers, leads, and customers. In this post, we'll share how to write powerful introductions that turn casual browsers into readers.

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Litmus

JUNE 23, 2023

Did you know there is a preview text hack you can use to make the most of this valuable email real estate? Because your email’s preview text in the inbox shows at least as many characters as your subject line —(and in some cases, much more) it can be difficult to optimize. That’s because email clients always pull in enough characters to fill all available preview text space (up to 5 lines).

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 22, 2023

SEO optimization goes far beyond keywords and meta tags. Try these five ideas to structure your content for better visibility, more traffic, and winning positions on search engine result pages.

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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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Aspiration Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

In the vast online universe, a powerful Content Management System (CMS) can be your guiding star. Enter the HubSpot CMS Hub—a game-changing system designed to solve your digital woes and maximize online success. It's the launchpad for creating, managing, and optimizing captivating websites that propel your brand to new galaxies of success. Here's everything you need to know about the HubSpot CMS Hub.

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Hubspot Marketing

JUNE 21, 2023

It's no secret that live streaming has taken off in a major way — eMarketer predicts there will be 164.4 million live video viewers in 2023. ; Facebook Live is the second-most popular live stream video platform in the U.S., and it's a valuable tool for forging an authentic and valuable connection with audiences. In this post, we'll walk through: In this post, we'll walk through: What is Facebook Live?

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Businesses Grow

JUNE 22, 2023

15 of the 36 people who wrote “The Most Amazing Marketing Book Ever” The general premise of content marketing is simple: Create content that is so compelling, interesting, entertaining, and/or useful that it attracts relevant customers. If you do that consistently over a period of time, you can build an audience or base of fans that might support your business, non-profit, university, or whatever organization you have.

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David Meerman Scott

JUNE 21, 2023

For decades, marketers have been the experts. We marketing people use our experience and creativity to make decisions. This reality isn’t going away! In fact, I think the new world of AI makes our work even more important, because we must always recognize the limitations of machines.

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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.

Buffer Marketing

JUNE 19, 2023

There’s been much ado about AI lately, especially since ChatGPT was released to the public in November 2022. Since then, we’ve seen an influx of thoughts and tools around the topic and the use of AI. We like AI here at Buffer – we’ve even launched an AI Assistant to help our audience create content better and faster. However, we understand its limitations, especially when it comes to creation, better than most.

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Hubspot Marketing

JUNE 19, 2023

If you run a website, then you've likely spent time creating and optimizing a marketing strategy to drive traffic to your website. But how many visitors should you aim for your website to get? To answer that question, you will need to complete the following steps: determine how many visitors are typical to websites in your industry determine how many visitors are "good" for websites in your industry establish a goal based on variables like industry, size, and user experience and create an action

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Unbounce

JUNE 23, 2023

Here’s a question that pretty much every marketer is pondering (and maybe losing some sleep over): What does the future hold for marketing in a world of AI tools ? You don’t need to polish your crystal ball, drop some tea leaves into a cup, or power up the flux capacitor in your DeLorean to find out. (Although that last one would be awesome. ) To look into the future of AI marketing , all you gotta do is open up your podcast player and listen to the second episode of Unprompted , where we ask th

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Martech

JUNE 22, 2023

Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a four-part series on how AI will be infused into marketing automation platforms. Part 1, AI marketing automation: How it works and why marketers should care, is here. For much of 2023, the AI hype has focused on generative AI content use cases (copy, image, video). Some still question generative AI’s ultimate impact, but the mainstream adoption indicates that much of the focus on content-focused capabilities is warranted.

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Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service

Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.

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Buffer Marketing

JUNE 21, 2023

YouTube is a staple in the global cultural landscape – parents use it to keep their kids occupied, students use it to learn, and millions use it for entertainment, information, and everything in between. But one thing that is often a mystery is discovery – how do people get the content they do? Why does certain content go viral seemingly overnight?

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Hubspot Marketing

JUNE 23, 2023

Email marketing remains crucial to most marketing campaigns. However, not every marketer knows how to write a marketing email that will boost conversions and audience retention. If your marketing emails aren't well-written, your subscribers will stop opening and start deleting your messages. This article will break down best practices for an effective email that will boost your next lead-nurturing campaign. 10 Email Copywriting Tips for Writing Better Marketing Emails We'll start with copywritin

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Search Engine Land

JUNE 23, 2023

We want more quality content for our websites, but it’s difficult to produce enough. So how can we scale the content creation process, especially for ecommerce sites with plenty of products? If you were to pay for a copywriter to produce thousands of product snippets from scratch, you’d likely be out of pocket pretty quickly. What if you pay for 1,000 new product descriptions, but only half of those products live one month later?

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Martech

JUNE 20, 2023

“There is no sustainable use case for evil AI.” That was how Dr. Rob Walker, an accredited artificial intelligence expert and Pega’s VP of decisioning and analytics, summarized a roundtable discussion of rogue AI at the PegaWorld iNspire conference last week. He had explained the difference between opaque and transparent algorithms.

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 21, 2023

Third-party sources can elevate content with diverse viewpoints, examples, and experiences. In turn, your audience is more likely to recognize your brand as a publisher, not just a vendor. Here’s how to do that.

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Hubspot Marketing

JUNE 19, 2023

Videos are integral to any marketing campaign; however, they can be tedious and difficult to create if you aren't savvy with editing or are short on time. Fortunately, you can leverage many AI video generators to streamline your video production and create content that engages your audience. This article will explore 11 different platforms, their features, and how you can best use them in your next video marketing campaign.

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Hootsuite

JUNE 21, 2023

Ever seen a trendy TikTok username that you wished was yours? Coming up with creative and catchy TikTok username ideas can be a brain-breaker. You want to be funny, cute, witty, smart, daring, cool, and edgy all at the same time. Lucky for you, our new TikTok username generator is here to help you conjure the perfect username for your TikTok account.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2023

Automated marketing has been exploding across industries in recent years. Experts expect these tools to boost the global gross domestic product by up to 14% by 2030. Still, there’s a lot of talk about automated tools failing to create authentic experiences. Is diving into marketing automation worth the investment? We’ve got the answers here. Discover everything you need to know about getting started with automated marketing.

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