Trade Press Services Newsletter

JANUARY 9, 2025

2025 is here, and the landscape of B2B marketing continues to evolve at breakneck speed. Rapid technological advancements, intense shifts in consumer behavior, and trends like personalization make it difficult for marketers to keep up. A documented strategy is foundational to marketing success.

Marketing Plan

Hubspot Marketing

JULY 12, 2024

Having a hard time finding clear info on community management tools? Community management” covers a wide range of jobs, and they’re not going to have the same software needs. I chatted with a range of community management veterans from Square, Pocket CCO, and our very own Community Strategy & Operations team.

Management

Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The role was a management position and carried strategic responsibility for marketing, communications and PR — all things I was excited about. I didn’t know it yet, but I was about to take a crash course in event marketing. Because the goals fall under marketing, the responsibility typically falls to the marketing team.

Event Marketing

SocialPilot

DECEMBER 29, 2024

This means that active online review management can help you build trust with potential customers, improve your search engine rankings, identify areas for improvement, and increase customer loyalty. Why is Online Review Management Important? Let us look at some powerful reasons behind why online reviews management is important: 1.

Management

Martech

AUGUST 26, 2024

Like just about everything in marketing, B2B marketing is changing — and fast. So, we marketers need to get on board. Interestingly, this change in buying behavior has major implications for the role of the marketing function in the firm. Could be that marketing will enjoy an increase in power and influence in B2B?

eCommerce

Martech

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The growing skill gap in marketing Having spent two decades teaching digital strategy at New York University’s School of Professional Studies, I witnessed firsthand the intense drive professionals have to develop emerging skills. It demands that marketing teams consistently have the right skills.

Marketing

Scoop.it!

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Content marketing can be extremely effective at putting your professional services brand on the map. But here’s the deal: exceptional content marketing success is only possible if you employ a strategic approach. In many cases, this means doing the groundwork that will create and reinforce the market for your service.

Marketing Strategy

Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Either way, it seems like all of our favorite channels are actively competing for gold, which presents quite the range of social media marketing challenges for us. In fact, our latest social trends report shows that they’ve manifested into the biggest challenges social media marketers are facing this year. Is it Instagram?

Social Media Marketing

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. Try UTM.io

Non-Profit

Backlinko

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

What are the 4 Ps of marketing? For over 60 years, these four elements have been the cornerstone of many successful marketing strategies. Well, they’re the backbone of every successful marketing strategy. Mastering these four elements is what separates good marketing from great marketing. Absolutely. But it was E.

Price

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Facebook analytics also enables social media marketers to dive deeper into content performance and engagement to see what’s working and what isn’t. For social media marketers, Facebook monitoring allows you to keep a pulse check on your brand. Do you have a large social media marketing team? Want to increase productivity?

Analytics

Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Those companies did below the line (BTL) marketing right. Email marketing, direct mail, events — below the line marketing includes these and similar targeted tactics to convince and convert buyers. Table of Contents What is below the line marketing? Answering “What is BTL marketing?” And where do you begin?

Direct Mail

Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Key takeaways Pinterest marketing is the practice of using the platform as a visual search engine to help relevant audiences discover products or services. What is Pinterest marketing? Affiliate marketing on Pinterest is a revenue-sharing process where Pinners earn a small commission from the clicks or sales they generate for a brand.

Gen Z

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Power Reviews reports that 87% of consumers regularly research products online before purchasing them, so mastering digital marketing is essential as you grow your business. That’s where a digital marketing checklist becomes your best ally. SEO Digital Marketing Checklist Image Source 1. Content Marketing Checklist 1.

Digital Marketing

Martech

JULY 25, 2025

As third-party cookies usage fades into digital marketing history, marketers face more than a technical shake-up. Marketers had started adapting, and consumer expectations had changed. Consent-driven interaction is taking its place. Marketers must evolve from data miners to ethical stewards. That’s massive.

Digital Marketing

Martech

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Far too many content marketing programs fail to connect the brand to customer problems before the customer starts looking for a solution. It switches very quickly from thought leadership to product but fails at placing your brand into the consideration set for buyers.” Marketers need content that maps to these category entry points.

Content Marketing

Martech

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In the fast-paced world of marketing, it’s easy to get distracted by the newest technology trends. However, amidst the excitement, we don’t want to overlook the marketing fundamentals that form the backbone of our efforts, such as organizing all our marketing assets, understanding our audience and staying on brand.

Content Marketing

Martech

JULY 29, 2024

In my previous article , I listed the six core competencies for those who manage marketing technology. Here, I will explain the first core competency, “generalized system understanding,” and what it means to marketers. This can give marketers an advantage as they are closer to marketing processes and data collection channels.

Marketing

Martech

DECEMBER 17, 2024

That means big changes to email marketing strategies. I think there are two big changes coming for folks using Apple Mail, said Brian McKenna, vice president of CRM at digital marketing agency DMI Partners. Game changers: AI and inbox tabs iOS 18 will impact email marketing strategies via two AI-driven features in Apple Mail.

Email Marketing

Trade Press Services Newsletter

MAY 1, 2025

A deep dive into all your content is essential, says Amanda Donahue, marketing manager at ACS. An audit will provide insights to help marketers build on a sites existing strengths while addressing weaknesses. An audit will provide insights to help marketers build on a sites existing strengths while addressing weaknesses.

User-Generated

Hubspot Marketing

JUNE 9, 2025

“I tried using AI for our marketing content, but it just doesn't sound like us.” I hear this constantly from marketing leaders who've experimented with AI tools only to get results that feel generic or off-brand. My Experience with AI Marketing Agents For those new to this space, AI agents aren‘t just fancy chatbots.

Management

Backlinko

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Want to create a content marketing strategy that actually works? You’re in the right place. Through content marketing, Backlinko attracts over 772,000 monthly sessions. Identify Your Goals Before you do anything, set specific, time-bound goals for your content marketing strategy. Let’s get started.

Marketing Strategy

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Global social media marketing strategies and new tools are empowering more brands than ever before to reach a worldwide audience. Going global effectively requires investing in a carefully crafted social media marketing strategy. In this article, we’ve outlined the eight steps for success in your global social media marketing journey.

Social Media Marketing

Buffer Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2024

” It’s a question rooted in the business’ need for steady growth and customer loyalty to thrive in a competitive local market. Less authenticity: Focusing on growth often shifts the marketing strategy toward sales-heavy messaging, sacrificing the authenticity that appeals to local customers in the first place.

Whitepaper

Buffer Marketing

MARCH 5, 2025

Social media marketing is using social media platforms — like Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, etc. It also includes paid social media marketing, like running ads and influencer marketing. But what’s the difference between a social media calendar and a social media marketing strategy?

Social Media Marketing

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Influencer marketing is no longer a novelty—it’s a critical component of advertising strategies. In this guide, we’ll explore what influencer marketing key performance indicators (KPIs) are and why they matter. What are influencer marketing KPIs? Why are influencer marketing KPIs important?

Influencer Marketing

Martech

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

One team managed a massive list of email campaigns for two brands. Dig deeper: 6 tips for creating a winning email marketing calendar 3. You need a place to put in raw comments that you can synthesize at the end of the season. You need a place to put in raw comments that you can synthesize at the end of the season.

Email Marketing

Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

When I graduated with a marketing degree over a decade ago, I hit the scene thinking that marketing would always be its own thing. Something like “holistic marketing” seemed unnecessary to me. Marketers had their swim lane; I’d stick to mine. That’s one of many benefits holistic marketing offers.

CMO

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2024

Marketing plugins are essential for any WordPress site, empowering users to quickly streamline and enhance their online marketing efforts. These plugins offer a range of features designed to optimize SEO , boost engagement, and track performance, making them indispensable for achieving marketing success.

User-Generated

Martech

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Whether you’re looking for a solution to power your personalization efforts, consent management, attribution tracking or other use cases where a point solution is available, a CDP is likely capable of meeting your needs. Here are 12 ways your marketing team can use a CDP. That’s not always true.

Customer

Martech

AUGUST 1, 2024

It is 2024, and we’ve all heard how AI can improve our email marketing efforts. With each new AI tool for email marketers, it is crucial the content and campaigns created with them maintain a personal touch and not diminish the brand experience. Customers can place their orders even without entering the restaurant.

Email Marketing

Hubspot Marketing

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

As the cofounder of a boutique B2B marketing agency, I’m always looking for the best AI tools for B2B marketing — partly for me and partly for my clients. The more time I spend getting acquainted with automation and AI, the more comfortable I’ve become with the genuine benefits AI can bring to marketing and business.

User-Generated

Backlinko

DECEMBER 5, 2024

What Is Local Search Marketing? Local search marketing is the process of optimizing a local business online presence. In other words, local search engine marketing aims to increase the chances of your business showing up in search results when customers look for specific products or services in a particular location.

Search Marketers

Hootsuite

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A social media marketing strategy is a summary of everything you plan to do and hope to achieve on social media. In this post, we’ll walk you through a nine-step plan to create a winning strategy for social media marketing. We’ve even got expert insights from Amanda Wood, Hootsuite’s Senior Manager of Social Marketing.

Social Media Marketing

Martech

JULY 24, 2024

The reality is that, at least in marketing, AI is not new. Determining the right marketing jobs for AI What are the right jobs for AI? Determining the right marketing jobs for AI What are the right jobs for AI? Overall, marketers should look for AI opportunities at this step. AI is one of many tools available to us.

Marketing

Martech

JUNE 12, 2025

As companies move from startup mode and scale into growth-stage execution, many are choosing to underinvest in marketing leadership, mistaking it as a cost center rather than the strategic engine behind revenue generation and go-to-market (GTM) execution. They require the orchestration of: Product marketing. Market segmentation.

CMO

Martech

JANUARY 14, 2025

Despite this, marketers spend remarkably little effort on customer retention. About how much time and effort, and on a percentage basis, are you seeing being absorbed by retention marketing in your world? Well, you may be surprised to learn that among most B2B marketers, it averages out to be around 15%. Give me leads.

Customer