2025

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How to Sell During a Trade War

SMEI

Podcast Trade wars can create significant challenges for businesses operating in international markets. Tariffs, regulatory barriers, and geopolitical uncertainties can disrupt supply chains, increase costs, and limit access to customers. However, companies that adapt strategically can continue to thrive despite these headwinds. Heres how you can successfully sell your goods and services internationally during trade wars. 1.

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Dominate B2B Search: How to Use Topic Clusters to Outrank Competitors

Aspiration Marketing

Are you struggling to climb the search engine ranks while competitors dominate? In the complex world of B2B, visibility isn't just a luxury—it's a necessity. Are you creating a wealth of content yet seeing minimal impact on your search engine ranking? Imagine a strategy that not only organizes your content for clarity but also signals to search engines that you're an authority in your field.

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How to Future-Proof Your 2025 B2B Marketing Plan

Trade Press Services Newsletter

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. As 2025 unfolds, the marketers who thrive will be the ones who adapt quickly, embrace innovation, and stay customer-focused,” says strategist, speaker, and author Eric Holtzclaw.

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ChatGPT Now Has a Memory: What Does that Mean for You?

Jeff Bullas

A few weeks ago, I noticed something strange while chatting with ChatGPT. It was finishing my sentences, quoting my past musings and dropping references to the products I was testing. Like a clingy ex who had access to my Evernote. At first, I thought: “Wow, this thing gets me.” Then I thought: “Wait… this thing “really” gets me?” Turns out, ChatGPT had quietly rolled out a memory feature on April 10, 2025.

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Engage Better, Gift Smarter, Win Big: Events That Deliver ROI

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.

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Remembering toward better

Seth's Blog

We don’t get a chance to do yesterday over again. The best reason to think about the past is because it gives us the opportunity to improve the future. Because we don’t get tomorrow over again either. Happy Juneteenth.

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It’s time to discern the role of humans in an AI world

Businesses Grow

The AI tsunami isn’t comingit’s here. And it’s serving up more jaw-dropping “holy cow” moments than a magician’s convention. One thing is clear: The balance of traditional marketing work is rapidly and permanently shifting to the bots. If you’re immersed in this AI world as I am, you’ve probably gone through the mental gymnastics of trying to figure out how this will sort out.

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7 proven strategies for effective B2B customer retention

Martech

To paraphrase an old saying: New customers are silver; old customers are gold. Keeping customers you already have is less expensive, consumes less time and provides a reliable income stream. 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?

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Threads Drives 73.6% More Engagement Than X — Here’s What You Need to Know

Buffer Marketing

Social media platforms are becoming mirrors of each other, but their results are anything but identical. Threads is driving significant engagement. However, X still surpasses Threads in MAU, meaning you could reach more people there. So where should you focus your efforts? For creators and brands, understanding which platform delivers better results can be the difference between thriving and wasting resources.

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LLM Visibility: The SEO Metric No One Is Reporting On (Yet)

Backlinko

You lost half your Google traffic. But suddenly…more people are searching for your brand. What’s going on? Welcome to the invisible influence of LLMs, where your visibility goes up even when traffic goes down. New research from Semrush reveals a seismic shift happening right now: LLM traffic will completely overtake traditional Google search by 2027.

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B2B SEO vs. LMO: Whats the Difference and Why It Matters

Speaker: Speakers:

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.

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Facebook Content Strategy 2025: What’s Actually Working Right Now

Social Media Examiner

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.

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Marketers Claim a Broader Role and Increased Influence Amid Pressures

The CMO Survey

The 34th edition of The CMO Survey reveals a complex landscape for marketing leaders: While their organizational influence grows and AI adoption accelerates, they face increasing pressure to demonstrate ROI amid slowing budget growth and performance metrics. Based on insights from 281 marketing leaders (99% at VP-level or higher) at for-profit U.S. companies, findings highlight critical trends shaping marketings strategic direction in 2025.

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Boost Conversions: A Guide to Using the Right CTAs at the Right Time

Aspiration Marketing

Want to boost your conversion rates? It starts with your CTAs. They're the bridge between someone reading your content and taking the next step. But, a lot of businesses struggle with this, missing opportunities because their CTAs aren't quite rightwhether it's the wrong wording, wrong placement, or wrong CTA altogether. Let's explore how to strategically align your CTAs with your content and goals, ensuring every interaction maximizes your potential for conversion.

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Small But Mighty: Unlocking the Power of Microcontent

Trade Press Services Newsletter

Our attention spans arent what they used to be. With constant distractions from devices and an endless stream of new messages, people find it increasingly difficult to focus on a single task for an extended period. Over the past couple of decades peoples attention spans have shrunk to just 47 seconds on any screen before shifting their attention elsewhere, says Gloria Mark, PhD , of the University of California Irvine.

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A Data Revolution: Why Your AMS/CRM Needs a Native Data Warehouse

Unlock the Power of Historical Data A Data Revolution: Why Your AMS/CRM Needs a Native Data Warehouse Today’s association leaders need more than real-time snapshots—they need the full story. MemberSuite: A Data Revolution reveals how a native data warehouse transforms your AMS into a strategic decision-making engine. In this free eBook, you’ll discover: The difference between a database and a data warehouse—and why it matters How to gain historical visibility into membership, engagement, events,

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The Top 10 AI Thought Leaders on LinkedIn (2025)

Jeff Bullas

We live in a time when your credibility is measured by how many LinkedIn carousels you post per week, how many AI acronyms you can drop in a sentence, and the obvious, how many followers you have. And the other unspoken superpower often not mentioned except in furtive whispers is “Cracking the LinkedIn Algorithm Code”. But in this noisy world of ChatGPT-generated thought soup, a few voices still manage to cut through.

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Big scale, big impact

Seth's Blog

The Beatles changed music. Starbucks changed coffee. Perhaps your project is aiming to reach a large audience. Consultants call it market share. What percentage of the available market have you reached with your idea? No one hits everyone, but many organizations seek to be a monopoly, or perhaps noticeable in scale. This flies in the face of embracing the smallest viable market.

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See What AI Sees: AI Mode Killed the Old SEO Playbook — Here’s the New One via @sejournal, @mktbrew

Search Engine Journal

Google’s AI Mode is reshaping SERP rankings. Discover how embedding vectors, not keywords, now determine visibility. The post See What AI Sees: AI Mode Killed the Old SEO Playbook — Here’s the New One appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Storytelling with data: Strategies to captivate your audience

Hootsuite

Once upon a time, there was this magical beast called data that social media managers slayed. And that time is now, because data storytelling isnt a fairytale: its an effective visual marketing strategy that can help you build trust, engagement, and sales for your brand. We sat down with Vancouver-based digital marketing manager Leeann Froese of Town Hall Brands for expert insight on every chapter of data storytelling.

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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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Content atomization: Maximize ROI by repurposing your best ideas

Martech

Creating standout content takes significant time, effort and resources. Yet much of that content doesnt reach its full potential. It often underperforms in reach, engagement and ROI, leaving opportunities untapped. Content atomization addresses this challenge. Instead of producing endless new material, this strategy involves breaking down high-value content into smaller, focused pieces designed for specific platforms and audiences.

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LinkedIn Leads in Engagement at 6.50% — Here’s How Other Platforms Stack Up

Buffer Marketing

Think you know which social platform has the most engagement? The data might surprise you. Social media trends are always evolving, but lately, engagement has been shifting in unexpected ways. LinkedIn is seeing record-high interactions, Pinterest is quietly on the rise, and Threads — once a breakout success — is settling into more stable patterns.

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Your Comprehensive Marketing Ops Career Guide for 2025

The Marketing Operations Leader

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.

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Executives: Do you have a social media scorecard?

SmartBrief - Marketing

Revenue, customer acquisition costs, market share. If youre an executive, these are the metrics youre likely monitoring to understand the health of your business. Are social media insights on that list? If not, they need to be. Business leaders share a singular goal: growth. But traditional metrics dont always illuminate how to get there whether youre looking to grow market share, grow your physical footprint, grow your donor base, etc.

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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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The Great Decoupling Explained By A Googler

Search Engine Roundtable

The term, The Great Decoupling has really been catching on over the past couple of weeks. It is being used to describe what we are seeing with impressions and clicks moving further and further apart since AI Overviews has become more of the norm in the Google Search results.

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How to Create Brand Guidelines That Ensure Consistency

Aspiration Marketing

Did you know that the consistent presentation of a brand has been seen to increase revenue by up to 33%? That's the power of a strong brand identity! Brand guidelines are essentially your brand's rulebook, ensuring every interaction, from your logo to your customer service, reflects a unified and memorable image. By establishing clear guidelines, you build brand recognition, foster customer trust, and ensure consistent messaging across all platforms.

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Eight Keys to a Successful B2B Website Relaunch

Trade Press Services Newsletter

Relaunching an upgraded website is a major milestone for any B2B business. But a successful relaunch requires much more than a fresh design or updated content. Strategic planning and thoughtful execution are crucial to reintroducing your digital presence, reconnecting with your audience, and delivering a stronger brand experience. Whether you’re refining your brand, improving functionality, or overhauling user journeys, the steps you take before, during, and after relaunch will determine h

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Navigating the US TikTok ban: What brands need to know

Sprout Social

Note: As more details of the US TikTok ban emerge, we will be making updates to this article in real-time to reflect the latest news. Last updated January 15, 2025. A federal law banning TikTok in the US is set to go into effect on January 19, 2025. Current reports say that TikTok plans to completely shut down its application in the US after the ban goes into effect, impacting both individuals and businesses.

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

Speaker: Speakers:

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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But what do they say at the meeting?

Seth's Blog

This is the way to understand business-to-business selling. After you’ve left with the purchase order, what does the buyer tell the boss? What does the boss tell the investors or the press? This helps decode why giant companies like Google or Facebook buy a company or don’t. It explains why McKinsey can charge 20 times as much for consulting as a former McKinsey consultant can.

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These 10 AI Stats & Trends Sound Made Up — But They’re Not

Jeff Bullas

The global AI industry is growing fast — like, really fast. It’s on track to grow at 36.6% every year between 2024 and 2030. By the end of that run, we’re looking at a market worth over $826 billion. Why this matters Stuff that felt like sci-fi a year ago is now your business edge. AI agents are managing calendars. Synthetic data is replacing real data.

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Experiment: Does early engagement boost reach on Instagram?

Hootsuite

Did you know that the average Instagram post only reaches about 32% of an account’s followers? 1 If youve ever felt like your content is stuck in a black hole of low engagement, youre not alone. Many marketers struggle with what well call Low Engagement Fatigue (LEF) a totally real (and definitely not made-up) social media syndrome that leaves you wondering, Am I shadowbanned ?