The ‘Big’ YouTube Announcement Almost Drowned by a Sea of AI News
Forget the never-ending conversations about AI-created content this week. We look to news from YouTube you may have missed – and share why you should consider it. Continue reading →
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A Comprehensive Guide to LinkedIn Sponsored Updates
Although often underrated or reduced to a “networking platform,” LinkedIn has the potential to help you drive traffic to your website, increase brand awareness, and boost your revenue. How? Through LinkedIn sponsored updates or ads. In this comprehensive guide to LinkedIn sponsored updates, we’ll tackle the big questions — what are LinkedIn sponsored updates, how …
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How to Craft a Brand Manifesto [Guide + 10 Examples]
To inspire your audience to be loyal to your brand, you need to have a core message that focuses on your brand’s purpose and shows why your brand is worth following. To do this, you’ll need to craft a brand manifesto that expresses your brand’s values. A compelling brand manifesto will appeal to your audience’s …
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3 Easy Steps to Build Your Brand Promise [+ Examples]
A brand promise is more than a tagline. It’s a way to show customers what your brand can offer that no one else can. Like other kinds of promises, brand promises can get complicated. They set high expectations, offer ambitious commitments, and impact relationships. Let’s talk about what a brand promise is, how to create …
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How Benefit Segmentation Will Take Your Marketing Campaigns to the Next Level
If you’re a fan of HubSpot’s Inbound Marketing Methodology, you probably understand the importance of customer success. In fact, 70% of businesses with growing revenue prioritize customer success as “very important.” So, if you want your business to succeed you must make sure your customers do, too. By doing so, you can stack the odds …
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Microsoft Launched Its AI-Powered Bing Image Creator – What That Means for Marketers
Welcome to HubSpot Marketing News! Tap in for campaign deep dives, the latest marketing industry news, and tried-and-true insights from HubSpot’s media team. Microsoft is keeping generative AI front and center in its search products. In January, the company extended its partnership with Open AI, the maker of ChatGPT with a multi-year investment believed to be …
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Product Classification: What It Is & Its Impact on Marketing Efforts
Product classification is key to uncovering the reasons behind your consumers’ buying behaviors. For example, I’ve been buying the same toothpaste for years. I don’t think about testing out a different brand or buying from another retailer. Toothpaste, as it turns out, is a “convenience good.” Shoppers like me usually buy this product without putting …
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How To Make Your Next Thought Leadership Program a Success
Here’s how to generate a program that really deserves the thought leadership label from someone who’s been doing it for 20 years. Plus, get an inspiring example with each of her tips. Continue reading →
How to Leverage LinkedIn Groups for Business Growth: Tips and Strategies for Effective Networking and Marketing
LinkedIn is a professional social networking website that has become a crucial tool for individuals and businesses looking to expand their professional networks and promote themselves as a brand. With over 700 million users worldwide, LinkedIn has emerged as a powerful platform for professionals to connect with each other and build meaningful relationships.
How to Edit a PDF [Easy Guide]
If you regularly send PDF files over the internet, knowing how to edit PDF files quickly will make your life a lot easier. PDF, short for portable document format, is a type of digital file that allows you to send content that is readable by other users regardless of what software they use to view …
Artifical Intelligence and Machine Learning: Whats the Difference?
Artificial intelligence and machine learning have been in the spotlight lately as businesses are becoming more familiar with and comfortable using them in business practices. Although often discussed together, AI and machine learning are two different things and can have two separate applications. Here’s everything you need to know about the difference between artificial intelligence …
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The Beginner’s Guide to Brand Pillars
Marketing and branding have been around for centuries. But brand pillars are a newer idea. Since the dawn of the digital age, companies have marketed their brands with the goal of giving their company a personality and identity. But as the practice of branding has evolved, so have audience expectations. Businesses today need more than …
The ROI of Digital Accessibility
In a recent AudioEye survey of 500 business leaders and web professionals, 70% said that “cost” was their main concern when it came to digital accessibility. Many of the respondents also thought they would have to rebuild their website from the ground up in order to deliver an accessible browsing experience. This perception of digital …
Surprising and Expected Results From Tech Content Marketers [New Research]
Tech marketers, take note. How does your content marketing relate to your peers? CMI’s newly released Technology Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: Insights for 2023 shares the answers. Continue reading →
Why Remarkable Content Originates From an Unremarkable Process [Rose-Colored Glasses]
Can you create remarkable content without a process (and people who create and follow processes)? Robert Rose says you can’t – no matter what Steve Jobs once claimed. Here’s why. Continue reading →
The 10 Best Content Management Software Tools in 2023
Running a website requires input and strategy from your whole business team (developers/engineers, marketers/UX, sales, etc.). Using Content Management Software (or CMS) helps you deliver a great product to your customers while granting easy code access for your developers/engineers. Without a good integration between your content management software and your other systems, something as simple …
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Businesses Still Can’t Nail Effective Communication [New Data]
Whatever your niche or industry, there’s no debate: Effective communication —both internal and external — is critical to your company’s success. With more technology available than ever before, you’d think it would be easy to master. But new data published by Project.co reveals that businesses in 2023 are still struggling to effectively communicate — with …
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41 Instagram Features, Hacks, & Tips Everyone Should Know About
Did you know you could schedule your Instagram posts in advance? Or optimize your bio to appear in the Explore tab? There are countless lesser-known Instagram features, settings, hacks, and search options to help take your Instagram game to the next level. And we’ve compiled them all, here. Whether you’re a recruiter looking to showcase …
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What is the Metaverse: What Marketers Need to Know
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the internet and social media helped us connect with others during times of isolation. However, these digital spaces didn’t quell our desire to explore the world — that’s where the metaverse came in. Soon, we started hearing more buzz than ever about futuristic virtual reality worlds that could allegedly supplement or …
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The Pros and Cons of AI-Generated Content
The race to create quality, insightful content is only becoming more difficult for marketers. It’s already a challenge to secure a high-ranking article on Google — and it’s even harder when your business is newer or lacks authority on the search engine. In 2023, many businesses are looking to leverage more tools to increase content …
How Marketers Are Preparing for A Potential TikTok Ban
Welcome to HubSpot Marketing News! Tap in for campaign deep dives, the latest marketing industry news, and tried-and-true insights from HubSpot’s media team. A potential TikTok ban is looming in the U.S. After the app has been banned on government devices and some college campuses, the Biden Administration threatened a nationwide ban if ByteDance, the …
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How to Avoid Duplicate Conversions and Recreating the Conversion Funnel for GA4
As you’re probably all too aware at this point, GA4 is coming. Old versions of Google Analytics will be switched off for pretty much everyone come June 2023. While GA4 is improving all the time, there are quite a few things that people are used to seeing in old versions of Analytics which, at the …
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7 Pieces of Content Your Audience Really Wants to See [New Data]
Consumer preferences are constantly evolving, which keeps things interesting. To help you prepare your strategies to meet audience needs, this post will dive deep into our State of Consumer Trends Report findings on consumer preferences, discuss how marketers currently measure up to those preferences and outline what you can do to better meet consumer needs. …
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The State of Content Marketing in 2023 [Stats & Trends to Watch]
As a marketer, leveraging Content marketing in your strategy means planning, creating, and sharing content to attract and delight your target audience. An engaging content marketing strategy generates brand awareness, convinces customers to take action, and drives revenue. Content marketing encompasses many types of platforms, channels, and types of media — such as social media, …
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20 Artificial Intelligence Statistics that Marketers Need to Know in 2023
The world of artificial intelligence and machine learning is expanding, and marketers should pay attention. AI is being implemented in nearly every industry to improve business processes, and the data surrounding this tech are staggering. To help you better grasp AI’s most recent advancements, we’ve compiled a list of interesting AI statistics to consider before …
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The Future of Marketing with GPT-4: What to Expect from the Next Generation of AI-Powered Marketing Tools
As technology continues to advance, marketing is not left out of the picture. With the development of GPT-4, the next generation of AI-powered marketing tools, businesses can expect even more personalised, intuitive, and effective marketing strategies.
You’re Measuring Your Branded SERP Wrong – Whiteboard Friday
Controlling the consumer experience of your brand is key to how people see it and how they interact with it. For SEOs, the part of brand experience that we control the most is the SERP, yet traditional ways of measuring brand reach on the SERP often fall short. Today, Dominic talks through an example of …
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Twitter’s Unskippable and Sephora x TikTok Add New Twist to a Proven Content Strategy
Twitter and Sephora announced branded education content programs to teach video and social media concepts. Both embody a trend: creating content courses to help their audiences, partners, and customers succeed even on topics not directly tied to the brand’s products. Continue reading →
How to Structure a Marketing Dream Team for Any Size Company
As industries prepare to make changes to marketing personnel in the coming months, marketing department restructures are on the horizon. If you’re facing the pressure to grow revenue through marketing while keeping headcount to a minimum, you’re in luck. We’ve cracked the code on how to structure a high-performing marketing team, and now, I’m going …
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Responsive Emails: Designs, Templates, and Examples for 2023
Have you ever opened an email on your phone and the image was low-quality, the text was too small, and the call-to-action button was broken? Those are all flaws of static email design. Responsive emails are the answer. Given that more than half of U.S. residents look at email marketing messages on their phones, you …
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What is an Infographic Resume? Examples and Templates
When the modern job search is incredibly competitive, how can you ensure your resume stands out among hundreds of applications? An infographic resume could be just what you need. Here, we’ll explore when to use an infographic resume, what hiring managers have to say about these types of resumes — and how to make one …
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How to use TikTok for business: a beginner’s guide
TikTok has rapidly become one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, with over one billion active users. Originally designed as a platform for short form lip-syncing videos, TikTok has evolved to include a wide range of content, including dance challenges, comedy skits, and even educational content.
