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Social Season: Social Commerce & AI Analytics Meeting Holiday Shoppers Where They Are
This holiday season, 69% of decision-makers are increasing investments in social commerce and 62% are leveraging AI for analytics and more.
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For What It’s Worth: Proving The Value Of Marketing To Those Most Skeptical
A new survey of senior marketing leaders found CFOs and CEOs were most skeptical of the value marketing has at their company.
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Be Of Service: Why Marketers Must Pay Attention To Full Range Of Customer Experiences
A new survey finds that more than half of customers will cut back their spending or simply walk after a bad experience.
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Ad Nauseam: The Effects Of Repeated Ads, And How Better Targeting Can Help
Not only do repeated ads make a negative impact on viewing experiences, but they negatively impact purchasing decisions as well.
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Inbox Defense: How Email Marketers Can Keep From Overwhelming Consumers
Four in 10 consumers are overwhelmed enough from a brand’s texts and emails to unsubscribe at least once a week.
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Where Agencies & Marketers Disagree On AI … And The Promise That Suggests
Almost half of in-house marketers think AI will make them less dependent on agencies, while agencies largely foresee financial improvement.
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Last-Click, Lost Cause: Why Marketers Are Embracing Media Mix Modeling
A new report is calling out last-click attribution and showing why holistic models like media mix modeling are becoming increasingly popular.
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Search Supremacy: Google Still Reigns, But AI An Increasing Part Of Purchase Decisions
Despite Google's hold on traditional search, advertisers are seeing more and more purchasing decisions made with the help of AI.
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Keys To Customer Success: What Challenges In The Journey Remain?
Even with improvements to many existing challenges, the customer journey is still a long way from being mastered.
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Marketing In A Winter Wonderland: Why The Best Holiday Prep Starts With Improving Efficiency
A new survey says the top action SMBs should take for a successful holiday season is improving efficiency, followed by special promotions.
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With A Bang: Marketers Increasing Spend, AI Use To Close Out Year
A new report found Search to be the most important channel, with the increase in investment expected to be as high as almost 80%.
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Weekend Warriors: Why Marketers Must Expand Their Workweek Reach
A new report on weekend internet habits shows marketers need to keep their brands front-of-mind all week long.
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More AI, More Personalization: Perfecting Engagement In The AI Era
One-to-one engagement is not as manual as it once was, as 84% of marketers believe AI makes personalization more obtainable.
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The Email Edge: Across Industries, Email Marketing’s Conversion Rates Reign Supreme (New Report)
Email marketing sees a 19.3% conversion rate average, followed by paid social (12%) and paid search (10.9%).
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Size Matters: How AI Use (and Hopes) Differ By Organization Size
No matter what size, organizations are looking to AI and marketing software to improve speed and reduce costs.
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AI Integration: How AI Can Maximize The Marketing Tools We Already Use
A new study is highlighting not only how vital AI is for marketers, but also how its capabilities complement the tools marketers rely on.
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Attitudes Toward AI Evolving As More Marketers Believing In Its Potential (New Report)
A new survey has the percentage of marketers who thought AI would never be able to create moving content dropping 18 points in just a year.
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Identification Issues: Improving Customer Movement Cycles Starts With Identification
Retailers average less than a 25% identification rate, showing the need for marketing automation software that helps identify leads.
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Avoiding The Bounce Back: The Importance Of Cleaning Email Lists For Deliverability
As email remains the dominant outbound messaging channel, keeping email lists clean is the key to lowering bounce rates.
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Hitting Content Quotas: AI Helping Marketers As Budgets & Needs Increase (New Report)
A new survey found 92% of B2B tech marketers are seeing increased budgets, with just as many creating more content than last year.
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Return To Spender: Undelivered Emails Cost Businesses $59+ Billion Annually
A new study has found that U.S. businesses waste $164 million on undelivered email each day, showing the need for email verification software.
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The Results Are In: What Marketers Should Know About Google’s Search Results
Marketers, take note: a new search study has found that more than half of Google results in the U.S. end without even a click.
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The Future of Marketing Tools, From AI To Automation
With the power of AI, the automation tools that have long made CRM software indispensable are revolutionizing what marketers can do.
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SMB Strategy: How AI Fits In With ‘Secret Sauce’ Marketing Tactics
A new SMB report finds online reviews to be the most influential marketing tactic, and their website the most influential channel for growth.
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AI Assistance: How Consumers See Brand Interactions In The Future
A new report is looking a decade ahead to see what consumers might want with AI assistance and brand interactions.
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Competitive Edge With ‘Human Touch:’ How AI Will Revolutionize Personalization
With the rapid growth of AI, most marketers believe AI adoption will fundamentally change personalization and marketing strategies.
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Uphill Battles: Fighting Marketing’s Biggest Challenges With AI, More
AI to the CMO rescue? A new report shows the extent of the continuous challenges B2B marketers are facing.
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Better Relations: Will AI Help Foster More Brand/Agency Satisfaction?
A new study on agency and brand relationships has found that gaps still exist between agency confidence and brand satisfaction.
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Building Loyalty: Why Every Purchase & Interaction Has Increasing Value (New Report)
A new study finds 67% of consumers saying it takes at least four purchases to consider themselves loyal to a brand.
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This Month In Marketing: AI & Other Software Specialties (July 2024)
With technology creating so many opportunities for marketers, it's more important now than ever to keep up with the news and trends.
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Tech Savvy: When Martech Migration Makes The Most Sense
92% of marketers say they’re confident in managing their martech migration ... despite most having limited experience in the process.
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This Month In Marketing: AI Tools To The Marketing Rescue (June 2024)
With AI capabilities and conveniences being discovered every day, marketers are making the most of the tools and technology at their disposal.
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This Month In Marketing: AI Thrives As Cookies Survive (May 2024)
Every month, the Marketing Manager blog compiles everything you need to know to stay on top of marketing news and trends.
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This Month In Marketing: AI Opportunities, Data Quality, And More (April 2024)
Each month, the Marketing Manager blog compiles the latest marketing news and trends to keep you informed and moving forward.
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How to Increase Brand Loyalty in 2024
Increasing brand loyalty is a long-term strategy, but it begins with a single mission statement.
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This Month In Marketing: Retail Media, Marketing Metrics, and AI’s Potential (March 2024)
Every month, we compile the latest marketing news, trends, and projections that will keep you on top of your game and your business moving forward.
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Buzz Off! The 10 Most Annoying Buzzwords in Marketing Today
"Circle back" if you've been irked by any of these overused offenders.
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Deeper Intelligence: How an Analytical CRM Can Benefit Your Business
An analytical CRM can help increase profitability and optimize organizational efficiency. Learn more about various types of CRMs and the benefits of an analytical CRM.
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This Month In Marketing: Optimism Reigns (February 2024)
Every month, the Marketing Manager blog compiles the marketing news, trends, and projections that will keep you on top of your game.
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Construct and Convert: 10 of the Best Landing Page Design Tips
A high conversion rate on your landing page all depends on how well it's designed.
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This Month In Marketing: The Promise of Programmatic & The Impact of Email (January 2024)
Start the new year with Marketing Manager’s monthly compilation of all the marketing news you need to stay on top.
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Marketing 2024 And Beyond: Predicting and Preparing For The Future Of CRM
Beyond the basics of the software, what’s in store for the marketing CRM in the coming years?
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16 Proven Ways To Build And Leverage Your Customer Database
A healthy CRM database can help guide your sales and marketing strategies.
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Why Valid Email Addresses Are Essential … And Invalid Ones Can Be Dangerous!
Here are a few quick steps to validate the email addresses that you can use to grow a healthy email list for future marketing campaigns.
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This Month In Marketing: Martech Growth, Branding Exercises, And Other Trends (December 2023)
Just because the year is ending doesn’t mean your marketing efforts can go into holiday cruise-control. Every month, the Marketing Manager blog puts together everything you need to know to stay on top and moving further forward.
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Here are the Top 10 Marketing Content Types (With Examples)
Content marketing can be accomplished through diverse types of content. The top types of content that users want to see from brands.
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What is Content Marketing and Why is it Important?
Explore the benefits of content marketing and see examples of the various ways that businesses and brands are using it to their advantage.
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7 Best Practices for Successful Email Subject Lines In 2024
With spam filters constantly advancing, digital marketers need to know what triggers spam filters in order to increase email deliverability and land in inboxes. That’s only half the battle, though.
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This Month in Marketing: AI, Agencies, And Other Insights (November 2023)
Email subject lines are one of the most important elements of any marketing email.
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How To Optimize Your Email Sender Name to Boost Open Rates
Forty-two percent of people surveyed said the first thing they look at when deciding to open an email is the sender, or from, name.
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Don’t Be Spammy: 10 Email Body Content Tips to Help Avoid Filters
In the hierarchy of email marketing importance, it would seem that body content ranks lowest, as this can only be seen once the sender name and subject line have successfully garnered an open.
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6 Tips for Using Mobile Marketing to Grow Your Business
In today’s digital age, mobile devices have become an extension of ourselves. Discover the tips and techniques marketers need to prosper in the mobile era.
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Bad Sender Reputation? Here's How To Check Yours and Ultimately Fix It
Ending up in the spam folder? Here's how you can check your sender reputation.
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Rise Through The Ranks: The Best Tools for SEO Beginners
Discover the best ways (and very best SEO tools) to help boost your site's search rankings.
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How to Improve Your PPC Advertising Results: Strategies for Success
From keyword research to bid management, discover expert strategies for optimizing your PPC campaigns and achieving your advertising goals.
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How Online Reputation Management Software Can Help Marketers
Discover the Importance of Automated Monitoring, Sentiment Analysis, and Crisis Management in Building a Positive Brand Reputation
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Learn from Amazon's Effective Use of Cross-Device Marketing for a Seamless Customer Experience
Amazon's cross-device marketing strategies drive sales and build customer loyalty through personalized advertising and tracking of customer behavior.
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Real-Time Marketing: Examples, Tools, and Benefits for Effective Campaigns
Learn how companies in many industries leverage social media management tools to create personalized campaigns and drive sales with real-time marketing. Discover the benefits and software tools available to execute an effective strategy.
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Why You Should Optimize Your Marketing Strategy with a Marketing Automation Software
Here's why digital marketers should innovate their strategies with efficient, effective automation.
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Survey: Email Marketing Provides The Best ROI
Marketers worried about an economic downturn count on email marketing as their most durable channel, a new study shows.
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Return of the Living Dead: How to Re-Engage Dead Email Subscribers
Ensuring that subscribers continue to engage with your email marketing content isn't easy, but it's worth it.
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Are Your Marketing Emails Illegal? How to Comply (and Thrive) with The CAN-SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act sets regulations for commercial messages, as well as gives email recipients the right to unsubscribe.
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Backlink to the Future: How to Move Your Marketing Strategy Forward
Looking to improve your link-building strategy? Here's the definitive guide to creating backlinks to your site.
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How to Flawlessly Measure the Success of Your Landing Pages
The ROI of your landing pages can be tied directly to these vital metrics.
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How To Optimize Your Email Sender Name to Boost Open Rates
Make the most of your sender name, one of the first things that both spam filters and email users see.
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7 Email Newsletter Templates to Inspire Your Next Campaign
Take a look at the top 7 email newsletter templates and the advantages that come with each design.
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7 Best Practices for Successful Email Subject Lines In 2022
Email subject lines are one of the most important elements of any marketing email.
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Is Your Business Taking Advantage of All Available Email Marketing Tools?
The Only Guide to Email Marketing Tools You'll Ever Need.
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Why Google Analytics is Best for Data-Driven Content Marketing
This article explains what content marketing is and how to use data from Google Analytics to enhance your strategy.
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Bad Sender Reputation? Here's How To Check Yours and Ultimately Fix It
Ending up in the spam folder? Here's how you can check your sender reputation.
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8 Quick Tips for a Perfect Mobile-Friendly Landing Page
To create a perfect landing page, you need to ensure that your landing pages are well-suited and adaptable for desktop and mobile.
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Changing the Subject: The Best Free Tools for Email Subject Lines
The top free email marketing tools for the best subject lines. From testing to generating, here are our top picks from around the internet.
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11 Ways to Create Effective Landing Page Forms
To measure the success of a well-designed landing page, most marketers consider conversion rate as the top metric.
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What is a Blog Conversion Strategy?
Thousands of views on your company’s blog is a good start, but what’s even better? Turning those views into sales.
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WHY YOUR EMAIL SENDER REPUTATION MATTERS, ESPECIALLY NOW
Find out how you can prep your IP and clean your lists to ultimately increase your email deliverability.
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If You Build It: How To Set Up and Strengthen Your Email Marketing List
Here’s how to effectively build an email list for marketing campaigns.
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Where the Action Is: How To Create An Effective Call-To-Action
A call-to-action moves your audience forward to help it through the buying process. Here is how to create an effective call-to-action.
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HAPPY LANDINGS! HOW TO GET STARTED WITH LANDING PAGES
The goal of your landing pages is to convert website traffic into leads and eventually customers.
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How to Boost Your Readership With Opt-In Email Marketing
Following these easy steps in implementing an efficient email marketing strategy, you can boost your brand’s awareness and reader loyalty.
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CRM 101: A Crash Course on Customer Relationship and Marketing Automation
Get to know the basics of the business software designed for companies to better manage their interactions with customers.
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