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Goodbye Third-Party Cookies, Hello Content Marketing

Contently

We get it: Articles about the death of third-party cookies feel a little like a Boy Who Cried Wolf situation. Google has reportedly been rolling out this shift for years. The company first announced the move in February 2020—only to postpone the implementation timeline every year since. According to Forrester, in 2023, more than half of global marketers thought the whole thing was a bluff.

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What’s The Key to Good Cookieless Targeting? It’s Good Measurement

33Across

Though Google pushed back its cookie deprecation deadline, the industry should continue to right itself on a path not built on third-party cookies. Since Google announced its plan, over 50 alternative identity solutions have become available in Prebid alone. While the industry is gaining strides with targeting users across Safari and other. The post What’s The Key to Good Cookieless Targeting?

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The advertising industry “has stalled” as it faces a cookieless future

Martech

Quantcast is a global digital advertising, audience insights and measurement platform. Understandably, it has been following the Google Privacy Sandbox saga with close attention. We sat down with their U.K.-based CMO Amit Kotecha in their New York office for a conversation about recent developments, including the latest delay in cookie deprecation and the new report from the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority.

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What Are Redirects? Types, SEO Impact, & More

Ahrefs

When you move to a new address in the US, you set up mail forwarding with the United States Postal Service (USPS).

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How to Leverage Behavioral Science Insights for Direct Mail Success

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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How to Craft an Effective Local SEO Content Strategy

Contently

My partner and I have a sacred weekend ritual: Pizza Fridays. A few weeks ago, we found ourselves in Minneapolis, a city neither of us know well, for the occasion. Naturally, we turned to our go-to expert on all things local and delicious: Google. A quick search for “best pizza near me” yielded several promising prospects, and we selected one for our weekly fix.

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Beyond the Basics: Advanced Insights into Mobile-Responsive Design for B2B Websites

The Lead Agency

Turn mobile-friendly B2B websites into mobile-responsive marketing tools The mobile-first website movement has been a key ranking strategy since pre-2015. Website browsing trends had begun to flip: desktop was down, and mobile web search was on an upward trajectory that we all knew would never be topped by desktop again. The mobile-first crusade was Google’s doing.

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The best Mother’s Day ads of 2024

illumin

Mother’s Day is a fantastic opportunity to share our appreciation with the moms and mother figures in our lives, but it is also prime time to see some great ads. The annual maternal celebration took place on Sunday, May 12 this year. In addition to showering moms everywhere with flowers and cards, advertisers jumped at the chance to share their perspectives on the importance of motherhood.

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OpenAI unveils its new flagship, ChatGPT-4o

Martech

OpenAI’s latest ChatGPT flagship is ChatGPT-4o (“o” for “omnimodel”) which will operate across images and audio as well as text, and will be available to all users, including free users. The news came in a brief online announcement from Mira Murati, OpenAI’s CTO and former interim CEO during Sam Altman’s brief removal from the role.

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Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Ecosystems 2024

Thinkers360

Here’s the Thinkers360 annual leaderboard for our top 50 global thought leaders and influencers on Ecosystems for 2024. Congratulations to all our Ecosystems influencers who participated! Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Ecosystems 2024 2024 Annual Ranking Find and work with the World’s Premier B2B Thought Leaders, Advisors, Analysts, Authors, Influencers & Speakers (100M+ followers combined).

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WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook 2024

Elevate your webinar game with WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook! Packed with insights from our seasoned webinar experts, this comprehensive guide is your go-to resource for mastering the art of B2B webinars. Learn the fundamentals, from defining webinars to exploring their benefits and diverse use cases. Discover the key elements of running a successful webinar, avoiding common mistakes, and making your sessions more engaging.

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How to Choose the Right SaaS CRO Partner for Your Business

FunnelEnvy

With competition heating up across almost all industry verticals, it is more challenging than ever for SaaS companies to improve marketing ROI. One key strategy for achieving better results is partnering with the right Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) partner. Navigating all the options for CRO services can be daunting for a busy B2B marketing professional.

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AAPI community takes notice when brands market to them

SmartBrief - Marketing

May marks Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander American Heritage (AANHPI) Month. While it’s a great time for brands to connect with Asian American consumers, marketers should be marketing to the AANHPI segment all year long. Asian representation on the big screen has increased in recent years – “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Parasite,” “Minari” and “The Elephant Whisperers” are just some examples – but sadly, when it comes to AAPI marketing and advertisin

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Martech spending falls to lowest level in 10 years

Martech

Marketing technology spending fell this year, reaching its lowest level in a decade, according to a new Gartner report. Martech is now getting 23.8% of the marketing budget, down from about 25.4% in 2023, according to Gartner’s 2024 CMO Spend Survey. Spending also fell for staff and agencies, while paid media grew. It went from 25.6% last year to 27.9% in 2024.

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Mastering B2B Video Marketing: 10 Types of Videos that Drive Marketing Success

Trade Press Services

B2B video marketing is a staple for today’s businesses with more than 90 percent of companies leveraging the medium to reach target audiences. The dynamic and versatile medium helps B2B companies connect with decision-makers effectively. According to Wyzowl’s Video Marketing Report , individuals watch an average of 17 hours of video content each week.

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The Top 3 Tips for Writing Successful White Papers

In the B2B marketing toolkit, white papers can be a powerful option for reaching decision-makers and experts, presenting them with interesting information that improves their perception of your organization's competence and thought leadership. That said, a poorly executed whitepaper will not only be unable to influence your desired audience but will also come with significant costs that other assets won't incur.

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56 Google Search Statistics to Bookmark for 2024

Ahrefs

Each year we pick, vet, and categorize a list of up-to-date statistics to give you insights from trusted sources on Google search trends.

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10 Effective Lead Generation Strategies (+ Best Practices!)

Visitor Queue

68% of companies admit to struggling with their lead generation strategies. If you can relate, you’re not alone. However, we all know it’s not that easy to generate leads. Let alone qualified leads that have an interest in what you have to offer. In this guide, we are going to go through 10 of the […] The post 10 Effective Lead Generation Strategies (+ Best Practices!

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Unlocking growth: The power of user communities for B2B SaaS companies

Martech

Building and nurturing an active user community can be a game-changer for B2B SaaS companies looking to drive sustainable growth. Implementing a user community strategy offers myriad benefits, supported by industry data and real-world examples from companies like Gainsight, HubSpot and Rocketlane. Understanding user communities About six years ago, I led a global team at a B2B SaaS startup company.

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In B2B, Marketing Professional Services Is Different. Here’s How to Do It Right.

The Marketing Blender

In B2B marketing, professional services is an industry that requires a specialized approach. After all, you are often selling your “smarts” (expert knowledge that drives value in the service) instead of a tangible product. The marketing and sales environment for B2B professional services is a highly relationship-based nurturing and selling environment.

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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Leveraging Oncologist Email Lists to Supercharge Your Marketing Activities

Lake B2B

In today’s digital landscape, where competition for consumer attention is fierce, businesses need effective strategies to cut through the noise and connect with their audience. One powerful tool that remains at the forefront of healthcare marketing efforts is email.

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Moving Mount Rushmore: How to convince your management of your brilliant idea

B2BMarketing.net

So, marketer, you have this terrific, game-changing idea that in 2024, your business really needs to devote a good deal of time, budget and resources to strengthening, even repositioning, your corporate brand. You feel passionate about this, you’ve surveyed competition, you’ve analyzed your own data, you’ve read your journals and market research. You are sure this is the direction to take to differentiate your business, gain customer loyalty and grow SOM.

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MOps alignment and core responsibilities: Best of the MarTechBot

Martech

Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content.

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How to Create An Advertisement: Guide With 8 Easy Steps

Bannersnack

6 minutes read If you want to learn how to make an advertisement, you are in the right place. Although dedicated to those who are just grasping the surface of this industry, this article may also help skilled marketers better organize themselves. Well, let’s get right to the subject and analyze the most important steps of the process involved in creating an advertisement.

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What Questions Are Brands Asking About Their ESG Initiatives Ahead of 2024?

Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.

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Ulta Beauty’s “Skincare Routine Quiz”: A Personalized Marketing Case Study

Outgrow

Ulta Beauty’s “Skincare Routine Quiz”: A Personalized Marketing Case Study In today’s skincare market, brands want new ways to connect with customers. They want to understand their customers’ needs and concerns to offer the right products for their skin types. And what could be better than using quizzes to do that? One of the brands leading the way in this trend is Ulta Beauty with their “Skincare Routine Quiz.” It helps users to identify their skin type

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Personalized Content Strategies: Gaining the Competitive Edge

ClearVoice

Start streaming Netflix, and you’ll see a list of recommended films and TV series based on the types of movies and shows you’ve watched in the past. You’ll even see an estimate of how closely these shows line up with the content you’ve watched in the past (i.e., “97% match”). What you’re experiencing is a branding and marketing strategy called content personalization.

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[Research Round-Up] The Latest From NetLine On B2B Content Consumption

B2B Marketing Directions

(This Research Round-Up discusses the 2024 B2B content consumption report from NetLine Corporation. NetLine publishes this report annually, and it consistently provides a wealth of real-world insights about how business professionals actually consume marketing content.) Source: NetLine Corporation Virtually all B2B companies are now using content marketing in several forms, and therefore understanding how business professionals consume content is now critical to marketing success.

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The Ultimate Guide to Social Media Management

Valasys

With 3.5 billion active social media users worldwide, platforms are vital for businesses to engage audiences, boost sales, and raise brand awareness. Yet, effective social media management goes beyond sporadic posts—it requires clear direction, strategic planning, and efficient processes. Whether you’re handling your brand’s presence or juggling clients’ accounts in an agency, this guide is your reliable navigator through the complexities of social media marketing.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Do Digital PR and Link Building Go Hand in Hand?

Marketing Insider Group

Ever felt like the digital marketing world is spinning just a tad too fast? You’re not alone. Between trying to boost SEO and managing your brand’s online presence, it’s easy to get some wires crossed. But, let’s hit pause for a second. What if we told you that digital PR and link building aren’t just parallel lines running side by side; they actually cross paths more often than you might think?

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How to Start a Small Business in 10 Steps

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Do you have a killer idea that you think would be perfect for launching a small business? If you believe what you see on TikTok, becoming an entrepreneur is just about as easy as posting a 30-second video. But in the real world, launching a small business can be a bit more challenging. Starting a small business may seem daunting, but if you ask those same business owners if it’s worth the risk — few would trade the opportunity to shape their own destiny.

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7 Components successful companies have in their social media governance plans

Oktopost

On social media, many messages are amplified. While social media enables B2B marketers to promote their brands and be heard, it also empowers audiences, who are quick to voice their opinions. 69% of B2B buyers will share their poor customer experiences on social media or online review platforms. One negative comment might be inconsequential, but small mistakes can lead to big problems.