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The State of Native Advertising: Are Pinterest’s Paid Promotions a Bad Idea?

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Maggie Jones Last Thursday, Pinterest announced it would follow in the footsteps of Facebook and Twitter, experimenting with paid promotions from a “select group of businesses.” That blurring, of course, is exactly what makes native advertising (like Pinterest’s plan to launch promoted pins) so effective. Intentional?

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What It Means to Get Branded Content Right

Content Marketing Institute

Whenever someone mentions the term “branded content,” my mind still drifts back to the original inspiration for my love of the technique: BMW’s The Hire. Branded content is the best vehicle for marketers to bridge the gap b/n awareness and affinity, says @joderama. Click To Tweet. In the name of brand love.

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Inequality of pay undermining trust in CEOs and corporate brands

Biznology

Even more disconcerting is evidence from studies showing that the highest-paid CEOs are often the worst performers. In short, the growing problem of inequality and extreme paychecks for CEOs has undermined the brand trust of many corporations. This concern over excessive CEO pay and resulting inequality is not unique to America.

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Best Paid Search Marketing Agency in 2022: Top 10 Choices

Single Grain

In this guide, I will not only provide a curated list of the top ten choices, but I will help you select the best paid search marketing agency for your business. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ↓ What Is Paid Search Marketing? The Benefits of PPC Advertising. Top 10 Paid Search Marketing Agencies.

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14 Instagram Trends You Can’t Ignore in 2021

Single Grain

Considering that 50% of the world's population are social media users, and these people spend an average of 2 hours and 25 minutes on social networks each day (in the U.S. it's 2 hours and 3 minutes), social media has transformed marketing. . TABLE OF CONTENTS: ↓ Trend #1: The Demand for Instagram Shopping Is on the Rise.

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6 Horrific Practices of Direct Mail (and What Great Email Marketers Do Instead)

Hubspot

Outside of a brand sponsoring a blimp and driving it straight through your kitchen window, there are few forms of marketing more disruptive and less welcome in one’s day. Email Marketing vs. Direct Mail. As someone in the marketing world, when I get a new direct mail offer, I just stare in awe. this to be sent. In fact, 1.9

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7 Steps to Transforming Into an Inbound Agency

Hubspot

But you can teach a good, old-school agency how to adapt to changes in the marketplace, and transform themselves into a sleek, high-performance inbound marketing machine. Make a very tangible, meaningful commitment to inbound marketing.”. That’s very different than adding some inbound marketing services to your offerings.”.