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JULY 24, 2023

Google’s tech gurus have been busy working on understanding language and how words connect on a webpage. They’ve come up with tools like ‘neural matching’ and ‘BERT’, and with every Google update , the search engine is becoming more and more sophisticated. But just because Google’s getting smarter, doesn’t mean businesses are keeping up. A lot of website owners are still stuck using outdated tactics, optimizing their websites with just a handful of keywords.

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JUNE 20, 2023

Gone are the days when Google reigned supreme, because social media search is on the rise. More and more users are asking TikTok and Instagram to answer their questions. Are social media’s conversational, personalized responses leaving Google’s SERPs in the dust? TikTok alone has ended Google’s 15-year streak as the world’s most popular search engine.

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MAY 24, 2023

No matter what tools you have, you probably do a lot of your marketing research on good old Google. The search engine giant stomps the competition with over 90% of the market share, while the closest challenger barely gets 3%. As a result, combing for data on its billions of pages can be harder than finding a needle in the proverbial haystack. That’s the reason you need advanced Google search strategies.

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MAY 24, 2023

For the last 25 years, Google has ruled the digital space, guiding our searches and shaping our online experiences. So, we can only imagine how shocked Google employees were when they learned that Samsung, a powerhouse of consumer electronics, considered swapping Google as their devices’ default search engine for Microsoft’s Bing. Bing, once considered a smaller player in the search engine game, has been quietly integrating advanced AI technology into its platform.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 28, 2023

We hate to complain, but there’s just too many blog posts we’re tired of seeing in 2023. As content marketing experts, we know what kind of articles drive traffic to and from your website. It breaks our hearts to see your marketing efforts go to waste with content that isn’t optimized for conversion. If you’re taking time or spending money to create content , you might as well make it worth your while.

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MARCH 28, 2023

It doesn’t matter if you’re a new company looking for a strong start or a town staple looking to break bad habits, you can always improve and grow your small business. For some, that might mean entering new markets. For others, it may mean creating deeper engagements with existing customers. Throughout this guide, we’ll look at four effective ways to use data to improve your small business practices to increase new and existing customer engagement and satisfaction.

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MARCH 27, 2023

Your clients are the heart of your business and it takes sincere dedication to gain their loyalty in return. They keep your operations flowing and are the reason you create value-centered products or services. For business-to-business (B2B) companies, in particular, the need to integrate lead generation efforts and guarantee client satisfaction is even more essential for retaining business clientele.

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MARCH 27, 2023

AI and content marketing — if you’ve logged into Twitter in the past year, you know it’s all the digital marketing world can talk about. Every day, thread after thread is tweeted to tell us why ChatGPT is the future of content and how it’s going to replace the human writer altogether. So I did what I normally do when it seems like the world has gone a little crazy.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 4, 2023

Offline marketing is not dead. In fact, it’s never been more alive. The surge in digital marketing has brought enormous competition into the digital media market, which in turn drives up advertising cost. Digital spending is estimated to grow by 10% this year , despite some CEOs from both big and small brands agreeing that digital ads are a “waste of money” It’s an interesting contradiction.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

With 2023 on the horizon, the chatter of a recession, and a marked increase in reports of poor client retention , it’s more important than ever that B2B marketers focus on retaining reliable clients. Aside from increasing lead generation efforts, ensuring client satisfaction is vital to keeping your business profitable. No one likes losing customers, but it does happen.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 3, 2023

Does your business consistently share several types of marketing collateral? If not, you’re missing out on major opportunities for conversion. Sure, the product descriptions and prices on your website are important – but they’re not enough to convince prospects that you offer trustworthy, high-quality products and services. That’s where marketing collateral comes in.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 2, 2023

Seasoned marketing professionals know that readability tools can send you down a rabbit hole. But if you’re new to the idea of readable content, you may be surprised by how misleading readability tools can be. Content that’s easy to read is a pillar of SEO best practices. Although, easy to read content is subjective to your audience. Avoid getting fooled by the misleading nature of readability tools and understand how to use them to your advantage.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

How does a relatively small marketing organization scale its content strategy and deliver more valuable content to its customer base? Customers crave useful and informative content, but in a busy company, there are only so many hours in a day—and often not enough to produce the quantities of content it needs. The solution is to outsource content creation to a marketing firm experienced in writing compelling, high-powered articles.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Let’s start with what a marketing strategy is not: hiring someone to manage your social media accounts and upload TikToks. It is also not about running banner ads no one wants or clicks on. A marketing strategy defines how a business grows through reaching, converting and retaining new customers. And a clear marketing strategy defines measurable goals, validates the business challenge your brand solves in the marketplace, and communicates the customer outcomes your company delivers.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Do you feel overwhelmed by the prospect of building a content strategy that covers all bases? Unsure about the real ROI on your current content marketing efforts? Stretched thin by the constant tasks required to keep publishing content? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re not alone — and it’s probably time to hire a content writing agency.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

With the year drawing to a close, business owners – as is their wont – look towards the New Year and the opportunities it may bring. While it’s always tempting to cast a wistful eye back over the previous twelve months, what really matters is the events looming on the horizon: the coming trials, challenges and openings. In this article, I’m going to share 4 practical tips to get your small or medium business ready for next year.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As the year is quickly approaching an end, content marketers are scrambling to secure that 2022 budget. Content marketing budgets are expected to grow in 2022 – yay! The problem now is making sure you secure your spot in that growth and apply it effectively. Content marketing saw substantial growth after the pandemic, a slightly bittersweet feeling for the industry.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Smart content marketers know that great content strikes a balance between fresh and original and tried-and-true. In other words, be creative, but don’t reinvent the wheel every time. Content marketing templates help with this. They provide a solid framework that allows marketers to focus on their unique brand message and value proposition. There are tons of resources available online but, like anything else, not all templates are created equal.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 9, 2021

How can companies create content that is meaningful? It’s an important question to ask, especially when content marketing is part of your strategy (and we think it should always be part of your strategy). It’s easy to fall into a trap of churning out content without stopping to assess whether or not it’s really resonating with your target audience. And while consistent and high-volume content is a core part of content marketing, failing to make your content meaningful leads to overspending, low

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2021

Who is the one true king of marketing? Common guesses may include ads, conferences, or even brand ambassadors on social media. But none of these even come close. What if I told you the answer was quality content? Content is king today and will still be on the throne tomorrow. I’ll prove it to you – just in case you’re skeptical. In 2020, 70% of marketers were already actively investing in content marketing ( HubSpot ). 79% of B2B content marketers say their organization has a content marketing s

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 31, 2021

Even in our connected 24/7 digital universe, local communities haven’t lost their stamp of uniqueness. Learning how to tailor your marketing content to a local audience, therefore, is critical to content marketing success. Whether you’re entering an overseas market with a different culture and language or expanding into another city in your state, you need to nail local SEO, learn local peculiarities, and speak in a way that connects with your audience.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Do Digital Ads work? I want to share some data showing you that brands like P&G, Chase Bank, and Uber slashed their ad budgets during the pandemic and saw exactly ZERO impact on their sales revenue. 20-40% of the clicks on paid ads are fraudulent. Venture capital investment in ad tech is declining by an average of 10% each of the last 5 years. Even CEOs from the most recognized brand s know that digital ads are a waste money.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Ensuring you have an accessible website is critical for it to be inclusive. Those with certain disabilities cannot interact with websites in traditional ways. With web accessibility, anyone can interact online without barriers. It’s not only about expanding your audience. There are compliance mandates for this as well, so it’s not optional. The group of disabilities to prepare your website for consists of deafness, blindness, learning disabilities (e.g., dyslexia), behavioral disabilities, and

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The average human attention span is eight seconds long, which is shorter than that of a goldfish. This has proved itself to be a major challenge for marketing professionals everywhere. You have an eight-second window to attract and deliver value to readers before they become disinterested. And since we aren’t marketing to goldfish, we have to adjust our strategies in order to hook our audience.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2021, many top marketing agencies and tech companies are still hosting digital marketing conferences. Some are virtual, while others are still planning (and we are all hoping for in-person B2B digital marketing events later in 2021. With virtual events, you may think that we lose something that accompanies traveling, meeting marketing experts and peers face to face, and sitting in huge auditoriums with dynamically engaged marketing speakers.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2020

You don’t always need to hire a specialist agency or invest a large part of your budget to improve your SEO. You don’t necessarily need a lot of time either. While it’s true that your digital marketing strategy should be long-term and ongoing to see the best results, you can also make a big improvement to your SEO in a short space of time. This seven-day guide will take you through some straightforward steps to improve your SEO that could make a big difference to your ranking.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Content marketing is a journey, and it’s not easy. In fact, it’s freaking hard. Too many of the marketing professionals we know are miserable. They try to fight every day to do work they can be proud of. Marketing that works! So we asked our clients to tell us what are the biggest content marketing challenge s we help them overcome. And how we help them solve for those challenges.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Bad presentations are brutal. Unfortunately, we’ve all been there in some way, either as the presenter or as an audience member. Let’s paint a visual. As the presenter, you catch people nodding off in the back, scrolling on their devices in the front, and daydreaming about better days. Meanwhile, you’re sweatin’ bullets, time has conveniently decided to slow down, and you’re still talking too fast!

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Can you remember the last time you worked in your office? Not just to grab your mouse and comfy chair, but actually entered the office before 9 AM and stayed until after 5? For me and my NetLine marketing colleagues, it was March 14th; we’ve all been working remotely ever since. I’m sure the story for many of you is the same. Regardless of whether we’re talking about the commercial or residential side of the industry, the Real Estate profession certainly finds itself in a curious place.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2020

According to Harvard Business Review (HBR), 99% of surveyed working adults in the US report having worked with at least one person who lacks social and self-awareness. While 73% of respondents indicate it was a coworker, 32% report it was their boss. A lack of self-awareness in a boss or colleague is not just embarrassing; it is detrimental to an organization’s success.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

A recent survey shows that in the midst of the pandemic, when way too many people are out of work, 1 in 4 employed Americans want to quit their job. Admit it: we’re tired, stressed and just looking for some relief. No matter our employment situation. But maybe there’s a simple tool anyone could use to start to fix it. Quick Take: Empathy in the workplace has a direct, positive correlation with engagement and business outcomes.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Unfortunately too many people are looking for work. So if you’re interviewing for a new job, it can be easy to get wrapped up in the excitement. And It’s tough to know what it’s really going to be like once you start. First, you should realize that the biggest predictor of job satisfaction is the relationship you have with your immediate manager and I know because I’ve had 53 jobs.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Picture this. You’re sitting in a conference room. Your team is discussing new ways to highlight your business’s value position and drive more leads. Someone experiences that “Aha!” moment and suggests a webinar. Everyone agrees it’s a great idea, and you raise your hand to lead your organization’s first-ever webinar series. Sure, webinar marketing initiatives can lead to high-value impact and brand loyalty for your business.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

What is phygital marketing? Nope, it’s not a typo. This is a real thing. And we’re gonna define it for you: Phygital marketing involves merging the worlds (and words) of both physical and digital experiences. For example, phygital marketing involves communicating with potential customers who might toggle between in-store and online shopping. While mobile shopping continues to rise, customers also use their mobile devices to enhance in-store shopping experiences. .

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In our second blog in a series on the Impact of Coronavirus on B2B Content Consumption , we noticed an interesting trend. By the late Spring, the one professional audience that had the most voracious appetite for content related to the virus and working from home was the Legal field. Considering that most of the content consumption occurring on our platform is being initiated by by a balanced mix Financial, IT , HR, Sales and Marketing professionals, seeing the sudden flurry of Legal activity r

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Email automation takes tedious tasks off of your team’s plate and frees up valuable time for mission-critical activities, like answering customer questions and improving your product. How? By delivering the right message to the right person at the right time — all without manual input. “Email marketing remains one of the most effective and affordable ways to communicate with your customers, build credibility, boost your brand recognition, and increase sales.” — Forbes.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The world of digital marketing is constantly changing. Whether it’s a global pandemic, racial unrest, political upheaval, new channels and apps, demographic shifts, or changing consumer dynamics – the job of today’s marketing leaders is not getting easier. A great way to increase your chances of success as a business and a brand is to understand the latest digital marketing statistics.

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