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The Reality of Generative AI in Marketing May Not Be What You Think

April 5, 2024

Via: CMI

What’s really going on with generative AI and marketing? We wanted to know, so we went straight to the source and asked. No surprise, generative AI said a lot is going on — 73% of companies use generative AI in […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

Will AI Replace SEO Specialists?

April 5, 2024

Via: Search Engine Journal

With the expansion of generative AI and its integration into most SEO workflows and processes, coupled with the significant impact of layoffs in the tech sector, one has to ponder: is AI poised to replace all of our jobs? In […]


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New Study On Perplexity AI Offers Good News For SEO

April 4, 2024

Via: Search Engine Journal

Research by BrightEdge shows that traffic is surging to Perplexity and where the opportunities lie for optimizing for traffic, particularly for ecommerce . What Is Perplexity AI? Perplexity is a self-described Answer Engine founded by researchers and engineers from OpenAI, […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

Manual link building is more important than ever in 2024 by Page One Power

April 3, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

The March 2024 updates have severely impacted the search engine results pages (SERPs). Within days of the updates going live, Google issued manual actions that resulted in websites being deindexed. Google said it will remove 40% of low-quality, unoriginal content, […]


Marketing Channels, Social Media Marketing

Instagram explains why your content isn’t reaching your followers

April 3, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

Instagram shed light on why your posted videos may not be reaching all of your followers on the platform. Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, explained that “nobody” reaches every single one of their followers due to two primary reasons: Many […]


Big Data, Customer Data

A CDP Is a Powerful Tool — Here’s How To Make It Work for You by Salesforce

April 2, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

The customer data platform (CDP) is one of the fastest-growing categories of business technology today. To understand why, you have to look at some of the underlying challenges across many industries related to data, AI and personalization. Customers want an […]


Marketing Channels, Social Media Marketing

Instagram Stories: 6 tips to boost engagement

April 2, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

Instagram released a series of tips and tricks to help creators enhance engagement for their Stories. The latest guidance from Instagram doesn’t introduce any new features but does offer presentation tips, along with a couple of sharing notes to create […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

Google: Overfocusing On Links Could Be A Waste Of Time

April 1, 2024

Via: Search Engine Journal

Google’s John Mueller answered a question on Reddit about backlinks and suggested that overfocusing on links could be a waste of time, a statement that fits a pattern from Google over the past six months. Backlink Checkers Prioritize Their Crawls […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

35 Content Marketing Statistics You Should Know

April 1, 2024

Via: Search Engine Journal

Content continues to sit atop the list of priorities in most marketing strategies, and there is plenty of evidence to support the reasoning. Simply put, content marketing is crucial to any digital marketing strategy, whether running a small local business […]


Email Marketing, Marketing Channels

This One Thing Is the Secret to Higher Email Open Rates

April 1, 2024

Via: Entrepreneur

By next year, people around the world will send and receive 376 billion emails every day. Inboxes are jam-packed, so capturing your customers’ attention is only getting harder. Want to stand out and get more clicks? Stop obsessing about your […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

Agile for SEOs: How in-house teams get projects prioritized

March 29, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

Does it ever feel like your SEO recommendations and projects get lost in the shuffle or deprioritized by other teams? If you work in-house, you’ve likely experienced the “fear of missing out” (FOMO) when it comes to getting your optimization […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

How To Combine PR and Content Marketing Superpowers To Achieve Business Goals

March 28, 2024

Via: CMI

A transformative shift is happening, and it’s not AI. The aisle between public relations and content marketing is rapidly narrowing. If you’re smart about the convergence, you can forever enhance your brand’s storytelling. The goals and roles of content marketing […]


Marketing Channels, Web Advertising

Search Ads 360: 3 best practices for advanced PPC marketers

March 28, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

While Google Ads has built-in bidding algorithms and optimization features, some PPC marketers and advertisers still rely on Google’s Search Ads 360 (SA360) for managing complex campaigns. This article discusses three key best practices and integrations that can help maximize […]


Marketing Channels, Social Media Marketing

YouTube announces enhanced audience retention analytics tools

March 28, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

YouTube is expanding its audience retention analytics tools to offer creators deeper insights into viewer behavior. This expansion will see audience segments added to the audience retention report within YouTube Studio video analytics this week. Creators will be able to […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

How To Survive 3 New Threats to Your SEO Strategy

March 27, 2024

Via: CMI

Three trending SEO shockwaves could shake marketers to their core vitals. But don’t panic. You can still use search to drive engagement and traffic. You just need to revisit your SEO strategy to prevent your valuable content from getting buried […]


Big Data, Platforms & Software

WordPress 6.5 Release Derailed By Bugs In New Feature

March 27, 2024

Via: Search Engine Journal

WordPress 6.5 has been postponed because of disagreements over a new feature that would have required some websites to download a plugin in order to keep them functioning. Font Directory Problem What derailed the 6.5 release is a new Font […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

41 Tips & Best Practices To Create Great Webinars

March 26, 2024

Via: Search Engine Journal

Webinars can be an invaluable tool for marketers. When done right, they can: Act as great content for your brand. Build your brand as an authority in your industry Generate leads based on your ideal audience. Be repurposed as evergreen […]


Automation, Marketing Technologies

4 Ways AI Is Revolutionizing Targeted Advertising — And How to Balance It’s Ethical Implications

March 25, 2024

Via: Entrepreneur

Targeted digital advertising is entering a new era, driven by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Since marketers apply advanced algorithms to consumer data, they can deliver hyper-personalized promotions with unparalleled precision. However, this transformation also raises pressing questions about […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

Scalable AI Tools For SEO: A Quick Guide For 2024

March 25, 2024

Via: Search Engine Journal

2023 was a breakout year for artificial intelligence (AI), and 2024 does not show any sign of slowing down. Generative AI features became a part of the user interfaces of top search engines, social media networks, advertising platforms, productivity software, […]


Editorial

Deinfluencing Debunked: Implications for Brands and Consumers

March 25, 2024

Via: Mary Gamet

It looks like social media, and especially TiKToK, have taken a different approach to how people can sell their products online. There has been a shift in the approach of influencers when it comes to promoting products. Rather than encouraging […]