I’m much more the “spend Black Friday at home in my pajamas” type, but I have a few family members who for some reason enjoy getting up at 4 a.m. to wait in lines for doorbuster deals. Online or in-store, consumer or marketer, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are formidable forces. HubSpot polled 250+ people…
Welcome to Creator Columns, where we bring expert HubSpot Creator voices to the Blogs that inspire and help you grow better. As an inclusive marketing strategist and consultant, one of the things I talk about consistently with my clients is brand values. Many of them want to win over a bigger and more diverse customer base, but I…
What Is Local Search Marketing? Local search marketing is the process of optimizing a local business’ online presence. It uses paid and unpaid tactics, like search advertising and local SEO, to help the business appear more prominently in local searches. In other words, local search engine marketing aims to increase the chances of your business…
The real secret to continuously ranking well in search engines lies in consistent, strategic maintenance. In this guide, we’re going to show you exactly how to maintain your SEO the right way. Let’s kick things off with some basics. What Is SEO Maintenance? SEO maintenance is the ongoing process of monitoring, updating, and optimizing your…
Artificial intelligence is heavily disrupting marketing teams, particularly in medium to large companies. In fact, it’s estimated that up to 40% of traditional marketing spend is under incredible pressure to be reallocated – if it hasn’t already. Join The 40% Shift: How AI is Radically Reshaping Marketing Budgets for a practical deep dive into the…
IAB, in collaboration with IAB Europe and leading retail media networks (RMNs), released finalized definitions and standards for proving the impact of RMN campaigns. The standards were originally introduced and opened up for public comment in September at the IAB Connected Commerce Summit. “These standards lay the groundwork for transparency and consistency in in-store retail…
Most deliverability advice looks only at email list issues and how to design, send and manage your email campaigns. However, not all deliverability problems are solved by removing inactive subscribers and spam complainers, or tuning up your email coding to avoid triggering a spam filter. Instead, seemingly unrelated business decisions can affect the wider application…
Almost half of advertisers now “completely” or “mostly” trust AI adtech to make decisions about campaigns without human oversight — up from 25% last year, according to a report from Advertiser Perceptions, a business intelligence provider. Source: Advertiser Perceptions’ report Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Advertising 2024 Previously, advertisers “somewhat trusted” these ad technologies…
“You can’t keep adding bodies. That math does not work,” said Velia Carboni, CIO with appliance company SharkNinja. “The unlock with Agentforce versus historical chatbots will be authenticity. Agentforce gives us that opportunity. It feels more personal, more like a dialogue than a black-and-white ‘I ask this question, I get that answer.’” AI agents, assistants,…
“You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.” This expression applies when trying to create and execute personalized campaigns. If you go too deep into understanding prospects’ or customers’ needs and preferences, you can’t scale the campaign. If you go too shallow, then the message lacks relevance and connection to buyers. It’s a…