Martech

MARCH 8, 2024

This is the 6th article in a series about how generative AI is impacting marketing. We are in a huge paradigm shift, as generative AI disrupts how we access, consume and create content. Both consumers and businesses are gaining access to the most powerful set of tools ever created. 1 barrier to the adoption of AI for marketing.

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Salesforce

JULY 27, 2022

What is the state of commerce in 2022, and how can your business thrive amid all the financial turmoil? In this blog series, Salesforce experts weigh in on the report’s findings to help you position your brand for success. See highlights from the State of Commerce and interact with the data. Take a peek. Prioritize efficiency.

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Martech

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In their “Martech for 2024” report , Scott Brinker and Frans Riemersma compared AI’s adoption to a compressed version of Gartner’s Hype Cycle. In my previous three pieces for MarTech, I focused on the overall trends , data quality and content/campaign governance. The consumer profiles were generated by ChatGPT.

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Martech

JUNE 13, 2022

This can be seen in a recent Salesforce report which found: 88% of customers say trust is more important in times of change. The report, which surveyed over 13,000 consumers and nearly 4,000 business buyers across 29 countries, laid out what organizational actions build trust. Consumers want to trust the companies they buy from.

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Martech

JULY 16, 2021

We hear a lot about how dramatically the pandemic has affected consumer purchasing behavior, but the business-to-business side of buying is less frequently discussed. The lockdowns, cancelled events and work-from-home trends that have characterized the pandemic period have contributed to this phenomenon.

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Martech

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The great challenge for brands is how to reimagine their approach to customer experience by connecting every point of interaction, uniting all teams across the business and merging the trust gap between brands and consumers. Our research explored shifts in both marketer and consumer expectations around customer experience and privacy.

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Salesforce

JANUARY 2, 2024

What other revolutionary trends will we see explode onto the scene by this time next year? Get started with AI Trend 1: Using AI for efficiency According to the State of Sales report, operational efficiency is one of the most important trends in sales. Here’s what sales leaders should keep an eye on.

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Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

But first… The big trend In a report on the state of AI , McKinsey identified the following traits of leading AI companies, high performers that distinguish themselves from the rest: Their AI efforts are geared less towards cost reduction and more towards creating new businesses and sources of revenue.

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Salesforce

APRIL 17, 2023

online sales were flat in the first quarter — the first period of no growth since we started tracking the trends in our Shopping Index. But we’re seeing some positive signs around the world: Europe may be poised for a comeback, with online slowdown petering out or even turning positive in markets across the region. retailers in 2023.

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Martech

JULY 20, 2021

MarTech’s daily brief features daily insights, news, tips, and essential bits of wisdom for today’s digital marketer. Good morning, Marketers, and here’s a tip for you. But of course, it’s obvious what the problem is here, and it’s an interesting question whether it’s up to marketers to fix it.

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Salesforce

JANUARY 2, 2024

What other revolutionary trends will we see explode onto the scene by this time next year? Get started with AI Trend 1: Using AI for efficiency According to the State of Sales report, operational efficiency is one of the most important trends in sales. Here’s what sales leaders should keep an eye on.

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 22, 2023

Consumers are being more intentional about purchases and researching more. In those instances, the state of the page has changed, and it takes Google time to reconcile that. Get the daily newsletter search marketers rely on. Black Friday is just over 90 days away as of this writing. SUBSCRIBE See terms.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

With an engaged and diverse user base, it’s no wonder marketers are looking for ways to leverage TikTok to reach their target audiences. 53% of marketers expect TikTok to deliver the biggest growth in 2023, according to Reuters’ State of Marketing 2023 report. We have been doing this for years.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Marketers are increasing their budgets to feed the growing appetite for video, according to video hosting platform Wistia’s new 2022 State of Video report. Even with fewer uploads, time spent consuming video was up 20% in 2021 from 2020. Get the daily newsletter digital marketers rely on. Why we care. Why we care.

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Salesforce

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The 5th edition of the State of Service is Salesforce’s largest service study to date — a deep dive into trends that service organizations must consider when building their customer service strategies. Our newest and biggest State of Service report sheds light on how service leaders are driving success now.

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Highspot

MARCH 21, 2024

survey highlights a significant trend: today’s buyers have clear digital purchasing experience expectations, with a strong preference for personalization and immediacy. Sales vs. Marketing Emails Different Types of Sales Emails Steps to Crafting the Best Sales Email When Should You Send a Sales Email? A recent McKinsey & Co.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Despite economic headwinds, SaaS spending continues to grow, with most companies having self-reported increasing or maintaining SaaS spending. In this session, she shares insights and trends from research conducted this year that can help software buyers and sellers make smarter decisions about software and the market. .

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Understanding the nature of the buyer's journey is central to conducting sound marketing and sales efforts. Without a solid pulse on how consumers discover, consider, and ultimately decide to purchase products and services like yours, you're bound to sell both departments short. Let's dive in. Let's dive in. Consideration.

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Martech

AUGUST 30, 2022

Marketers are especially focused on the latter stages of the journey, with an eye toward fostering relationships that yield recurring revenue. Yet, few marketers are successfully satisfying customers in all phases of their relationship. Gartner’s depiction of the customer journey. The COVID-19 pandemic raised the stakes.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Auseh Britt, vp of growth marketing at account-based marketing platform Terminus, recently hosted a webinar that discussed her organization’s 2021 State of Modern Marketing Report. The study polled over 1000 go-to-Market (GTM) teams — groups tasked with identifying the best ways to reach specific marketing. “It

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Salesforce

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As we close the books on the third quarter, we found some trends that help explain the effects of inflation on the economy and what shoppers can expect in the future. Follow global shopping statistics and ecommerce trends. Let’s break down the emerging impact of inflation on consumer spend. STAY INFORMED WITH THE SHOPPING INDEX.

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Consumer trust Amazon reviews provide valuable insights into the quality and performance of products. This can help consumers understand what they are buying and whether it meets their specific needs. Risk mitigation For consumers, reading reviews can help them avoid making poor purchasing decisions.

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Martech

MARCH 7, 2024

’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said that Google must not deprecate third-party cookies until their concerns about competition have been resolved. Why aren’t marketers prepared yet? Marketers have other priorities — that’s perhaps an understatement. Deprecation has been postponed again and again.

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Salesforce

AUGUST 11, 2021

Digital transformation isn’t just a buzzworthy phrase — it has quickly become the reality for marketing organizations around the world. Eighty-four percent of marketers surveyed in our latest State of Marketing report said customer expectations are changing their digital strategies.

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Hubspot

APRIL 12, 2021

Most consumers were doing the same thing. So, what should marketers expect on YouTube in 2021? Consumers want videos that reflect their daily life. If 2020 showed marketers anything, it was the necessity for agility and authenticity. If 2020 showed marketers anything, it was the necessity for agility and authenticity.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 30, 2023

HubSpot conducted research on the “State of AI,” with over 1,350+ specialists reporting on how AI affects their business. 79% reported that AI helped them focus more on the selling part. AI recognizes facial impressions and drives emotion-based decisions The market size for facial recognition software was valued at USD 4.35

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 26, 2022

For ecommerce business owners and marketers, jumping on this bandwagon is different to jumping on Facebook and Instagram. TikTok has evolved from a platform known for viral dance moves to a place of rapid product discovery. Brands big (like Ray-Ban ) and small (like Scrub Daddy ) have grown to millions of followers and seen exponential ROI.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 7, 2023

2019: if you have hundreds or thousands of pages, removing URLs one by one can be time-consuming. 2018: Verified users in Google Search Console were about to get access the new Search Performance, Index Coverage, AMP status and Job posting reports. ” Barry Schwartz asked Google’s John Mueller about Dubut’s statement.

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Salesforce

JULY 14, 2021

Some of the benefits of measuring your return on experience (ROX) include faster time-to-market, automation-driven productivity, and of course, increased incremental profit growth. In earlier blog posts, we explained how you can measure the return on your IT experiences , marketing experiences , and service experiences.

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Martech

AUGUST 23, 2023

The consumer moves faster than the brand. The marketing technology revolution is the compass guiding businesses through uncharted waters. The demand for advanced marketing technologies has surged as businesses pivot their operations online. In today’s always-on world, every click matters.

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Martech

DECEMBER 6, 2021

And brands that are doing precisely that this holiday season are arming their teams with the most accurate, real-time consumer research possible. Let’s see how that looks and ways your brand can still take advantage of opportunities that consumer research has to offer this holiday season. The state of holiday gifting.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

We still hear worries about a potential recession, even though the economy is doing well, at least in the United States, thanks to Gross Domestic Product growth and satisfactory external numbers. But inflation still looms over consumer spending, and forecasts are split between optimism and pessimism. Fast-forward to October 2023.

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 16, 2023

billion ads in a tumultuous 2020, says annual Ads Safety Report 2021: The report listed misinformation around COVID-19 and the political climate, as well as ad fraud, as top concerns. AdWords Top Movers Report Gets A Makeover 2015: Google updated the Top Movers report with a summary to make it easier to spot areas for improvement.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

2022 saw notably less funding for marketing technology than previous years, but there were significantly more new product announcements, feature updates and M&A activity throughout the year. At CabinetM, we’ve built a marketing technology directory of 15,000+ products to drive our marketing technology management tools.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2020

This is our fifth annual State of Conversion Optimization report. In partnership with Convert , we surveyed 399 optimizers from around the world to get a pulse on the state of the CRO industry today. Be sure to download the full report below. It’s one of our favorite parts of the year! Here are four takeaways.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In case u missed @SaaStrAnnual State of the Cloud w @bdeeter @TheValuesVC. ??Future If you’ve been to any recent SaaStr Annuals, you’ll know that one staple of the event is Byron Deeter of Bessemer Venture Partners launching the latest edition of Bessemer’s State of the Cloud — live. Future of work = remote ??Privacy

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 23, 2023

Search engines, especially Google, are in a constant state of evolution. Last year, to promote more user-centric content, Google added “experience” to their foundational criteria of expertise, authority, and trust, urging marketers to hone in on what matters to end users and consumers. SUBSCRIBE See terms.

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