We can wrestle with a challenge or a problem and find energy and possibility while doing it. And we can dance with someone else as we seek a mutual way forward. Fighting tends to be more brutal, final and hurtful than is often productive. You don’t want to spend your days fighting. The words matter.
Retail Media Networks: Why Marketers Need to Care about Their Rise in 2024
To some surprise, digital advertising spending will jump in 2024. But the unexpected news for most is the rise in spending on retail media networks. Learn why B2C – and B2B – marketers should pay attention to them.
All species are invasive species
Human beings as we know them have only been around for 70,000 years or so. Honeybees got to North America around the time Columbus did. And the same is true for technologies and companies. Western Union was an interloper, telegrams were the scary new tech that was going to change everything for the worse. It’s […]
If your marketing and sales outreach relies heavily on emails, it’s important to master your campaign performance to reach your desired revenue goals. But what exactly do you need? A good email tracking software tool is the answer you’re seeking. Find a tool that will help you monitor email opens and how your recipients interact […]
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How a FORTUNE Brand Studio Exec built a content business on brainstorming, budget constraints, and white glove service
Megan Gilbert joined as editorial director to launch FORTUNE Brand Studio. Four years later, she’s the vice president and has helped grow it to $16 million in revenue. Learn how she leads the agency and why she’s a Content Marketer of the Year finalist.
A colleague got an angry note. It concluded with, “you should know better.” The transgression? The sender was offended that my friend had written a post about a concept she’s been developing for nearly a decade. Of course, no idea is unique, and the posted idea sort of rhymed with one that the professor had […]
Redesigning A Website The Right Way – A Holistic Guide to Getting Results
When you designed your current website, you probably looked at it the way I look at every pop culture reference I put into marketing content — that is, with immeasurable […]
Content marketing trends 2024: 67 predictions
What’s ahead in content and marketing for 2024? AI gets a lot of attention in these predictions, but in surprising ways. Plus, these experts forecast the impact of social media and world turmoil and give a healthy dose of hope.
They’re not the same thing. Hope can fuel us. Hope can be refilled. Hope opens the door to possibility. Expectations, on the other hand, are a trap. They make us brittle and lead to disappointment. When we raise our hopes and lower our expectations, we establish a resilient way forward.
The 10 Best Platforms for Marketing Planning Software
Marketing is complex. There are a lot of moving parts across creative teams such as design, copy production, SEO, PPC and more, which can make production and coordination confusing if […]
Display advertising has come a long way since October 27, 1994, when the first banner ad promoting AT&T appeared on HotWired: Here’s what a typical display ad looks like today: However, it’s not just the appearance of display ads that has changed—the frequency with which users see display advertising has exponentially increased over the years.Read More >
Before you start an AI strategy, make the case to stop
Generative AI’s integration in your marketing usually doesn’t save your team time. It just adds new items to the workload. So, if you truly want to succeed, you must identify what you’ll stop doing to start the other thing.
It’s easy to be confused about this job, because it’s not one job, it’s at least three. This is why it’s a difficult job to fill, and why turnover is so high–we’re not allocating resources or setting expectations in a way that matches the work to be done. Marketing strategy: This is the work of […]
Non-profits and charities depend on the emotional and financial support of their backers. And that support is always based on a story. A story of possibility, of justice, of community. They serve to right wrongs, to fix problems, to shine a light and to make things better. I’ve discovered that a book is a powerful […]
What do your customers think about your business? If you have no clue, you’re missing out on valuable insight that can improve your services in the long run. However, without the right tool, creating a survey can take weeks or months—and cost you money. To help you, we’ve looked for some of the best free […]
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In the moment, it’s really difficult. L’espirit descalier means, “the spirit of the staircase.” That thing you wished you had a said just a moment ago, the bon mot or the clever riposte. It only comes to us as we’re walking away. But this sort of quick comment is good for the movies, not so […]