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SendGrid Email Marketing Pricing [2024]

SendX

Have you ever used any email marketing software? If you have, odds are you know that nailing the ideal plan down from the various offerings can be difficult. You will need to look at the features from your email marketing goals and budget viewpoint.

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4 Tips to Increase Engagement With Your Digital Fundraisers

Marketing Insider Group

Digital campaigns have taken off in the world of nonprofit fundraising, and it’s not hard to see why. According to NextAfter’s 2024 Fundraising Benchmark Report , digital-first organizations (those that consider digital platforms as “the primary point of engagement” with their audiences) are growing 12.7% faster than the average nonprofit. In addition, in 2023, donors acquired online were 48% more valuable than offline-acquired donors in terms of total revenue generated.

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Why Companies Are Cutting the CMO Role (and What Happens Next)

Marketing Insider Group

For decades, the CMO role has been a mainstay of the executive suite. But now, many big companies are starting to cut or modify the CMO position , scale back and refine their marketing approaches. Why is this happening? What are the alternatives? And what happens next? Why Companies Are Cutting the CMO Role There are several reasons why companies are starting to cut the CMO position.

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Think MQLs Don’t Work? It’s Time to Rethink Your Marketing Approach

Only B2B

MQL is dead. They are the bubbles on the surface of your marketing feed. Not exactly. MQLs are little more than surface-level indicators. They represent value for prospects who’ve shown genuine interest through actions like downloading content. Unlike general leads, MQLs are more engaged and significantly more likely to convert. Read this blog to discover why MQLs still matter.

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4 Simple Decisions to Unlock Your Post-Cookie Targeting Strategy

The rise of AI and the fall of the cookie are profoundly changing programmatic advertising. With Chrome’s third-party cookie deprecation looming, the industry must adapt. With an overwhelming array of new and old technologies, many advertisers feel uncertain about how to proceed. Dstillery CEO, Michael Beebe, outlines a straightforward 4-step approach to streamline and enhance your post-cookie targeting strategy: Leverage first-party data.

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Improving marketing operations performance: Best of the MarTechBot

Martech

Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content.

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Increase Email Deliverability Even While Sending Bulk Emails

SendX

Learn how to send bulk emails without spamming, boost delivery rates, and optimize your campaigns. Start improving your email marketing today!

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Key Considerations for Smart Marketing Leaders Adopting AI

Convince & Convert

If you or your leadership team think you’re behind on adopting AI tools, take heart: You’re not. Despite what you may be hearing from different industry reports, it’s still very early in the game. However, things are moving fast. AI tools are evolving rapidly, and it’s important to engage in the conversation, stay informed, and be intentional about how you approach and implement these tools.

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Using AI to build your professional profile in B2B

Oktopost

Standing out on social media is critical in the competitive B2B marketing and sales world. It is more than only being a professional at your specific job. As an employee advocate, you are also positioning yourself as a thought leader in the field and industry you are part of. You are an active participant in the field that your potential and existing customers are following.

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10+ Overlooked Tools To Improve Your MarTech Stack

Content Marketing Institute

Are you happy with the content and marketing tools your organization uses? Or does it feel like something’s missing? If so, you’ll probably find it on this list of overlooked martech tools (and resources) that Content Marketing World speakers recommend.

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WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook 2024

Elevate your webinar game with WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook! Packed with insights from our seasoned webinar experts, this comprehensive guide is your go-to resource for mastering the art of B2B webinars. Learn the fundamentals, from defining webinars to exploring their benefits and diverse use cases. Discover the key elements of running a successful webinar, avoiding common mistakes, and making your sessions more engaging.

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ConvertKit Pricing – What does it actually cost in 2024?

SendX

How much does ConvertKit cost? Know about ConvertKit pricing, their free plan, integrations, handling of unsubscribers, discounts, and refund policy. Updated for 2024.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Paid Media Advertising

Marketing Insider Group

Paid media advertising has become an important part of digital marketing strategies, allowing businesses to reach new customers and see measurable growth. Through platforms like Google Ads, social media, and display networks, businesses can instantly gain visibility and engage with target audiences. In this beginner’s guide to paid media, we’ll break down the fundamentals of paid media and highlight its benefits for marketers.

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What are marketers’ investment priorities as 2024 winds down?

Martech

Many marketing organizations spent the last couple of years watching their budgets carefully as interest rates rose and VC money dried up. As a result, many companies invested less in technology than they had in previous years. Dotdigital’s CMO Tracker survey asked 750 CMOs from the U.S., U.K. and Australia about their spending priorities. In this episode of the MarTech.org podcast, Juliette Aiken, CMO of Dotdigital, sits down to discuss the findings of the report.

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Impressions vs Engagement: Which should you report on?

Oktopost

Endless streams of online content are eroding our attention spans. What buyers, either B2C or B2B, scrolling through TikTok and buyers perusing LinkedIn have in common is that hordes of marketers are always clamoring for their attention. And we can already see the impact of this steep competition. Comparing year over year, many professionals report that overall post reach on LinkedIn has plummeted by 66%, while average engagement dropped by 16%.

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The Top 3 Tips for Writing Successful White Papers

In the B2B marketing toolkit, white papers can be a powerful option for reaching decision-makers and experts, presenting them with interesting information that improves their perception of your organization's competence and thought leadership. That said, a poorly executed whitepaper will not only be unable to influence your desired audience but will also come with significant costs that other assets won't incur.

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5 Myths About Autonomous Agents

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

It’s understandable to be confused about new and revolutionary technologies like autonomous agents. Will they really deliver value? What can and can’t they do? Aren’t they just glorified bots? These are legitimate questions, and as with any new technology, there are some misconceptions floating around that might cloud your understanding of its potential.

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How to Embed Google Reviews on a Website?

SocialPilot

There are many upsides to displaying your customer’s positive Google reviews on your website. When people visit your website, what they see will leave a lasting impact on them. 87% of the time , whether someone decides to visit you again depends on your reviews. Therefore, embedding Google reviews on your website is crucial for building trust with potential customers.

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A Future Without Ads: Why It's Time to Move Beyond Advertising

CMSWire

Advertising manipulates perceptions and disrupts creativity, promoting dishonesty over integrity. A future without ads fosters genuine value and innovation. Continue reading.

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What the LinkedIn debate over a HockeyStack report says about B2B marketing

Martech

Here’s a question to consider: Does it take more than 250 touchpoints to close a B2B SaaS deal in today’s world? That’s a lot of touchpoints. But B2B software sales are incredibly complicated things. They involve a lot of people. Any sizable B2B SaaS deal includes: A buying committee. Influencers (not the ones you see on TikTok, but old-school influencers).

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: Outlook for 2025 [Research]

Content Marketing Institute

What do the top-performing B2B marketers do? How is generative AI being treated in content programs? What content types dominate this year’s list? All those questions and more are answered in CMI’s just-released annual B2B research.

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A guide to choosing the most effective social media networks for your brand

Sprout Social

Which social media networks should your brand focus on? Not too long ago, the answer may have been, “as many as your team can handle.” But times have changed. Social media management is evolving rapidly, and consumers are becoming more discerning about where they engage. They now turn to different platforms for different purposes—whether it’s customer care, entertainment or staying informed.

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CX and churn: the struggle to make 10 different channels feel like a single experience

Sword and the Script | B2B

B2B marketing today produces more stuff, for more channels, for longer sales cycles on smaller budgets – and B2B customers want a unified CX or they say they will churn B2B marketing is an incredibly difficult job. Consider the following statistics from just this year: B2B marketing budgets are “anemic” in 2024, sitting at 7.7% of revenue , well below the 10% industry benchmark ; Peer-reviewed academic research shows B2B tech startups consistently underfund marketing ; More marketing leaders wou

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Creating Structured Communication for Content Teams

ClearVoice

For content teams to create high-quality content efficiently, everyone involved in the production process should be on the same page. Content teams need clarity on every detail — from deliverables to deadlines — to collaborate seamlessly and meet their goals. Effective communication is the key to ensuring this. But expecting your content team to maintain clear communication is easier said than done.

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The Resurgence of Direct Mail as a Growth Marketing Strategy

Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service

Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.

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Go inside the modern marketing data stack by Snowflake

Martech

Snowflake’s annual Modern Marketing Data Stack report highlights marketing and advertising trends and identifies which technologies are helping organizations like yours use their data to understand their customers and run campaigns that lift the bottom line. Join us for a free virtual event on Oct. 22, 2024, where we’ll unveil the 2025 report’s key findings.

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How To Catch Content Lightning in a Bottle

Content Marketing Institute

Media consumption isn’t like it used to be. Online videos beat TV viewing, and YouTube bests Netflix in market share. People spend a big chunk of time on user-generated content on social. In this terrain, what’s a marketer to do?

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What the History of CX Teaches Us About Modern Customer Experience Strategy

CMSWire

Ever really wondered where this whole customer experience thing began? Wonder no more. Continue reading.

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How SEO Can Capture Demand You Create Elsewhere

Ahrefs

Sometimes, it’s a short-term play, like an ecommerce store creating buzz before launching a new product. Other times, like with B2B marketing, it’s a long-term play to engage out-of-market audiences.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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Personal Branding 101 – How to Stand Out and Stay Authentic on LinkedIn

Oktopost

If you’re looking to build your personal brand or inspire your advocates to do the same, tune into this episode for practical tips and actionable strategies. Listen to the Podcast: Or subscribe on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or YouTube Watch the live recording: Episode Summary “We’re living right now in an era where people are understanding that being active and being themselves on social media for the sake of their career growth is incredibly important.

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Meta announces genAI video tools for advertisers

Martech

Today, Meta announced new generative AI video creation tools for advertisers on Facebook and Instagram. The tools are rolling out in Advantage+ creative and will be more widely available to advertisers early next year. In May, Meta rolled out genAI tools to resize images, change backgrounds and repurpose existing images to create multiple versions of ads.

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Boost Your Manufacturing Growth with Digital Content Marketing

Stevens & Tate

Have you read tons of digital content marketing advice, only to find that most of it doesn’t quite fit your industry? That’s because many resources tend to focus on sectors that target broader consumer bases. However, manufacturing is a whole different ballgame—it often serves niche markets with specific needs. That’s why a solid digital content marketing strategy for this sector should prioritize showcasing technical expertise, navigating longer sales cycles, and targeting distinct B2B au