Spring Cleaning: A Marketer’s Checklist

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[Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect 2025 best practices.] Spring is in the air. The flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and the sun is beaming. […]

From MQL to Customer: 7 Most-Effective Lead Nurture Tactics

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Generating leads is tricky business, but it’ll all be for nothing if you stop there. Lead nurturing is what can help you get from interested to invested. Global information technology […]

The 4 Best Branded Videos We’ve Seen So Far in 2024

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Back in January beauty brand e.l.f. Cosmetics kicked things off with a true crime mockumentary about makeup theft that’s since gone viral, racking up nearly 6 million views on YouTube […]

The Dark Side of Content Marketing

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Everything has a dark side, and content marketing is no different. Lately, it seems like for every well-intended, mission-driven campaign, there’s a campaign with questionable practices to match. And while […]

Demand Gen Field Guide: Everything Marketers Need to Know

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[Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect 2025 best practices.] Welcome to our Demand Gen Field Guide — an all-encompassing resource collection built for demand-generation marketers looking to […]

Brands Are ‘Pivoting to Video’ — and This Time, It’s Working

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Why the last great ‘pivot to video’ in media failed, why it’s different this time, and what brands can do to avoid the mistakes of the past. Remember the pivot […]

Misleading Metrics: What Your CTR Isn’t Telling You

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If you’ve been in the marketing game for a while, you might be convinced that click-through rate (CTR) for things like ad and email campaigns is the gold standard when […]

4 Visual + Design Trends Shaping Content Marketing in 2024

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Content marketing is constantly evolving, and a crucial part of the puzzle is visual storytelling. Every year, thought leaders in the space share predictions on what we’re likely to see […]

7 Ways to Get First-Party Data for Targeting & Personalization

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Think about all of the marketing and advertisements you’re hit with on a daily basis. What stands out? The type that feels — sometimes, almost eerily — tailor-made just for […]

Cue the Comedy: 3 Brand Campaigns Making People Laugh in 2024

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The last few years have taken a serious toll. With the pandemic, an economic downturn, and now a heated election coming up, it’s been hard to catch a break. During […]

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