Topic: marketing metrics
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Unlock Performance Gaps with Customer Analytics
Traditional marketing metrics focus on channel efficiency but overlook the key drivers of sustainable growth: the customers themselves. Customer analytics uses first-party data and AI to shift focus from channels to people, enabling predictive insights and tailored engagement strategies. Implemen...
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Google AI Overviews Slash Organic, Paid Clicks by Over 60%
Google's AI Overviews have caused dramatic declines in organic and paid click-through rates, with drops of 61% and 68% respectively for informational queries since mid-2024. Users are increasingly relying on instant AI answers and alternative platforms, reducing the need to visit websites directl...
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Social & UGC: The New Trust Engines of Search
Search is evolving beyond traditional engines into a multi-platform reality, where social media and user-generated content drive trust and discoverability, integrating with AI to span various channels. User-generated content and social platforms like Reddit and YouTube are now primary sources for...
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Gain Executive Trust Beyond Marketing Attribution
Traditional marketing attribution is flawed because it relies on rigid metrics that misrepresent performance and fails to capture the complexity of actual customer purchasing behavior. Attribution models oversimplify customer journeys by ignoring upper-funnel influences like brand building and wo...
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CLV: The Unfakeable Metric for Marketing Growth
Many businesses prioritize aggressive marketing over improving core products and services, creating a credibility gap when customer experiences fail to meet advertised promises. Customer satisfaction in the U.S. has declined to multi-year lows, with consumers facing higher prices, reduced quality...
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Intent-Based Marketing: Target Ready Buyers Now
Intent-based marketing targets prospects actively showing online buying signals, using first-party data from direct website interactions to ensure respectful and personalized engagement in a privacy-conscious landscape. Effective implementation relies on a Smart CRM with AI automation to identify...
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Break Down Barriers: A Destination Marketer's Guide
Ashley Judge, executive director of Destination Salem, balances the town's historic identity with its modern Halloween fame by combining storytelling with practical solutions, such as promoting community spirit through personal engagement. She emphasizes using owned media like email marketing to ...
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Loop vs Inbound Marketing: A Powerful Partnership
Loop marketing enhances inbound strategies by adding AI-driven personalization, multi-channel distribution, and real-time optimization through four continuous stages: Express, Tailor, Amplify, and Evolve. It functions as an evolution of inbound marketing, preserving core principles like customer-...
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Founder-Led Marketing Drives 3.7x Larger Deals
Founder-led marketing on LinkedIn significantly boosts business growth, with active founders seeing a 33% increase in leads and larger contracts. A practical framework from a LinkedIn webinar helps founders convert expertise into content, build credibility, and implement sustainable systems for c...
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