by MARK DANCER for Mark Dancer on Flourishing Business Building Conversations About The Future With a little understanding and a lot of teamwork, distributors can start discussions today that will lead to a brighter tomorrow for the supply chain and beyond. MARK DANCER AUG 2, 2023 3 Share The diagram represents a key work process facilitated at the 2023 NAW BusinessOutside Innovation Forum. Recently, I had the honor of participating in an innovation retreat sponsored by the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors’ (NAW) Institute for Distribution Excellence and attended by several leading distributor executives and industry thought leaders. Bart Tessel, NAW’s Chief Innovation…
How To Use AI To Organize Content And Accelerate The Customer Journey
BY BRUCE MCKENZIE for Biznology More than 80% of today’s buying journey is driven by independent research and internal buying group discussions. Not only does that require companies to generate lots of digital content to help buying teams who are doing their own research, there also needs to be a better way to organize it so buyers can easily find what they’re looking for. New AI-powered solutions are changing the way that content can be organized and presented to accelerate the customer journey. Buyers responding to a recent Demand Gen survey urged B2B vendors to “ditch the traditional style of organizing…
Top AI tips and prompts to supercharge your content marketing
by Victoria Shepherd for Search Engine Land Content marketing is crucial for brand awareness and engagement in the digital landscape. Generating compelling ideas consistently can be daunting, but generative AI like ChatGPT offers solutions. This article explores top AI tips to boost your content marketing efforts. What is an AI prompt? AI prompts are any type of text, data, or question that tells the AI the desired response you seek. These prompts can inspire and generate ideas for limitless content marketing concepts. Before diving into AI-generated prompts, define your content marketing goals. Are you aiming to educate your audience, generate leads or increase…
ChatGPT Traffic and Usage Is Down. Why The Hype Has Started To Fade
By Sophie Brenner for Marketing Insider Group AI generated content and chatbots have taken the world by storm this year. After a few months, though, the seemingly flawless piece of technology is starting to lose its credibility as it continues to be proven lacking in certain areas. Source: Fortune (July 19, 2023) Read on to find out how and why the hype behind AI is fading. Quick Takeaways: AI-generated content has limitations such as misinformation, lack of creativity, and biased information. Ethical concerns highlight the need for responsible use and regulation of AI-generated content. AI cannot fully replace human creativity and intervention in…
How to Create a Unique, Relatable Brand as a Content Creator
by Erica Santiago for HubSpot When diving into content creation, most upcoming creators tend to focus on the materials they need, such as cameras, lighting, and an optimal place to record. All that is crucial to creating high-quality content, but there is one more thing creators need — a personal brand. What makes you stand out as a content creator? How do you create a content creator brand audiences can trust? We will explore what a personal brand is, why it's essential, and how to create a content creator brand. What is a personal brand? A personal brand is how…
How ChatGPT Can Power Your Content Calendar
By Brooke Gocklin for Contently We’ve all seen the headlines: “Yes, ChatGPT is coming for your office job,” “How language AI could revolutionize marketing,” and even “Engineers added ChatGPT to a robot dog and now it can talk.” Whether you’re feeling cautious or excited about the AI revolution, one thing’s undeniable: If you’re not leveraging technology like ChatGPT to work smarter, not harder, you’re missing out. One way ChatGPT can power your work in content marketing? The content calendar creation process. In this post, we’ll dive into what is ChatGPT and, more importantly, how to get started, so you can become a prompt-writing…
Content Marketing During a Downturn: Here’s What the Conventional Wisdom Gets Wrong
By Sharla Moody for Contently Recession. Downturn. Economic uncertainty. When these words start to appear, conventional wisdom tells businesses to cut their marketing budgets. It turns out that advice is dead wrong. As multiple researchers have found over decades of studies, stopping your marketing efforts during tough times is a mistake. Data shows that proactive marketing “pays off” during recessions—for brands across industries, including the likes of Toyota, Amazon, Coca-Cola, etc. As two marketing professors put it in a 2020 Harvard Business Review article: “Firms that maintain their marketing spend while reallocating it to suit the context … fare better than firms that cut their marketing…
11 best AI writer apps of June 2023 (Top Picks)
by Marketer Milk Team A successful content marketing operation needs three things — a good strategy, a good writer, and a good SEO assistant. Luckily, technology has advanced and we now have AI writers at our disposal. Let’s just say it — writers can be excessively proud people (this writer certainly can). They often believe they don’t need or benefit from outside assistance, from interfering editors to spell-checkers that keep defaulting to the wrong language. However, even the most self-reliant or awkward of scribes already uses technical tools to ply their trade. Word’s built-in error-correcting abilities, reputable online dictionaries and…
B2B Marketing: How To Report On Content Marketing Efforts
by Funky Marketing How to report on content marketing? It seems to be a question that I started to hear more and more often. There are a lot of talks these days about the importance of content marketing for B2B companies. And if you are smart enough to be reading this, you probably already very well know how important it is and you are already doing it. But what happens when it’s time to report on results? How do you show that all your effort is actually paying off? This is often missing from the conversation. And it’s not surprising.…
How HubSpotters Are Enhancing Their Content with AI
by Caroline Forsey for HubSpot AI has undoubtedly upended the way professionals across the organization work. And content creation is no exception. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are offering new ways for marketers to create more effective and engaging content. From automating content creation to improving personalized recommendations, AI is reshaping the content marketing landscape. But if you're unsure how to leverage AI to create better content, you're not alone. At HubSpot, we've been exploring the fine line between using AI to enhance our content without relying too heavily on it. Here, let's explore some of the ways HubSpotters across…