Archive July 15, 2025

How Privy’s former CMO learned to love low-budget, scrappy marketing

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Written by: Dave Gerhardt If you’re a startup founder or marketer trying to build momentum with little to no budget, good news: Being scrappy is the best place to start. Some of the most effective marketing I’ve ever done — from the early days of my career to my time at Drift — came from moments when there was no budget at all. When you don’t have big dollars to hide behind, you’re forced to get creative, move fast, and figure out what actually gets attention. You learn by doing, not by building 40-slide decks to ask for $50,000. In this…

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The 5 new realities of search: Rethinking content strategy for 2026 and beyond

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Written by Ashley Liddell Strategy in 2026 means meeting users where they scroll, swipe, and trust. These realities show how discovery is being reshaped – for good. Search isn’t what it used to be. The neat, linear, “perfect” journey, where a user types a question into Google, clicks a blue link, and finds their answer, is over. (If that ever actually existed.) In 2026, search is no longer a single engine or entry point. It’s everywhere – fragmented, plural, multimodal, and deeply social. Discovery now happens in: The swipe of a TikTok. The scroll of a Reddit thread. The speed of an LLM summary. The viewership…

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As Google shifts to AI search, legacy SEO faces a new reality

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Written by Danny Goodwin Clicks are vanishing and SEO playbooks are being rewritten. And Google has been telling us for a long time where this is all headed. “SEO isn’t dead; it’s deprecated.” These five words from Michael King‘s SMX Advanced presentation on “the end of SEO as we know it” have really stuck with me since I watched his excellent presentation earlier this month. On the surface, it may seem like business as usual for SEOs. After all, Google sees 5 trillion searches a year. However, for every 1,000 U.S. Google searches, only 360 clicks go to the open web, according to SparkToro and Datos data.…

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Six simple behavioral science tips to improve any marketing message (and the brands that get it right)

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Written by: Phill Agnew Do you ever look at an ad and wonder, “What on earth does that mean?” That’s how I felt after viewing this Stripe ad. Source Now, I love Stripe. Their product is tremendous in the world of payment processing, but this ad makes no sense. Not only is it confusing, but it’s missing all the elements that I think make for a good ad. The ad needs a refresh, and behavioral science can help. Since starting the Nudge podcast, I’ve regularly interviewed researchers and other experts in order to glean insights from psychology and apply them to marketing. And…

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Master the art of going viral on LinkedIn with Hala Taha’s four-step formula

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Written by: Kipp Bodnar LinkedIn might be the most underrated growth channel in marketing right now. I‘ve been obsessing over this lately. While everyone’s fighting for attention on every other platform, LinkedIn remains a place where smart marketers can still build massive audiences without burning through ad budget. I sat down with LinkedIn creator Hala Taha recently to see how marketers can meet the moment. Hala grew a following of 260,000+ on the platform. How? She has a four-step viral content formula that actually works. It‘s not just theory. She’s using it to consistently hit massive reach numbers. During a recent conversation, Hala…

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The actual recession marketing tactics that helped brands survive + how your team can implement them

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Written by: Brianne Garrett In 2020, I interviewed Andrea Lisbona for Forbes about her less than two-year-old hand sanitizer brand, Touchland. The pandemic was wreaking havoc and the very green startup needed to act quickly and smartly. That they did — tightening their marketing strategy to meet the demands of the times. It was a real-time masterclass in surviving turbulent periods. Fast forward to today: If the recent $700 million acquisition by Church & Dwight is any indication, Touchland didn’t just survive — they’ve established themselves as a major category leader. In this post, I’ll review 10 companies, including Touchland, that viewed turbulent times as opportunities to…

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HR Query: Riot Ready—Navigating Unrest & HR Responsibilities

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By HR Daily Advisor Staff With recent events like the Los Angeles riots — and the potential for similar unrest — HR leaders are facing many questions about their legal duties during times of violence. How do you keep your team safe, keep your business running, and follow the law when trouble hits nearby? In this week’s HR Query, Nonnie Shivers, Phoenix Office Managing Shareholder for Ogletree Deakins, provides essential guidance on navigating these challenging situations and offers practical steps to help HR professionals prepare for similar events, no matter the location. When do companies legally have to shut down operations? How…

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The Worrying Trend of Employees Ignoring Corporate AI Rules

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By Lin Grensing-Popha As AI weaves itself deeper into the fabric of professional life, a quiet revolution is taking place behind closed doors. According to Intapp’s newly published 2025 Technology Perceptions Survey, professionals in sectors like accounting, consulting, finance, and law are adopting AI tools at record speed—often without waiting for official sign-off. A Sharp Uptick—With a Catch In a poll of over 800 professionals across the U.S. and U.K., 72% reported using AI at work, up sharply from 48% the year before. What once felt experimental is now essential. But there’s a twist: roughly half of these users are tapping into…

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Algorithms and Elbow Grease: How AI Can Supercharge Your Small Biz Marketing

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by Gloria Martinez If you run a small business, you're already juggling a lot. Inventory, payroll, client relations—the to-do list never seems to shrink. And right when you start feeling on top of it all, marketing rears its many-headed beast. You know it’s essential, but it’s also time-consuming, expensive, and full of blind spots. This is where artificial intelligence—yes, that buzzword you’ve been side-eyeing—can step in not as a replacement but as a partner. Let’s skip the hype and talk about the real, tangible ways AI tools can help your small business not just survive, but stand out. Turning Hours…

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To Deliver on ABM’s Promise, B2B Marketers Must Modernize ABM Strategy

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by Keith Turco Account based marketing needs a makeover, and 2025 is the perfect year for B2B marketers to make room for the improvements and innovations needed to stand out in a volatile and uncertain market. Even today, too many ABM activation platforms have failed to deliver on the promise and potential of ABM. They offer fragmented point solutions, siloed channels, or fragmented measurement frameworks that leave marketers guessing on performance. The result? ABM strategies that sound good on paper but fall short in practice—often engaging only a fraction of the full buying committee and stalling progress in the sales cycle. It's time…

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