by Zoe Ashbridge for HubSpot Approximately 333.2 billion emails were sent in 2022 — and every single one demands time. Every time you head over to your inbox, it impacts your productivity and takes you out of a deep focus. To help you get your concentration and productivity back, we're sharing email management tips and tricks to keep you focused. Read on to learn how to control your inbox instead of having it run your life. You'll also learn exactly how to implement these simple email management tips. Let's dive in. Email Management Tips Shut off your notifications. Work offline. Schedule specific times during…
What is Churn? How Can It Be Negative? And What’s a Good Monthly Churn Rate?
by Sid Jain at ChartMogul Churn gets a lot of bad press. Yes, it is complex. Yes, it is confusing. But as a metric, it is helpful. In the early stages of building a company, churn gives you quick feedback which other metrics seldom do. You can run tests on your platform, and then see feedback within the next few days or months. Boom! In this post, we go deep into churn. First, we answer a few key questions such as what is churn? What are its different types? And how can it be negative? Then, we dive into churn…
Pros & Cons of AI Email in Sales [+Tools to Consider]
by Kiran Shahid for HubSpot To say that ChatGPT has thrown the internet into a frenzy would be an understatement. Since December 2022, interest in the search term “AI tools” has skyrocketed by 292% in the U.S. alone. Now Google, HubSpot, and Microsoft are racing to develop their own versions of AI chat tools to compete with ChatGPT. Here's the burning question: Does AI have a place in sales, and how does it affect our current sales processes? Like any new tech, you need to dive in and research. We'll review use cases of AI emails, their pros and cons, and the tools…
190 ChatGPT Prompts Marketers Should Use
by Erica Santiago for HubSpot ChatGPT is generating a lot of buzz in the marketing industry, and if you're a marketer, you're probably wondering how to use the technology to its full potential. Fortunately, I've compiled a list of 190 prompts to enter into ChatGPT to take the guesswork out of figuring out how to use the AI. If you're unfamiliar with ChatGPT, here's what you need to know. Free Guide: How to Use AI in Content Marketing What is ChatGPT? 25 ChatGPT Prompts for Marketing 25 ChatGPT Prompts for Business 27 ChatGPT Prompts for Content Creation and Social Media 9…
14 Universal Digital Marketing Skills You Can’t Ignore
by Mateusz Makosiewicz for ahrefs.com Social media marketing, search engine optimization, email marketing, marketing automation… the list of digital marketing specializations goes on and on. Of course, they are all different. Yet when you do enough of them in your career, as I have for the past 14 years, you start to identify certain skills that are fundamental to all of those specializations. The sooner you start to learn those “universal” skills, the better—because those skills act as investments. They will pay off nicely when you work your way toward becoming an expert in a given field or when you…
SaaS Content Marketing: Why You Should Focus on Bottom of the Funnel First to Drive Signups
By Benji Hyam for Grow & Convert If you talk to content marketers at SaaS companies (both in-house and other agencies), almost everyone will tell you that you need to focus on top of the funnel content first. Why? Because most marketers assume everyone starts at the top of the funnel and slowly makes their way down the funnel via nurturing and more content. The logic typically sounds like this: “Well first, the customer needs awareness: They need to know about the problem. Then, they need to consider different options: Look for solutions. Then they’ll convert: Sign up to try your solution.” Yes, in theory, every single customer for any product goes…
5 Types of Content to Spice up Your B2B Marketing
By Julie van der Weele for FOLEON Are you looking for innovative ways to spice up your B2B content marketing strategy? You’re in the right place. Creating content that stands out from the crowd is no mean feat these days. Marketers and brands need to develop and deliver a content marketing strategy that gets their ideal customers' attention and encourages them to keep listening, watching, and waiting for the next content-related treat. The team at Foleon is always super excited to share our content inspirations, and we especially enjoy it when we can show how they are aligned to a…
CYBER SECURITY FUTURE IN THE WAKE OF CHATGPT AND AI
by Megan Shaw for DNiF As technology advances, so do the tools and tactics used by cyber criminals. In recent years, the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) technologies has revolutionized the cybersecurity landscape. One of the most significant developments in this area has been the creation of ChatGPT, a large language model that can simulate human-like responses in real-time. While ChatGPT has many potential applications, it also poses several security risks. Let's explore the future of cyber security in the wake of ChatGPT and AI. The Threats of ChatGPT ChatGPT has several potential applications in the field…
Bad Data Is Ruining Your Ad Campaigns—Here’s How to Fix It
by Timur Yarnall at MarketingProfs The days of spray-and-pray advertising are dead. They have been for a long time. These days, audience targeting is a critical part of any marketing campaign. Most marketers use Big Data—the decade's sexiest buzzword—to target prospects. The bad news is that Big Data is worthless unless it's of the highest quality. Unfortunately, most ad campaigns are fueled by irrelevant, untrustworthy data. Bad-quality data costs companies on average nearly $13 million per year, according to a Gartner survey. If you don't have high-quality data, you're in a lose-lose situation: You lose out on potential customers because of mistargeted ads, and…
Intent Marketing: A Powerhouse for B2B Marketing
By Anushree Bhattacharya at talkCMO.com Industry leaders consider intent marketing is a superpower in the hands of marketing leaders today. Business should launch their marketing efforts with an intent marketing approach in 2023. Over the years, there have been many different marketing efforts brands kept experimenting with to made marketing plans functional. However, with the evolving digital marketing landscape, many new marketing forms evolved, anticipating patterns of customer behaviors, their rising demands and enriching their experiences. To capitalize on the new marketing forms, brands must leave behind conventional marketing strategies and adopt the snowballing ones or the trending, which help…