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  • AI in Content Marketing: 4 Proven Workflows
    AI has transformed the marketing industry.  From AI in content marketing to customer insights, its versatility is reshaping the day-to-day experience for everyone in the industry. In fact, let’s see if ChatGPT can come up with its own intro for this piece.  “AI is really shaking things up in marketing, making it easier and smarter […]
  • 8 Tips to Optimize for AI Overviews: The New SEO
    Traditional SEO isn’t going away, but the playbook is changing fast. With Google AI Overviews, the goal isn’t just ranking on page one anymore. It’s making your brand become the source the model pulls from when it generates the answer. You’ve probably heard the buzz around AEO and GEO as the “replacement” for SEO. In […]
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    AI in Performance Marketing: Efficiency Meets Personalization
    Performance marketing has always lived at the intersection of data, speed, and decision-making. The faster you can test, learn, and adjust, the more likely you are to win. AI was already a core piece of the puzzle supporting these decisions. But now more than ever, it’s actively shaping them. From automated bidding to predictive targeting […]
  • A Marketer’s Guide to Cookieless Marketing: The Next Era of Ad Targeting
    We all know about cookies when it comes to marketing. You’re asked to accept them at almost every turn online. If you’re a fan of data privacy, you probably reject them outright. In fact, only 17% of U.S. consumers say they always accept cookies when they browse the web.  Between privacy laws tightening, browsers cracking down, and […]
  • 10 Brands That Anyone In Your Life Will Love: A 2025 Gift Guide
    If you’re about to buy another candle, step away from the cart. Your people deserve things that feel new, cool, and a little unexpected. And we’ve found exactly the brands to make that happen. Here is our 2025 Holiday gift guide that will give them something worth unwrapping. Gifts for Her:  If you’re having a hard time […]
  • Busting biggest marketing myths
    AI Snake Oil? Busting the 5 Biggest Marketing Myths in Your Inbox
    “Boost your MQLs 500% with zero effort!”“This AI hack changed everything for my business, in just 24 hours.”   “AI can do everything your marketing team does!” Sound familiar? If the AI hype in your inbox is anything like ours, everybody is making wild promises about tools claiming to do everything but your dishes.  AI Marketing Myths, Debunked […]
  • Why Marketers Need a First-Party Data Strategy
    Third-party data is dead—and that’s just how the cookie crumbles.  With increased privacy legislation and regulations, and consumers pressing the notorious “reject all” button, third-party cookies have become an unreliable source of marketing data. But here’s the twist: this isn’t the end of marketing personalization. The death of third-party cookies has birthed a smarter, cleaner, […]
  • Core Web Vitals Series: What is Largest Contentful Paint?
    Largest Contentful Paint, or LCP, is one of three important core web vitals Google introduced in June 2021 to evaluate a user’s experience on a web page.
  • What Is Server-Side Tracking? (and Why Your Marketing Data Needs It)
    Your marketing data is not telling the full story of your business.  With privacy laws getting even more strict, third-party cookies dying off, and browser-based tracking becoming unreliable, you’re losing key information that is skewing your ad tracking accuracy.  If you’re still using traditional browser tracking, also known as client-side tracking, you’re probably missing 30-40% of your conversions and […]
  • Preparing for BFCM 2025: How Your Brand Can Get Ahead of Q4
    How is it already August…?!  We say it every year, but 2025has flown by. And with Q4 approaching even faster, it’s already time for your brand to prep for BFCM 2025. Between shifting consumer behaviors, global supply chain challenges, and new pressure on ad performance, brands need a full game plan to tackle Black Friday. […]