Wed.Jul 24, 2024

article thumbnail

How does AI fit into marketing campaigns?

Martech

Lately, it seems like everyone is focused on AI. To summarize what I’ve read: AI is the panacea; problems will cease to exist and we’ll be more productive than ever if we just use AI. The reality is that, at least in marketing, AI is not new. We’ve been using it for years and its use continues to grow as new opportunities for automation appear with each advancement in AI capabilities.

Campaign 128
article thumbnail

Bing testing new generative search experience

Search Engine Land

Bing is now testing its new generative search experience that combines the Bing search results and its language models to use AI to generate a different breed of search results, including an AI-generated search results pages. “I’m excited to share an early look at Bing’s new generative search experience. It combines the power of LLMs and SLMs with Bing’s search results to generate a more delightful and efficient UX layout.

UX 99
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

How marketers are leveraging Olympics’ focus on women’s sports to drive engagement

Martech

Coca Gauff and Little Simz in a recent Bose campaign. Image: Bose. The 2024 Summer Olympics open in Paris on Friday. Gender parity was a stated goal , giving women athletes a bigger stage than ever before. In the U.S., sports fans will be watching all the competition, and much of this attention will be on the stars of women’s sports. What does this mean for marketers?

Sports 116
article thumbnail

How to Displace Competitors in B2B Sales: Proven Strategies for Sales Success

Iannarino

Discover the secrets to effortlessly displacing your competitors and achieving sales success with these proven strategies.

B2B 278
article thumbnail

State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

article thumbnail

The no-code guide to integrating your martech stack

Martech

You’ve spent a lot of money on different martech tools. They’re all great in their own way and save you time. But something’s missing. Why can’t you get all your data in one place? This is a common problem with modern marketing tools. Each platform creates and holds its own data, leaving you with an archipelago of data islands. It’s almost impossible to get the deep insights that would reveal themselves if you could get all the data into one place.

CRM 118
article thumbnail

How to recover from Google Ads performance drops

Search Engine Land

When managed effectively, Google Ads campaigns can significantly boost your online presence and drive business results. However, even well-planned campaigns can experience unexpected performance drops. This guide will help you understand why these drops occur, how to identify and address them quickly and implement strategies to prevent future issues.

CTR 96

More Trending

article thumbnail

Google will ‘soon’ test search, shopping ads in AI Overviews

Search Engine Land

Google announced that ads were coming to AI Overviews at Google Marketing Live in May. We’re still waiting, but ads in AI Overviews are coming “soon,” Philipp Schindler, Alphabet’s senior vice president, chief business officer, confirmed during last night’s Alphabet Q2 earnings call. Soon. What can advertisers expect and when?

article thumbnail

Data strategies for unlocking customer lifetime value by Edna Chavira

Martech

Imagine a world where your marketing efforts go beyond short-term gains. A world where you can predict customer behavior, personalize experiences, and foster long-lasting loyalty. This world is within reach by harnessing the power of Customer Lifetime Value (CLV). Join Unlocking Customer Lifetime Value: Data Strategies and Technologies where our experts explore how to transform your marketing strategy from acquisition-focused to customer-centric.

Customers 112
article thumbnail

Google’s AI push reshapes ad landscape as privacy concerns linger

Search Engine Land

Google’s Q2 earnings call revealed how the tech giant is leveraging AI to enhance its advertising products, potentially opening new opportunities for marketers. Google is betting big on AI to drive innovation across its ad platforms, from Search to YouTube, while also addressing growing privacy concerns. Why we care. Google is leveraging AI to transform its advertising products, potentially opening new avenues for marketers despite grappling with privacy issues.

Retail 89
article thumbnail

Over-Reliance on AI Tools in Business Pt. 1: The Technical Perspective

Heinz Marketing

By Win Salyards , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing Artificial Intelligence tools like language models and image generators have revolutionized business operations. These tools offer unprecedented efficiency and cost-effectiveness, making them an attractive option for many tasks. However, as businesses increasingly lean on AI for content creation, customer service, and other functions, it’s crucial to understand the technical implications of this dependency.

Consult 72
article thumbnail

The Intersection of AI and Sales: Personalization Without Compromise

Speaker: Jesse Hunter and Brynn Chadwick

Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.

article thumbnail

Data strategies for unlocking customer lifetime value by Edna Chavira

Search Engine Land

Imagine a world where your marketing efforts go beyond short-term gains. A world where you can predict customer behavior, personalize experiences, and foster long-lasting loyalty. This world is within reach by harnessing the power of Customer Lifetime Value (CLV). Join Unlocking Customer Lifetime Value: Data Strategies and Technologies where our experts explore how to transform your marketing strategy from acquisition-focused to customer-centric.

article thumbnail

“Did You Get My Last Email…….”

Partners in Excellence

Our inboxes, social feeds, text messages, voicemail (does anyone use it anymore), are filled with outreaches. If your experience is anything like mine, 99.9% are a pure waste. Poorly targeted, personalized in the most impersonal manner, AI authored. The volume grows. Fortunately I’ve trained my spam filters to take out a lot, but inevitably a few sneak through.

article thumbnail

9 Signs a Startup Isn’t Going to Make It with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

In a recent Workshop Wednesday, SaaStr Founder and CEO, Jason Lemkin sat down to discuss 9 signs a startup isn’t going to make it. We all know, we’re living in strange times. Top AI startups are growing 500% a year and exploding A lot of public leaders are struggling Some unicorns are doing incredibly well, while others have stalled and are growing at zero or close to it Founders are struggling with how to deal with these changes, and VCs and executives are trying to decide if companies ar

Up-sell 122
article thumbnail

On Differentiation

Partners in Excellence

Differentiation is critical in buying/selling. Differentiation gives buyers choices and helps them choose. We invest in never ending differentiation battles: “My product is better than the others, we have more features and functions, we have a more impressive customer base, we have great references, we have high NPS scores, we are cheaper……” Our websites are filled with comparative charts, listing features/functions, capabilities compared with the alternatives.

article thumbnail

The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

article thumbnail

Dear SaaStr: How Do You Draw The Line Between Founder and First Employee?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: How Do You Draw The Line Between Founder and First Employee? I’d suggest if you’re not sure where to draw the line … maybe don’t. It should be obvious. Founders are “there” before there is anything. Before a name. Before a product idea, usually. Before a URL, a line of code. Anything. And they take 100.0000% of the risk. And have $0.00 in salary.

Launch 119
article thumbnail

An Advertiser's Handbook to Maximize ROI Beyond Amazon Prime Day

G2

Tips and strategies from Topsort CEO, Regina Ye on Amazon Prime Day and how advertisers can amplify their ecommerce advertising ROI.

110
110
article thumbnail

[Infographic] The 5 Ws of Connecting with B2B Buyers

RAIN Group

If you want to connect with B2B buyers, you must contend with numerous obstacles to break through the noise and set meetings. Deciphering buyer decision roles, navigating purchasing processes, and standing out in a sea of content, emails, and social media messages is a challenge.

B2B 89
article thumbnail

The Best and Worst Ways to Help Your Salespeople Succeed, According to Research

Membrain

As sales leaders, we invest in a wide variety of measures to help our salespeople perform better. Sales strategy , training, coaching , managing, incentives, process , culture, discipline, compensation: All aimed at getting salespeople to engage in the behaviors that lead to success.

Process 87
article thumbnail

AI in Marketing & Sales: Today’s Tools, Tomorrow’s Potential

Speaker: Kevin Burke

AI is reshaping marketing and sales, empowering professionals to work smarter, faster, and more effectively. This webinar will provide a practical introduction to AI, focusing on its current applications, transformative potential, and strategies for successful implementation in your organization. Using real-world examples and actionable insights, we’ll examine how businesses are leveraging AI to increase efficiency, enhance personalization, and drive measurable results.

article thumbnail

Are You “Referral Worthy”?

Adaptive Business Services

Who loves a good referral? I do. I Do! WE ALL DO! The question is, are you worthy of receiving them? Have you earned the right to ask for one let alone be given any? Referrals are a tricky business. While the benefits to he or she who receives them are obvious, the benefits to the referrer are maybe less so. Still … a good referral is a service to your customer.

article thumbnail

5 Interesting Learnings from Crowdstrike at $3.65 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

So many outside of cybersecurity had barely heard of Crowdstrike before … it took down a big chunk of the Internet the other day. 12-hour timelapse of American Airlines, Delta, and United plane traffic after what was likely the biggest IT outage in history forced a nationwide ground stop of the three airlines. pic.twitter.com/wwcQeiEtVe — Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) July 19, 2024 But you should have.

Growth 118
article thumbnail

Microsoft confirms Reddit blocked Bing Search

Search Engine Land

Reddit has updated its robots.txt file, preventing Bing and many other search engines from crawling the site. “Bing stopped crawling Reddit after they implemented their updated robots.txt file on July 1, which prohibits all crawling of their site,” a Microsoft representative told Search Engine Land. What happened. On July 1, 2024, Reddit updated its robots.txt file preventing many search engines and AI tools from crawling the site.

article thumbnail

Can’t keep up? 3 timeless ways to future-proof SEO

Search Engine Land

The past year hasn’t been the easiest in search. SEO s are literally unhappier , trying to keep up with unprecedented volatility, ever-expanding workloads and cascading internal expectations. Couple all this with an unstable macro environment, reduced liquidity that depressed valuations, little-to-no acquisitions or exits, once-in-a-generation technology advancements like AI and a couple of crushing core algorithm updates to boot.

Gaming 97
article thumbnail

5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.