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You’re in marketing for one reason: Grow. Grow your company, reputation, customers, impact, profits. Grow yourself. This is a community that will help. It will stretch your mind, connect you to fascinating people, and provide some fun along the way. I am so glad you’re here. -Mark Schaefer
It seems like every marketing conversation swirls around the latest AI tool, the newest social channel, or some fresh “growth hack” promising overnight results. But let’s not overlook some of the “OG” marketing fundamentals!
LinkedIn engagement has been a key strategy to building credibility, authority, and visibility. But an algorithm overhaul just turned the social media marketing world upside down.
Coordinated, anonymous attacks can come for any company or individual these days. What is behind the Rage Farms that attacked Cracker Barrel and other brands? Who is doing it, and why?
Google is still the search gorilla but the use of AI is surging. This suggests a new day for marketing. What can we learn by comparing the strategies — SEO versus AI?
AI Solopreneurship is rising as more people discover how they can overcome capital and resource constraints by using AI creatively. Expert Ethan Pierse shows us how it’s done.
Building a durable business is not dependent on Facebook ads or a new logo. It’s tapping into the elements of humanity that never change.
Brand communities are surging as businesses look for more significant customer connections. These seven trends are propelling exciting new innovations and value creation in the community space.
How do you scale marketing consulting on a global scale? Build a custom GPT based on everything you know. Is there a business case for giving away everything you know?
OpenAI Instant Checkout promises to compress the online shopping experience when ChatGPT detects purchase intent. Here is a practical guide to win at this new eCommerce channel.
Your customers are being rewired. This is not science fiction. This is happening now. And there are massive implications for sales and marketing. How do we respond when AI is the new decision-maker? The new employee? The new love interest?
A special edition of The Marketing Companion reveals ideas from the new book “How AI Changes Your Customers” and features a free audio chapter from the book! AI provides instant answers that are disrupting the fabric of marketing.
Many people decry the idea of hard work that jeopardizes work-life balance. But maybe the sacrifice you’re making now leads to better life options later.
Social media marketers have been refining their professional approach to business value for nearly 20 years. Why can’t they grasp the simple idea of ROI?
AI is not just adding new capabilities to our professional arsenal, it is rewriting the rules of marketing. In this discussion with tech leader and author Sandy Carter, we look at specific strategies to win the new sales and marketing game in the AI Era.
AI can accomplish much of the work done my white collar workers today. But human marketers still have a place in this world. The post examines three areas that will continue to be dominated by humans.
