If you’re like me, you’re probably just getting around to writing out your content calendar for 2026. You’re also likely using AI for at least part of that process. In fact, a 2025 CoSchedule survey found that 85% of marketers use AI for some content creation and planning tasks, including building their content calendars. When …
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Across industries, agentic AI is rapidly moving beyond basic customer service roles to assume frontline marketing responsibilities. In the U.S. — where the market for agentic AI is projected to grow from $2.43 billion in 2025 to $65.25 billion by 2034 — agents are adding value across the marketing funnel, attracting, nurturing and converting leads …
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U.S. Google searchers are searching far less than a year ago, according to a new Datos/SparkToro report. The data suggests Google isn’t losing users — it’s losing repeat searches. While Google still dominates search, it’s changing in significant ways. Fewer searches per user means fewer opportunities for clicks, ads and traffic — even if total …
Customer experience teams aren’t failing because they lack passion, tools, or data. They are failing because, when improvement stalls, they ask the wrong questions. Not bad questions. Not lazy questions. Familiar questions. Comfortable questions. Questions that keep CX safely in analysis mode while the real issues, i.e., power, priorities, incentives and behavior, go untouched. If …
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Measurement poses a challenge for many marketers, thanks to the explosion in marketing channels, the overwhelming amount of data in marketing today and the complicated relationships between marketing leaders and other C-suite executives. But how do marketers feel about their ability to measure their activities? Research says many marketers are happy with their measurement, but …
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Email and SMS didn’t undergo a seismic shift in 2025, but they did change in ways that materially affected performance and strategy. Three updates, in particular, reshaped how messages are delivered, displayed and engaged with across email and SMS campaigns: Apple’s iOS 18.2 rollout. Gmail’s “Manage subscriptions” feature. Apple’s iOS 26 update introduced an “unknown sender” …
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Over the last decade, the volume of signal flowing through GTM has changed completely. Google searches now exceed 5 million a minute. Social posts top 500,000 a minute. Video creation has grown 10x, with more than 500 new hours uploaded every minute. AI accelerated this shift by making nearly everyone a creator. When signals reach …
With all the hype around AI, it should be no surprise that I’ve run into many less tech-savvy marketing team members who think AI does everything now. However, there are limitations to its capabilities, and wise marketers will combine AI’s capabilities with their existing technology to — as the mechanic’s motto dictates — use the …
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Last month, I asked a VP of marketing how prospects were finding her company. “Organic search, some paid, a little social,” she said. I opened ChatGPT and entered a query that her ideal customer would use: “Best customer data platforms for healthcare SaaS teams with small RevOps staff.” Her brand never surfaced. That gap matters …
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The reason so many companies dispense with strategy during stable periods is not just complacency or success. It’s something more basic and more damaging: a fundamental misunderstanding of what strategy actually is. In business, strategy is routinely treated as a plan, a roadmap or a commitment to a single coherent line of action. It’s framed …
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