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AI for Customer Support: More Meaningful Interactions, Less Costly Resolutions

AI for Customer Support: More Meaningful Interactions, Less Costly Resolutions

Artificial intelligence has been improving workflows in back-office systems for years. But the advent of generative AI, which interprets human language and mimics human speech, writing, and art, can revolutionize customer service in particular. Here's how.

How Businesses Can Navigate a Polarized World

How Businesses Can Navigate a Polarized World

People say businesses should act as trustworthy information sources, base actions on science, and avoid aligning with a political party to avoid being seen as politically motivated when taking stands, according to recent research from Edelman.

Is Digital Advertising Really More Effective Than Traditional Advertising?

Is Digital Advertising Really More Effective Than Traditional Advertising?

Traditional ads such as billboards, television ads, and radio spots may have fallen out of favor more during the pandemic, when businesses were accelerating digital methods. But do traditional ads still have value? This article explores the differences.

Three Ways B2B Sales Prospecting Will Evolve in 2023

Three Ways B2B Sales Prospecting Will Evolve in 2023

The economic climate has caused many businesses to re-evaluate their 2023 strategies, and that extends into sales prospecting. In particular, take note of these three trends.

OOH: How B2B Marketers Can Reintegrate With the Physical World

OOH: How B2B Marketers Can Reintegrate With the Physical World

As the pandemic transitions to a less serious threat, brands are once again using in-person tools to reach prospective customers. Printed materials and physical media offer a way to reach people who are at the office less and out in the real world more.

Five Trends Reshaping B2B Marketing Leadership in 2023

Five Trends Reshaping B2B Marketing Leadership in 2023

From an uncertain economy to new customer expectations, the B2B marketing function—and the job of the B2B CMO—is shifting, quickly. Here's how to make sure those changes lead to better marketing and faster growth.

How Confident Are Senior Marketers in Their Capabilities?

How Confident Are Senior Marketers in Their Capabilities?

Among their many marketing and media capabilities, senior marketers are most confident in their ability to target customers and are least confident in their third-party data analyses, according to recent research.

Is B2B TikTok Right for Your Business? Three Questions to Ask

Is B2B TikTok Right for Your Business? Three Questions to Ask

TikTok is full of flashy ads (and cute dog videos), but a large part of brand presence on the platform is B2C. So, is B2B TikTok even a thing? It certainly can be, if you plan ahead and do it right.

The Pros and Cons of Printed Marketing Materials

The Pros and Cons of Printed Marketing Materials

Many marketers say they value that printed marketing materials such as brochures enable them to provide a physical copy of information, but they also say they worry that people simply throw those materials away, according to recent research.

Customer Marketing: The Key to Surviving the Economic Downturn

Customer Marketing: The Key to Surviving the Economic Downturn

There's no better time than a looming recession to double-down on marketing to current customers. Get some techniques for doing so in this article.

How to Increase Customer Referrals

How to Increase Customer Referrals

Referrals from satisfied customers are a great source of new business. So how do you increase their numbers? Get ideas in this article.

Industry Foresight: Forecasting the Future of Your Market

Industry Foresight: Forecasting the Future of Your Market

A vital component of any marketing strategy is thinking about what the future might look like. In strategy parlance, that's called having industry foresight. But what does industry foresight mean—and how do you get such a view of—how can you forecast—the future of your market?

First-Party Data Isn't Enough: You'll Need the Right Data Infrastructure to Derive Value From Your Marketing Data

First-Party Data Isn't Enough: You'll Need the Right Data Infrastructure to Derive Value From Your Marketing Data

Implementing a data infrastructure can make the difference between planting a flag on a mountain of useless customer data and turning a smaller hill of data into actionable insights. The amount of data doesn't matter so much as what you do with it.

Less Humor, More Inspiration: The Messaging People Want From Brands

Less Humor, More Inspiration: The Messaging People Want From Brands

People increasingly want brand messaging to be motivational and reassuring, according to recent research from Attest.

What Keeps Senior Marketers Up at Night?

What Keeps Senior Marketers Up at Night?

Senior marketers say demands for ROI, work-from-home issues, and macroeconomic concerns are among the many work worries that keep them up at night, according to recent research.

Martech 2023: Three Trends to Expect

Martech 2023: Three Trends to Expect

In 2022, several technologies cemented their marketing viability. In 2023, we'll start to see those technologies live up to their potential, argues this article.

Three Predictions for B2B Marketing in 2023

Three Predictions for B2B Marketing in 2023

Web3 was all the rage in 2022, from crypto to the metaverse. But will the B2B world plunge deeper into such technologies in 2023? This article argues no.

The Future of SaaS Sales Lies in Interactive Demos and Product-Led Growth

The Future of SaaS Sales Lies in Interactive Demos and Product-Led Growth

Today's B2B buyers mostly want to be left alone to make their own decisions during their customer journey. Providing them with interactive content and product demos enables them to do just that.

Six Ways to Build Brand Influence Using Thought Leaders in Your Organization

Six Ways to Build Brand Influence Using Thought Leaders in Your Organization

Although their influence is broadly felt, thought leaders aren't magical beings. They're just people—like you. Here are six ways regular people can increase their company's influence with thought leadership.

The Top Strategies B2B Marketers Plan to Explore in 2023

The Top Strategies B2B Marketers Plan to Explore in 2023

B2B marketers say AI/automation is the top strategy they plan to experiment with more in 2023, according to recent research from Sagefrog.

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