What Businesses Get Wrong About Content Marketing in 2024 [Expert Tips]

The promise of inbound marketing is a lure that attracts businesses of all kinds, but many don’t understand the effort it takes to be successful. After a few blog posts, many people flame out and grumble, “We tried content marketing, but it didn’t work for us.” As a content marketer, I see the same content…

I Asked ChatGPT to Write 10 Different Marketing Internship Emails — Here’s What I Got

I’ve never been more nervous about writing a job application email than when applying for my first marketing internship. I felt like everyone could tell I had no experience and was utterly desperate for that to change.  The jitters are normal, and I’ll help make it easier today by showing you exactly how to write…

How to Elevate Your Affiliate Marketing ROI: Insider Tips from HubSpot Pros

I’ve worked in the B2B SaaS affiliate marketing space for 1.5 years and here’s my take on it: Affiliate marketing is not for the weak. It demands a lot of time, effort, and dedication to succeed. But the challenge is what makes it rewarding. The key to making it worthwhile? Using strategies to maximize your…

Hiding the ‘aha’

The most effective persuasion happens when we persuade ourselves. The purpose of the memo or the table or the graph or the presentation is to create the conditions for someone to make up their own minds. Because it’s almost impossible to make up their mind for them. The aha is actually a chemical reaction, a…

Preference and utility

Taste varies. That’s why we don’t call it utility. Taste is individual preference, not absolute truth. In team settings, then, it’s much more helpful to say, “I prefer this over that,” instead of, “this is wrong.” Some things are wrong. There are standards that we can all accept when it comes to utility, efficiency and…

7 Best Productivity Systems to Simplify Your Workflow (+My Favorite Workflows)

I’m a content writer by night and a Head of Partnerships by day, and in my world, being productive is everything. No scheduling or a lack of project management leads to overdue articles, failed partnership opportunities, high pressure, and stress. We’ve all been there, recovering from zero productivity. Productivity systems help develop a sustainable work-life…

Default to surrender

AI chatbots highight a challenge that is worth understanding. It applies to customer service, bureaucracies and teachers as well… If you ask an AI a question and it’s not confident in the answer, it should say, “I’m not sure.” That could be followed up with, “do you want me to guess” or “if you could…

50 Ecommerce Statistics To Know in 2024 [New Data]

Ecommerce is businesses selling products online, and people buying those products online. Consumers and businesses alike are making more and more purchases online, and that’s only expected to increase, especially so on social media. Below I’ve compiled a list of ecommerce statistics that will help you understand the potential impact of using the practice, as…