While the hype warns AI will take marketing jobs, its pattern matching can’t beat a human’s creativity, empathy and problem-solving. Ardath Albee on February 5, 2025 If your social feeds and inbox look like mine, you can’t avoid the AI hype. I recently read a paper, “In 2025, AI won’t just assist salespeople – … Continue reading Balancing the human-to-AI mix in B2B marketing
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Personalization’s double-edged sword: Balancing relevance with intrusiveness
Consumers really like personalized marketing content and are really nervous about companies gathering data to provide it. Here’s how to address that. Anna Maria Virzi on January 10, 2025 This article was co-authored with Mike Froggatt, Senior Director, Analyst, at Gartner. Digital personalization is a double-edged sword. While it can significantly enhance customer experiences, … Continue reading Personalization’s double-edged sword: Balancing relevance with intrusiveness
Balancing storytelling, culture, martech and AI for long-term profitability
See how the synergy of human connection, cultural alignment and advanced martech can improve business outcomes. Scott Hornstein on November 6, 2024 Let’s flip a coin. It’s a marketing coin. One side is your business today and the other is tomorrow. As this is a coin, you might have guessed that this is about … Continue reading Balancing storytelling, culture, martech and AI for long-term profitability
Balancing generalists and specialists: An essential strategy for marketing success
Is it better to specialize or generalize? Here’s why blending both might be your key to unlocking unprecedented marketing success. Gene De Libero on August 14, 2023 In the marketing industry, the debate between being a jack-of-all-trades or a master of one is perennial. This discussion is vital for anyone in the marketing industry, particularly … Continue reading Balancing generalists and specialists: An essential strategy for marketing success
5 tips for balancing ‘push’ and ‘pull’ in content marketing
Learn the difference between promoting engagement and pushing sales in your content and how to do them right. Michael Brenner on May 18, 2023 The health of your business is highly dependent on your marketing strategy. In turn, your marketing strategy’s success depends on your content’s quality and substance. Customers overwhelmingly rely on a company’s … Continue reading 5 tips for balancing ‘push’ and ‘pull’ in content marketing
Balancing Macro and Micro Search Mindsets: Scaling Enterprise SEO
Balancing Macro and Micro Search Mindsets: Scaling Enterprise SEO by Jim Yu , October 20, 2021 A comprehensive search engine optimization (SEO) strategy accounts for considerations all the way from macro-level, industry-wide trends to the most micro-level elements of keyword usage, text formatting, or page mark-up. Achieving a balance and knowing precisely where to focus … Continue reading Balancing Macro and Micro Search Mindsets: Scaling Enterprise SEO
Balancing risk and reach: The brand safety dilemma
Is it worth risking reputation to reach a large audience? Is that audience human anyway? William Terdoslavich on August 18, 2021 Do you know where your clicks are coming from? Do you know where your ad is going?No one wants to see their product advertised on a web site pushing fake news, conspiracy theories or … Continue reading Balancing risk and reach: The brand safety dilemma
Balancing Value Between Behavioral Targeting And Behavioral Attribution
Balancing Value Between Behavioral Targeting And Behavioral Attribution by Cory Treffiletti , March 10, 2021 Last week Google made a big announcement that essentially eliminated third-party behavioral targeting from its platforms. I read the news and was certain the reverberations were being felt throughout the entire martech ecosystem. What about outside of that ecosystem? … Continue reading Balancing Value Between Behavioral Targeting And Behavioral Attribution
Brand safety: Balancing risk and opportunity for your organization
Using sentiment analysis to track your brand safety risk and dial your marketing and sales activity up or down as needed can help your business’ bottom line. Kristina Podnar on November 11, 2019 Imagine a seesaw with a flamingo on one side and a grizzly bear on another. How would you ever stabilize them? That … Continue reading Brand safety: Balancing risk and opportunity for your organization
Out Of The Box: Balancing Data, Discovery And Privacy
Out Of The Box: Balancing Data, Discovery And Privacy by Jim Misener , Op-Ed Contributor, September 26, 2019 A couple Christmases ago, I received two thoughtful and personal gifts: a boxed kit from 23andMe and another from ancestry.com. After almost two years, both remain unopened. In my reluctance to unbox either one lies the tension … Continue reading Out Of The Box: Balancing Data, Discovery And Privacy