How I Built a $2.6 Million Agency in Year One Without a Sales Team — Using Nothing But LinkedIn

elfried samba explains how linkedin replaced a traditional sales team for his business

Prior to launching my own marketing business, I worked at athletic apparel company Gymshark, driving our marketing strategy around community. I knew that bringing people together was powerful. I just had to move that concept out of the fitness space and into business. How hard could it be? So, when I launched my community marketing … Read more

The HubSpot Blog's Social Media Video Trends Report: Data from 1,000+ Social Media Marketers

A marketer observes the social media video statistics from HubSpot

2025 is upon us, and a new year brings new trends and new challenges. If you‘re a brand looking to leverage social media video this year, you may not know what to expect but don’t worry. I, your resident content creator and social media expert, have the expertise you need to prepare for social media … Read more

How Heike Young Uses Humor to Transform B2B Marketing

Heike Young, Microsoft, featured in Masters in Marketing

It’s rare that a B2B marketer is funny on LinkedIn.  And not “posted a meme about ChatGPT taking over my job” funny.  I mean genuinely, “I would watch this content in my free time” kind of humor.  And she’s got 20K followers (and some viral videos with 4M+ views) to prove it. Today’s expert tells … Read more

SEO Vs. PPC: What’s The Best Strategy For Your Business?

SEO Vs. PPC: What’s The Best Strategy For Your Business?

Both SEO and PPC are essential components of digital marketing, yet they operate in entirely different ways. One delivers instant visibility and quick results, while the other builds long-term authority and organic traffic. But, when budgets are tight, and results need to be justified to the board, which channel deserves more attention? The answer isn’t … Read more

LLMs That Code: Why Marketers Should Care (Even If You’ve Never Touched An IDE)

LLMs That Code: Why Marketers Should Care (Even If You’ve Never Touched An IDE)

Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Claude are best known for their writing abilities, drafting ad copy, summarizing reports, and helping brainstorm blog content. However, most marketers still know little about one of their most powerful features: They can write actual code. First, it talked. Then, it wrote. Now, it builds. We’re not just … Read more

How To Install The Google Tag For Conversion Tracking

How To Install The Google Tag For Conversion Tracking

Tracking conversions in Google Ads isn’t optional if you care about making the most of your ad budget. Without it, you’re flying blind, guessing what’s working and what’s wasting money. The good news? Setting up the Google Tag for conversion tracking is easier than it used to be, giving advertisers multiple installation options to fit … Read more

We Updated Our Dependent Stipend For The First Time In 8 Years, Here’s What Changed

We Updated Our Dependent Stipend For The First Time In 8 Years, Here’s What Changed

If you’ve followed Buffer for a while, then you know we have a few uncommon approaches to teammate benefits and compensation. The example I’ll dig into today is our “Dependent Grant,” which we launched in 2016.  Our Dependent Grant is separate benefit, outside of salary, that we grant teammates who are taking care of and … Read more

LinkedIn best practices for marketing professionals

LinkedIn best practices for marketing professionals

If you’re a marketing professional, you know LinkedIn is a powerful tool for building relationships and brand awareness and selling your products and services. But it isn’t enough to create a profile and start posting, even if you have a solid LinkedIn marketing strategy. LinkedIn has over 1 billion members globally, spanning 200+ countries and … Read more

Artificial Intelligence – AI Update, April 18, 2025: AI News and Views From the Past Week

Artificial Intelligence - AI Update, April 19, 2024: AI News and Views From the Past Week

Catch up on select AI news and developments from the past week or so (in no particular order): OpenAI launches o3 and o4-mini models that ‘think with images’. OpenAI has released o3 and o4-mini reasoning models with advanced image analysis capabilities. The models can interpret sketches, diagrams, and whiteboards—even at low quality—and integrate that data … Read more

Customer Experience & Marketing: Why CX Matters More Than Any Other Marketing KPI Right Now

woman blends marketing and customer experience in her business role

I’m fortunate to work on exciting marketing campaigns for fantastic Nickelodeon and Paramount+ titles. But I never forget that customer experience and marketing go hand-in-hand — everything I plan and execute is to fulfill customer wants and needs. After all, Fluent Support stated that 89% of companies will compete primarily on customer experience by 2025. … Read more

Competitor Analysis In Local SEO And How To Gain An Edge

Competitor Analysis In Local SEO And How To Gain An Edge

In every community, multiple businesses and business types vie for prominence within a limited geographic radius. As such, when it comes to online visibility and local SEO, competitor analysis isn’t just a best practice – it’s a necessity. Understanding and responding to your rivals’ strategies, strengths, and weaknesses is the cornerstone of a winning local … Read more

25 Alternative Search Engines You Can Use Instead Of Google

25 Alternative Search Engines You Can Use Instead Of Google

For over two decades, Google has been the search engine that most people use for everyday searches, product research, and staying up to date on the latest news. Because of this market dominance, Google has also been the main search engine of focus for SEO and marketing professionals. However, following the introduction of ChatGPT and … Read more

How To Plan PPC Campaigns For SaaS Marketing & Think Strategically

How To Plan PPC Campaigns For SaaS Marketing & Think Strategically

Planning a SaaS PPC strategy can be daunting. It often involves lengthy buying cycles, complex products to explain, and high competition. According to Gartner, B2B SaaS buyers spend 27% of their time in the buying process doing independent research online. Being visible across channels is crucial to keep your brand top-of-mind during this process. In … Read more

AI Agents Today: How Google Gemini, Stream Realtime & Claude are Rewriting Marketing

Kipp and Kieran pondering over AI agents

I’ve spent decades analyzing shifts in marketing, but the rise of AI agents is the most disruptive one yet. These systems are quickly taking over the user journey — but unlike humans, they evaluate structured data, analyze backend specifications, and make decisions in milliseconds. Major players are already taking note and adapting. For example, Adobe … Read more

Google Says LLMs.Txt Comparable To Keywords Meta Tag

Google Says LLMs.Txt Comparable To Keywords Meta Tag

Google’s John Mueller answered a question about LLMs.txt, a proposed standard for showing website content to AI agents and crawlers, downplaying its usefulness and comparing it to the useless keywords meta tag, confirming the experience of others who have used it. LLMS.txt LLMS.txt has been compared to as a Robots.txt for large language models but … Read more

Google Found Guilty of Illegal Ad Tech Monopoly in Court Ruling

Google Found Guilty of Illegal Ad Tech Monopoly in Court Ruling

A federal judge has ruled that Google maintained illegal monopolies in the digital advertising technology market. In a landmark case, the Department of Justice and 17 states found Google liable for antitrust violations. Federal Court Finds Google Violated Sherman Act U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that Google illegally monopolized two key markets in digital … Read more

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