THE BLOG
The misconception is that AI makes it easier to create content, so quality standards will drop. But the reality is exactly the opposite—the content quality bar is rising, not falling. This counter
...The idea of automation versus quality has always been a trade-off. But as AI grows more commonplace and people learn how to use it, it's becoming less and less of a trade-off than ever. Previously, au...
We know that buyers are more educated than they ever have been, and significantly more of the buying journey is taking place before they ever talk to anyone. There are so many resources out there—whet...
Search marketers are starting to build, not just optimize. Across SEO and PPC teams, vibe coding and AI-powered development tools are shrinking the gap between idea and execution—from weeks of develop...
One of the things I've been frustrated by, as you can maybe tell, is that people say Google is dead and Google doesn't matter anymore. That's just really not true at all because I wanted to think macr...
Eighty-one percent of US adults have used search tools powered by AI in the past three months. At the start of the year, the primary use was basic troubleshooting, writing help, and summaries. Now
...I'm sure you all remember the foundational HubSpot framework from fifteen years ago when they said the reasons why people search something on the internet—that was the foundation of all the content we...
Google is expanding customer lifecycle tools in Google Analytics with new audience templates and dynamic remarketing features that help you target and re-engage high-value customers more easily. The c...
Meta is informing some users that they will soon be restricted in how many link posts they can share each month, unless they pay for its Meta Verified subscription service. Some Page and professional ...
Artificial intelligence is changing digital marketing, and websites are at the center of this change. A website is often the first place customers go to learn about a business, compare options, or mak...
Most business owners assume that if Google or Meta approves an ad, it's safe. The thinking is simple: trillion-dollar platforms with sophisticated compliance systems wouldn't allow ads that expose adv...
Tech sprawl is a newer term, though the problem has been building for years. It's definitely happening more with AI tools where companies think "Okay, I want this data enrichment tool because it h
...Are you becoming more wary of liking or sharing posts on social media, due to concerns that content could be AI-generated and you could look like a chump as a result? One of the potential side effects...
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Marketers have been convinced that HubSpot is for them, and it's really just an expensive contact database. They use it just for emailing or they're only using a small portion of it when they have ...
According to recent study by SurveyMonkey, 69% of American marketers reported feeling excited about the rise of AI and its impact on their jobs. As we step into a new era of marketing wher
...Organic traffic is dropping. ChatGPT and Gemini referrals barely scratch the surface of what's been lost. The narrative that "traffic is simply coming from a new source" is inaccurate. Search and enga...
Business-to-consumer marketing will face multiple challenges in 2026, such as price hikes, artificial intelligence-driven privacy breaches, and a decline in measurement confidence, according to a repo...
We're living through a collective delusion. Marketing teams spend hours mapping semantic clusters for large language models while their title tags still say "Home | Company Name." They obsess over vec...
While marketers obsess over figuring out how to engage younger consumers, it's easy to overlook those who are 50 and older. However, this group boasts $8.3 trillion in collective spending power and re...
Discovery happens before search demand becomes measurable. Interest forms across social feeds, Reddit threads, and AI-generated answers long before appearing as keyword search volume. By the time your...
Snapchat has added a fun new AI activation for the holidays, with its new "Animate It" Lens now available for paying Snap users. Snapchat's new video AI Lens will enable you to activate an animation i...
Pinterest has acquired connected TV advertising platform TvScientific, marking the first time Pinterest has wedded its intent-based audience insights with a CTV advertising engine. Financial terms of ...
LinkedIn is getting more attention. Over the past year, content sharing in the app is up 15%, while comments in the feed have increased by 24%, according to Gyanda Sachdeva, LinkedIn's VP of Product M...
YouTube has released its final feature update review of 2025, which includes a range of changes: the expansion of voice replies, broader availability of its "Create" app, updated channel g
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