It seems that I have been experiencing a continued decline in the accuracy and reliability of the AI tools I use. I generally like Perplexity and have used it for tasks like summarizing documents, reviewing interview transcripts, editing, etc. I always double-check results for accuracy—and that’s a good thing because I’m finding these tools to be increasingly unreliable.
Has the world of marketing ever moved at such a fast pace in the past? Most in the profession would likely say no, and they’d be echoing the sentiment of professionals in fields of all kinds. Technology, the U.S. and larger global economy, changing consumer preferences, and a volatile employment market are all having an impact.
While the pace of change is not likely to diminish anytime soon, marketers can stay on top of the trends by relying on both research and expert insights from those in the field. Continue reading “The Top Marketing Trends and Technologies of 2024: Marketers Adjust to Dramatic Market Shifts”
TikTok is a relatively new social media channel, but it quickly captured the attention of marketers and influencers around the globe. SEO.ai estimates that TikTok has more than 1 billion active users worldwide, with 150 million in the U.S. But that use may come to a grinding halt as movement is afoot to ban the site due to security and privacy concerns. Continue reading “The Social Media Channels Resonating With Content Marketers Now”
LinkedIn is, arguably, the most important social media channel for B2B professionals. Originally started as a job search network, LinkedIn has evolved into a gathering place for a wide range of business professionals. Unlike other social media, LinkedIn content is heavily skewed toward the sharing of professional information, although more personal posts have been creeping in recently.
Still, super users suggest Continue reading “LinkedIn Best Practices”
We recently had a source—not an editor, or client, but a source—ask if we had used AI to generate content for a profile for one of their executives.
Our answer: Continue reading “A New Era in Content Creation: Be Careful Out There!”
Random, middle of the night thought…
Those of you who have been in the content marketing industry for a while (at least back to 2008) probably remember the “content mills” and how tough the market was for writers back then until Google switched up its algorithms to reward sites for original, higher-quality content.
I’m wondering if Continue reading “Will Google Algorithms Save the Day (Again) for Content Creators?”
One of the big downfalls of GenAI is that it currently only draws from content it is trained on that already exists. So, the information it generates is “known.” GenAI can’t (yet) create new material; it can only consolidate and spew back what’s already been created by others. In other words, “it” cannot be innovative.
But you can!
I found a recent news story interesting because I was just writing a piece on impending copyright issues related to GenAI for my “Let’s Get Strategic” column in Information Today.
The makers of Star Wars’ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story are being sued over the use of Peter Cushing’s image. The use of the image occurred back in 2016—long before generative AI, or GenAI, hit the scene—but I’m sure GenAI and its sudden popularity had something to do with the renewed interest. Continue reading “Navigating the Wild, Wild, West of GenAI and Copyright Issues”
While many people may not think of it this way, Amazon is likely one of the most successful—if not the most successful—websites from a monetization standpoint. Initially, it started as an online bookseller, but today, much of Amazon’s revenue comes through payments received from third parties selling products on its site—a practice referred to as affiliate marketing. Today, more than 60% of its sales come through independent sellers, the company reports.
Amazon, the gorilla in the room here, is the Continue reading “From Traffic to Income: A Comprehensive Guide to Monetizing Your Website—Part 1”
Popular wisdom has it that people like to read stories and that storytelling is a very important skill for content marketers to have—even if they work in the B2B realm. But what if your content team is hesitant about storytelling? How can you convince them of its importance?
This is a question I responded to recently on LinkedIn.
Continue reading “Why Your B2B Content Team Needs to Be Good at Storytelling”
