Sisam-Jones

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Marketing 101

Once again, VM coming to the rescue to reduce the overwhelm! We're giving you a run down on the various content types that can be used for marketing, what they're for, how to use them best and finishing it off by sharing some top tips for content.

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Grow Your Business

We know sometimes you just need to know where to start. So we’ve put together a little guide to help you understand what budgets could look like for some of the most popular marketing platforms. There are a tonne of options, and they all vary so much, so we’ve outlined just a few to get you started. This is not a checklist, more a starter for ten, so have a read and then have a think about the right platforms for your audiences, and go from there! 

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Grow Your Business

We've got a run down of three cost-effective marketing tools – Canva, Mailchimp, and Hootsuite – designed to help small businesses enhance marketing efforts through easy-to-use platforms for graphic design, email campaigns, and social media management.

4

 minutes

Marketing 101

This month we cover LinkedIn's venture into short-form videos, Google's advanced Marketing Mix Modelling tool Meridian, Meta's integration of an AI chatbot across its platforms, a study revealing how good we are at distinguishing AI-generated content, and optimal YouTube posting times.

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Marketing Careers

Try and fit a bit of learning into your week with these marketing podcasts, from the humanity in marketing to increasing website traffic, and everything in between.

4

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Grow Your Business

We explore how digital platforms are vital for business growth and cover essential strategies like identifying your audience, optimising your website, and utilising social media and email marketing.

3

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Marketing 101

This month we're talking about some significant digital marketing shifts, including the rise of AI-generated videos, Google's comprehensive core update, Meta's advertising enhancements, changes in Gen Z's search preferences, and the implications of a potential TikTok ban in the US.

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Marketing 101

We're walking you through the evolution of marketing from the use of propaganda in Ancient Egypt, through the impact of the printing press during the Renaissance, mass marketing in the Industrial Revolution, the "Mad Men" era of the 1960s, all the way to the transformative power of the internet and social media in today's marketing landscape. It's quite the ride!

4

 minutes

Marketing 101

Learn about the untapped potential of Gen X for marketers, Meta and TikTok considering ad-free subscriptions, and the impact of Google's 'Helpful Content Update' on SEO-reliant sites. Meta's 'broadcast channels' aim to boost user engagement, and Google is testing generative AI image creation with safeguards. It's been a busy month!

5

 minutes

Marketing 101

From TikTok and Google thinking about working together and Snapchat's surprising growth to Elon Musk considering making Twitter a paid service, and Google really stressing the importance of quality in how they decide what to show you when you search, it's all here in our monthly digital marketing mashup.

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Marketing 101

We've covering the latest numbers from X, a new in-app purchase partnership between Meta and Amazon, Chat GPT's latest update, Net-Zero goals for the ad industry and Google's latest review-based content update. Let's get into it.

3

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Marketing 101

We've got updates from Google, who is turning 25, new visibility for Collaborative Articles from LinkedIn, business help from TikTok and advice for planning for the demise of cookies... Here we go.