The rules changed quite a bit for email marketers this year. How should you go about the usual tasks of engaging customers and growing your list? Today, contributor Brian McKenna provides a helpful guide to Gmail’s spam guidelines and best practices for marketers in this murky new environment. Email, of course, is an art as well as a science.

Also today, managing editor Constantine von Hoffman reports on new data that shows digital ad spend was slowing down on some platforms last quarter. There are some emerging platforms to watch, however.

And speaking of industry trends, would you mind spending just a few minutes taking the MarTech Replacement Survey? We look forward to sharing the results later this year.

Chris Wood
Editor

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Email marketing

Subscriber acquisition best practices following Gmail’s spam update

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Insights on list management, subscriber acquisition and personalization to keep your email campaigns effective.

Digital advertising

Second quarter saw slowing ad spend on most platforms

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While Amazon Sponsored Products, Facebook, Google search and Instagram all saw lower growth, YouTube was up 28% thanks to a big increase in impressions.

The MarTech.org podcast

What CX leaders do that laggards don’t

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We spent 10 minutes discussing the latest research on customer experience with Holden Bale, Global Head of Experience & Commerce at Merkle.

Customer experience

The rise of personalization in ecommerce: 2024 consumer insights

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Every marketer does “personalization” but to really do it right, you have to listen to what consumers and your customers say they want.

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Future-proof your content

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The digital world moves fast. What worked yesterday might not cut it tomorrow. To stay ahead, your content needs to be dynamic, engaging, and effective.

Customer experience

How customer satisfaction fuels B2B profitability

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Learn what drives customer satisfaction, how to measure it and ways to boost your company's long-term profitability.

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Marketing artificial intelligence (AI)

Canva acquires genAI startup Leonardo.AI

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Canva’s recent acquisitions aim to boost its profile as an all-in-one creative hub for businesses and individuals.

First-party data

The marketer's first-party data checklist

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With third-party cookies on their way out, organizations need to start mapping out what a first-party data strategy looks like for their business.

Search marketing

Generative engine optimization: What you need to know

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GEO is optimizing your website’s content to boost its visibility in AI-driven search engines, like SEO does for text-based search.

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