Free trials or demos? I’ll bet many of you have found yourselves on both sides of this dilemma! As a user of marketing tools, when does a free trial or demo impact your decision? And keeping this experience in mind, are you more likely to include either in your marketing plan? Today, we go deeper into the free trial vs. demo debate. In some cases, there’s a clear winner. You can also read about how these principles are put into practice by Braze’s new freemium offerings.

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Digital advertising

Free trial vs. demo: What’s more effective in B2B SaaS ads?

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An analysis of $20 million in paid search ad spend yields interesting results for practitioners of product-led strategies.

Customer journey orchestration

Braze unveils new freemium offerings

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Eligible start-ups are offered a structured four month free trial of the customer engagement platform while any company can get a 14 day free ride.

Marketing artificial intelligence (AI)

AI-powered martech news and releases: September 5

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Microsoft's AI products aren't doing well: The new Copilot PCs can't run games and Office with Copilot costs twice the regular version, so no one's buying it.

Artificial intelligence

What general-purpose AI assistants can (and can’t) do

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Discover the strengths and limitations of popular AI assistants like ChatGPT and learn how marketing-specific AI tools can supercharge your content creation.

Email marketing

Now playing: ‘The Email Test That Goes Wrong’

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From little things, big mistakes grow: How to ensure your email testing avoids the small errors that can make the results useless.

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Customer data platform (CDP)

How to use ChatGPT to simulate martech tools and marketing strategy

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What if you could simulate marketing programs using a CDP before investing in the technology?

MarTech buyer's guides

Compare 11 top marketing automation platforms

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Get the inside scoop on selecting the right marketing automation platform for your team with our free 2024 guide comparing features, capabilities, leading vendors, and in-depth AI coverage.

Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

Google Analytics 4 introduces benchmarking data

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You can now compare your performance across key metrics with industry peers, providing crucial context for strategic decision-making.

Free online event

You're invited to the largest free online marketing conference

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Join thousands of marketers online at MarTech — September 24-25 — for the only free online event of its kind. Explore new strategies and solutions for taking your marketing skills to the next level… no travel, no expense report, no excuses.

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What else we're reading

Good reads and conversations to help good marketers get better.

Code-to-cloud solutions for security issues posed by open source coding on the cloud

Tesla plans to launch full self-driving technology in China and Europe for early next year.

Amazon is reportedly turning to Anthropic’s Claude to power the next generation of Alexa.

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