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You’re in marketing for one reason: Grow. Grow your company, reputation, customers, impact, profits. Grow yourself. This is a community that will help. It will stretch your mind, connect you to fascinating people, and provide some fun along the way. I am so glad you’re here. -Mark Schaefer

Marketing is a wonderful career that changes the world in positive ways. But indirectly, it is contributing to some of the world’s biggest problems. It’s time to start a conversation about ethically-sourced marketing.

Google is still the search gorilla but the use of AI is surging. This suggests a new day for marketing. What can we learn by comparing the strategies — SEO versus AI?

AI is not just adding new capabilities to our professional arsenal, it is rewriting the rules of marketing. In this discussion with tech leader and author Sandy Carter, we look at specific strategies to win the new sales and marketing game in the AI Era.

Protecting your content from AI use and misuse is a significant copyright issue, but this perspective from Mark Schaefer suggests benefits for a businesses that allows AI bots to scrape content.

Digital marketing is a game and we have to weigh the benefits when we bow to the algorithms. When do we compromise with content and let the search engines win?

New research shows that 27% of adults are using AI platforms for traditional search functions. I am getting about a dozen direct inquiries on my

Gated content is a popular way to create leads for a marketing strategy. This post describes why this popular tactic is working against you.

It’s time to update the timeless marketing strategy for the modern world. SEO? Personas? Maybe not.

This is an examination of the biggest mistake content creators make today. It’s an improbable problem that is probably looking you right in the face every day.

Shein and Temu seem to be breaking every eCommerce convention. Are these the new rules of marketing?

On the 10 year anniversary of my most famous blog post, we look at the impact of Content Shock and lessons from one of the most widely shared business blog posts in history.

Protecting your content from AI use and misuse is a major copyright issue, but a rational perspective suggests benefits for a businesses that allows AI bots to scrape content.
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