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18 of the Best AI Chatbots for 2023
Whether on Facebook Messenger, their website, or even text messaging, more and more brands are leveraging chatbots to service their customers, market their brands, and even sell their products. But, the if/then logic that powers many chatbots’ conversational abilities limits them from answering unique and new questions, which can hang your customer out to dry and leave them dissatisfied with your customer service. Fortunately, the next advancement in chatbot technology that can solve this problem is gaining steam — AI-powered chatbots. In this post, we’ll discuss what AI chatbots are and how they work and outline ADD NUMBER of the […]
Making the Most of ChatGPT [+10 Examples]
ChatGPT has been one of the hottest topics in the B2B industry. Since it was made widely available to the public in late November 2022, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other social media have become flooded with examples of the chatbot’s responses. No one is questioning how smart ChatGPT is. The question, however, is how good it can be at providing accurate information or making our lives (both private and professional) easier. I’ve put the chatbot to the test to see how helpful it can be in day-to-day life. Here are the results. What is ChatGPT? How is ChatGPT being used today? […]
Lemon8 Is Currently the Fastest-Growing Social Media Platform: What Marketers Need to Know
Welcome to HubSpot Marketing News! Tap in for campaign deep dives, the latest marketing industry news, and tried-and-true insights from HubSpot’s media team. A new social media platform is in town, and it’s quickly picking up steam. Lemon8 is owned by ByteDance, the China-based parent company that owns TikTok, and it’s had a buzzy debut in the U.S. It was originally launched in Japan in 2020 and became available in the U.S. and UK in February 2023. In the past month, it’s become the second most-downloaded lifestyle app in the U.S. behind Pinterest. Speaking of Pinterest… Lemon8 is described as a […]
How AI Will Revolutionize the Future of Business, According to HubSpot’s CMO
Artificial intelligence will change how businesses operate. At this point, that statement won’t surprise you. In fact, AI’s impact on the workplace is already happening. 62% of business leaders have already invested in AI and automation tools for their employees, according to our State of Artificial Intelligence survey. What’s more, 65% of survey respondents believe AI innovations will be comparable to the industrial revolution. At its core, this means one big thing for the future of business: Marketing, sales, and service professionals now have more time to work on complex, higher-impact work. AI enables creativity and innovation to supersede tedious […]
Why Consumers Still Hesitate to Shop on Social Media Platforms [New Data]
If you’ve been on social media lately, you know shopping has taken center stage on most platforms. But, social commerce a controversial topic — some people love it, others are exhausted by product placements everywhere. And, in our latest research, we discovered that people don’t trust the social media apps they use daily to handle their purchases. How Consumers Feel About Social Media Shopping For starters, just 41% of social media users feel comfortable buying products directly on social apps, and only 37% trust platforms with their card info. And when it comes to the products sold directly on social […]
How to Use Digital PR to Improve E-E-A-T Signals
If there is poor quality information being served up in the SERPs, Google will have a big problem: Users will stop searching, and this hits Google where it hurts — in their advertising revenue. So it makes sense that Google is keen to push forward authoritative and trustworthy sites when it comes to ranking in the results. Towards the end of 2022, Google updated three key areas of the algorithm that it uses to judge where it ranks websites within search engine results pages. The helpful content update, link spam update, and E-A-T — which is now known as E-E-A-T. […]
6 Ways to Earn Trust From Consumers Who Share Data With Your Brand [Data]
In 2023, having the right data can make or break your brand. But, for good reason, consumer data is harder than ever to get. As data privacy regulations continue to tighten and third-party data channels are phased out, just 29% of consumers say they trust brands with their data. While businesses should want the data of prospects and customers to be protected, some of the excess analytics that companies once used to pinpoint behaviors and preferences of target audiences will become inaccessible as we enter a more privacy-first world. Today, more than ever, it’s up to brands to gain consumer trust, […]
Consumers Spend 3+ Hours on Social Media Daily: What They’re Doing on Each Platform [Data]
Have you ever been hypnotized by social media? According to our recent Consumer Trends survey, users of it spend an average of three hours a day there. It’s easy to fall into a social media trap, filled with endless distraction. One minute you’re checking a DM and the next thing you know you’ve spent an hour watching videos of corgis playing fetch. But, it does make you wonder what consumers actually do while spending all that time on social media. And — as a marketer — you’re likely going a step further by asking: “What’s my target audience doing […]
Social Media SEO: 10 Social Media Strategies to Boost SEO
Often, social media and SEO conversations happen separately. Social media is meant for building relationships and engaging with your audience, while SEO seems more scientific, with specific keyword analyses to attract as many eyes as possible. However, these two facets of inbound marketing can work together to amplify the results of each other. In this blog, you’ll realize that compromise is in sight. This guide will help any marketer integrate their efforts across both platforms. Below we’ll cover the following topics: Now you know the difference between social media and SEO. So, let’s dive into social media SEO. What is […]
10 Types of CTAs You Need to Have on Your Website
There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for calls-to-action (CTAs), especially when you have multiple audiences perusing your website at any given time. Visitors, leads, customers, and promoters are likely to visit your site, so you’ll need several types of CTAs to get them to accomplish different goals. To help you turn visitors into leads, leads to customers, and customers to promoters, I’ve put together a list of CTAs to use for each audience. But before we get into that, let’s discuss what a CTA is. Without a CTA, potential leads and customers may struggle to find the correct path to buy a […]