How to Nail B2B Marketing in 2025 [+ Pro Tips, Tactics, & New Data]

Effective B2B marketing is challenging to get right. Between creative demands, budget limits, and channel decisions, marketers have a lot to juggle when developing their marketing strategy. However, the biggest determinant of effective marketing is your audience. That includes whether you understand your audience in the first place and how you communicate with them from […]

Funny, Clever, Cool: Best Instagram Captions for Life & Business

Like most millennials, I’m an Instagram (IG) native. I’ve used it both professionally and personally for what feels like a lifetime, so, of course, I’ve had to come up with thousands of Instagram captions. Funny Instagram captions, Instagram captions for business — you name it, I’ve written it. After testing out different approaches and trends […]

How to Make a Promotional Video (Budget-Friendly Tips)

As a marketer and video enthusiast, I can confidently say a promotional video is crucial to promoting your brand. In fact, 73% of respondents say video marketing is effective at helping them reach their company’s overall business goals. But what makes a good promotional video? How much does it cost to make one? How does […]

How to Use Blog Post Templates in Google Docs [My Favorite Free Templates]

We ran the numbers, and blog posts are still among the content formats that marketers use the most today (and those that deliver the highest ROI). However, sometimes, it can be difficult to put pen to paper — or words to screen. That’s where blog post templates can come in handy. From blogger to fellow […]

How to Build Your First Marketing Strategy: Steps & Secrets I Teach My Clients

As a marketer who’s been in the business, I’ve noticed something interesting: when people think of “marketing,” they often picture those flashy Super Bowl commercials or massive Times Square billboards. But marketing is so much more accessible than that. I’ve seen businesses of all sizes succeed with smart, budget-friendly marketing strategies. The key to getting […]

Reddit Stats and Facts to Know in 2025

Reddit has evolved from its 2005 origins into a digital powerhouse, proving itself as an invaluable territory for marketers. While the platform maintains its core strength in community engagement and authentic discussion, it’s transformed into a sophisticated marketing channel that offers unique advantages over traditional social networks like Facebook or Instagram. In this post, I’ll […]

The Content Collaboration Framework That Earned HubSpot 6 Million Views

It wasn’t too long ago that we weren’t collaborating much across Marketing. If I published a blog post on “SEO strategy”, it became a happy coincidence if the YouTube team had covered anything similar that I could use in my post. Teams just weren’t creating content cohesively across different verticals. Let’s be honest: We’d grown […]

Beyond the Golden Arches: How Two McDonald’s Marketers Win Gen Z

90% of the U.S. population has eaten at a McDonald’s over the past year. Whether a Big Mac is your drunk go-to, or you like to bribe your kids with Happy Meals on long car rides, the point holds: McDonald‘s is one of the most popular and long-lasting brands we’ve got. We all take it […]

Anatomy of a Facebook Ad: How to Create Scroll-Stopping Campaigns [+ Examples]

Let’s be honest: advertising on Facebook successfully is not easy. Its power to attract and close customers for pretty much any industry is undeniable, but that’s only if you know how to navigate and optimize the anatomy of a Facebook Ad. When it comes to creating a Facebook ad for your business, there are a […]

Is it Real or AI? Test Your Detection Skills [Round 4]

Think you’re good at spotting AI-generated content? Put it to the test. Between Midjourney, Lummi and the host of other AI image generators, it’s getting harder to detect AI imagery. Take this quiz and find out how good you are at finding AI in everyday images, videos, and illustrations. 1. Which football pic is real? […]