From October 1st through year-end, starting email subject lines with "Invitation" or "Invited" can boost open rates by 24% (B2C) to 28% (B2B). This tactic taps into the subconscious holiday season mindset where people are more receptive to being invited, whether to a sale, an event, or a piece of content.
Google's strategy of integrating its AI, Gemini, directly into its widely-used Chrome browser gives it a massive distribution advantage over standalone tools like ChatGPT. By making AI a seamless part of the user's existing workflow, Google can make its tool the default choice, which marketers must optimize for.
Contrary to a popular myth among marketers, a Senior Director of Product at LinkedIn stated that adding an external link to a post does not inherently reduce its reach. Poor performance is caused by low-value, self-serving content that users ignore, not the link itself. Valuable content with a relevant link can perform very well.