Welcome to Creator Columns, where we bring expert HubSpot Creator voices to the Blogs that inspire and help you grow better. It’s the age of AI, and our job as marketers is to keep up. My team at Foundation Marketing recently conducted an AI Marketing study surveying hundreds of marketers, and more than 84% of…
40 Free Resume Templates for Microsoft Word (& How to Make Your Own)
No matter what industry you work in (or your experience level in that industry), a plain, black-and-white resume written in Times New Roman font just doesn’t quite cut it anymore. But just because resumes have gotten more creative doesn’t mean you need special design software to make your application stand out — some of the…
Yoast SEO 22.5 delivers improvements and fixes
Continuing the theme of optimization and refinements, our Yoast SEO 22.5 release includes general maintenance updates across the plugin. We also improved guidance around best practices for taxonomies and a more effortless user experience overall. Fine-tuning for taxonomy pages If, like us, you get a real sense of achievement every time you see one of…
How to Build an Inclusive SEO Strategy That Attracts and Converts More Customers
Welcome to Creator Columns, where we bring expert HubSpot Creator voices to the Blogs that inspire and help you grow better. I’m an inclusive marketing consultant and the founder of Thompson Media Group. I also follow a gluten-free diet for health reasons. When I go to a restaurant’s website, I’m wondering, does their menu work…
Everything You Need to Know About YouTube Affiliate Marketing in 2024 (+ Expert Tips & Examples)
If I were a creator, one of the first channels I’d explore is YouTube affiliate marketing. Think about it: Whether you’re sharing a tutorial or a product review, you can add affiliate links to every YouTube video description you create. Not only that, but you can also stack multiple links to products you recommend without…
7 Top Social Media Monitoring Tools and Why You Need Them
Tools for social media monitoring are the best way to find out what people are saying about your brand. And also what they’re saying about your product, your competitors, your industry, your Super Bowl ad, your pandemic response, your customer service wait times, your new mascot — basically, anything your audience could possibly have an…
Navigating Changing Trends in Google Advertising
In the ever-evolving landscape of Google advertising, staying ahead of trends is crucial for businesses, especially in the home services industry. As we transition into 2024, we’ve observed significant shifts in Google advertising dynamics, particularly across PPC and Google Ads, impacting both cost-per-click (CPC) and conversion rates amongst our home service clients’ campaigns. In this…
New Photo Trends on Instagram: 2024 Edition
After scrolling through thousands of IG posts (for work, obviously), here’s what we’ve learned about new photo trends on Instagram in 2024: they’re joyfully diverse and absolutely love to contradict each other. New Instagram photo trends include random, blurry photo dumps but also meticulously planned monochrome pics. There are trends that bask in natural sunshine,…