Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Affiliate marketing is a popular strategy businesses use to drive sales and grow their brand. Although it’s one of the most popular marketing tools in the booming creator economy, some misconceptions about using affiliate links can prevent bloggers from benefiting from them. 1. Affiliate marketing is dead
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Have you wondered how leading brands have gained exponential popularity and become household names? It’s no secret that businesses apply various branding techniques to connect with the audience and build a positive image, but what do the industry giants do differently? The answer is strategic digital branding.
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In today’s fast-paced world, consumers are bombarded with countless choices and endless information. The result? A growing emphasis on brand equity as the deciding factor in consumer decision-making. With 81% of consumers needing to trust a brand before purchasing, it’s clear that startups must prioritize brand equity
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If you’re looking to land clients or business opportunities, client testimonials are critical to your success. They’re the key to building trust, removing doubt and increasing your chances of getting a “yes” from a prospect. Unfortunately, when you first pursue a new career direction, you won’t have any clients to provide these testimonials.
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. 2020 was a turbulent year for most industries, including the qualitative research industry. Many brands and agencies that had previously relied on in-person focus groups and interviews for qualitative research moved their work online, accelerating industry innovation. Areas like participant recruitment, insight communities, emotional intelligence (AI and
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Shawn Rubel, CEO of international creative marketplace Vecteezy, has always considered himself a creative person. Rubel’s passion for design led him to study visual arts in college, then join a small agency where he worked as a web developer and graphic designer. It was while working there in 2007 that he launched a side hustle
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. With today’s challenging economy crushing marketing budgets, marketers are under unbelievable pressure to produce results with fewer resources and smaller teams. Good business requires good marketing, yet nearly half of CMOs said their companies plan to spend less on marketing in 2023 despite over 70% of B2B
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Duncan is an award-winning editor with more than 20 years experience in journalism. Having launched his tech journalism career as editor of Arabian Computer News in Dubai, he has since edited an array of tech and digital marketing publications, including Computer Business Review, TechWeekEurope, Figaro Digital, Digit and Marketing Gazette. The latest report from iResearch
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Paid search advertising and SEO are among the channels most likely to have reduced investment in 2023, according to Gartner’s latest CMO Spend and Strategy survey. But it’s not all bad news for search marketing. Search advertising. Although 26% of CMOs planned to reduce their investment in paid search, 40% of CMOs said they plan to
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You’re reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. Pitching is a crowded field- and that’s why “get real to get funded” is the magic mantra for entrepreneurs seeking funding. Whether you’re a first-time entrepreneur just starting out, or a seasoned venture capitalist, you know
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ChatGPT is now available as an iOS app. The app is free and offers all the features you’ll find on the web version. Why we care. ChatGPT has become an essential and popular tool for several SEOs, search marketers and content creators. Now you can use it whenever and wherever you want, all while maintaining
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Non-skippable ads are coming to YouTube Select on connected TV. This means that viewers will see one 30-second ad instead of two consecutive 15-second ads. Why we care. YouTube was the most popular U.S. video streaming platform in April and watch time increased, according to Nielsen. It remains to be seen whether a non-skippable 30-second
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Living in Las Vegas means I live and work where there are over 24,000 events, conventions and trade shows (bringing in 6.5 million attendees) annually. Having worked with many companies who attend, display or speak at these events, there’s one thing I always recommend that has helped
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Instacart made $740 million in ad revenue in 2022, a 30% increase over 2021. Surging ad business. The Information reported: “The grocery-delivery firm’s ad revenue totaled about $740 million last year, up 30% from 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter. That’s a striking increase, given that the digital ad market was largely
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Changing weather patterns, disruptive floods and unprecedented forest fires have all dominated headlines over the past few years. Combined with continued warnings about the detrimental effects of climate change overall, these events have raised consumer awareness of the impact daily purchases have on the environment and society
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Advertisers and YouTube creators may benefit from new AI solutions Google is reportedly working on. Google Ads. Generative AI tools, powered by PaLM 2, will help advertisers create media assets, CNBC reported, based on internal Google documents. Unfortunately, that’s as much detail as we know for now. We’ve previously reported that generative AI is coming
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