Marketing Trends for 2026: Insights from emfluence Experts 

Marketing Trends for 2026: Insights from emfluence Experts 

Marketing shifts fast, but 2026 will bring a sharper divide between teams that adapt early and teams that spend the year playing catch-up. AI will…

From MQL to SQL and Beyond: Building a Multichannel Funnel That Actually Converts

From MQL to SQL and Beyond: Building a Multichannel Funnel That Actually Converts

Marketing teams don’t need more leads. They need the right leads moving through a funnel that actually works.   The gap between marketing qualified leads (MQLs) and sales qualified leads (SQLs) is where most revenue gets…

First-Party Data 101: What Marketers Need to Know Before 2026

First-Party Data 101: What Marketers Need to Know Before 2026

Privacy isn’t a roadblock for marketers—it’s a turning point.  At emfluence, we see this moment not as a loss, but as a reset. First-party data, the information your customers…

From Keywords to Conversations: How Search Intent Is Changing Content Strategy

From Keywords to Conversations: How Search Intent Is Changing Content Strategy

Search optimization has moved from chasing keywords to aligning with the intent behind every query. Instead of stuffing pages with phrases, today’s content strategies prioritize…

LinkedIn Algorithm Updates & Strategy Tweaks for B2B Brands

LinkedIn Algorithm Updates & Strategy Tweaks for B2B Brands

In 2025, many brands are seeing their LinkedIn content reach a smaller audience as the platform shifts priorities. These algorithm changes mean traditional B2B marketing…

What CMOs Are Prioritizing in the Second Half of 2025

What CMOs Are Prioritizing in the Second Half of 2025

The marketing landscape continues to evolve at lightning speed in the second half of 2025. CMOs are under growing pressure to demonstrate ROI as budgets…

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) & AI Overviews: What You Need to Know

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) & AI Overviews: What You Need to Know

Get a summary of this article: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Mode, or Grok. Are you being referenced and cited in AI-powered search engines &…

Introducing The European Accessibility Act (EAA) and What It Means For U.S. Businesses   

Introducing The European Accessibility Act (EAA) and What It Means For U.S. Businesses   

Another day, another European regulation that companies in the United States have to comply with – and for once, we are not talking about GDPR….

Are The Marketing Channels We Know and Love Living on Borrowed Time? 

Are The Marketing Channels We Know and Love Living on Borrowed Time? 

Complacency is a dangerous thing. As anyone who used to work in the newspaper industry, rented videos at Blockbuster, or sold camera film will tell…

Financial Marketing: The Importance of Cross-Channel Marketing for Banks and Credit Unions

Financial Marketing: The Importance of Cross-Channel Marketing for Banks and Credit Unions

While the financial industry’s focus is the products and services provided to customers and clients, it’s not just about the best loans, interest rates, or…

Financial Marketing: Digital Marketing Strategies to Outperform Competitors 

Financial Marketing: Digital Marketing Strategies to Outperform Competitors 

 In today’s evolving digital landscape, financial institutions that have not yet embraced digital marketing risk falling behind.  However, the good news is that it’s not…

Financial Marketing: Creating Campaigns that Resonate with Younger Generations

Financial Marketing: Creating Campaigns that Resonate with Younger Generations

If you’re in the financial industry, you’ve probably noticed a shift in the way younger generations approach banking. Gen Z and Millennials are quickly becoming…

Financial Marketing: How Effective Customer Journey Maps Boost Client Satisfaction 

Financial Marketing: How Effective Customer Journey Maps Boost Client Satisfaction 

It’s no joke that customer expectations can be sky-high, regardless of the industry you’re in. However, when the topic of money comes into play, the…

How to Evolve Your Content Strategy in 2025: Insights from 2024 Trends

How to Evolve Your Content Strategy in 2025: Insights from 2024 Trends

Everything changes. Everything stays the same. 2024 saw some incredible changes in the world of content marketing. Artificial intelligence (AI) has obviously had a significant…

How to Create a Data-Driven Social Media Strategy

How to Create a Data-Driven Social Media Strategy

It might sound counterintuitive to describe a digital marketing medium as “human”, but by its nature, social media is a very human marketing channel. It’s…

Beyond Campaigns: How Customer Service and Digital Marketing Unite to Transform User Experience

Beyond Campaigns: How Customer Service and Digital Marketing Unite to Transform User Experience

For years, I’ve championed the idea that the customer service team plays one of the most pivotal roles in any successful marketing strategy. They are…

Maximizing the Impact of Your Digital Marketing Campaigns with AI and Machine Learning 

Maximizing the Impact of Your Digital Marketing Campaigns with AI and Machine Learning 

Everyone seems to be talking about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine learning (ML) are revolutionizing how marketers reach and engage their audiences. But who’s…

Emerging Technologies in Digital Marketing

Emerging Technologies in Digital Marketing

While the digital marketing industry has rapidly evolved into a mature and powerful route to market for many different types of businesses, its trajectory hasn’t…

Top Challenges Banks Are Facing in Digital Marketing and How to Tackle Them

Top Challenges Banks Are Facing in Digital Marketing and How to Tackle Them

As traditional industries go, the banking sector has been more successful than most in building a hybrid business model that spans its branches’ physical brick-and-mortar…

How to Choose the Right Digital Marketing Agency to Partner With

How to Choose the Right Digital Marketing Agency to Partner With

There are no two ways to look at it: marketing your business is difficult. It always has been, and as the digital landscape in which…

Customer Journey: Understanding the Advocacy Stage

Customer Journey: Understanding the Advocacy Stage

In this final blog post of our customer journey deep dive, we explore the Advocacy Stage. This phase is where satisfied customers become advocates, recommending…

A Year in Review: A Recap of 2023’s Transformative Marketing Trends

A Year in Review: A Recap of 2023’s Transformative Marketing Trends

The marketing experts at emfluence are basically time travelers. As we help our clients reach their marketing objectives, we’ve got to look to the future,…

Customer Journey: The Conversion Stage Decoded

Customer Journey: The Conversion Stage Decoded

In this blog post, we decode the Conversion Stage of the customer journey, a pivotal phase where prospects transition into committed customers. We’ll explore key…

Customer Journey: Mastering the Consideration Phase

Customer Journey: Mastering the Consideration Phase

In this blog post, we explore the Consideration Phase of the customer journey, where potential customers are getting educated about your company. We’ll discuss key…

Customer Journey: Understanding the Awareness Phase

Customer Journey: Understanding the Awareness Phase

In this blog post, we delve into the critical first step of the customer journey: the Awareness Phase. This stage is where potential customers are…

Unveiling the Customer Journey

Unveiling the Customer Journey

Embarking on the path to successful customer relationships involves navigating through distinct stages, each holding its own significance in the grand scheme of engagement. In…

The Journey Unleashed

The Journey Unleashed

Dive into the realm of innovative campaigns fueled by Microsoft Dynamics or your CRM data, amplified by marketing automation. From intuitive cross-sell initiatives based on…