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Demand Gen Report 2025 Reflections: Branch’s Adam Landis

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Marketing operates a predictable loop: measure performance, optimize based on data, repeat. But in 2025, we’ve watched the fastest-growing technology adoption in human history unfold while our ability to measure it lagged years behind. The pace caught marketers flat-footed. 2026 is when they catch up.

How To Connect Brand Purpose To Results Without Diluting Either One

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A clear brand purpose can be a powerful asset, but only if it’s tied to the specific outcomes your business is trying to achieve. Many teams treat purpose as a separate track from performance, which makes it hard to demonstrate impact or get sustained buy-in. The real opportunity comes from integrating the two—defining exactly how your purpose should influence decisions, behaviors and customer actions.
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Marketing’s Great Reset: Why Connection Beats Conversion Every Time

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The marketing playbook used to feel fairly straightforward: optimize your content, scale it to the nth degree, repeat. Performance-first was the mantra with every test built to deliver immediate ROI. Essentially, the strategy assumed more money invested in this approach would convert to more growth. But the ground has shifted.

17 Ways To Use Emotional Intelligence To Build Authentic Brand Loyalty

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When brands approach their audiences with empathy, transparency and human understanding, they build loyalty that no algorithm can replicate. To help marketers strike that balance, Forbes Communications Council members share strategies for using emotional intelligence in ways that feel authentic—not manipulative.
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2025 in Review: What We Saw, Built, and Learned

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2025 didn’t follow a predictable script. AI summaries and recommendations started shaping how people find brands and apps. App and web journeys continued to intertwine. Some long-expected platform and privacy changes stalled or shifted course.