{"id":23888,"date":"2026-06-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/?p=23888"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:15:42","slug":"business-growth-and-digital-marketing-news-tips-06-21-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/news\/business-growth-and-digital-marketing-news-tips-06-21-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Growth and Digital Marketing News &amp; Tips 06-21-26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The tools, tips, news and advice you need to grow your business.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A successful inbound marketing strategy is rarely built on a single tactic or channel. Social media, search engine optimization, email marketing, paid advertising, and content creation all play important roles, but they are most&nbsp;effective when they work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is one additional channel that&#8217;s even more critical: your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think of your website as the central engine&nbsp;that powers your inbound marketing efforts. It is where prospects learn about your business, evaluate your expertise, build trust in your brand, and ultimately decide whether to take the next step. Without a website designed to support that journey, even the best marketing campaigns can struggle to turn attention into meaningful business results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s explore why your website serves as the foundation of inbound marketing and how user experience, SEO, content, and conversion paths work together to attract, engage, and convert the right audience. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/websites\/inbound-marketing-website-strategy\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What you need to know:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AI Search Gets More Intentful<\/strong><br>Google says people are using AI Mode for longer, more complex planning queries, which means brands need pages that solve tasks, not just target keywords. Expect SEO and content teams to optimize more for multi-step decision journeys, not simple blue-link clicks. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products-and-platforms\/products\/search\/ai-mode-us-insights\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Google Adds More AI Search Links<\/strong><br>Google is placing more links closer to the claims inside AI Overviews and AI Mode, giving publishers and brands more chances to win visibility inside the answer itself. That raises the value of highly specific, citation-worthy content over generic overview pages.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products-and-platforms\/products\/search\/explore-web-generative-ai-search\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Google Says AEO Is Still SEO<\/strong><br>Google\u2019s latest guidance argues that optimizing for AI Overviews and AI Mode is still core SEO, not a separate playbook. For marketers, that means fundamentals like crawlability, originality, and usefulness matter more than trendy AI-only hacks.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/googles-new-ai-search-guide-calls-aeo-and-geo-still-seo\/575026\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Google Brings Ads Into AI Search<\/strong><br>Google is testing Gemini-powered ad formats built for conversational search, including product guidance and direct offers. Paid search teams should prepare for ad creative that answers questions and advances consideration, not just wins a click.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/ads-commerce\/google-marketing-live-search-ads\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Display Campaigns Move Into Demand Gen<\/strong><br>Google is folding Display Ads management into Demand Gen, pushing advertisers toward a more unified, AI-assisted workflow. Brands that still separate prospecting, creative testing, and visual performance campaigns will need to rethink how those budgets are structured.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/ads-commerce\/google-display-ads-demand-gen\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LinkedIn Starts Fighting AI Slop<\/strong><br>LinkedIn says it will reduce the reach of low-value AI-generated posts and misleading profiles. For B2B marketers, that raises the premium on original expertise, point of view, and real operator content over scaled generic posting.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/news\/linkedin-wants-to-limit-the-reach-of-ai-generated-content\/820935\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TikTok Proves Its SMB Discovery Power<\/strong><br>TikTok is pushing fresh SMB data showing the platform\u2019s role in brand discovery and TikTok Shop growth. Small brands and challenger businesses should read this as a reminder that creator-style storytelling can still outperform polished brand advertising.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.tiktok.com\/en-us\/product\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>YouTube Pushes Deeper Into Shopping<\/strong><br>At Brandcast, YouTube announced new creator partnership tools, affiliate formats, and more frictionless TV checkout. The bigger takeaway is that YouTube is trying to collapse awareness, influence, and purchase into one creator-led path.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.youtube\/news-and-events\/brandcast-2026-highlights\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CRO Reporting Gets More Practical<\/strong><br>Shopify published a clear playbook for turning analytics and behavior data into a usable CRO report. It\u2019s a good reminder for growing businesses that better conversion often starts with diagnosing funnel friction, not just buying more traffic.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopify.com\/blog\/cro-report\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reviews Become A Bigger Growth Lever<\/strong><br>Shopify\u2019s latest guide makes the business case for automated review collection, better timing, and stronger review visibility. For ecommerce brands, reviews are doing triple duty now: improving trust, lifting conversion, and feeding better social proof across channels.&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopify.com\/blog\/how-to-get-product-reviews\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meridian Lands In Analytics 360<\/strong><br>Google is bringing its Meridian marketing mix modeling platform into Analytics 360 alongside predictive conversion tools. That gives larger advertisers a more practical way to connect first-party data, incrementality, and media planning in one measurement workflow.&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-brings-meridian-marketing-mix-modeling-into-analytics-360-478110\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meta Expands Personalization Inputs<\/strong><br>Meta will use activity shared by businesses to personalize more than ads, including feed and AI experiences, while updating user controls. Marketers should watch this closely because platform personalization is expanding even as consent and trust expectations get tighter.&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2026\/06\/better-personalization-and-changes-to-controls-for-your-activity-from-other-businesses\/amp\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Personalization Needs More Restraint<\/strong><br>MarTech\u2019s latest conference recap argues that&nbsp;consent alone is no longer enough to justify aggressive personalization. Brands that want to keep trust will need stricter judgment about when data use feels helpful versus creepy.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/martech.org\/from-permission-to-personalization-activating-first-party-data-the-right-way\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Email Teams Need Judgment, Not Prompts<\/strong><br>A new MarTech piece argues the best email marketers are differentiated less by AI tool use than by how well they apply it across journeys, testing, and analytics. That\u2019s a useful cue for lean teams: smarter orchestration beats blindly generating more copy.&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/martech.org\/ai-is-not-the-skill-email-marketers-need-most\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meta Launches Business Agent<\/strong><br>Meta introduced Business Agent to help companies handle customer conversations and personalized support at scale across its messaging surfaces. For growing brands, it\u2019s another sign that lifecycle, service, and commerce automation are merging into one customer-facing function.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2026\/06\/meta-business-agent\/amp\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6565469d3cd1e9271e0ee0c05ca391a3\" style=\"color:#fa8a00\">PERFORMANCE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Discover and Report AI Traffic to Your Website (And What to Do With It)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/performance\/how-to-discover-and-report-ai-traffic-to-your-website\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01-discover-and-report-ai-traffic-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01-discover-and-report-ai-traffic-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01-discover-and-report-ai-traffic-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01-discover-and-report-ai-traffic-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01-discover-and-report-ai-traffic-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01-discover-and-report-ai-traffic.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artificial intelligence is changing how people discover information online. Instead of relying solely on traditional Google searches, users are increasingly turning to AI-powered tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and Microsoft Copilot for recommendations, research, and answers. As a result, website owners and marketers are beginning to notice a new type of visitor in their analytics: AI-driven traffic. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/performance\/how-to-discover-and-report-ai-traffic-to-your-website\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1f63e8bf13376eb375012d959cbf063d\" style=\"color:#fa8a00\">SOCIAL MEDIA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Problem With Boosting Social Posts and How to Fix It<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/advertising\/problem-with-boosting-posts\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01-the-problem-with-boosting-posts-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01-the-problem-with-boosting-posts-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01-the-problem-with-boosting-posts-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01-the-problem-with-boosting-posts-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01-the-problem-with-boosting-posts-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01-the-problem-with-boosting-posts.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The blue boost button on a Facebook post can be tempting. Why not gain some extra reach with just a few clicks? It seems innocent, but for most small businesses, boosting a post can be more expensive than running a traditional ad through Meta Ads Manager. Let\u2019s look at the differences and which one might be better for you in the long run. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/advertising\/problem-with-boosting-posts\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ea4554fab07c929af4b316e39a0fad86\" style=\"color:#fa8a00\">LEARNING &#8220;ON THE GO&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Subscribe to Our Podcast<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Free episodes of advice and conversations around improving and aligning your marketing, sales and operations to grow your business. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/types\/podcasts\/\">Check it out here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6cb6d90f3a1c459a1f96973abbcbaebe\" style=\"color:#fa8a00\">KEEPING UP<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>News Archive<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you missed our email and need to catch up on recent marketing and business news? We have a complete archive on our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/types\/news\/\">Check it out here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Get our newsletter in your inbox<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Viewing this online? Sign-up to receive all this great information and free content in your inbox. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/newsletter\/\"><strong>Sign-up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tools, tips, news and advice you need to grow your business. A successful inbound marketing strategy is rarely built on a single tactic or channel. 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