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		<title>15 Marketing Conferences to Attend in 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Si Quan Ong]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Even better if it’s on your company’s dime. I asked Daria Samokish, our Head of PR and Conference Partnerships, for the list of conferences we’ve shortlisted that are worth attending. Without further ado, here are the best marketing conferences happening<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>14 Digital Marketing Conferences to Attend in 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Si Quan Ong]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[But we’ve been to many and we’ll continue to go to many. These are the conferences we think you should check out, ranked by a mix of industry reputation, speaker quality, and audience size. Date: April 28-30 Location: Anaheim, USA<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Si Quan Ong]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[With just a couple of prompts, an LLM can generate an entire blog post that you can publish on your website. A solopreneur or a marketing team of one can pump out newsletters, social media content, ad copy, and blog<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SEO Brand Marketing: Create a Brand Guide That Drives Search Visibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Brand marketing is more important to SEO than ever before. Search engines now understand brands as entities, not just keywords. They connect your brand to your industry and offerings to surface you in relevant searches beyond exact matches. Google and<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AI Marketing Examples: 13 Times AI Actually Delivered</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The examples in this article prove the opposite: AI’s value is removing grunt work and constraints, not replacing the humans who understand your market, your brand, and your customers. A $100 denim dog harness brand struggled with low ad engagement.<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Is an MCP Server, and Why Should Marketers Care?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mateusz Makosiewicz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 09:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This means you can ask: ‘Show me which blog posts lost traffic last month, what keywords they rank for in Ahrefs, and how many support tickets mentioned those topics in Intercom’—and get one consolidated answer instead of logging into three<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Si Quan Ong]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This year? We barely talked about algorithms. Instead, more than 500 marketers gathered and listened raptly as every conversation circled back to AI. Its meteoric impact on our industry cannot be overstated. Here are the four themes that defined Ahrefs<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>15 Ahrefs MCP Use Cases for SEOs &#038; Digital Marketers</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[MCP, which stands for Model Context Protocol, is an open standard that companies can use to integrate their external tools and data with compatible AI assistants. Imagine you’ve recently launched a new clothing brand and want to find eCommerce stores<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>I Asked 20+ Marketers for Their Best Marketing Books. Here’s the 15 Books They Recommend</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Si Quan Ong]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To find out, I asked the speakers and panelists at Ahrefs Evolve, our conference in San Diego from October 13-15, which books they actually read and recommend. Here are their recommendations: Author: Eric Ries Recommended by: Travis Tallent This is<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Si Quan Ong]]></dc:creator>
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