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Your feed might already be failing
Plus, Google's deprecated Content API could be silently killing your listings, Meta launches paid subscriptions and a creator marketing hub, and more!
Your creator video is doing SEO work
🔍 YouTube creator content surfaces in 25%+ of AI answers. Most brands aren't tracking whether their own videos are among them, Snapchat is turning chat…
The Gap Between Budget and Process
📈 Most have no plan for the operational chaos that follows a fast budget increase. The system usually doesn't scale with the money, Media Buyer Index…
The budget ask that survives scrutiny
💰 Most requests fail because they argue for more work, not more pipeline. Here's the version that gets approved, Google is reworking how advertisers…
Q4 isn't one event
📊 The benchmark in every Black Friday guide is a blended average. Your category's real number looks nothing like it, AI agents are changing how people…
Built for streaming, coming for everyone
🎯 TikTok's new catalog-matching feature targets streaming subscriptions today, Microsoft and Google are taking more control over ad optimization, and…
AI just handed you a sale
🤖 An agent completed the transaction at one price. Your checkout showed another. That sale is gone, AI search is growing, but publishers are getting…
Your ad spend is inside their content
💸 Amazon auto-enrolled Sponsored Products into off-Amazon creator placements, Google opens up more ad inventory, and more!
Your AI product shot needs a label
🏷️ The EU's disclosure deadline for AI-generated content has already passed. Most teams haven't audited their existing library yet, YouTube and Reddit…
Smart+ isn't all or nothing
⚙️ Module-level control replaced the all-in-or-out setup. Most advertisers never revisit their configuration to use it, plus the Media Buyer Index of…
The segment migration always breaks
🔀 Contacts migrate, segmentation logic doesn't, Google turns reviews into ad copy, and more!
Stop seeding one at a time
🌊A 55-creator batch beat sequential rollout by 3.2x, YouTube's creative conversion data, and more!
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