The New Shopify: More Self-Service, Fewer Human Reps
Episode Date: August 22, 2023Shopify is about to pull VIP support from its best customers. Will anyone buy Twitter ads now that you can’t even have links? Threads rolls out its de...
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1269 episodes transcribedShopify is about to pull VIP support from its best customers. Will anyone buy Twitter ads now that you can’t even have links? Threads rolls out its de...
Advertisers can block wildfire news, but should we? The liberation of MFAs has begun. Threads is set to go Desktop. A huge glitch on X over the weeken...
Today: Another advertiser exodus for Elon Musk, as brands find their campaigns beside pro-Nazi content… Amazon’s test puts star ratings on the back bu...
Today: Having trouble with your Google Ads? The company is testing making you pay to help you pay them! Why is Amazon charging a new fee for merchants...
Today: Print is up, TV is down. Adobe comes after Canva. The deez nuts joke that could bring the era of Google search dominance to an end.And on the a...
Today: Sure, it’s catchy. But new research shows your “kewl” brand name is hurting your sales. Also: Google refunds advertisers for its video ad misha...
Today: The Hollywood strike reshapes advertiser strategies, Buzzfeed turns to AI for engagement, and Google Ads updates Shopping campaign bidding..🌍...
Today: Instagram denies reports it’s working on a very Twitter-like feature… a podcast network scales host-read ads… Snapchat’s new after-dark sharing...
Today: Instagram wants to let regular users post on your brand’s content. YouTube will soon ban web links on Shorts videos. The nuclear approach to SE...
Today: They’re all over TikTok, but those videos aren’t real — tell that to the marketers scrambling to make them. Also: Google beefs up its platform...
AI disrupts YouTube thumbnails, CTV ad placement remains elusive, why you might need to block GPT from crawling your brand’s web site, and the social...
In this special episode, a deep-dive into auditing your Meta ad account. Tod speaks with Alex Afterman — Alex has been managing Meta ads for almost a...
Meet the generation redefining brand loyalty. TikTok tests privacy-aware campaigns. Amazon’s ad sales were stratospheric. And X marks the spot… wait…...
It’s the new banner blindness — and it’s what’s behind the rush to use social media influencers. Also: How many are too many? At what point will Googl...
Are brand safety tools too white? That video editor you’re using might be leaking your brand’s data. A mixed bag of growth for Pinterest.And on the ad...
They don’t want to, but they might have to — how Meta’s proposal for handling personalized ads might cripple their ad business. Microsoft’s version of...
Why experts say the X super-app is doomed from the start. Instagram is testing some nice generative AI tools that can help your organic content. A new...
Netflix drops ad prices… The final numbers on media spend during Prime Day… Why the Barbie blockbuster isn’t a financial boon... And TweetDeck will so...
AI Anxiety: Are Shopify’s plans for robot reps the dark future of customer service? Slowdown? What slowdown? Facebook hits 3B monthly active users. Wa...
Desperate times: Twitter slashes ad prices, while threatening its shrinking advertiser base. Google’s Dynamic Search Ads get an upgrade that is making...