Every Friday: An information-packed 15-minute summary of everything you missed in the world of digital marketing, e-commerce, and social media that week. Every Tuesday: A deep-dive episode into one specific digital marketing topic.
1259 episodes transcribedA crazy new bug on Meta's ad platform is selling products at big discounts — and the merchants have no idea it's happening. Also: Sorry, why c...
Government regulators sound the warning on AI spokespeople, as the marketing industry and social media platforms scramble to ramp up their avatar game...
Google won't let some companies pay for ads by credit cards any more, in a move that could cost businesses hundreds of thousands of dollars overni...
Has the final gauntlet been thrown? A technical change to how YouTube ads are delivered may break ad blockers for good. Meta backs down on AI training...
Dumb it down — new research says the simpler you make your headlines, the more people will click on them. Also: Instagram's latest ad format is ju...
Brand safety tools claim platforms they measure are '99% safe.' But can marketers trust those numbers? Probably not. Also: YouTube adds the si...
The app that wanted the world to be more authentic has been acquired. Google says the next search update might restore some penalized sites. Why marke...
It's happened again. This time, Adobe scrambles to reassure marketers it's not going to steal their work in the service of AI training. But ca...
Deepfakes are the next challenge for brand safety. Reddit's Ads API is out, barely. LinkedIn has a new video ad product. Instagram updates carouse...
Why is Google dumping up to three-quarters of your ad results into an unmarked bucket? HubSpot is about to get more expensive. Finally, a framework fo...
A nasty cyberattack is targeting big TikTok accounts — and all you need to do for your account to be compromised is read a DM. Also: Why Google may st...
Enshittification comes to the Instagram feed — how will users react to the new ad format which stops them from scrolling through content? Also: Google...
The new Instagram test that ignores your current fan base. Why your favourite marketing tool might stop working next week. Link previews are now pay-f...
What's next for the relationship between Google and the marketing industry after a huge leak exposes Google's SEO secrets. The news is not goo...
It seems ridiculous — asking people to buy something from you as you're refunding them from a previous purchase. But researchers say — it works. A...
It's the biggest leak in Google's history — and the documents in it detail thousands of previously secret factors that decide how high you ran...
Is Hubspot about to sell to Google? Pinterest has summer trends for your content marketing. Amazon's AI-based ads seem to be performing well. And...
Two big players in the design space have a new offering for large brands and agencies. Snapchat has a new CAPI partnership. Yes, Bing was offline toda...
The marketing announcements are plenty — so why can't any of us actually use these cool new things? TikTok to lay off a big chunk of their support...
Google’s annual event for advertisers was full of AI buzzwords, but lacking in anything beyond the expected obsession over AI and some incremental upd...
