Is social media heading toward pay-to-play? More creators are boosting posts, organic reach is...
Is social media heading toward pay-to-play? More creators are boosting posts, organic reach is...
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Blogging Wizard
The Future Of Paid Social Media: Will Creators Need To Pay To Play?
Is social media heading toward pay-to-play? More creators are boosting posts, organic reach is shrinking, and the algorithm feels harder to work with than ever. But does that actually mean...
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Digiday
Media Briefing: Publishers put premium video behind the paywall to sell subscriptions
The Wall Street Journal, Fortune and Bloomberg test putting video behind the paywall to drive and retain subscriptions.
 
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Digiday
AI ‘girlfriend ads’ are fueling a new wave of MFA sites
AI-generated “girlfriend ads” are driving traffic to made-for-advertising sites filled with low-quality content and ads.
 
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Distilled
World Cup 2026: this is what Total TV was built for
TL;DR The 2026 World Cup kicks off today. 48 teams, 104 matches, three host nations across North American time zones, and for UK advertisers, that combination produces something genuinely new. Many games kick off between midnight and 3am BST.
 
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Duct Tape Marketing
7 Steps to Small Business Marketing Success – Episode 3
7 Steps to Small Business Marketing Success – Episode 3 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape MarketingCatch the Full Episode Overview For 20 years, small business marketing came down to one question: can Google find you? That still matters.
 
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ON-DEMAND TRAINING
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American Marketing Association
Data Visualization & Storytelling

Leave this workshop thinking differently about how to communicate with data and armed with some tangible techniques to do so immediately.

 
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American Marketing Association
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Marketing Professionals

This course covers the phases of AI, such as rule-based AI, machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI, to provide a solid foundation of AI principles. 

 
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Fortune
This CEO says he’s helping journalists double their salaries by going to work for brands. But is it journalism—and does...
Every few weeks, a job listing circulates through LinkedIn that stops journalists mid-scroll. A fintech company hunting for an editor-in-chief. A …
 
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The Ahrefs Blog
6 Ways to Automate International Marketing with Agent A
International marketing is a job that gets exponentially complicated with each additional region and language you add.
 
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Search Engine Roundtable
Gemini Can Help With Your Google Business Profiles
Google will soon allow you to connect Google Business Profiles with Gemini. This will allow you to ask questions about your reviews, your local listing and performance within Google Maps and Google Search.
 
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Fast Company
Scotch has a Gen Z problem. James Marsden and Sabrina Carpenter are part of the fix
James Marsden’s new Macallan campaign is part of a broader push to convince younger drinkers that Scotch deserves a spot in their glass.After James Marsden landed the role of Cyclops in the 2000 blockbuster film X-Men, he toasted the then-biggest...
 
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@marketingdive
How GSTV steps up audience targeting with Stagwell’s agentic system
Slim Jim maker Conagra Brands is the video network’s first advertiser to incorporate the Stagwell Agentic Targeting System into campaign planning.
 
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Adweek
Hollywood Studios Hope for Movie Home Runs With MLB Tie-In
Major League Baseball is exploring new ways to show players' off-field personalities.
 
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Adweek