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Social Media Today

Meta touts industry-leading ad revenue growth, but AI unease rises

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that faster revenue gains mean AI investments are paying off, but not everyone is convinced.

Search Engine Roundtable

Bing Ads Revenue Up 10%

Microsoft reported its fourth-quarter 2026 earnings, showing that its search and advertising revenue was up 10%, indicating its ad growth was 2 points lower than the previous quarter.

Duct Tape Marketing

Did AI Make Referrals Your Most Important Marketing Channel

Did AI Make Referrals Your Most Important Marketing Channel written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape MarketingSomething odd is happening in marketing right now. Output is way up. Results are down.

Marketing Dive

Snapchat shores up lead gen ads with new HubSpot integration

The app is focusing more on partnerships to “meet our clients where they are,” according to Vice President of Global Agency and Strategic Accounts Adrian Mulryan.

Adweek

Meta’s Tepid Revenue Outlook Undercuts its AI Spending Spree

The numbers $60.8 billion: Meta’s Q2 revenue, up 28% year over year (YoY). $59.36 billion: Quarterly ad revenue, above analyst estimates of $59.07 billion. Meanwhile, the average price per ad […]

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American Marketing Association

Introduction to Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

This introductory training provides a foundational understanding of search engine optimization and its impact on content visibility.

American Marketing Association

Influencer Marketing

The training offers practical insights from multiple perspectives, including direct creator experiences and case studies. Develop practical skills in crafting compelling marketing briefs, measuring campaign impact, and navigating emerging technologies like AI in the influencer marketing landscape.

Hubspot

Profound vs. Semrush AEO: What each tool actually does

Profound and Semrush have both staked out positions in the answer engine optimization space, but they’re built for different teams with different goals.

Digiday

Time has started serving ads to AI bots

Time is selling ads targeting AI bots, betting that markdown pages will make its content (and advertisers) more visible in AI search.

Search Engine Roundtable

Google Discover Tests Read Later Queue Carousel

Google is testing a new carousel at the top of the Google home page on mobile for Google Discover. It is a carousel of content that is titled "Read Later Queue," and it comprises articles you saved to read later.

Fortune

Meta stock drops 10% as free cash flow gets crushed—and Zuckerberg hints at launching cloud business with few details

The AI trade is coming to a realization: America’s best businesses are turning into utilities. Such is the fate that befalls Meta, whose shares fell …

CMSWire

PolyAI Debuts Dialog-RSN-1 Audio-Native Voice AI Model

The new model reasons directly over raw call audio, promising lower latency and sharper emotional awareness for enterprise voice agents.Continue reading...

Hubspot

HubSpot AEO vs. Otterly: Platform or standalone tool?

Here’s the question most teams are actually trying to answer: do you need a standalone tool to monitor how your brand shows up in AI search, or do you need something that connects that monitoring to the content and CRM workflows that let you act on it?

CMSWire