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AI Replaces $8K Agency in One Weekend
SocialApr 26, 2026

AI Replaces $8K Agency in One Weekend

i fired a $8K/month agency last tuesday and replaced everything they did with 3 AI systems i built myself in a weekend. the agency was doing: - content repurposing - email sequences - social scheduling now it's automated. better quality but zero back-and-forth. the agency...

By Matt Gray
AI Will First Dominate Insights, Content; Humans Keep Strategy
SocialApr 26, 2026

AI Will First Dominate Insights, Content; Humans Keep Strategy

Which aspects of brand social media do you think get taken over by Agentic AI first versus the parts that cling to 💯 human? 🔘 Insights + measurement 🔘 Social strategy 🔘 Content creation 🔘 Channel management 🔘 Influencer management 🔘 Community engagement

By Lia Haberman
Automate Statistically Valid A/B Tests with Open‑Source Skill
SocialApr 26, 2026

Automate Statistically Valid A/B Tests with Open‑Source Skill

I built a skill that designs statistically valid A/B tests and builds growth experimentation programs — hypothesis frameworks, sample size calculations, metrics selection, ICE prioritization, and experiment velocity tracking. You describe what you want to test, and it structures everything: a...

By Corey Haines
Your Funnel, Not Traffic, Is the Real Problem
SocialApr 26, 2026

Your Funnel, Not Traffic, Is the Real Problem

Harsh truth: You don’t have a traffic problem. You have a conversion problem. More visitors won’t fix what a weak funnel created.

By Premlata (Meta + Google Ads)
Map Topics First, Then Scale Content for Growth
SocialApr 26, 2026

Map Topics First, Then Scale Content for Growth

Stop publishing 4 blog posts a month and praying they'll rank. Build the topical map first. Then ship 100 pages around 3-4 pillars in a quarter. Most of my clients grow out off a structure that compounds. Volume without it doesn't.

By Flavio Amiel
Adobe Aims to Control New Content Supply Chain Layer
SocialApr 26, 2026

Adobe Aims to Control New Content Supply Chain Layer

The Content Supply Chain Has an Operating Layer Now. Adobe Wants to Own It. https://t.co/GIONAfdDsc

By Shashi Bellamkonda
Make Your Brand Show Up in AI Answers
SocialApr 26, 2026

Make Your Brand Show Up in AI Answers

Your Brand Is Already in the AI Answers. The Question Is Whether You Put It There https://t.co/b6hWTh7m8M

By Shashi Bellamkonda
Data‑rich Markets Drive the Lowest Customer Acquisition Costs
SocialApr 26, 2026

Data‑rich Markets Drive the Lowest Customer Acquisition Costs

Beautiful thing about data acquisition is CAC tends to be lowest in countries where data is most plentiful

By Paul Yacoubian
AI Lets Anyone Craft Influencer Personas Instantly
SocialApr 25, 2026

AI Lets Anyone Craft Influencer Personas Instantly

With A.I., Anyone Can Be an Influencer TikTok and Instagram made it easy to monetize the physical self. Now the social-media-savvy can use A.I. to play with their identity, or overhaul it entirely. https://t.co/7nY9ffs9ov https://t.co/ZUNT7uMXpt

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Key SEO Takeaways From Google's Liz Reid Interview
SocialApr 25, 2026

Key SEO Takeaways From Google's Liz Reid Interview

I listened to the latest interview of Google's Liz Reid so you don't have to. Here's everything useful for SEO that I learned over an hour: . . . Thank you. Follow for more updates like these

By Cyrus Shepard
Relevant Ads Benefit Advertisers, Users, and Meta Alike
SocialApr 25, 2026

Relevant Ads Benefit Advertisers, Users, and Meta Alike

Advertiser, users, and Meta alllll win when the most relevant ads are served to the most relevant users.

By Barry Hott
Accidental $1k Ad Spend: E‑commerce Founder Rite
SocialApr 25, 2026

Accidental $1k Ad Spend: E‑commerce Founder Rite

You're not an 'ecom founder' until you've accidentally spent $1,000 on an ad set you forgot to turn off. It's a rite of passage.

By Kamil Sattar
Cost Caps Not Spending? There's Likely a Reason
SocialApr 25, 2026

Cost Caps Not Spending? There's Likely a Reason

A lot of brands and agencies make this mistake. If cost caps aren’t spending - it’s probably for a good reason.

By Kody Nordquist
Post Instagram Stories in Three‑Story Bursts, 24‑Hour Gaps
SocialApr 25, 2026

Post Instagram Stories in Three‑Story Bursts, 24‑Hour Gaps

Here's how top creators post Instagram stories. I learned this from the author's mastermind I co-hosted with @JamesClear. They'll post sets of three stories and then nothing for 24 hours. Then three stories again, and repeat. https://t.co/xX5wrxy486

By Nathan Barry
Yelp Dominates Local Search Citations Across All Categories
SocialApr 25, 2026

Yelp Dominates Local Search Citations Across All Categories

We wanted to understand the review sites are influencing buyers on a local LLM level... When people are looking for the: Best restaurants Best coffee shops Best pizza shops Best dentist Best lawyer Best plumber Yelp absolutely dominates the citation share. https://t.co/uDUi4JXA7C

By Ross Simmonds
Check What AI Actually Sees—And Says—Your Content
SocialApr 25, 2026

Check What AI Actually Sees—And Says—Your Content

Your content looks complete to a human visitor. To an AI model fetching your page to generate an answer, it might be nearly empty. Two free tools changed how I think about this: @Adobe AI Content Visibility Checker (Chrome extension) shows you exactly...

By Shashi Bellamkonda
Paid Ads Iterate Fast, SEO Can't Match Speed
SocialApr 25, 2026

Paid Ads Iterate Fast, SEO Can't Match Speed

Both paid and unpaid marketing can get you customers. Paid can iterate in days, objectively finding better messaging, which can be used in all other channels, and home page. SEO can’t.

By Jason Cohen
Distribution Beats Creation: Market Your Content Relentlessly
SocialApr 25, 2026

Distribution Beats Creation: Market Your Content Relentlessly

"Create great content and they will find you" Nah... They really won't. Market your content relentlessly. Promote your work consistently. Distribution is the only answer.

By Ross Simmonds
Automated 7‑Point CRO Audit Finds Obvious Conversion Gaps
SocialApr 25, 2026

Automated 7‑Point CRO Audit Finds Obvious Conversion Gaps

I built a skill that audits any marketing page for conversion issues — value proposition, headline, CTAs, visual hierarchy, social proof, objection handling, and friction points. You point it at a page and it runs through 7 dimensions in order of...

By Corey Haines
Accidental Instagram Ad Clicks Mistaken for Success
SocialApr 25, 2026

Accidental Instagram Ad Clicks Mistaken for Success

There’s some PM at Instagram looking at the metrics of ads that people accidentally click on thinking “wow I’m doing a great job”.

By Jon Yongfook
Global Business Scaling with Meta & Google Ads
SocialApr 25, 2026

Global Business Scaling with Meta & Google Ads

I run a performance marketing agency based in India. If you’re a business anywhere in the world looking to scale with Meta/Google ads, let’s connect. www.iampremlata.com

By Premlata (Meta + Google Ads)
Boost Profits by Doubling Conversion, Not Traffic
SocialApr 25, 2026

Boost Profits by Doubling Conversion, Not Traffic

Most founders think they need more traffic. They don't. They need to fix their conversion rate. Doubling your CVR from 1% to 2% has the same impact as doubling your ad spend, but it's free.

By Kamil Sattar
Clarify Your Offer Before Scaling Distribution
SocialApr 25, 2026

Clarify Your Offer Before Scaling Distribution

Founders with distribution problems usually have an offer problem. More content won't fix it. More outreach won't fix it. More ad spend definitely won't fix it. Unclear offer + more distribution = spreading confusion faster. Here's how to tell if your offer is the problem: Send...

By Vinay Katiyar
Sharing My Passion on X Actually Pays Bills
SocialApr 25, 2026

Sharing My Passion on X Actually Pays Bills

i still can't believe that sharing what I love on @X actually PAYS THE BILLS so incredibly thankful for @XCreators 🫶 https://t.co/iLqxhbcPia

By Data Chaz
Will Content Marketing Survive AI‑Driven B2B Research?
SocialApr 25, 2026

Will Content Marketing Survive AI‑Driven B2B Research?

Will “content marketing” as we know it survive if AI agents are the primary consumers of B2B research? https://t.co/HRL0GNgWhu @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAgents #AI #FutureOfWork #Strategy #Marketing #MarketingSuccess #MarketingStrategy #Branding

By Tim Hughes
Shopify‑Kit Integration Stumbles on Marketing Consent Sync
SocialApr 24, 2026

Shopify‑Kit Integration Stumbles on Marketing Consent Sync

The Shopify integration with Kit looks really promising, but boy is the marketing consent issue a mess. Once they've not consented, a tag is added in Kit. If they consent on a future purchase, it doesn't change. Then on Shopify Thank You...

By David Kadavy
AIO Click‑Through Rate Doubles to 2.4% in Feb
SocialApr 24, 2026

AIO Click‑Through Rate Doubles to 2.4% in Feb

Looks like CTR for AIOs is coming back from a low of 1.3% CTR in Dec 2025 to 2.4% in Feb 2026. We looked at about 2 Billion impressions... check the whole study: https://t.co/5uV6BgoOsx https://t.co/qB32orXAkD

By Wil Reynolds
Repurpose Top Content During Low‑Energy Days
SocialApr 24, 2026

Repurpose Top Content During Low‑Energy Days

You need a content plan for low-energy periods because they WILL happen. I repurpose old content that performed well instead of forcing new creation when I'm running on fumes.

By Amber Figlow
Inbound Is Dead; Focus on AI‑resistant Traffic Moats
SocialApr 24, 2026

Inbound Is Dead; Focus on AI‑resistant Traffic Moats

The term INBOUND is now considered POISON. ☠️ HubSpot changed their flagship conference name from INBOUND to UNBOUND -- what does that tell you about where SEO is going? Think about how many meetings were called. How many hours of...

By Gaetano DiNardi
One‑take Videos Are My Most Profitable Skill
SocialApr 24, 2026

One‑take Videos Are My Most Profitable Skill

The fact that I can rip off a 60 second video talking to the camera in one take is proving to be my most monetizeable skill. Scripted is much harder.

By Kaleigh Moore
AI Agents Will Become Customers, Transforming Business Decisions
SocialApr 24, 2026

AI Agents Will Become Customers, Transforming Business Decisions

AI agents won’t just assist customers, they will become them. @jowyang , General Partner at @BlitzVentures , explains how AI is reshaping decision-making, marketing, and the future of business. https://t.co/WcXRdqBGIn

By AdTechGod
Google Admits Logging Error Also Skewed CTR
SocialApr 24, 2026

Google Admits Logging Error Also Skewed CTR

Quick update on the GSC impressions drop Google mentioned a few weeks ago. @suzukik asked Google about the impact to *other* metrics at the Search Central Live event in Toronto and they did explain that CTR was affected as well....

By Glenn Gabe
Ad Builder Lagged Due to Overloaded Options
SocialApr 24, 2026

Ad Builder Lagged Due to Overloaded Options

went to build a handful of ads to help my team out, as I do occasionally to keep my eye in. Here is my experience: - everything at ad level is painfully slow to load, likely because of all the different...

By Gil David
Google Now Orders Business Profile Photos by Upload Date
SocialApr 24, 2026

Google Now Orders Business Profile Photos by Upload Date

ICYMI: Google now sorts photos on your Business Profiles by most recently uploaded https://t.co/bDvgBV4rV0 https://t.co/jHOkJoS2yg

By Barry Schwartz
Automation Will Dominate Marketing, but Sales Still Need Humans
SocialApr 24, 2026

Automation Will Dominate Marketing, but Sales Still Need Humans

I think in distribution, we will get to a point where you can pretty much automate Ads, SEO, and content building more generally speaking. But I think closing for sales will still require human rapport for a long time.

By Elizabeth Yin
Podcasts Power Your Content Ecosystem and Repurpose Everywhere
SocialApr 24, 2026

Podcasts Power Your Content Ecosystem and Repurpose Everywhere

Insightful: A #podcast can be central to your content ecosystem for 2 reasons. First, you can host a powerful content program with recurring shows, industry guests, and authority-building through video. Second, you can use the podcast to feed all your other content formats...

By Tom Pick
Scheduling Tools Can’t Legally Add Trending Audio
SocialApr 24, 2026

Scheduling Tools Can’t Legally Add Trending Audio

"But what about trending audio? If I schedule my Reels I can't add music." Yeah, that's true, o scheduling tool can legally add trending audio because the music is copyrighted and they don't have the licensing to do it. If a tool...

By Amber Figlow
Open‑source AI Marketing Toolkit Cuts Development Time
SocialApr 24, 2026

Open‑source AI Marketing Toolkit Cuts Development Time

This repo will help you skip months of rebuilding AI marketing automations. 17 production-tested categories: SEO ops, deal resurrector, podcast-to-clips, growth engine, lead dossiers. 32K lines, 2.1K stars. Fork it and run. MIT licensed. More coming soon

By Eric Siu
Add One AI Exposure Question to Track Search Impact
SocialApr 24, 2026

Add One AI Exposure Question to Track Search Impact

🚨 We need to get comfortable using Own-Site Business Impact Proxy Signals in AI Search Measurement 👇 None of these metrics prove AI influence on their own. The value comes from reading them as a set and asking whether the...

By Aleyda Solis
Instagram Insights Revamped: New Reel Metrics Highlight Performance
SocialApr 24, 2026

Instagram Insights Revamped: New Reel Metrics Highlight Performance

Instagram Insights just got an upgrade. 📊 The most important metrics are now front and center, organized into three tabs: Overview, Engagement, and Audience. 📈 There are new “Views over time” and engagement rate metrics for Reels, like share rate and...

By Lindsey Gamble
Being Chronically Online Undermines Authentic Social Media Content
SocialApr 24, 2026

Being Chronically Online Undermines Authentic Social Media Content

Please stop asking for “chronically online” I’d argue it makes Social Media Managers WORSE. Yet somehow it’s in half the social media job descriptions I come across, like it’s a superpower instead of a fast track to burnout, anxiety, and genuinely...

By Jack Appleby
Standardize YouTube Descriptions with a Simple Affiliate Template
SocialApr 24, 2026

Standardize YouTube Descriptions with a Simple Affiliate Template

I've been helping a client audit their content marketing strategy including their YouTube setup, and the description problem jumped out immediately. Five hundred videos with descriptions that were either bare-bones or wildly inconsistent, and an affiliate links program they'd barely...

By Paul Boag
Brands Are Mastering Reddit Beyond Ads and AMAs
SocialApr 24, 2026

Brands Are Mastering Reddit Beyond Ads and AMAs

This week I wrote about how brands are cracking Reddit — and not just with AMAs or ads on the platform 🛀🏼 Dove incorporated Reddit comments into a campaign 💵 Fidelity Investments hosts a community hub for investors 🥯 Philadelphia Cream Cheese gifted...

By Lia Haberman
AI Generates Multiple YouTube Thumbnails, Beats Human Design
SocialApr 24, 2026

AI Generates Multiple YouTube Thumbnails, Beats Human Design

Current YouTube Thumbnail vs. GPT 2.0 YouTube Thumbnails: The first one our team made and GPT 2.0 made the next 3. Which do you like best? 1, 2, 3, or 4? https://t.co/P4bsRKHXb3

By Chase Dimond
Merging Sales Capacity & Marketing Attribution Solves RevOps Divide
SocialApr 24, 2026

Merging Sales Capacity & Marketing Attribution Solves RevOps Divide

Lative acquiring Mperativ is one of the more interesting RevOps moves I've seen this yearbecause it's making a structural argument most of the industry has quietly accepted as unfixable. Your CMO and CRO have spent years arguing over numbers that were...

By Shashi Bellamkonda
Turn Readers Into Buyers with Hook‑Story‑Offer
SocialApr 24, 2026

Turn Readers Into Buyers with Hook‑Story‑Offer

Most people think turning readers into buyers is a tough nut to crack. It’s not. Russell Brunson built ClickFunnels into a $1 billion company using a 3-part copywriting framework. Here's how to steal it. It's called the Hook-Story-Offer Framework—and it works in 3 parts: •...

By Dickie Bush
YouTube Livestream Ads Hijack Mobile Audio, No Mute Option
SocialApr 24, 2026

YouTube Livestream Ads Hijack Mobile Audio, No Mute Option

Live stream ads now on mobile, and they take over the audio -> YouTube is rolling out a new ad format for livestreams on mobile that won't disrupt your viewing experience, but with a big catch "Since the ad runs alongside...

By Glenn Gabe
Google Ranking Volatility Shows SEO Still Crucial
SocialApr 24, 2026

Google Ranking Volatility Shows SEO Still Crucial

SEO Video Recap covering Google heated ranking volatility, Google on commodity content, do you need to get SEO right and search ads https://t.co/VvKF3nw8K1 Sponsored by @DudaPlatform with industry mentions of @dannysullivan @marthavanberkel @gaganghotra_ @JohnMu @maxjpeters @adsliaison @AnthonyHigman @MSFTAdsBuddy @juokaz @glenngabe @ClaudiaTomina...

By Barry Schwartz
Google's Search Chief Says AI Will Redefine Search
SocialApr 24, 2026

Google's Search Chief Says AI Will Redefine Search

Google's Head of Search, Liz Reid, interviewed on Google and AI by Bloomberg https://t.co/MFvCZEKtyj https://t.co/caUH60GU4L

By Barry Schwartz