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Twitter Helped Me Close over $1M in Sales
SocialApr 13, 2026

Twitter Helped Me Close over $1M in Sales

Crazy what you can do on X. I, for one, have sold over $1MM thanks to Twitter 🙏

By Flavio Amiel
Ego‑Free Conference Sparks Real Connections and Honest Collaboration
SocialApr 13, 2026

Ego‑Free Conference Sparks Real Connections and Honest Collaboration

Last week was such a blast. Spent all week hanging out in ASSSPENNN (cue Dumb and Dumber) talking shop with some incredible people. @Bbruhis created such a unique event. I mean where else could you be talking about agentic AI...

By David Herrmann
Google Update Favours Brands Over Aggregators, Directories
SocialApr 13, 2026

Google Update Favours Brands Over Aggregators, Directories

📊 Google March 2026 Core Update Visibility Shifts & Patterns In the US - I’ve analyzed the biggest US domain level visibility shifts in @sistrix , along with the top keyword changes behind them. One of the clearest early patterns...

By Aleyda Solis
Google Denies New “Still Processing” Sitemap Status
SocialApr 13, 2026

Google Denies New “Still Processing” Sitemap Status

Google has nothing to announce about a new "still processing" status for XML sitemaps https://t.co/zCxzSN0Lv8 https://t.co/DppnVvBaTL

By Barry Schwartz
Google May Disregard Links From Spam‑violating Sites
SocialApr 13, 2026

Google May Disregard Links From Spam‑violating Sites

Google's @johnmu reiterates that Google may ignore links from sites that violate its spam policies https://t.co/uXnMAKuuWg https://t.co/82ekVwtzSX

By Barry Schwartz
AI Workflows Will Eclipse $5k SEO Agencies by 2026
SocialApr 13, 2026

AI Workflows Will Eclipse $5k SEO Agencies by 2026

By Q4 2026, traditional SEO agencies charging $5k+/month for content will lose 90% of their clients to solopreneurs using AI workflows. The moat isn't publishing, but knowing which workflows move the needle.

By Flavio Amiel
Launching AI Tool to Boost Your X Followers
SocialApr 13, 2026

Launching AI Tool to Boost Your X Followers

ANNOUNCEMENT Just landed in Lisbon to lock in with @vitaliidodonov for the next 10 days. Past 3 months, I helped him go from 0 to almost 10K followers on X. Together, we're building an AI you can use to grow your...

By Pascio
Plan Ahead: Year‑Long Event Calendar for PR
SocialApr 13, 2026

Plan Ahead: Year‑Long Event Calendar for PR

🚨 Introducing "Plan Ahead" in Finchling: See relevant upcoming events up to 1 year in advance for your brand: Festivals, TV launches, regulation changes, and more - all on one timeline, tailored to your brand 👇 With this new feature, we...

By Aleyda Solis
Google Core Update Favors Strong Brands Over Aggregators
SocialApr 13, 2026

Google Core Update Favors Strong Brands Over Aggregators

📊 Search Updates & Top SEO News Of the Week - From the Latest #SEOFOMO: * Google completed the rollout of the March 2026 Core Update: Here are the Top Visibility Shifts & Patterns In the US: One of the clearest early...

By Aleyda Solis
SEO Pros Need SERP Lens—Stop Missing Out
SocialApr 13, 2026

SEO Pros Need SERP Lens—Stop Missing Out

If you’re an SEO and haven’t yet tried @serplens : what are you even doing?

By Aleyda Solis
ChatGPT Pulls SEO Answers Straight From Google
SocialApr 12, 2026

ChatGPT Pulls SEO Answers Straight From Google

I asked ChatGPT about pagination in SEO - it defaulted to Thinking Model (5.4) for a better answer, and as a result of its laser-targeted fan-out searches (including site: searches), ALL of the responses came from Google. In other words -...

By Lily Ray
Your Profile Is the Secret Sauce of Social Selling
SocialApr 12, 2026

Your Profile Is the Secret Sauce of Social Selling

The “Secret Sauce” of Social Selling: Why Your Profile is Your Best Pitch by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/8dMzYaxhZ9 @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #SalesEnablement #RevOps #Leadership #Marketing #MarketingStrategy https://t.co/cNyj9Po9SR

By Tim Hughes
Orchestrate Launches First, Content Follows Naturally
SocialApr 12, 2026

Orchestrate Launches First, Content Follows Naturally

I studied a dozen tiny solopreneur businesses doing $3k–$30k/month. The pattern: They’re not short on content ideas. They’re short on orchestration. Hours writing posts. Minutes mapping launches. When your OS starts with: - launch dates - revenue targets - offer stack …content becomes downstream, not a separate job. That’s the mental...

By Man of Skillz
AI Generates Complete Site Architecture to Prevent Future Mess
SocialApr 12, 2026

AI Generates Complete Site Architecture to Prevent Future Mess

I built a skill for Claude Code that plans your entire site architecture — page hierarchy, URL structure, navigation, and internal linking. You tell it your site type and goals, and it maps out every page you need in a visual...

By Corey Haines
Beware Scams: GEO/AEO Won’t Replace SEO
SocialApr 12, 2026

Beware Scams: GEO/AEO Won’t Replace SEO

Fun fact: if someone tries to sell you something by saying “GEO/AEO is replacing SEO. Your website can rank #1 on Google but be invisible in ChatGPT” there’s a very high chance they are lying to you and scamming you.

By Lily Ray
IA Outperforms BAU in $100k A/B Test
SocialApr 12, 2026

IA Outperforms BAU in $100k A/B Test

A/B test results against BAU vs IA test All creative / setup the exact same about $100k in spend so far IA is the top result - very curious if these will continue to hold. https://t.co/BBA731MpGN

By Kody Nordquist
Turning Loom Videos Into Multi‑Channel Customer Education
SocialApr 12, 2026

Turning Loom Videos Into Multi‑Channel Customer Education

Going to make it a mission that every customer knows and learns our top capabilities in Gong. Like everything we've rolled out the last year. Spent 2 hours this afternoon: -10 Loom Videos -Queue'd up Loom Videos on YouTube Series -Took Transcripts from...

By Brian LaManna
Content Marketing Success Starts Before and After Creation
SocialApr 12, 2026

Content Marketing Success Starts Before and After Creation

Let’s debunk the biggest myth about content marketing… It’s not just about the content. It’s about what you do before and after creating it that matters most.. https://t.co/XPc4Og70VS

By Ross Simmonds
Make Google Search Console Your Primary SEO Tool
SocialApr 12, 2026

Make Google Search Console Your Primary SEO Tool

Focus on Google Search Console as your main SEO tool. The rest for guessing, but I guess guessing is better than not guessing 🤣

By Flavio Amiel
Reddit Demands Authenticity, Not Spammy Lead Funnels
SocialApr 12, 2026

Reddit Demands Authenticity, Not Spammy Lead Funnels

Reddit is not your free billboard. It's not a marketing channel where you dump your landing page, cross your fingers, and wait for conversions. It's one of the last places on the internet where strangers will give you brutally honest feedback if...

By Nabil Chiheb
Automate SEO Title Tags with AI for Instant CTR
SocialApr 12, 2026

Automate SEO Title Tags with AI for Instant CTR

Why are SEOs still manually writing title tags when Claude can generate 20 variations optimized for CTR and search intent in 15 seconds? Just plug your Ahrefs, GA4, GSC, build your dashboard, plug your CMS, monitor the situation and approve...

By Flavio Amiel
AI-Generated Content Floods SERPs, Threatening Sustainability
SocialApr 12, 2026

AI-Generated Content Floods SERPs, Threatening Sustainability

It works until it doesn't... but it's still working for now. This one will be interesting to watch. Massive scaled content abuse. Nearly 1M pages indexed now. Surging like crazy in the SERPs. Including news surfaces. I don't think this...

By Glenn Gabe
Newsletter Hits 21k, Seeks 22k Milestone
SocialApr 12, 2026

Newsletter Hits 21k, Seeks 22k Milestone

It’s wild to blink and now have 21,586 people subscribe to my newsletter. That’s 4x the following of my X! Feels like yesterday (Jan 2023) when I was ~outbounding my dad, family and friends to subscribe. Each week: -Content of the week (top...

By Brian LaManna
AI Can't Fix Bad Targeting; Prioritize Relevance First
SocialApr 12, 2026

AI Can't Fix Bad Targeting; Prioritize Relevance First

The hardest part of AI is not about writing the perfect prompt. The hardest part is knowing who you’re actually talking to. AI won’t fix bad targeting. It just helps you scale it faster. Automated “AI-generated outreach” fails for the same reason this text...

By Louis Bouchard
Google Search Console Impressions Error Causes Image Decline
SocialApr 12, 2026

Google Search Console Impressions Error Causes Image Decline

Update: the fake Google Search Console impressions have started to come crashing down. I'm mostly seeing a clear decline within Image Search for the moment (the original surface I was alerted by), with other surfaces still to follow. Here is a timeline...

By Brodie Clark
Platforms Profit From Both Attention Hijacking and Recovery
SocialApr 12, 2026

Platforms Profit From Both Attention Hijacking and Recovery

Platforms charge companies to hijack our attention, then charge us to reclaim it. A very elegant way to monetize both the problem and the fake solution. YouTube perfected the art of monetizing both the interruption and the escape. #AI #Advertising #AttentionEconomy...

By Pascal Bornet
Button Color Drives Massive CTA Performance Boost
SocialApr 12, 2026

Button Color Drives Massive CTA Performance Boost

Legit - changed the color of a button. We did some analysis and testing on ads of color theory and how their audience responded. We found drastic changes based on color of CTA. So we applied that to the website.

By Kody Nordquist
Write Daily, Publish Publicly, Turn Content Into Sellable Capital
SocialApr 12, 2026

Write Daily, Publish Publicly, Turn Content Into Sellable Capital

My free guide to building a massive online audience: Write: • 300 words per day • Create with your reader Publish: • Practice in public • Double down on what works Expand: • Turn high-performing topics into longer-form pieces • Turn longer-form pieces into Intellectual Capital you can sell

By Nicolas Cole
Prioritize Trust Over Reach: Depth Builds Business
SocialApr 12, 2026

Prioritize Trust Over Reach: Depth Builds Business

Everyone assumes the goal of content is reach. It’s not. The goal of content is trust. Reach without trust is noise. But trust without reach can still build businesses. I’d rather have 10K people who deeply trust me than 10M who barely know me. Build...

By dmartell
AI Personalization Will Make Your Business the Top Result
SocialApr 11, 2026

AI Personalization Will Make Your Business the Top Result

Personalization in AI Mode, ChatGPT and other LLMs will solve many headaches for SEOs whose clients are always searching for their money keyword and asking “why aren’t we first?” Now when you ask AI search which company, person, etc. is the...

By Lily Ray
Data Proves Social Selling Beats Traditional SEO
SocialApr 11, 2026

Data Proves Social Selling Beats Traditional SEO

Why the data shows that social selling is the new SEO / GEO by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/uVT5YMhhva @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #SalesEnablement #Marketing #Leadership #SEO #GEO #ArtificialIntelligence #TechNews https://t.co/y0fWJz699p

By Tim Hughes
Identify and Fix Drop‑Offs in Your Signup Funnel
SocialApr 11, 2026

Identify and Fix Drop‑Offs in Your Signup Funnel

I built a skill for Claude Code that fixes signup flows when people start registering but never finish. It maps every step of your signup funnel with drop-off percentages so you can see exactly where you're losing people. If 68% start...

By Corey Haines
Social Media Managers Rebranded as Growth Engineers
SocialApr 11, 2026

Social Media Managers Rebranded as Growth Engineers

They’re calling social media managers “growth engineers” now, she’s 100% spot on with this analysis

By Taylor Lorenz
Your First Line Must Hook in 1/8 Second
SocialApr 11, 2026

Your First Line Must Hook in 1/8 Second

You have 1/8th of a second to stop someone from scrolling past your content. That's it. Your first line is everything. If it doesn't create curiosity, tension, or surprise, nobody reads line two. Write your hook like your business depends on it. Because it does.

By Chris Orlob
Advertiser ID: Weighing Personalized Ads vs Privacy Risks
SocialApr 11, 2026

Advertiser ID: Weighing Personalized Ads vs Privacy Risks

The more you use your computer, the more personalized the ads become. Helpful, or big privacy problem? Here are the pros and cons of keeping "Advertiser ID" enabled for Windows and MacOS users: https://t.co/2Jztl0woVh #privacy #mac #windows #advertising https://t.co/iNVrslkfb4

By Dave Taylor
Google Rebrands Looker Studio Back to Data Studio, Adds Pro Tier
SocialApr 11, 2026

Google Rebrands Looker Studio Back to Data Studio, Adds Pro Tier

🤔 Google has rebranded Looker Studio to ... Data Studio (again)! "Users need a single place to curate and analyze their data from the many different sources that impact their business each day... We are sharing the next...

By Aleyda Solis
Expanding Networks May Not Sacrifice Existing Engagement
SocialApr 11, 2026

Expanding Networks May Not Sacrifice Existing Engagement

If I start connecting with a completely new ecosystem of people, will I lose the engagement of my current network? https://t.co/OJa5Sg1oQj via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Marketing #MarketingSuccess #MarketingStrategy #ArtificialIntelligence

By Tim Hughes
Balancing Fast AI Automation with Human Accountability
SocialApr 11, 2026

Balancing Fast AI Automation with Human Accountability

It’s rare to find another founder as obsessed with AI workflows as I am, so diving into Lars Maat’s approach to team-wide adoption was a total blast. His take on balancing rapid automation with human accountability is exactly what agencies...

By Frederick Vallaeys
Stuck in the Past: Meta Spend Misaligned with Growth
SocialApr 11, 2026

Stuck in the Past: Meta Spend Misaligned with Growth

pov: you take over a brand spending $500K/month on Meta and this is what you find: - built a wall around what worked at $100K - same "20% off" offer since day one - 90% of spend running to remarketing, zero prospecting -...

By Kody Nordquist
Check CPM, Attribution, and ROAS Before Tweaking Campaigns
SocialApr 11, 2026

Check CPM, Attribution, and ROAS Before Tweaking Campaigns

3 things shifted on April 1st that make this week's dashboard the hardest data read of the quarter. Don't touch your campaigns until you've checked all three. > ROAS is down > CPMs are up Don’t panic though… run these checks first: CHECK...

By Kody Nordquist
Simple Button Color Tweak Dramatically Boosts Conversions
SocialApr 11, 2026

Simple Button Color Tweak Dramatically Boosts Conversions

We made a single change for this brand on Thursday and it absolutely crushed. We simply changed the color of their ATC button. That’s all - we ran some testing and found their audience responded better to certain colors. So we implemented...

By Kody Nordquist
Add Social Proof, Boost Conversions by 62%
SocialApr 11, 2026

Add Social Proof, Boost Conversions by 62%

I’ve been noticing this pattern — strong traffic, weak trust. Clicks are high, engagement is good… but hesitation remains. There’s always that gap — “Why aren’t they converting?” Because proof was missing in the journey. We added testimonials + social proof layers. Conversion rate improved...

By Premlata (Meta + Google Ads)
Every SEO WEEK Talk Was Pure Fire
SocialApr 11, 2026

Every SEO WEEK Talk Was Pure Fire

I asked ⁦@iPullRank⁩ what surprised him about SEO WEEK and I couldn’t agree more -> It’s that every talk was fire. One of the few events that has a lineup making it worth attending each talk. Get tickets: https://t.co/T0zGcua2UT Steal my promo...

By Ross Simmonds
Headless Theme Boosts Clicks; Excess Apps Kill Conversions
SocialApr 11, 2026

Headless Theme Boosts Clicks; Excess Apps Kill Conversions

Ruggable saw a 300% increase in organic search clicks after switching to a headless theme that cut their site speed by 40%. Meanwhile you're stacking 15 different Shopify apps that slow your site to a crawl and wondering why nobody...

By Kamil Sattar
Conversational Site Search Unlocks Massive Revenue Gains
SocialApr 11, 2026

Conversational Site Search Unlocks Massive Revenue Gains

Internal site search is the most ignored revenue leak in the enterprise digital stack. I was reading a post by Jessica Hawk at @danayaazure about how @AlaskaAir transformed their travel planning experience, and it highlighted a massive shift in the market....

By Shashi Bellamkonda
Leverage Ahrefs to Secure LinkedIn Backlinks Quickly
SocialApr 11, 2026

Leverage Ahrefs to Secure LinkedIn Backlinks Quickly

Easiest SEO hack in the world (with LinkedIn) > Open ahrefs > Site explorer = linkedin dot com > Filter by "keyword contains phrase (put your Keyword)" > Check top results > Ask the owner to add your link / promote / affiliate / etc. 2nd Easiest:...

By Flavio Amiel
Delay Cookie Consent Until Interaction to Boost Conversions
SocialApr 11, 2026

Delay Cookie Consent Until Interaction to Boost Conversions

Full-Screen Cookie Banner are the biggest conversion killer. You know that you can delay consent (and tracking) until the visitor interacted (e.g. scrolled a bit) with you page? So that user get a chance to understand if your offering is...

By David Wippel
Test 100+ Variants Before Any Real User Visits
SocialApr 11, 2026

Test 100+ Variants Before Any Real User Visits

Most companies are still A/B testing with live traffic like it's 2019. You can score 100+ variants before a single person hits the page. Here's how:

By Eric Siu
Don’t Blame Ads—Optimize Post‑click Funnel Performance
SocialApr 11, 2026

Don’t Blame Ads—Optimize Post‑click Funnel Performance

Way too common for brands to ignore issues with their funnel (poor ATC, high bounce rate etc…) Easy to pump more creatives or blame the ad account for bad performance. It’s super important what they do after the click as well.

By Kody Nordquist