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Criteo CEO Discusses AI‑Powered RecSys, Automation, OpenAI Deal
SocialMar 13, 2026

Criteo CEO Discusses AI‑Powered RecSys, Automation, OpenAI Deal

This week on the Mobile Dev Memo podcast, I interview Criteo’s CEO about the company’s RecSys system for retail use cases, its Criteo GO automation platform, and its recently-announced partnership with OpenAI. https://t.co/Tuy7wrnLJg

By Eric Seufert
Growth Happens When You Stop Posting More
SocialMar 13, 2026

Growth Happens When You Stop Posting More

I grew my Instagram from 60 to 370 followers in the last month. For a long time I was the person watching everyone else grow thinking… “What are they doing that I’m not?” Then I found something that completely changed how I approach...

By Calm Creator Club
Google Ads Support Hold Music Frustrates Advertisers
SocialMar 13, 2026

Google Ads Support Hold Music Frustrates Advertisers

Google Ads support hold music is driving some advertisers crazy - @adsliaison will pass it along https://t.co/l9RAl8Csbi https://t.co/lE8piC6L9Q

By Barry Schwartz
Master AI Visibility Without Sacrificing SEO
SocialMar 13, 2026

Master AI Visibility Without Sacrificing SEO

🚨 Who’s Winning the AI Visibility Race, and How to Compete Without Risking Your SEO? Don't miss the free webinar hosted by @AdelleKehoe of @Similarweb where @lilyraynyc and I will be going through the biggest insights from...

By Aleyda Solis
Win by Targeting Overlooked Channels Competitors Ignore
SocialMar 13, 2026

Win by Targeting Overlooked Channels Competitors Ignore

Your content isn't too niche. Your distribution is too narrow. Embrace the channels your competitors are too lazy to show up on... That's where you win.

By Ross Simmonds
Adobe AI Powers Enterprise Creative Workflows, Not Just Images
SocialMar 13, 2026

Adobe AI Powers Enterprise Creative Workflows, Not Just Images

The market is comparing Adobe's AI to image generators in LLMs like ChatGPT. That is the wrong comparison entirely. Adobe just reported record Q1 FY2026 results = $6.40 billion in revenue, 13% subscription growth, and AI-first ARR more than tripling year...

By Shashi Bellamkonda
Post Playbooks, Not Opinions, for Steady Leads
SocialMar 12, 2026

Post Playbooks, Not Opinions, for Steady Leads

If you want consistent inbound, stop trying to go viral. Start trying to be useful. Most freelancers post opinions. Few post playbooks. Here is a simple weekly content system that actually drives leads: Monday: Share a specific lesson from a client win (with numbers). Wednesday:...

By Ross Simmonds
AI Reveals Your Brand's Weaknesses, Then Fixes Them
SocialMar 12, 2026

AI Reveals Your Brand's Weaknesses, Then Fixes Them

I ran https://t.co/f9IW600hsB on its own website. It gave itself an 𝗙. 📉 Which is hilarious, if you think about it. Even my own AI was basically like: we need to talk. 🤖 So I took its recommendations, fixed the positioning, tightened...

By Tatyana Kanzaveli
One Optimized Evergreen Post Beats Dozens of Trend Content
SocialMar 12, 2026

One Optimized Evergreen Post Beats Dozens of Trend Content

RT @NealSchaffer One strong evergreen piece, properly optimized and updated every 6-12 months, can outperform dozens of trend-chasing posts. Here's how to choose the right format, target the right keywords, and keep it performing. https://t.co/ZeXh529Z1f #SEO #ContentMarketing

By Tom Pick
Google Halves Search Referrals, Still Leverages Publisher Content
SocialMar 12, 2026

Google Halves Search Referrals, Still Leverages Publisher Content

Is Google taking news publishers' traffic away? Sweet mother of media, are they ever. From 2023-2025, referrals from search dropped by almost HALF. Brutal. Insulting. Infuriating. And ironic given that Google is certainly training its AI answers on publishers' work. 🙄

By Rand Fishkin
Stop Wasting $50K on Remarketing, Add Prospecting
SocialMar 12, 2026

Stop Wasting $50K on Remarketing, Add Prospecting

The most expensive mistake I'm seeing on Meta right now: → $50–70K/month in ad spend → 90% of it running to remarketing → Zero prospecting. Zero incremental lift. Just recycling brand content to existing audiences The brand thought Meta wasn't working. Their agency...

By Kody Nordquist
Guest Posts Require Far More Effort than They Seem
SocialMar 12, 2026

Guest Posts Require Far More Effort than They Seem

Today, an exec says to me, "Must be easy to have a newsletter that's all guest posts." I hope Lenny Rachitsky doesn't mind, but I told him this story: Early last December, Lenny reached out to me about something, and...

By April Dunford
Stop Apologizing in Content—Own Your Presence
SocialMar 12, 2026

Stop Apologizing in Content—Own Your Presence

Stop apologizing in your content. ”Sorry I look a mess… sorry if you can hear my kids… sorry… sorry…” You are giving people a reason to scroll. They probably didn’t notice, but you just wasted 3 seconds apologizing, and you just...

By Amber Figlow
B2B Buyers Watch YouTube First; Rank There
SocialMar 12, 2026

B2B Buyers Watch YouTube First; Rank There

Most B2B video strategies stop at demos buried on a website. That’s the problem. Buyers learn on YouTube months before they hit your homepage. If you’re not ranking for their questions, you’re already a quarter behind. https://t.co/tCBEXd7L4I

By Ross Simmonds
Targeted Followers Beat Mass Reach Every Time
SocialMar 12, 2026

Targeted Followers Beat Mass Reach Every Time

Most of you would make more money with: • 500 targeted followers • Who know exactly what you sell • And are ready to buy Than: • 50,000 random followers • Who think you're "inspiring" • But have no idea what you offer Clarity > Reach

By Jon Brosio
Build Deep, Structured, Evidence‑Backed Content for AI Success
SocialMar 12, 2026

Build Deep, Structured, Evidence‑Backed Content for AI Success

👌 Top content tips for authentic, semantic rich content (the type that performs well in AI) by @kmadhavan77 from Microsoft at Friends of Search 👇 1. Build unique content depth intensity: focus on areas that reflect...

By Aleyda Solis
Meta Penalizes Similar Ads; Diversify Creative to Lower CPM
SocialMar 12, 2026

Meta Penalizes Similar Ads; Diversify Creative to Lower CPM

Meta doesn't care how many ads you're running. It cares how different they are. You can’t keep blaming the same old things when CPM rises. → More competition in the auction → Post-holiday budget shifts → Algorithm changes Those things are real....

By Kody Nordquist
Your Personal Identity Replaces URLs in SEO
SocialMar 12, 2026

Your Personal Identity Replaces URLs in SEO

The Death of the URL: Why Your Identity Is Your New SEO by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/UzUIDVuiMG @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #Marketing #Leadership #MarketingSuccess #MarketingStrategy https://t.co/8yIvVPGQ3s

By Tim Hughes
AI Search Becomes New SEO for Brand Visibility
SocialMar 12, 2026

AI Search Becomes New SEO for Brand Visibility

Brands need to be visible to AI search, not just consumers. For lesser-known brands, algorithmic attention is a game-changer for visibility and getting on the map, just like SEO was in the past. #AIMarketing #BrandVisibility https://t.co/z0KsyjshT3

By Eric Kimberling
Educate GEO Buyers Now or Face Tough Conversations
SocialMar 12, 2026

Educate GEO Buyers Now or Face Tough Conversations

Here's your reminder People buying GEO services are buying them completely holding you to SEO math. Educate them now or face tough conversations later. https://t.co/bxIyXVvZxg

By Wil Reynolds
Nudie Jeans Thrive in AI Search, Miss Google
SocialMar 12, 2026

Nudie Jeans Thrive in AI Search, Miss Google

I've been showing nudie jeans for 2 years, not showing up in a TON of searches in Google and crushing in AI search. There are examples out there. https://t.co/NqkHUpcI86

By Wil Reynolds
AI Agents Replace SEO Agency I Never Had
SocialMar 12, 2026

AI Agents Replace SEO Agency I Never Had

I replaced my entire SEO agency with 8 AI Agents Here's how: I never had an SEO agency

By Cyrus Shepard
Boasting About SEO Wins Gets You Caught Fast
SocialMar 12, 2026

Boasting About SEO Wins Gets You Caught Fast

The funny thing about people publicly boasting about their explosive SEO campaigns is that bringing viral attention to them is the single best and fastest way to get caught, including potentially having multiple accounts in your GSC all penalized at...

By Lily Ray
Founders Prioritize SEO, LinkedIn Automation, AI Video Tools
SocialMar 12, 2026

Founders Prioritize SEO, LinkedIn Automation, AI Video Tools

I just pulled our AppSumo internal search data from March. 63,410 searches. Here's what founders are actually looking for right now: 1- SEO tools 2- LinkedIn automation 3- AI video 4- CRM 5- Email marketing 6- WordPress plugins If you're building an...

By Noah Kagan
Consistent Content Pays Off with Unexpected Viral Wins
SocialMar 11, 2026

Consistent Content Pays Off with Unexpected Viral Wins

McDonald's CEO has been posting talking-head & review content for the last 4 years Most have averaged around 20-40k views, nothing crazy A lot of executives would have seen that as a waste of time and given up But then BOOM, one...

By Dickie Bush
Meta Success Hinges on Traffic Diversity, Not Ad Volume
SocialMar 11, 2026

Meta Success Hinges on Traffic Diversity, Not Ad Volume

Almost every brand doing well on Meta and continuing to grow on Meta has one thing in common, diversity in traffic / landing pages. Not thousands of ads.

By David Herrmann
Self‑audit Revealed Flaws, Fixes Boosted Score From F to A
SocialMar 11, 2026

Self‑audit Revealed Flaws, Fixes Boosted Score From F to A

And then I used a product I built to score its own site got F 😂 used the same product’s recommendations moved from F to A ❗️❗️❗️

By Tatyana Kanzaveli
Google's Search Flooded with AI Rehashes, Official Sources Hidden
SocialMar 11, 2026

Google's Search Flooded with AI Rehashes, Official Sources Hidden

It’s officially getting annoying searching on Google for the official source of information, and needing to ignore all the top-ranking, “updated 3 days ago,” AI-generated rehashes of the actual article you’re looking for.

By Lily Ray
AI Advances Amplify Ethical Challenges in Digital Marketing
SocialMar 11, 2026

AI Advances Amplify Ethical Challenges in Digital Marketing

The issue of ethics in digital marketing is being supercharged by advancements in data management, machine learning, generative AI, and AI agents. Here’s an exploration to spark internal conversations and get your teams aligned >> https://t.co/diKPR5SIoP #digitalmarketing

By Chad S. White
Google Embraces Zero-Click Search, Keeps Traffic, Increases Ad Costs
SocialMar 11, 2026

Google Embraces Zero-Click Search, Keeps Traffic, Increases Ad Costs

Everyone says AI is unbundling Google Search. ChatGPT processes 1.6 billion queries a day. Perplexity grew 340% last year. The narrative writes itself. But look closer at the numbers and something else is happening. ChatGPT has 12% of Google's search volume. It sends...

By Hiten Shah
Make Your Content AI‑Citable to Stay Visible
SocialMar 11, 2026

Make Your Content AI‑Citable to Stay Visible

Your best blog post may rank #1 on Google, but buyers increasingly ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini. If you’re not cited there, you’re invisible. Turn posts into FAQs Publish insights only you have Earn Reddit/UGC mentions Build topical authority Refresh content regularly https://t.co/KSeQS9uJ0h

By devbasu
Raw iPhone Videos Outperform Polished Ads—Authenticity Wins
SocialMar 11, 2026

Raw iPhone Videos Outperform Polished Ads—Authenticity Wins

I've tested 300+ ad creatives. Here's the pattern: Polished professional videos got ignored. Raw UGC-style videos shot on an iPhone went viral. Your assumption that high production value wins is wrong. Authenticity does. Test everything.

By Kamil Sattar
Boost LinkedIn Engagement with AI-Generated Posts
SocialMar 11, 2026

Boost LinkedIn Engagement with AI-Generated Posts

Trying to get more involved with the @LinkedIn community, but are finding that your posts don't get engagement? Use AI to make 'em more engaging. Here's how to give it a try: https://t.co/y53idalzyJ #linkedin #chatgpt #ai #socialmedia https://t.co/1A3x3iQXTW

By Dave Taylor
Measure Reddit Impact Beyond Clicks: Reach, Sentiment, Insight
SocialMar 11, 2026

Measure Reddit Impact Beyond Clicks: Reach, Sentiment, Insight

Here is the mistake I see B2B teams make over and over. They measure Reddit success like paid ads. Clicks. Leads. Immediate conversions. That is the wrong scoreboard. A smarter framework looks like this. 1) Reach. Many Reddit users never log in. A post with...

By Ross Simmonds
Companies Crave Fractional Content Ops over Full‑time Hires
SocialMar 11, 2026

Companies Crave Fractional Content Ops over Full‑time Hires

Was chatting with another content marketer leaning into fractional content operations, and I keep hearing there is *so much demand* for this type of work. Companies don't need a full-time hire or a high-cost agency. They need someone experienced enough to...

By Kaleigh Moore
Spread Your Brand Story Across Publishers for AI Visibility
SocialMar 11, 2026

Spread Your Brand Story Across Publishers for AI Visibility

Making a strong case for distribution of your company information / news / etc in a GEO world. This part makes me think a lot about the black box of training data and the long horizons of training data...

By Wil Reynolds
Blog Content Fuels $4M ARR Without Sales or Ads
SocialMar 11, 2026

Blog Content Fuels $4M ARR Without Sales or Ads

Joel Griffith's first big customers didn't come from sales or ads. They came from blog posts. One user brought Browserless with them to their next company. Then the next one. At nearly $4M ARR, content still drives almost all their inbound. https://t.co/rqTYeCejSm

By Omer Khan
Acknowledge, Apologize, Reaffirm Values During Social Crises
SocialMar 11, 2026

Acknowledge, Apologize, Reaffirm Values During Social Crises

RT @VoxOptima Navigating The Digital Town Square: How To Manage A #SocialMedia #Crisis ~ Marcus Squier | https://t.co/595LzflwfT @forbes_agency "... it is important to acknowledge what happened, apologize for the error or misunderstanding, and then reassert your organization's values."

By Tom Pick
Blended ROAS Hides SKU Performance; Track Collections, Monitor SKUs
SocialMar 11, 2026

Blended ROAS Hides SKU Performance; Track Collections, Monitor SKUs

Your blended ROAS is masking which products are actually carrying your account. We don't run SKU-level campaigns unless a brand has very few SKUs. We go collection-level. But we're always monitoring SKU data on the backend: https://t.co/Kha62DwjUl

By Kody Nordquist
Three Content Buckets Are Enough for Daily Posts
SocialMar 11, 2026

Three Content Buckets Are Enough for Daily Posts

Someone asked me at a career workshop: "How do you come up with stuff to post every day?" My answer: you only need three buckets. That's it.

By Ming Tang
Big Platforms Already Embrace Agentic Commerce and Advertising
SocialMar 11, 2026

Big Platforms Already Embrace Agentic Commerce and Advertising

Platforms and native agent proximity One can’t consider the future of agentic commerce, or agentic advertising, as a competition between nimble upstarts and inflexible, staid incumbents: the largest platforms have embraced agentic interaction models. If you believe that consumers will demand...

By Eric Seufert
Google Search Console's Branded Queries Filter Now Universal
SocialMar 11, 2026

Google Search Console's Branded Queries Filter Now Universal

Heads-up, the branded queries filter in GSC is rolling out to all. I see it now... you should too. :) Note, you can also see this in the Insights reporting (top-level percentage). https://t.co/4Ty3Wo6vv4 https://t.co/EEWOO8eGzQ

By Glenn Gabe
Bath & Body Works to Amplify Influencer Reach Tenfold
SocialMar 11, 2026

Bath & Body Works to Amplify Influencer Reach Tenfold

Bath & Body Works plans to increase influencer activity 10x as part of its brand transformation. 🧴 During its Q4 earnings call, CEO Daniel Heaf said the company wants thousands of creators posting about its products in their own voice. Another sign...

By Lindsey Gamble
Google’s $260B Ad Empire Fuels YouTube Monopoly
SocialMar 11, 2026

Google’s $260B Ad Empire Fuels YouTube Monopoly

How bizarre. To edit this entire TechCrunch report, in particular this graph and not mention Google had north of $260B in ad revenue on top of YouTube. The monopolies are all tied. YouTube relies heavily on user data ingested from...

By Jason Kint
Google’s Hidden TLD Disavow Tool: Powerful, Risky, Avoid
SocialMar 11, 2026

Google’s Hidden TLD Disavow Tool: Powerful, Risky, Avoid

New post from RustyGabe on SER this morning :) -> Google explains undocumented way to disavow entire TLDs (and why you probably shouldn't) @johnmu said it's a "big hammer" and he's right. Google never documented the ability to disavow *entire TLDs*...

By Glenn Gabe
Anthropic AI Runs Growth with a Single Employee
SocialMar 11, 2026

Anthropic AI Runs Growth with a Single Employee

what the actual f*ck. @AnthropicAI, a company valued at $380B (literally the size of PayPal) has ONE person doing everything for growth. - SEO & App Stores - Email marketing - Paid search/social - ad copy + Figma automation - Live Meta Ads analytics one guy. doing...

By Data Chaz
Google Introduces Activity Chart to Related Search Feature
SocialMar 11, 2026

Google Introduces Activity Chart to Related Search Feature

Google adds chart to your related activity feature in search (I think the chart is new) https://t.co/EIDPJjnwUE via @VijayChauhanSEO https://t.co/k68kGMBT8G

By Barry Schwartz
Ad Failures Reveal Mindset: Product Blame vs Creative Testing
SocialMar 11, 2026

Ad Failures Reveal Mindset: Product Blame vs Creative Testing

Everyone when an ad fails: 'This product doesn't work.' Ecom founders when an ad fails: 'This creative isn't right. Let's test another.' Different mindset. Different outcome.

By Kamil Sattar
Paid Partnerships Often Underperform Compared to Organic Reach
SocialMar 11, 2026

Paid Partnerships Often Underperform Compared to Organic Reach

It is wild how much a paid partnership is suppressed to ensure a brand pays to boost the content. Has anyone ever had a paid partnership perform better than organic content? I thought what I just launched was pretty dang cool; may...

By Dan Bernstein