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AI-Generated News Site Peaks, Then Rapidly Declines
SocialApr 18, 2026

AI-Generated News Site Peaks, Then Rapidly Declines

We have a new "Mt. AI". It took a news article about this operation to get Google's attention I guess... It scaled to close to 900K urls indexed with AI-generated news content by city. It ranked across news surfaces including...

By Glenn Gabe
Curating Health Hashtags for Better Online Content
SocialApr 18, 2026

Curating Health Hashtags for Better Online Content

Organizing Online Health Content: Developing Hashtag Collections... [6/28/19] - @subatomicdoc @pfanderson @mtmdphd @TheLizArmy @JFreemanDaily @audvin @drdonsdizon @CBlotner_ @DavidCookeMD @womenofteal @stales @fischmd @colleen_young @DrAttai @JCOCCI_ASCO https://t.co/776r7qmxcY https://t.co/usNt21otYF

By Mike Thompson, MD PhD
Reddit: The Overlooked Goldmine for Organic Reach
SocialApr 18, 2026

Reddit: The Overlooked Goldmine for Organic Reach

Nobody's taking Reddit seriously as a distribution channel. They should be. Two comments on an AI post a month ago. Didn't think twice about them. Checked today. 19k impressions combined. Organic. Zero effort. Reddit isn't a platform people talk about in distribution strategy. That's exactly why it...

By Vinay Katiyar
Engineer Share Triggers: Make Content Look Smart
SocialApr 18, 2026

Engineer Share Triggers: Make Content Look Smart

Content doesn’t go viral by accident. It is engineered with share triggers. People share content that makes them look smart, not content that’s just good. Add a: • Stat that stops the scroll • Line worth repeating • Tip they can use instantly Now your...

By Mos Clement
Shopify Migration Lifts Subscriptions; Custom Builds Waste $50k
SocialApr 18, 2026

Shopify Migration Lifts Subscriptions; Custom Builds Waste $50k

BARK saw an 8% increase in holiday subscription rates just by migrating their marketing from a custom platform to Shopify. Meanwhile you're spending $50k building a custom website from scratch instead of using proven platforms that actually convert.

By Kamil Sattar
Right Positioning Turns Ads Into Money Magnets
SocialApr 18, 2026

Right Positioning Turns Ads Into Money Magnets

ads don’t fix confusion—they amplify it, good or bad. Get the positioning right first, and the money starts working with you.

By Premlata (Meta + Google Ads)
Earn From Books with Just $1 Daily Meta Ads
SocialApr 18, 2026

Earn From Books with Just $1 Daily Meta Ads

I’m gonna say this with my whole chest… YOU DO NOT HAVE TO Spend $5+ a day on a meta ad. Especially if you’ve never done them before. Especially if you don’t have the funds. I spend $7k a month on...

By Bink Cummings
AI Answer Engines Redefine Marketing: From Clicks to Authority
SocialApr 18, 2026

AI Answer Engines Redefine Marketing: From Clicks to Authority

SEO built the foundation. AEO structures answers. GEO shapes AI narratives. And now AEM looms. As AI answer engines take center stage, marketing shifts from clicks → authority → visibility inside the answer itself. More from @lizkmiller: https://t.co/nSXirC3ziQ

By Holger Müller
AI Tools Need Clear ICPs to Work Effectively
SocialApr 18, 2026

AI Tools Need Clear ICPs to Work Effectively

If my company doesn’t have clear Ideal Customer Profiles (ICPs) documented, can I still use these AI tools effectively? https://t.co/i4w7DLSadO via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Strategy #Sales #Marketing #MarketingStrategy #MarketingSuccess

By Tim Hughes
Two Solid Weekly Posts Beat Monthly Silence
SocialApr 18, 2026

Two Solid Weekly Posts Beat Monthly Silence

If someone checks your profile and your last post was four months ago, you've already lost them. You don't need to post daily. Two solid posts a week keeps the activity signal alive.

By “The Job Father” (Jermaine)
Cutting Ad Budgets Gives Short‑Term Spike, Long‑Term Drop
SocialApr 17, 2026

Cutting Ad Budgets Gives Short‑Term Spike, Long‑Term Drop

This happens because you had a full funnel that you paid for and then when you reduced the budget Meta went after the lowest hanging fruit. Therefore performance was great and maybe for 2-3 days will be solid. Then your sales...

By Kody Nordquist
BetMGM’s Heavy Spend Inflates Sports Betting Acquisition Costs
SocialApr 17, 2026

BetMGM’s Heavy Spend Inflates Sports Betting Acquisition Costs

"...driving up customer acquisition costs by “buying sports betting keywords as well as throwing money at any sports media property that will take it.”" BetMGM’s Adam Greenblatt: Prediction markets ‘throwing money at’ sports media properties https://t.co/vjfmR3CoKa

By Alfonso Straffon
Rebuild Your Campaigns for Immediate Performance Boost
SocialApr 17, 2026

Rebuild Your Campaigns for Immediate Performance Boost

So spend yesterday rebuilding a lot of our campaigns and oddly today is popping. Some of the best numbers since last week. If you're still seeing bad performance today as you have all week I suggest trying this in your campaigns.

By David Herrmann
Six New Production-Ready AI Marketing Tools Open‑Source
SocialApr 17, 2026

Six New Production-Ready AI Marketing Tools Open‑Source

We just open-sourced 6 more production AI marketing skills to our big AI business skills repo (1.9k stars) Total count: 17 skill categories, 32K lines of code, all MIT licensed. New additions: → Video Clip Pipeline: 60-min episode to 5 clips in 15...

By Eric Siu
AI Accelerates Attention‑Span Collapse Beyond Social Media
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI Accelerates Attention‑Span Collapse Beyond Social Media

I think AI is gonna kill attention spans wayyy more than social media supposedly has. It’s instant gratification within search. The idea of slow learning & patience are over.

By Jack Appleby
257K Views Per Clip
SocialApr 17, 2026

257K Views Per Clip

TBPN's 257K views per clip turned their ad business from $5M to $30M in a single year. I dive into what I call "The Clip Economy" in my latest newsletter: bit.ly/ClipEconomy

By Andrew Elson (Ed Elson)
US Visibility Shifts Reveal March 2026 Core Update Trends
SocialApr 17, 2026

US Visibility Shifts Reveal March 2026 Core Update Trends

Google March 2026 Core Update Visibility Shifts & Patterns In the US - International SEO Consultant, Author & Speaker | Aleyda Solis https://buff.ly/zC9McSD

By Trish Carey
Decade Reset: New Social Selling Rules for 2026
SocialApr 17, 2026

Decade Reset: New Social Selling Rules for 2026

The Decade Reset: Why we Rewrote the Social Selling Rules for 2026 by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/aRvIFwO3qi @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #Marketing #Leadership #MarketingStrategy #MarketingSuccess https://t.co/gGMyaSde0i

By Tim Hughes
LinkedIn Isn't Social Media—AI Drives New Strategy
SocialApr 17, 2026

LinkedIn Isn't Social Media—AI Drives New Strategy

Next Friday — I'm honored to be keynoting NSU Florida's Digital Marketing Summit. Topic: Stop Treating LinkedIn Like Social Media. (Title says it all.) Part of a bigger shift I've been making — reimagining all of my work with AI as an...

By Neal Schaffer’s Blog
Analytics Reveal Audience Gaps, Guide Dual-Format Strategy
SocialApr 17, 2026

Analytics Reveal Audience Gaps, Guide Dual-Format Strategy

Here's how keeping an eye on your analytics, can help you shape your strategy 👇 I was reviewing one of my client's social media performance from their recent launch and we noticed... → Their carousel posts are primarily (we're talking like...

By Mallory Musante
Consistency Converts; Virality Only Attracts Strangers
SocialApr 17, 2026

Consistency Converts; Virality Only Attracts Strangers

Nobody buys from the person they just discovered. They buy from the person they've been quietly watching. Going viral gets you strangers. Showing up consistently gets you buyers. Tracked where every client came from over 12 months. Not one came from a post that went...

By Vinay Katiyar
AI Avatars Turn Static Landing Pages Into Real Conversations
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI Avatars Turn Static Landing Pages Into Real Conversations

Most brands spend weeks perfecting their email copy, only to send every click to a page that does all the talking and none of the listening. I see it constantly in the accounts we manage at Structured. Good pages, strong...

By Chase Dimond
AI‑spun Scraped Content Will Soon Hit Google Penalties
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI‑spun Scraped Content Will Soon Hit Google Penalties

This digital marketing agency has been scraping original content and publishing their own versions, using AI to scale up the amount of information in the articles (while saying nothing new 😅) I was wondering how long it would take Google to...

By Lily Ray
ChatGPT Ad Costs Halve, Minimum Spend Slashed to $50K
SocialApr 17, 2026

ChatGPT Ad Costs Halve, Minimum Spend Slashed to $50K

ChatGPT ads are getting cheaper -> Ad buyers say ad rates for ChatGPT are falling from $60 CPM to as low as $25 and the minimum spend to advertise is down to $50K from $250K at launch "One ad exec said...

By Glenn Gabe
Agentic Web Arrives: 5 Key AI Search Shifts
SocialApr 17, 2026

Agentic Web Arrives: 5 Key AI Search Shifts

The Agentic Web is Here: 5 AI Shifts I'm Discussing with Clients about AI Search - Marie Haynes https://buff.ly/VRW47KT

By Trish Carey
Balance Brand Identity with Performance-Driven Creative Testing
SocialApr 17, 2026

Balance Brand Identity with Performance-Driven Creative Testing

Brand Creative /= Performance Creative This is one of the biggest hurdles when working with brands looking to scale is they want things "on brand" but "on brand" typically doesn't convert as well as performance driven creative. You have to be willing...

By Kody Nordquist
Rediscover 1990s Search Engine Tips in Classic Guide
SocialApr 17, 2026

Rediscover 1990s Search Engine Tips in Classic Guide

30 years ago, I published The Webmaster's Guide To Search Engines. I've dug up & dusted off my old HTML files to make the guide available again. Take a trip back to the '90s web & see tips for AltaVista,...

By Danny Sullivan
Jan 20 Google Update Cracked Down on SEO Spam
SocialApr 17, 2026

Jan 20 Google Update Cracked Down on SEO Spam

The unconfirmed Google update on ~Jan 20 this year was a bloodbath. I actually think Google did more to address common SEO/GEO spammy tactics on this date than they did with other recent core updates. This is a well-known brand website's...

By Lily Ray
Travel Publisher Shows Steady Site Improvements Since 2025
SocialApr 17, 2026

Travel Publisher Shows Steady Site Improvements Since 2025

Love to see it - audit client from early 2025 that's been working hard ever since to improve their site. Publisher site in the travel/hospitality vertical. https://t.co/GweHaA7Bdi

By Lily Ray
Buzzy Creates Ten Ad Variations From a Single Draft
SocialApr 17, 2026

Buzzy Creates Ten Ad Variations From a Single Draft

Most brands test one version. Because making more is expensive. Buzzy turns one ad into ten — like Photoshop for ad iteration. https://t.co/Q8z0GfVrGU

By Chase Dimond
CTV's AI‑driven ID Graph Fuels Full‑funnel Growth
SocialApr 17, 2026

CTV's AI‑driven ID Graph Fuels Full‑funnel Growth

Wow, @vibedotco hitting $227M ARR with +264% YoY growth tells you exactly where advertising is heading. CTV has finally cracked the performance code. Advertisers are shifting 30%+ of their total marketing budget into one channel, that level of conviction drives serious...

By Hasan Toor
Paid Ads Can Scale to $50K MRR Fast
SocialApr 17, 2026

Paid Ads Can Scale to $50K MRR Fast

$0 to $50K MRR in 12 months. Team of 5. No content marketing. No complex funnels. Just PPC. Karel Papik says most founders dismiss paid ads too early. https://t.co/cYWDvmOcGB

By Omer Khan
Google Rolls Out Back‑button Penalty, Spam Reporting Overhaul, DSA Sunset
SocialApr 17, 2026

Google Rolls Out Back‑button Penalty, Spam Reporting Overhaul, DSA Sunset

SEO Video recap: Google back button hijacking penalty, new spam reporting big change, Google Ads DSAs going away and much more https://t.co/V3NCVBwMVh

By Barry Schwartz
AI Cuts B2B Site Build From 8 Weeks to Days
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI Cuts B2B Site Build From 8 Weeks to Days

What typically used to take 8 weeks took me a few days in 2026. In a today’s live AI session at 10AM PT, I’m sharing how I built a full B2B marketing site in 3 days with AI for a new...

By Hiten Shah
Brands Shift to Advocacy-Driven Creator Partnerships
SocialApr 17, 2026

Brands Shift to Advocacy-Driven Creator Partnerships

I chatted with @gilliannivy for @adage on why we’re seeing a lot of brands launch more advocacy based creator programs.

By Lindsey Gamble
Meta Ad Performance Spirals Into Unpredictable ROAS Volatility
SocialApr 17, 2026

Meta Ad Performance Spirals Into Unpredictable ROAS Volatility

I have to go back years to remember the last time Meta was this volatile & felt like someone pushed a ROAS button randomly every few days. been digging through a couple of accounts and some of the best adsets...

By Gil David
Comments, Not Feed Posts, Drive Brand Impact
SocialApr 17, 2026

Comments, Not Feed Posts, Drive Brand Impact

Harsh but true: Your brand feed posts don't matter. The comments do. “It’s not just about posting cadence and chasing follower growth. The best social media teams are optimizing their resources and time to live in the comments” Lessons from Social Media...

By Lia Haberman
Google's Dan Taylor on AI Mode & Evolving Marketing Measurement
SocialApr 17, 2026

Google's Dan Taylor on AI Mode & Evolving Marketing Measurement

In this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast, I speak with Google’s Dan Taylor about AI Overviews, AI Mode, the evolution of marketing measurement as platforms like PMax have gained a greater share of spend, Google’s UCP protocol,...

By Eric Seufert
Netflix's TikTok‑style Feed to Boost Engagement and Ads
SocialApr 17, 2026

Netflix's TikTok‑style Feed to Boost Engagement and Ads

All the $NFLX bears are not pricing in a addictive TikTok-style video feed coming out at the end of April. This means doomscrolling clips from shows, movies & video podcasts. How it benefits Netflix: • ad revenue (big one )...

By BD Investing
Meta Editor Auto‑adds Related Media, Risk Unintended Publishing
SocialApr 17, 2026

Meta Editor Auto‑adds Related Media, Risk Unintended Publishing

Meta media buyers, LOOK OUT 👀 If you go to EDIT an ad, even just to look at an ad's setting without changing anything, the system automatically adds Related Media. It won't publish automatically, buuuut, it will queue to publish the next...

By Barry Hott
Immersive Map View Videos Revolutionize Google Ads
SocialApr 17, 2026

Immersive Map View Videos Revolutionize Google Ads

If you focus on the ad side of Google, you should be following Anthony. Here's just another great find, which is super interesting. "Immersive map view videos in ads".

By Glenn Gabe
Google’s Gemini Powers Massive Ad Purge and Local Dominance
SocialApr 17, 2026

Google’s Gemini Powers Massive Ad Purge and Local Dominance

And beyond 8.3B ads removed by Google (with the help of Gemini), here is another important area where Google has a massive advantage -- Local. I'm sure OpenAI is like, "Whoa... do we have to do that as well? Can...

By Glenn Gabe
OpenAI Stunned by Its Own Ad Platform Launch
SocialApr 17, 2026

OpenAI Stunned by Its Own Ad Platform Launch

I'm sure OpenAI is like, wait, what? ... as they roll out their new ad platform. LOL

By Glenn Gabe
Ahrefs' Crawler Outshines Claude's AI Attempts
SocialApr 17, 2026

Ahrefs' Crawler Outshines Claude's AI Attempts

Death by Clawd - have you checked if your company is safe? Here at @Ahrefs we are going to be just fine it seems. 🙃 EULOGY: "We gather here today NOT to bury Ahrefs, but to acknowledge the uncomfortable truth: you can't replace...

By Tim Soulo
Google Ads Safety Improves Year‑Over‑Year, Report Shows
SocialApr 17, 2026

Google Ads Safety Improves Year‑Over‑Year, Report Shows

Google Ads Safety report - here are the numbers year over year for the past several years https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-safety-report-41173.html

By Barry Schwartz
Success Lies Beyond the Click, Not the Creative
SocialApr 17, 2026

Success Lies Beyond the Click, Not the Creative

Most distribution systems don't die at the top. They die at the handoff. Ad performs. Page doesn't convert. Email opens. Link doesn't get clicked. Content lands. No next step exists. Everyone optimizes the first moment. Nobody designs what happens right after it. Ran paid campaigns with 4%...

By Vinay Katiyar
Creator Partnerships Drive Explosive Growth, Not Ad Spend
SocialApr 17, 2026

Creator Partnerships Drive Explosive Growth, Not Ad Spend

Manscaped sponsored 2,000+ YouTubers, generating 2 billion views in one year and scaling revenue from $3M to nearly $300M. Meanwhile you're complaining about Facebook ad costs while ignoring the massive leverage of creator partnerships.

By Kamil Sattar
HubSpot Introduces AI‑Powered Answer Engine Optimization Features
SocialApr 17, 2026

HubSpot Introduces AI‑Powered Answer Engine Optimization Features

.@HubSpot adds Answer Engine Optimization, contextual updates to platform https://t.co/c0cINkMnAW HubSpot launched features for AI visibility, progressing deals and a bevy of AI agents. https://t.co/z3W1Hu7Up7

By Holger Müller
Messy Authenticity Beats Polished Brand Storytelling
SocialApr 16, 2026

Messy Authenticity Beats Polished Brand Storytelling

Brand content does not have to be perfect stories. Share opinions. Share the real experiences. Share the messy ones. That's what earns attention because everyone else is polishing.

By “The Job Father” (Jermaine)