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Edition #429 The last note of the year, themes of note from the year that’s been. The final note of the year! I wasn’t even sure if I sent one. As I mentioned in the last note, it’s been one of the busiest q4’s since before covid. Whilst I imagine, more people this year are already on holiday, compared to Dec 22nd of 2019. I thought I should. It’s not going to be a regular edition, I thought… Continue reading
Edition #428 Gartner predicts brands will adopt an anti-AI stance, Reelshort, Hivestack acquired & X to pick up Amazon ad demand. AdtechGod tweeted, “It’s supposed to slow down not speed up in December!!!!!” which has certainly been the feeling, I don’t recall a December that’s been this busy in a while. It’s good, I enjoy that end of year rush, to get everything done, before decompressing ahead of the new year. In New Zealand, it’s quite… Continue reading
Edition #427 On the podcast theatre trend & podcasting in general, Yetis year in preview & will Reddit IPO? It’s a tired trope, guy (usually white), talking into a mic in our feeds, it’s part of a wider trend I’m calling podcast theatre. I even saw a thread about can we get a content blocker for these guy speaking to podcast mic videos? Half the time I don’t even think they’re on a podcast, they’ve just set it… Continue reading
Edition #426 Mega post-thanksgiving edit, Idris Elba goes searching for gold, what does losing trust in media & AI have to do with one another? And would you pay for branded content? This week Shareen Pathak, Co-founder & EIC, at Toolkits is our guest editor (yay!). I’ve long been a fan of Shareen’s work, since Digiday times, and at Toolkits they have been releasing super interesting data around brand publishing & brand content. So I thought I’d… Continue reading
Edition #425 An ode to the website, branded content trust, we’re on a podcast – and more. This week AdExchanger shared the conversation I had with James Hercher, on rugby, analytics & more. Would love your feedback and thoughts. I’ve been having a few chats with various search marketers the last month or so, which prompted me to revisit our search data, and overlay it with our scroll data. In many instances, of our top ranking content,… Continue reading
Edition #424 On AI as glue, Apple on hard work & brandguard API. This week we extended an invite to ex Nudge member Gustaf Stenlund. Now head of marketing at Scriptrunner, he has a riff on how AI & integration has the opportunity to improve our work. Gustaf here, I’m filling in for Ben this week. At Scriptrunner we build products that revolve around three key pillars: automation, integration, and customisation. Recently I’ve observed that, while… Continue reading
Edition #423 Meta says yes to Ketamine, AI executive order – and would you pay $37/month for your fav social network? If you’re seeing this note for the first time, my apologies there was a snafu where people who signed up to the newsletter, weren’t receiving it! We fixed that. But so please enjoy. Meta is leaner and earning more money from ads, having neutralized any loss by a switch in consumption to Reels. From earnings… Continue reading
Edition #422 LinkedIn influencers, the separation of social media content & content marketing & meta shares metaverse use cases. If you’re seeing this note for the first time, my apologies there was a snafu, where people who signed up to the newsletter, weren’t receiving it! We fixed that. But so please enjoy. With earnings announcements this weeks note has a lot of datapoints of note & stories. I’m going to table some of the chat on them till… Continue reading
Edition #421 Do we have limited attention buckets? What a ‘mature’ Substack looks like and Stackoverflow hit by AI. Netflix price increases coming again, and I don’t think this is a problem for Netflix, their premium plan is coming up a little and their ad tier. The standard package remains the same. I think this is a problem for other streamers, whereby someone goes, oh, maybe we should cancel something else. This week I’ve enjoyed reading a… Continue reading
Edition #420 On excess content, closing the gap between good and bad content, Yahoo inventory now on Taboola & what’s Hulu worth. If any readers are in New York for AdWeek or Tech Week and want to grab a coffee, send me a note ☕. This week I enjoyed Joes piece on Soulful content, that is what is the future of content in an AI world. And thoughts on the human connection. In a world of excess… Continue reading
