• Volkswagen released a video series of “The Unwritten Rules of the Road” featuring comedian Chris Distefano
• Check out this guide to TikTok analytics for marketers
• Part of Smile’s promotion involves planting actors with creepy smiles at a baseball game
• Instagram released 3 new holiday marketing guides

BONUS: If you ever wanted your own action figure, Hasbro partnered with Formlabs for Selfie Series Action Figures

One of the easiest ways to stay on top of all the new terms and tactics in marketing is podcasts.

Have you checked out Demand Gen Chat by Chili Piper?

In this podcast episode, they spoke with Sidney Waterfall, VP of Demand at Refine Labs. The agency works with growth-stage B2B SaaS companies and puts out a ton of content sharing their learnings. They cover some topics that have been all over LinkedIn feeds lately – dark social and how to use it to drive demand, and how marketers can actually use all the data you collect from self-reported attribution to make business decisions.

So what is “dark social,” anyway? Dark social describes the “invisible” shares and mentions of your brand that happen through channels like social media DMs and Slack community messages. It’s hard to track, but important to know about a brand’s reputation.

If you’re looking to learn more about dark social or how to actually use all the data you collect from self-reported attribution, you won’t want to miss this episode. And if you like what you hear you can subscribe to Demand Gen Chat wherever you listen to podcasts.

Oh, the irony.

Yesterday’s issue of The Daily Carnage was called “A Case of the Whoopsies” and we forgot to add the link for that day’s Tactic. To rub salt in our own wound, it was about “15 deadly email mistakes 💀.” 

We’re going to go blast our least favorite song now.

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Getting the right message, in front of the right audience, all at the right time is easier said than done.

Luckily, Carney is made up of a team of strategists and creators who are masters at creating custom media strategies. If you are looking to grow your brand awareness, leads, and conversions, we want to talk to you.

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Cats can be fickle creatures and sometimes a little bit scary. Black Market released this ad as a cheeky way to say that cats aren’t the only ones with nine lives anymore. As the leading marketplace for renewed and refurbished devices, they can bring devices back from all sorts of mishaps.

While they might not be able to perform miracles on products damaged by the paws of vengeful, jealous cats, they can get you a replacement. Check out this little, furry horror story to see what they mean.