Be in The Know
🍩 Dunkin’ now faces backlash over genetics reference in new ad.
🤖 YouTube will identify and restrict minors’ accounts with AI.
📱 TikTok expands its “Out of Phone” ad program.
☀️ And in Europe, TikTok launches a more positive version of the app.
💍 Pizza Hut wants a slice of wedding season with “After Pizza Cakes.”
Why Brands Use Reddit
Thanks to a $60M+ content licensing deal with Google, Reddit now dominates SERPs, particularly for high-intent keywords across nearly every category.
In fact, Reddit is the #2 most visited site via search traffic in the U.S., second only to Wikipedia.
Why Reddit matters in 2025:
- 🧠 LLM influence: Reddit is training the AI tools your audience uses.
- 🔍 SERP dominance: Reddit ranks for 5.7M+ commercial keywords.
- 💬 Real buyer conversations: Threads trigger real purchase intent, even without links.
- 🔁 Underrated retargeting: Reddit’s ad tools let you follow up with high-intent lurkers.
- 📈 B2B growth: Subreddits like r/Marketing, r/Sales, and r/SaaS are shaping deal cycles.
Smash or Pass 👍/👎
Bentley tightens up their logo (right).

ChatGPT Study Mode
Study Mode is here.
Instead of jumping straight to a solution, ChatGPT can help you actually learn material now, using techniques like Socratic questioning, active recall, and scaffolding.
Built in collaboration with educators and experts, it adapts to your skill level, offers interactive prompts, and breaks down complex topics into digestible sections.
It also includes knowledge checks and personalized feedback to help you retain and apply what you’ve learned.
It’s now available to all logged-in users on Free, Plus, Pro, and Team plans.
Spicy, But SFW

Doritos parodies retro adult films in a spicy new campaign full of innuendo for its Golden Sriracha flavor.
Walton Goggins stars in Rethink’s “A Spicy, but Not Too Spicy Plumber,” which debuted at NYC’s Slipper Room and anchors a 360° push across digital, OOH (including Times Square), and Instagram’s broadcast channels.
Ads from the Past

Kool-Aid, 1954

