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CULTURE
š¤£ TimothĆ©e Chalamet didnāt mean toĀ drag marketers, but he did.
āØ The Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute proves thatĀ subcultures are thrivingĀ more than ever.
š¬ Bless! Brachās invents aĀ candy cane unwrapper.
SOCIAL
š TikTok introduces newĀ Bulletin Board feature.
š Meta launchesĀ content protection toolĀ for Reels.
š¬ X rolls out new privacy-based messaging platform,Ā Chat.
š© YouTube is finally testingĀ direct messaging.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
š Consumers donāt know AI made the ad, and when they do,Ā they donāt care.
š¤ Inside Coca-ColaāsĀ AI playbook.
š¤® As AI slop spreadsĀ on social media, brands have lessons to learn.
INDUSTRY
š° AdobeĀ acquires Semrush for $1.9B.
šø LinkedInās case for itsĀ pricey ad prices.
šļø A shorter shopping window complicates retailās already challenging holiday season.
What We Learned
Monday: Inboxes are bursting and brains are fried. But copywriters have cracked these 4 codes for getting people to open, click, and answer emails.
Tuesday: New research shows that putting just the right amount of text in the right place can lift social engagement and clicks by up to 127%. For dynamic visuals like videos and GIFs, medium-sized text performs best, especially when it sits on the edges rather than the center. On static images, it flips: centered and larger overlays tend to win. Hereās a handy formula for higher performance.
Wednesday: New data from Buffer confirms and illuminates the obvious: replying to comments lifts your overall reach. Posts where the creator replied to comments generated up to 42% more engagement overall, with Threads showing the biggest lift of all. Hereās how the comment-reply lift looks by platform.
Thursday: Laterās new research suggests that the brands winning the holidays are those designing creator programs around creators instead of internal timelines. By the time most brands slide into a creatorās inbox, those creators have already committed to competing campaigns or they simply donāt have the bandwidth.Ā Hereās how to realign your creator planning for max ROI.
A BFCM Miracle š¦
FYI: We just had some ad space open up during the hottest email season of the year.
The weeks of Black Friday and Cyber Monday give us a generous boost in impressions and engagement, but you can still snag a sweet spot for the same old prices.
Get in touch ASAP to claim a date before theyāre gobbled up.
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Did Ya Know?
Answer:Ā Snoopy.
Charlie Brown’s pet beagle has appeared as a float in the iconic parade a total of 44 times so far with 9 variations.
