SOCIAL

🇬🇷 Greece to ban social media for young teens next year.

💼 How LinkedIn became a top source for LLMs.

👽 Reddit announces a new integration with HubSpot.

CAMPAIGNS

📟 Svedka releases a Y2K flip phone for Gen Z.

📸 IcelandAir is looking for a really bad photographer.

💄 Dove built a vending machine to show how algorithms flatten beauty.

📺 Jake from State Farm gets a Netflix crossover.

💡 RIP Inbound. HubSpot rebrands its flagship conference.

GOOGLE

🔄 Google is bringing back Data Studio.

🔍 Google simplifies enhanced conversions in Ads.

🚫 Google introduces a new spam policy for “back button hijacking.”

🤖 Google is upgrading Dynamic Search Ads to AI Max.

Monday: Value-rich, format-specific content wins on LinkedIn. Audiences increasingly prefer content that teaches, informs, or provides actionable insights. Here are a few key takeaways.

Tuesday: Animation in emails can significantly enhance engagement, but only when it is intentional, lightweight, and aligned with the message. A well-placed animated element can guide the reader’s eye, highlight key offers, and even showcase multiple products in a single visual sequence. But it’s not a guaranteed win. Here’s a cheat sheet to getting it right.

Wednesday: SMS is like a force multiplier for email. When used together, the two channels can dramatically improve engagement, with combined campaigns seeing up to a 97% higher click rate than email alone. The mistake many teams make is using SMS like a shorter version of email. Instead, the most effective strategies assign each channel a clear role within the customer journey. These are the key ways SMS amplifies email strategy.

Thursday: In the latest episode of The Daily Carnage Show, Shannon gives a brief history of OOH—all the way from ancient murals to Mail Pouch Tobacco barns to augmented reality. Then, we deep dive into 12 examples of transgressive OOH in the 21st century that changed or challenged how we as a public move through space and time. Don’t miss “Transgressive Out-of-Home Advertising” (18:45), now streaming everywhere.

Can you solve our 100th Connections puzzle? 🥳

✨ Don’t miss the latest episode of The Daily Carnage Show, Transgressive Out-of-Home Advertising (18:45).

Shannon gives a brief history of OOH—all the way from ancient murals to Mail Pouch Tobacco barns to augmented reality. Then, we deep dive into 12 examples of transgressive OOH in the 21st century that changed or challenged how we as a public move through space and time.

Catch up on Season 2:

• Your Brain on AI (12:33)
• Meta, McDonald’s Mukbang, and The OpenAI Mess (14:41)
• Ethics in the AI Era (18:33)

🎙️ Now streaming on Youtube, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Apple Music.

Weigh in on The Daily Carnage Subreddit:

• The Daily Carnage Show Ep 2.9 Discussion: “If AI agents become the primary interface to knowledge, what happens to the humans and businesses that knowledge originally came from? What does it mean for the internet to quietly transition from an open ecosystem of destinations into a closed ecosystem of gate-kept answers? Are we speeding toward a future where people stop visiting the web directly? If that behavior ends, we ever be able to rebuild it?”

Chef Boy-Ar-Dee, 1962

Answer: Barn Lizards.

These barn lizards were responsible for an early form of out-of-home advertising that is now designated as a historical national landmark. Stream the latest episode of The Daily Carnage Show for more.