📈 Instagram announces updated performance metrics, Including audience growth indicators.

😵‍💫 FYI… xAI invites Grok users to generate NSFW videos.

🦴 Home Depot’s 12-foot-tall Skelly returns, now with a cat, a dog, and fancy animatronics.

🏈 You know what fantasy football needs? Guillotines, per Liquid Death.

🍳 We would eat the limited edition Green Eggs & SPAM here, there, or anywhere.

Planning an entire month’s worth of content can feel overwhelming, but an incremental, intentional approach can reduce your planning time to 1 just 1 hour.

🧠 Step 1: Prep.

• Lay your foundation so you’re not creating blindly.
• Set your monthly goals (growth, promotion, engagement).
• Decide how often you’ll post (3–5x per week).
• Choose 3–5 content pillars (BTS, tutorials, product tips).
• Mark down key dates like holidays, launches, or events.

📌 Step 2: Placeholders.

• No need for finished posts; just outline what’s coming.
• Block out space for weekly themes or collabs.
• Reserve grid spots for evergreen ideas.
• Plan visually before you create.

📂 Step 3: Plug.

• Use what you already have.
• Drop in photos, videos, or UGC.
• Repurpose past top-performers.

🔍 Step 4: Spot gaps.

• Review your calendar and assign small next steps.
  • “Write hook for carousel”
  • “Film product demo”
  • “Add caption for Tuesday post”

📅 Step 5: Schedule.

• Auto-post what’s ready and set reminders for the rest.

Spill is a minimalist, distraction-free space designed to help you think, write, and talk things out without the noise.

Just set a time, hit start, and spill your guts, whether you’re brainstorming, drafting, or decompressing.

Take advantage of built-in dictation and voice chat with your notes to help you process ideas out loud.

Bonus: It’s open-source, stays local, and respects your privacy. No logins, no clouds.

Need something to chew on today? Queue up an episode of The Daily Carnage Show.

• Marketer Burnout: A Crisis of Creativity (16:29)
• Unhinged Marketing: The Age of Absurdity (15:07)
• State of Marketing: Pride Month, Neurodivergence, and More (18:40)
• Game-Changers: The Cannes Lions 2025 Shortlist (18:47)
• Brand vs. Planet: The Chilean Sea Bass (9:41)

Hey, BookTok. This one’s for you.

Serena Kerrigan, influencer and self-proclaimed “queen of confidence,” has penned a two-part short story series inspired by her own steamy dating life for her partnership with Neutrogena.

“Bank Your Glow” will launch the brand’s new Collagen Bank 15% Vitamin C Serum and tap into the white-hot romantasy trend.

Storytelling is so back. 🥲