Be in The Know
🤔 A new Heinz campaign, which appears to reference the new Joker movie, sparks industry discussions over blackface.
🔍 Google rolls out new AI-organized search results.
👠 OMG, shoes! Liam Kyle Sullivan brings back his beloved Kelly character for a Crocs collab.
🗽 A marketer’s guide to Advertising Week New York 2024.
💡 TikTok has announced new ad automation options ahead of the holidays.
🪙 Here’s what the long-awaited new Google AI Overview ads look like.
🪝 Threads knows it has an engagement bait problem.
😮💨 The painful limitations of TikTok Shop.
The Best Marketing Subreddits
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Hot tip: create a Reddit account just for marketing, and join these top-ranked subreddits:
- r/Marketing (1.3M members): Has its own Discord channel, useful links, including The Big Marketing FAQ You Didn’t Know You Needed.
- r/SocialMedia (1.3M members): Has a list of very helpful links and resources for social.
- r/eCommerce (474K members): Good for newbies and veterans interested in the design and implementation of ecommerce sites.
- r/Digital_Marketing (208K members) and r/DigitalMarketing (181K members): Both have a lot of experts answering questions.
- r/Advertising (188K members): For ad creators, students, copywriters, affiliates, etc. Good ratio of answers to questions asked.
- r/Affiliatemarketing (188K members): On affiliate marketing, paid traffic, SEO, email marketing, and more.
- r/Analytics (176K members): Dedicated to web analytics, data and business analytics.
- r/Content_marketing (123K members): Content marketers helping each other improve by providing feedback, sharing advice, and resources. Also has a Discord channel.
- r/SocialMediaMarketing (118K members) Posts are more likely to be seen and well-moderated.
- r/Emailmarketing (63K members): A great place to get answers on technical concerns and strategic issues.
- r/Marketingmentor (40K members): Ask for help from experienced marketers.
- r/WebMarketing (36K members): Focused on web/digital marketing, including email marketing, online PR, social media, SEO, etc.
- r/SEO_digital_marketing (29K members): Focused on SEO, content marketing, backlinks, article blogs, WordPress Plugins, and link building.
- r/GoogleAnalytics (24K members): Heavy expertise, has a Discord channel and list of resources.
- r/MarketingAutomation (24K): Attracts people with specific types of expertise.
Check out MarTech for a complete guide to Reddit.
Q for You
Tools
Canvid
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- Crop, change layout, and zoom for polished recordings.
- Highlight words to create easy-to-follow transcripts.
It’s perfect for demos, tutorials, presentations, and educational videos.
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Watch
You Sure About That?
Totino’s is touting its tantalizing value with an assist from the creative minds behind Netflix’s I Think You Should Leave.
Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson have just been ripped off by an alien, who is headed back to space after eating like 70 Totino’s pizza rolls without pitching in a few bucks.
Or, more specifically, about $1 per every 10 pizza rolls. Not quite as much as a shirt from Dan Flashes, but you know.
Naturally, the spot descends into familiarly absurd skit banter from ITYSL.
