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ADVERTISING

🔎 Reddit is testing feature that matches community recommendations with products from advertising partners.

📺 Instagram’s CTV app comes to US Google TV devices.

💰 Search and social ad spending could benefit from Supreme Court tariffs decision.

CAMPAIGNS

🥤 Dunkin’ is selling 48 oz. “Cold Beverage Buckets.”

🎤 Kate Hudson covers “California Dreamin’” in NBC’s first LA28 Olympics promo.

TRENDING

📱 Microdrama apps are on the rise.

🔥 LinkedIn shares the 10 fastest growing skills in marketing.

💸 How the K-shaped economy is affecting consumer spending.

👀 Study: Content marketing jobs are splitting in two.

SOCIAL

🧵 These are the 45 best Subreddits for marketers and SEOs.

🌍 Infographic: Minimum-age laws for social media around the world.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

✍️ These are the AI writing tics that hurt engagement.

🤖 Airbnb says AI chatbot traffic converts better than Google.

Monday: Reddit dropped the Creative Trends 2026 report, and (refreshingly) it’s all about engaging real people, real conversations, and real communities. The idea is that, as audiences become more fragmented and more skeptical of slick and polished advertising, standout creative will be rooted in authenticity and human-driven moments. Here are a few key trends to consider.

Tuesday: Streak systems (UX features that track consecutive days of user engagement) tap into human psychology, reinforcing consistency through motivation and emotion. In short, they get people invested. These are the elements a good streak system must have.

Wednesday: Microcopy is the tiny pieces of text embedded throughout a digital product, like the words on buttons, form hints, error messages, confirmations, tooltips, you get it. Microcopy guides people at precise moments of interaction. It should be short, aware of where users might hesitate, actionable, and authentic to the brand’s voice. Here’s a list of common microcopy elements you’ll encounter in UX/UI design.

Thursday: Are parents a big part of your target demo? Pinterest has dropped its first Parenting Trend Report with seven core parenting trends for 2026. Parents are using Pinterest as a planning tool to make family life more intentional and grounded in shared experiences, with searches for “screen free activities,” “family traditions ideas,” and “no phone summer” on the rise. Here’s what else is trending.

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“Are you seeing particularly low registration for your in-person events this year?”

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• “I run in-person user groups at a large B2B tech company and I’m seeing registrations come in extremely late which makes things challenging operationally.”
• “There does seem to be a trend all around B2B and B2C shows of registration starting off lower.”
• “The industry trade publications for events have been discussing that registration is down but also the windows are very tight because registrations are coming in late.”

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Pabst Blue Ribbon, 1950s

Answer: Matrescence.

It’s the “physical, psychological, and emotional process of becoming a mother,” and there’s not currently a word for that in the dictionary.