AI

🤖 Beware coworkers who produce AI-generated “workslop.”

• 💡 According to our poll, 44% of marketers believe AI workslop is happening at their org.

🎥 Meta launches Vibes, a custom feed of AI-generated video clips.

🤖 You can now join YouTube Labs to test out new AI features.

🎨 Advertising creatives have lost the AI ick.

🔎 FYI: Google is still 210x bigger than ChatGPT in search.

SOCIAL

🚫 Meta to launch ad-free Facebook and Instagram to the U.K.

⚰️ The death of social in social media.

🥔 Inspired by TikTok, Ore-Ida creates croutons.

NEW STUFF

📚 Reading Rainbow is getting a reboot.

🛒 Introducing Amazon Grocery. Almost everything is under $5.

🌐 Horizon Media Holdings and Havas unveil new global agency network: Horizon Global.

🚗 DoorDash unveils Dot, its autonomous robot built to deliver your food.

📺 Review: Jimmy Fallon hosts reality competition where creatives think up campaigns for huge brands.

Monday: Whether you’re categorically against AI writing or hoping to conceal your own use of AI for writing… here are six dead giveaways someone used a robot.

• 💡 According to our poll, 28% of marketers have augmented their writing style to avoid comparisons to AI.

Tuesday: ESPs track your email opens and clicks, but GA4 can take it further by showing how subscribers behave on your site post-click. It’s worth setting up to compare email performance side-by-side with organic, paid, and referral channels; customize events and reports for deeper insights; and measure long-term impact, not just immediate clicks. Here’s how to set up email tracking in GA4.

Wednesday: Optimizing for People Also Ask (PAA) results can help you capture long-tail traffic and increase visibility in SERPs. The PAA box shows related questions for a given search, providing additional opportunities to rank even if you’re not on Page 1 for the main keyword. Here’s how to optimize, rank, and track PAA results.

Thursday: Keywords still matter… just not in the way most people think. Big brands are bogged down by bureaucracy and “workslop” designed to game algorithms. Google’s AI updates, meanwhile, reward content that’s created by people with real experience. This means that scrappy teams who actually know their stuff can outrank giants. Here’s a quick-hit framework to compete (and win).

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• Game-Changers: The Cannes Lions 2025 Shortlist (18:47)
• Brand vs. Planet: The Chilean Sea Bass (9:41)

Answer: 1974.

The first red-roofed logo is so classic that it was resurrected in 2019 and served as the inspiration for the 2025 refresh.