🛡️ Anthropic’s Pentagon refusal is paying off.

💰 Data: Influencer pay lacks transparency.

💬 X introduces exclusive threads and other subscriber features.

🤖 This new chatbot parody lets you LARP as AI and answer real people’s prompts.

🍳 Study: Marketers report highest rates of AI “brain fry.”

📵 How brands are capitalizing on the screen-free tech trend.

Successful Reddit marketing looks like brands participating as helpful community members.

Be useful first, human second, and promotional last.

Why? Overt advertising is often downvoted or ignored on Reddit.

When your comment adds real value—like sharing experience, data, or practical advice—other users engage with it naturally, increasing the likelihood that people will explore your brand later.

Here are some helpful frameworks for Reddit comments:

• “Been there, done that.” Share a personal experience, describe the mistake made, and explain what ultimately worked.
• Counterintuitive insight. Acknowledge common advice, challenge it with evidence or experience, and offer a smarter alternative.
• Tactical mini-playbook. Provide a short step-by-step list with practical actions people can implement immediately.
• Mistake warning. Validate someone’s plan but warn about a common pitfall and how to avoid it.
• Data point drop. Introduce a specific, credible statistic or result that adds substance to the conversation. This works a lot better on Reddit than it does at a cocktail party.
• Question flip. Give a brief answer, then ask a thoughtful follow-up question to deepen the discussion.
• Respectful disagreement. Offer a different perspective while acknowledging the merit of the original comment.
• Tool-neutral recommendation. Suggest multiple options rather than promoting only your own product.
• Lessons learned summary. List what worked, what didn’t, and the takeaway.
• Quiet authority. Demonstrate expertise through calm insights and pattern recognition rather than overt claims.

Reddit is its own beast. Optimize your strategy with more info from Search Engine Land.

Mimic is a lightweight web tool for generating realistic mockups of social chats and posts.

Instead of manually designing screenshots in Canva or Figma, you can quickly create interfaces (from WhatsApp, IG, Discord, etc.) directly in your browser.

Very helpful for marketing visuals, landing page examples, product walkthroughs, social media storytelling, and the like.

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“The Daily Carnage was the newsletter that brought us the most meaningful demo clicks and new trials.” — Digital Summit

“Open rate was nearly 50% and CTR was relatively high, especially considering this newsletter’s audience was likely being exposed to our event for the first time.” — Adweek

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Coca-Cola’s “Jump” is the centerpiece of its global marketing to build excitement for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The campaign is part of its “All the Feels” platform, which is all about the emotional highs and lows of being a fan.

The work reimagines “Jump” by Van Halen as a cross-genre banger of an anthem featuring J Balvin, Amber Mark, Steve Vai, and Travis Barker.

The nostaglic animated music video was art-directed by visual artist McFlyy and features a cameo from Spanish football star Lamine Yamal.

Swanson, 1968

📈 Meta hikes ad prices in six countries.

🎙️ AI voice-over is coming to your PMax videos; opt out by March 20.

📱 Gen Z is always on TikTok, but they don’t like it anymore.

🤖 65% of marketing jobs may not survive AI.

🧩 Behind NYT’s first foray into in-game advertising.

💰 Infographic: The world’s most valuable brands in 2026.

📖 And a glossary for Looksmaxxing, the Internet’s most unhinged subculture.

Chipotle’s Friday the 13th campaign is inspired by the Internet, which has decided that heavily tatted people look a lot like a Chipotle bag.

And because Friday the 13th is a hallowed holiday for tats, the “Ink for Entrees” is offering BOGO entrees from 3 to 4 p.m. for customers who flash their tattoos in-store.

Notably, this includes permanent, temporary, and drawn-on ink, too.

Chipotle also partnered with Swae Lee for a limited-edition flash sheet of temporary tattoos inspired by the doodle-style artwork on the bags.

Social listening pays off again.