Heeeey,

You know how so many cool sites, apps, and platforms start off on fire (in a good way) and then turn into a dumpster fire (in a bad way). I learned a new term this week for that: enshittification.

If you want to hear the theory behind why that (point up) has happened to Facebook, Amazon, maybe even TikTok, then you can check out the link in the Interesting Stuff section.

Merry July,
Hayley

​THERE ARE A BUNCH OF NEW GOOGLE BARD FEATURES​

Now you can (1) use images in prompts, (2) listen to responses, (3) pin and rename conversations, (4) share answers, (5) adjust Bard’s tone and style. More countries now have access to Bard and it’s now available in 40 languages.

​INSTAGRAM TESTS AUTOMATICALLY ADDING PRODUCT TAGS TO STORIES​

While creating and uploading stories, some brands are seeing products automatically tagged. It seems like Instagram is using an account’s product catalog, so this won’t happen if you don’t have that set up. And it won’t connect products that you haven’t uploaded to the catalog.

​TIKTOK’S TESTING A ‘SAVE POSTS WITHOUT WATERMARK’ FEATURE​

With this new feature, you’re able to save your own videos sans the TikTok watermark. That’s obviously cool ‘cause you could create and edit a video in TikTok and then upload to other platforms without the watermark.

​WE GOT A LINKEDIN ALGORITHM UPDATE​

It deprioritizes personal posts (like marriage, baby, or new pet announcements). It prioritizes posts from 1st degree connections, unique opinions, and meaningful comments (vs comments like nice!).

​MICROSOFT ADS GET AI-GENERATED HEADLINES, DESCRIPTIONS, AND ASSETS​

You’re probably familiar with these from Google Ads. But now Microsoft ads can also recommend headlines and descriptions. Plus, you can have AI help you generate assets.

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OTHER UPDATES

​Google bug prevented content from appearing in the News feed​

​Some users report ads in the explore section of Google

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• Worked on July 4th instead of taking a needed holiday.
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​HOW TO IDENTIFY INFLUENCERS SMEs FOR B2B AUDIENCES
​I’m *all for* steps and examples instead of general reminders about stuff you’ve heard before. This article shares how the author identifies SMEs their audience trusts, the message they send asking for a collab, and how they apply those relationships to their content strategy.

​REDDIT’S 2023 HOLIDAY GUIDE
​This is some of the info that caught my eye in the report.

• 85% of people who used Reddit when looking into holiday gifting made a purchase based on that research.
• Gift shoppers on Reddit are twice as likely to spend over $1,500 for the holidays than people who don’t use Reddit.
• Reddit users agree that “Reddit made it easier than other platforms to find good gift ideas.”

​Affiliate Summit East
​July 31-Aug 1 New York City, NY
​Here’s a place to find good fits for your affiliate program.

​MozCon
​August 7-8 Seattle, WA
​MozCon’s a cool spot to hear success stories and get ideas for your strategy. And meet marketing friends.

​Engage
​August 11 Portland, OR
​Look at my PNW marketers representing here. Engage has some cool Speakers this year like Rand Fishkin and Lily Ray.

💩 ENSHITTIFICATION: THE PATTERN OF PLATFORMS GOING TO 💩​

🐝 BUMBLE MATCHES WITH ‘BARBIE’ TO HELP SINGLES STRIKE UP CONVERSATIONS​

📓 GOOGLE LAUNCHES NOTEBOOKLM – AN AI NOTE-TAKING ASSISTANT​

🛍️ US CONSUMERS SPENT $6.4 BILLION ON THE FIRST DAY OF AMAZON’S PRIME DAY EVENT​

🖥️ BLUEHOST UNVEILS AI-POWERED WORDPRESS PLATFORM​

📺 TIKTOK IS COMING TO REDBOX KIOSKS IN AD-DRIVEN DEAL​

🚫 TWITTER BLOCKS LINKS TO META RIVAL THREADS

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