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Thursday, July 9, 2026

Adweek

These Creators Are Hacking ChatGPT To Rake In Brand Deals

YouTube long-form, niche expertise, third-party press–creators are figuring out what AI trusts and brands are rewriting their budgets accordingly

Marketing Dive

Marketing’s data breakdown: H1 by the numbers

Artificial intelligence continues to demand significant investments this year, but the payoff for marketers is still unclear.

Search Engine Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: July 8, 2026

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.Google is testing using tracking URLs within its search results...

Social Media Today

TikTok launches Discover America tour

The six-city roadshow is designed to highlight regional creators and promote the app as a valuable marketing tool.

Adweek

Is This the End of Tech-Spec Marketing? ft. Hisense CMO Sarah Larsen

Get back to making marketing that moves product by talking to people.

ON-DEMAND TRAINING

American Marketing Association

Introduction to Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

This introductory training provides a foundational understanding of search engine optimization and its impact on content visibility.

American Marketing Association

Influencer Marketing

The training offers practical insights from multiple perspectives, including direct creator experiences and case studies. Develop practical skills in crafting compelling marketing briefs, measuring campaign impact, and navigating emerging technologies like AI in the influencer marketing landscape.

Chief Marketer

The Brief: Spidey Apartments and Sun Clubs

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Peter Parker’s Apartment Tour, a Wimbledon-inspired activation in Central Park and X Games’ High Noon Sun Club.

Search Engine Roundtable

Google Ads New AI Max FAQs

Google has posted some new frequently asked questions to the Google Ads AI Max help document.

Chief Marketer

Why Retail Marketers Need to Treat AI Agents as Customers, Not Tools

According to Kartik Hosanagar, Faculty Co-Director of the Wharton Human-AI Research Center, AI isn’t just a new technology or tool; it’s a new customer. And brands must analyze how it makes purchase decisions.

Social Media Today

Meta adds updated disclosure tags for AI-generated ads

The updated tags will provide more info on which promotions include AI-generated elements, whether from Meta or via external AI tools.

CMSWire

Why Broken Content Relationships Cost More Than They Seem

A single broken content link can ripple across recommendations, search relevance and customer journeys at enterprise scale.Continue reading...

Digiday

Criteo is subject to a takeover bid, further proving private equity’s continued interest in ad tech

Vista Equity and Quinti Capital place a 50% premium on stock, raising questions over where the PE firms see value.

Digiday

How Bandit Running is expanding internationally while staying hyperlocal

This story was first published by Digiday sibling Glossy. Despite competition from some of the biggest companies in the world, including Nike and …