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Thursday, September 3, 2026

Pendulum

Why Your Boardroom Can't See 75% of Your Brand's Risk

Could a crisis on TikTok slip past your team unnoticed? Our new report shows 75% of a real chip-supply crisis's engagement lived in video, audio & image content text tools missed. Get the playbook.

Search Engine Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: September 2, 2026

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

Hubspot

What high-citation brands do differently in AI search: The 2026 AEO playbook

Answer engine optimization is disrupting search as we know it. What once was predictable — add a keyword, focus on high-quality backlinks, increase your domain rating — has become a new game that doesn’t play by the same rules.

Marketing Dive

The UPS Store enlists first brand character to support franchisees

Blu, a friendly woman wearing a blue UPS polo, is one piece of a multiyear campaign that spans digital, TV, social and print channels.

Buffer

I Built an AEO Content Workflow That Finds LinkedIn Gaps and Fills Buffer With Writer-Ready Briefs

I wired AirOps, Peec AI, and Buffer's API into a weekly workflow that finds the LinkedIn questions in my client's niche and turns them into content briefs.

CMSWire

Webflow Launches Source Agentic Workspace for Marketers

Webflow's new Source platform gives marketing teams and AI agents shared, governed access to site code — its biggest push yet beyond visual website building.Continue reading...

Search Engine Roundtable

Judge Rules Google Ad Tech Business Won't Be Broken Up

A federal judge in Virginia ruled against breaking up Google's ad tech business after Google was found to be a monopoly over its ad technology platforms.

Marketing Tech

Mastercard research highlights the next challenge for brands: Winning over AI agents

The world of commerce is no stranger to new trends and technologies, but the agentic era is transforming the decision-making process for consumers more than ever before.

Digiday

Location data fuels mall giant Simon’s new pitch to advertisers

Simon is letting brands target shoppers in its malls in other environments and use new measurement tools based on Simon’s consumer data.

Adweek

Boathouse’s Tyler Adams Lives Life in the Fast Lane as a Supermoto Racer

The senior creative director spends his weekends riding and racing across California.

Adweek

Neela Montgomery on How Health Trends Are Changing Consumer Behavior

Looking beyond the immediate impact to really understand a trend's influence.

Social Media Today

LinkedIn increases push against inauthentic activity

Although the platform’s active user count in the EU has remained flat, its work to address AI slop has intensified, according to its latest DSA reports.

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