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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.

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.

Social Media Today

Reddit launches 15-second video views ad goal

The new option complements the app’s existing six-second views goal and the app is letting brands run split tests while the feature is in beta.

Search Engine Roundtable

Google Analytics September 1 Data Missing

Google Analytics seems to have another bug, this time with data missing from the main charts. September 1, 2026 data is showing zero traffic to websites; I believe this is across every Google Analytics install.

Search Engine Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: September 2, 2026

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

Marketing Dive

Axe vies for more mature brand positioning while nodding to Y2K roots

New ads for the Unilever brand show men briefly turning back into their teen selves, popped collars and all, as Axe states, “You got better. So did we.”

Digiday

Why brands are turning to older creators for authenticity AI can’t fake

Millennial and Gen X content creators offer consistency, authenticity, and storytelling; three things brands need now more than ever.

CMSWire

What CMOs Get Wrong About Leading Change

Leadership mistakes that sink marketing transformations before they start.Continue reading...

Chief Marketer

AI Promised Efficiency. Now Communicators Have to Clean Up the Mess.

The AI correction phase is a moment for communicators, but only if the industry stops treating it like a siloed IT initiative happening somewhere else in the building.

CMSWire

Capacity Lands $54M Series E for AI Customer Experience Platform

The St. Louis agentic support automation vendor will use the funds to expand its unified AI-native CX platform amid enterprise consolidation demand.Continue reading...

Duct Tape Marketing

The Marketing Agency Business Model Is Outdated. Here’s What Replaces It.

The Marketing Agency Business Model Is Outdated. Here’s What Replaces It. written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape MarketingI’ve spent 30+ years working with small businesses and the people who advise them.

Adweek

Retail Media Can Build Brands—Including Ways Other Media Can’t

Not only is retail media capable of brand-building, in the future the smartest advertisers will depend on it.

EVENTS & LIVE TRAINING

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Transform Your Marketing with AI: Hands-On Workshop Series

There is a meaningful difference between understanding AI tools and having a workflow built around them. Transform your marketing approach with practical AI skills in this hands-on workshop series.

This four-week series is designed to get you to the second. Across four live sessions, you will use ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and others to build an actual marketing strategy, produce on-brand content, and set up performance reporting designed for your real work.

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