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Meta shares holiday 2026 tips for small businesses
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. There are now just over 120 days until December, which means that marketers need to start locking in their holiday sales strategies in order to make the most of the upcoming shopping season. To help with this, Meta launched a new Holiday…
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LinkedIn reports solid Q2 revenue growth
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. LinkedIn continues to see steady growth, based on insights shared by parent company Microsoft in its latest quarterly performance update. However, the company doesn’t share a lot of insight into LinkedIn-specific performance within Microsoft’s broader report. Before the app was acquired by…
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Meta touts industry-leading ad revenue growth, but AI unease rises
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Meta grew advertising revenue 27% year over year to $59.4 billion in Q2 and emphasized that its bets on artificial intelligence continue to improve campaign performance. Total revenue was up 28% YoY to $60.8 billion for the three-month period ended June 30,…
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Snapchat shores up lead gen ads with new HubSpot integration
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Snapchat is expanding its focus on lead generation through a new integration with HubSpot, a partnership that aims to help brands engage incremental Gen Z and millennial consumers on the messaging app. The tie-up with the CRM platform allows advertisers on Snapchat…
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6 tips for building a brand on Pinterest
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. As marketers look toward the second half of 2026, they’re tasked with formulating an effective, early approach to holiday promotions so companies can maximize brand exposure and sales results in the all-important last quarter of the year. It’s also important to consider…
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Gap Inc. opens creator program to employees
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Gap Inc. is enlisting employees to join its creator program to promote Old Navy, Gap, Athleta and Banana Republic, the apparel company said in a press release Wednesday. The program is now open to applications from Gap Inc.’s corporate, distribution…
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Social insights fail to reach decision-makers: Here’s what the numbers say
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. There is little question about the importance of social media to the marketing playbook. Not only does it allow brands to reach consumers where they are, it also provides marketers with a wealth of consumer insights, such as opinions about certain products…
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Will Meta’s massive AI bet pay off?
Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Can Meta actually win the AI race, or is the idea just another one of Mark Zuckerberg’s pipe dreams? Zuckerberg’s fantasies, combined with his delusions of genius, potentially overstate the role that luck and outside input have played in the rise of…
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Negative sentiment threatens AI glasses push
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Several big tech players are banking on artificial intelligence-powered glasses as the next big consumer innovation, but a recent rise in negative consumer feedback about privacy concerns and functional wearability could derail the push. Recently, Meta had to update its Meta AI…
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Meta’s AI-based layoffs allegedly targeted workers who had taken protected leave
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A scientist was chosen for a reduction in force while on pre-birth pregnancy leave. A manager was demoted following a medical leave, then selected to be laid off weeks into his second medical leave. An engineer’s rating was lowered because of the…
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