Monday, September 11

Marketing’s top news, tips, & tools of the day

Hey there,

Hope you had a good weekend!

Headed into this week thinking about Friday’s responses to our big question of the day: How do you incorporate AI tools into your life?

39% of you use AI tools for productivity and planning, while 20% of you use it for writing & creating content.

Funny enough, 8% of you use them for everything but 8% of you also don’t use them at all 😂

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⚡️Today’s Headlines⚡️

👀 TikTok is building new social engagement features

📷 Instagram’s testing ‘Close Friends’ feed post sharing

🎵 TikTok added a feature to search by singing, humming, or playing sound

🎄 Meta launched their 2023 Holiday Marketing Guide

🎥 Patreon adds Discord-like group chats to app

🔎 Threads now has a search feature in English & Spanish

🏷️ eBay added an AI tool for sellers to generate a listing from photos

👚 Pinterest introduced the first ever AI body type technology

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🧐 CONTENT TESTING - MrBeast just released findings from YouTube’s new thumbnail A/B testing feature… watch time went up on every video that had a thumbnail with his mouth closed.

🥳 CHROME UPDATES - Chrome’s turning 15 this month and the browser’s getting a big redesign with customizable colors, moveable menus, and new features. Check it out here.

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