Hey there,

Today’s a busy day.

Apple’s event is today at 10am PT.

MTV’s VMAs are tonight at 8pm ET.

It’s also National Video Games Day, National Chocolate Milkshake Day, and National Day of Encouragement.

Which one will you be attending or celebrating today?

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⚠️ Think sending free products to influencers still works? Here's how brands are standing out in Q4

The old tactic of "no commitment" influencer seeding does not work anymore. It creates unrealistic expectations and uses bait and switch to get creators to promote you.

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In this private document, made specifically for Growth Daily readers, a former agency owner shares what really works with influencer seeding. The doc has all his playbooks, templates, and follow-along videos. Use it to get endless influencers promoting you on auto-pilot.

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⚡️Today’s Headlines⚡️

📱 Apple’s latest event is today & here’s what to expect

📉 ChatGPT web traffic dropped for the third straight month

😬 Square’s apology after its massive outage this past weekend

🛍️ TikTok’s testing new “Shop” tab for U.S. app users

🏆 MTV’s letting users vote for tonight’s VMAs through Snapchat’s Lenses

📷 Google Photos added new web-based editing tools

🚨 Google’s new ad requirements go into effect Sept. 25

📚 Spotify’s testing a new audiobooks feature for paying subscribers

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🩺 VR SURGERY - Meta’s Quest 2 VR headset technology is apparently being used to train surgeons and treat patients. Really cool applications here…

🤖 AI DETECTION - Turns out AI detectors don’t really work… according to OpenAI, while some tools have occasionally worked, no tool has been proven to reliably distinguish between AI & human-generated content.

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🚀 Today’s Question 🚀

Yesterday’s question was: How many newsletters do you read every single day?

And the answers… were pretty split. The leading answer was 2-3 with 34% of you!

Tied for second place were “only 1” and “4-6” with 18% each. Followed closely by 7-10 at 17%, then only 7% at 11+ newsletters.

Onto today’s question…

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#1 - The untold stories of Chase Dimond, 8-fig entrepreneur & e-mail marketing god

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#2 - How Sunsama 5X’d Their Users on ~$0 Ad Spend w/ Yash Chavan

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#3 - The playbook for taking down a $9b brand (Klaviyo) w/ Sendlane CEO Jimmy Kim

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