Influencers are charging more — and it's partly your budget's fault. TikTok brings the update many wanted, but few actually need. And Apple takes on Google on one of the most important platforms on the web. Links to today's stories   Rate and Review Us • Contact Us   ? Get our free daily newsletter ? Advertising: Reach Thousands of Marketing Decision-Makers ? Follow us on social media or contact us GO PREMIUM! Get these exclusive benefits when you upgrade: ✅ Listen ad-free ✅ Back catalog of 20+ marketing science interviews ✅ Get the show earlier than the free version ✅ “Skip to sto ..read more

Take 2: TikTok tries its hand at ecommerce in Europe. Yelp upgrades its Request a Quote service. A new spend limit on Google Ads. And here's how you stack up against others on social media. Links to today's stories   Rate and Review Us • Contact Us   ? Get our free daily newsletter ? Advertising: Reach Thousands of Marketing Decision-Makers ? Follow us on social media or contact us GO PREMIUM! Get these exclusive benefits when you upgrade: ✅ Listen ad-free ✅ Back catalog of 20+ marketing science interviews ✅ Get the show earlier than the free version ✅ “Skip to story” audio chapter ..read more

The great cookiepocalypse is cancelled. What does that mean for marketers now? The two-letter solution to improving your Google search ranking. Europe is coming after Meta again. And Amazon plays hardball. Links to today's stories   Rate and Review Us • Contact Us   ? Get our free daily newsletter ? Advertising: Reach Thousands of Marketing Decision-Makers ? Follow us on social media or contact us GO PREMIUM! Get these exclusive benefits when you upgrade: ✅ Listen ad-free ✅ Back catalog of 20+ marketing science interviews ✅ Get the show earlier than the free version ✅ “Skip to stor ..read more

It was the blue screen heard around the world — how did today's massive global computer outage affect marketers? Google kills off yet another product and that might mean more work for your web admin. The companies Microsoft will keep your ads away from. And Google's AI will be all over the Olympics. What could possibly go wrong? Links to today's stories   Rate and Review Us • Contact Us   ? Get our free daily newsletter ? Advertising: Reach Thousands of Marketing Decision-Makers ? Follow us on social media or contact us GO PREMIUM! Get these exclusive benefits when you upgrade: ✅ L ..read more

Ads are coming to Threads but will media buyers care? A shocking development in the agency world. Has Google given up on AI summaries? And why Instagram comments are disappearing after 3 days. Links to today's stories   Rate and Review Us • Contact Us   ? Get our free daily newsletter ? Advertising: Reach Thousands of Marketing Decision-Makers ? Follow us on social media or contact us GO PREMIUM! Get these exclusive benefits when you upgrade: ✅ Listen ad-free ✅ Back catalog of 20+ marketing science interviews ✅ Get the show earlier than the free version ✅ “Skip to story” audio chap ..read more

The untold story of what many believe is the best television ad of all time.   Rate and Review Us • Contact Us   ? Get our free daily newsletter ? Advertising: Reach Thousands of Marketing Decision-Makers ? Follow us on social media or contact us GO PREMIUM! Get these exclusive benefits when you upgrade: ✅ Listen ad-free ✅ Back catalog of 20+ marketing science interviews ✅ Get the show earlier than the free version ✅ “Skip to story” audio chapters ✅ Member-only monthly livestreams with Tod And a lot more! Check it out: todayindigital.com/premi ..read more

The untold story of one of the original acoustical earworms.   Rate and Review Us • Contact Us   ? Get our free daily newsletter ? Advertising: Reach Thousands of Marketing Decision-Makers ? Follow us on social media or contact us GO PREMIUM! Get these exclusive benefits when you upgrade: ✅ Listen ad-free ✅ Back catalog of 20+ marketing science interviews ✅ Get the show earlier than the free version ✅ “Skip to story” audio chapters ✅ Member-only monthly livestreams with Tod And a lot more! Check it out: todayindigital.com/premium ✨ Premium tools: Update Credit Card • Cancel MORE ..read more

The hack nobody wanted: How a leading two-factor authentication app used by marketers worldwide is now exposed. Plus TikTok slows down, a deep-dive into Google's changes to its ads platform, and the clever technique consumers are using to see if you are gouging.   Contact Us •  Links to today’s stories   ? Get our free daily newsletter ? Advertising: Reach Thousands of Marketing Decision-Makers ? Follow us on social media or contact us GO PREMIUM! Get these exclusive benefits when you upgrade: ✅ Listen ad-free ✅ Back catalog of 20+ marketing science interviews ✅ Get the show ea ..read more

A big design tool pulls its AI features... the slow recovery from a Google algorithm update... Meta makes a big change to a small tag... and YouTube's new service will be powered by the magic of human eyeballs. We think.   Contact Us   ? Get our free daily newsletter ? Advertising: Reach Thousands of Marketing Decision-Makers ? Follow us on social media or contact us GO PREMIUM! Get these exclusive benefits when you upgrade: ✅ Listen ad-free ✅ Back catalog of 20+ marketing science interviews ✅ Get the show earlier than the free version ✅ “Skip to story” audio chapters ✅ Member-only ..read more

For many Meta ad buyers, June was a month full of bugs and volatile performance. Is this the new normal? We check in with our Meta ads correspondent Andrew Foxwell for a gut check.   Contact Us   ? Get our free daily newsletter ? Advertising: Reach Thousands of Marketing Decision-Makers ? Follow us on social media or contact us GO PREMIUM! Get these exclusive benefits when you upgrade: ✅ Listen ad-free ✅ Back catalog of 20+ marketing science interviews ✅ Get the show earlier than the free version ✅ “Skip to story” audio chapters ✅ Member-only monthly livestreams with Tod And a lot m ..read more