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Shopify launches Campaign Autopilot, AI-powered marketing built into Shopify
Shopify has launched Campaign Autopilot in early access, adding an AI-driven way for merchants to plan, run, and optimize marketing campaigns directly inside the Shopify admin. The feature is designed to coordinate paid and lifecycle channels from a single workflow, with merchants setting budgets and guardrails while the system handles execution and optimization. The release…
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Influencer marketing for startup founders: a lean playbook for pre-Series-A
Most advice about influencer marketing assumes a budget. A platform subscription, a creator roster, an attribution tool wired into a CRM. That advice is written for the team with a headcount and a spreadsheet full of rates. It is not written for a pre-Series-A founder who is also doing their own outreach, writing their own…
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Cannes Lions Day 3 spotlight: AI marketing’s practical constraints surface
Microsoft, EA, Anthropic, and Teletubbies were among the names circulating at Cannes Lions Day 3 as the event’s focus moved toward the real-world constraints that shape “AI marketing” in practice. The day’s theme also reflected the basics of on-the-ground production, including the search for coffee and air conditioning amid Cannes heat. The Cannes Lions update…
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PR strategy examples: how to plan campaigns that earn coverage
Most PR plans start with a list of tactics. Someone picks a press release, a podcast pitch, and a few journalist outreach emails, then calls it a strategy. That is not a strategy. That is a to-do list with a PR label on it. The distinction matters because tactics without a strategy are random. You…
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Press kit examples: what to include and how to build one journalists will use
A journalist is on deadline. They have seen your announcement, found it interesting, and now they need your logo, a founder bio they can cite, and a high-resolution product image. If those assets are nowhere on your site, they move on to the next pitch. Your story does not get told, not because it was…
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The Macallan targets Gen Z with “Drink of a Generation” social campaign
The Macallan has rolled out “Drink of a Generation,” a social-led campaign that frames its ultra-premium Sherry Oak 25 and 30 Year Old expressions as bottles reserved for milestone moments and passed-down traditions. The brand outlined the campaign details in its official announcement, including a hero film featuring actor James Marsden and his son Jack,…
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Shopee lands in ChatGPT as Sea and OpenAI expand AI commerce across Southeast Asia
Sea and OpenAI are taking their partnership a step further, bringing ChatGPT-powered shopping experiences directly into Shopee across Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and Brazil. The move gives consumers a new way to discover products through conversational AI before completing purchases on Shopee. The announcement also extends beyond shoppers. Sea plans to introduce ChatGPT for Business to…
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TikTok Shop hit US$64B in GMV in 2025. Here is what that means for influencer strategy
Momentum Works released its annual TikTok Shop report in February 2026. The 2025 numbers confirm the platform is scaling faster than most marketers expected, and the creator mechanics driving that growth are shifting in ways that have direct implications for how influencer programs are structured. The headline GMV matters less than what sits underneath it.…
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LinkedIn influencer pricing in 2026: what B2B brands are actually paying
LinkedIn creator rates do not follow the pricing logic every marketer learns from Instagram. The usual formula of follower count multiplied by a platform multiplier falls apart on LinkedIn because the variable that drives value is not reach. It is audience composition. A creator with 12,000 followers where 40% hold VP or C-suite titles at…
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Burn Boot Camp names Marshmello as equity and creative partner
Burn Boot Camp has named Marshmello as an equity partner, franchise partner, and executive partner for creative and music as part of a long-term collaboration. The company outlined the partnership in an official announcement, positioning music as a core lever in its in-gym experience and programming. Table of contents Jump to each section: What Burn…