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UGC vs influencer marketing: when B2B brands should use each
Most B2B marketing content treats UGC and influencer marketing as interchangeable variations of the same tactic. They are not. One gives you audience reach through a trusted voice; the other gives you rights-owned proof you can deploy across every paid and owned channel you control. Conflating them leads to misallocated budgets, wrong success metrics, and…
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CNN sues Perplexity over AI copyright claims as brands face new risks around AI visibility
CNN has filed a lawsuit against AI search company Perplexity, accusing it of unlawfully copying and distributing CNN content to power its AI products. The case marks CNN’s first AI copyright lawsuit and is believed to be the first such action by a television network. The dispute arrives as publishers and AI companies continue to…
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McDonald’s turns FIFA World Cup 26™ into a global fan engagement platform with collectibles
McDonald’s is going all-in on FIFA World Cup 26™, launching a global campaign that combines limited-time meals, collectible merchandise, digital experiences, and community activations across participating markets. View this post on Instagram A post shared by McDonald’s (@mcdonalds) The campaign highlights how major brands are increasingly treating global sporting events as year-long engagement ecosystems rather…
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DoorDash expands DoorDash Ads with LiveRamp clean rooms and Spotlight format
DoorDash is broadening DoorDash Ads with new premium placements, expanded offsite activation, and measurement features built around privacy-centric data collaboration with LiveRamp. The update signals a push toward more standardized commerce media capabilities: richer upper-funnel formats, clearer incrementality readouts, and more automation for teams that need performance controls without daily manual bid and promo tuning.…
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ChatGPT leads as solo founders use AI to accelerate growth
AI is becoming a core business tool for solo founders, helping them move from idea to revenue faster while reducing the workload that traditionally slows down small business growth. New survey data from Clarify Capital suggests that AI is no longer an experimental technology for many solopreneurs. Instead, it is increasingly being used to handle…
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Pipedrive joins OpenAI Codex Sales Plugin launch for CRM-linked workflows
Pipedrive says it will be included in the launch of OpenAI’s dedicated sales plugin for Codex, enabling customers to connect CRM data into AI-powered sales workflows. The move fits a broader push to make AI tools more useful in day-to-day selling by grounding outputs in “trusted business context” such as pipeline status, account history, and…
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OpenAI’s enterprise AI push signals the rise of the workplace superapp
OpenAI says the next phase of enterprise AI is already underway, with agents becoming company-wide infrastructure and ChatGPT evolving into a unified workplace superapp. The company’s latest enterprise update, combined with reports of a major ChatGPT redesign, offers a clearer picture of where OpenAI believes workplace AI is heading. Rather than deploying isolated copilots across…
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Chelsea FC and Nike turn a kit launch into a global fan culture movement
Chelsea FC’s latest home kit launch is less about unveiling a football shirt and more about demonstrating how modern sports brands can build anticipation through culture, community, and fandom. Partnering with Nike, creative agency TILL DAWN, and strategy partner ICONIC, the club introduced its 2026/27 home kit through a campaign titled “Can’t tame us.” The…
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How to turn one pillar article into a full content cluster
You already have the pillar. You spent real time on it, it covers the topic properly, and it has been sitting on your site for months. Now you are wondering why it is not ranking the way you expected. The issue is almost never the article itself. A pillar page without a supporting cluster is…
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Influencer whitelisting and dark posting: a practical guide for B2B marketers
If you are running influencer campaigns and relying only on organic posts, you are leaving performance on the table. Whitelisting and dark posting transform creator content into precision-targeted paid ads, without the polished, corporate look that B2B buyers scroll straight past. This guide covers exactly how both tactics work, how to set them up on…