🎺 The brand power behind SNL50 was no laughing matter.

🎓 “Hillmantok,” the unofficial HBCU of TikTok, is educating people about Black history.

🫶 And despite everything, marketers move forward with Black History Month efforts.

🌐 You can now schedule, pin, and translate Instagram DMs right from the app.

😵 Btw, the Duolingo dead-owl stunt is working.

👍 LinkedIn launches its own conversion API.

💽 Facebook will now remove livestreams after 30 days.

👀 TikTok returns on Apple, Google US app stores as Trump delays ban.

😰 Report: LinkedIn finds AI overwhelms 72% of B2B marketers.

👎 Instagram tests a downvote button.

💡 Meta expands ad placement controls and blocklists.

🤖 Infographic: How AI is set to impact marketing jobs.

👙 How The White Lotus is using brand partnerships to expand beyond its HBO fanbase.

🫧 Coca-Cola gets into the gut-health game with its own line of prebiotic sodas.

👟 Nike and SKIMS launch a new activewear brand for women.

⭐ Infographic: Six essential ingredients of winning ads.

Monday: Google has shared answers to the most frequently asked questions about its AI-powered Performance Max campaign type.

Tuesday: Some interesting new research suggests that people devalue work done with AI—except when it’s their own. This is called fundamental attribution error. So, how do we respond to this cognitive bias?

Wednesday: Content teams are constantly bombarded with requests, but producing more content doesn’t always solve the problem. Instead, you need strategic content that works harder across teams.

• 💡  According to our poll, the majority (38%) of respondents feel that they’re producing low quality content at a low volume. The struggle is real.

Thursday: Re-engagement emails. You know ’em. “Hey, FIRST NAME. Do you still want to hear from us?” This tactic used to be smart email marketing, but it’s rapidly become outdated and ineffective. Here’s why.

• 💡  According to our poll, 27.5% of respondents plan to re-evaluate their re-engagement strategy.

Experian appears to be the latest brand to fall prey to the Facebook ad hack.

Looks like more than a few folks have some experience with Meta vulnerabilities. Really keeps you on your toes.

Thanks to Morgan for sharing with our Facebook community.

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Answer: “Lazy Sunday,” Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell (2005).

After it aired, NBC actually had to coordinate the removal of unofficial uploads of the sketch, which garnered millions of views on YouTube.