LinkedIn is quietly piloting a new Premium offering designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The Premium Business Suite is currently in limited testing, but the early feature set suggests LinkedIn is aiming to consolidate sales, marketing and hiring tools into a single, AI-supported platform. For marketers and business leaders working in or with […]
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Meta is accelerating its pivot to fully automated advertising, with sweeping changes to detailed targeting and exclusions that will impact campaign structure from January 2026. These updates are not optional. Advertisers still relying on manual targeting should act now to prepare for a future led by AI-powered automation. Meta’s AI-Led Advertising Vision Mark Zuckerberg’s earlier
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AI platforms are no longer a curiosity in the search landscape. They’re now a meaningful source of web traffic. According to new data from Previsible, first featured in Search Engine Land, traffic from large language model (LLM) platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot has grown 527% in just five months. Some websites are now
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Instagram has officially rolled out three new features that mark a clear pivot in how the platform is used. Reposts, a Snap-style Friend Map, and a new Friends tab in Reels are now available to all users, each designed to increase engagement and facilitate social discovery. While none of these updates are revolutionary on their
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Instagram marketers looking to grow reach and followers in 2025 should be thinking less about clever hacks and more about consistency. New data from Buffer, based on more than 2 million posts from over 100,000 accounts, confirms a simple truth: the more you post to the feed, the better your performance. But before brands flood
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The ongoing rollout of Google’s AI Overviews has prompted intense debate among publishers, SEOs and advertisers. Critics claim the feature is eroding referral traffic from search, while Google insists the opposite is true, arguing that its AI-driven changes are generating more searches and better-quality clicks. The latest exchange between independent researchers and Google’s own data
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Social media marketers have long relied on familiar metrics — reach, likes, views — yet these numbers have often fallen short of explaining why something worked or how to improve it next time. They are useful for summarising performance, but less effective for guiding day-to-day creative decisions. Instagram’s latest Insights update offers a step towards
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OpenAI has launched GPT-5, consolidating its previous specialist AI models into a single system capable of adapting speed, depth and tone on demand. For CMOs and corporate communications leaders, this is less about technical prowess and more about strategic control, delivering consistent, accurate and brand-aligned content generation at scale. From Fragmented Tools to One Adaptive
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Search marketers are facing a fundamental change in how Google delivers answers. The introduction of two distinct AI-powered search formats, AI Mode and AI Overviews, marks a shift from a single set of ranking rules to a dual-path system with very different behaviours. New data from enterprise SEO platform BrightEdge, first published by Search Engine
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Search behaviour is undergoing a quiet revolution. What was once a near-synonym for “Googling” is now a more complex, multi-platform experience shaped by intent, topic and audience. New data from Claneo, in partnership with Appinio, reveals how different demographics approach search in 2025, highlighting a marked shift toward AI tools and visual platforms. While traditional
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