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11 Facebook Video Secrets, Updated for 2026 (Where “All Videos Are Now Reels”) This guide’s original framing treated “videos” and a separate, up-and-coming feature called Reels as two different things worth choosing between. Meta has since erased that distinction entirely: as of 2026, all video content on Facebook is classified and distributed as Reels, regardless …
LinkedIn Video Marketing : What Changed Since the “2019 Trends” LinkedIn added a dedicated, full-screen vertical video feed, its own answer to TikTok and Reels, years after this guide originally described LinkedIn as “still very much a feed.” The core prediction that video would keep growing on the platform was correct. The specific mechanics of …
How AI Is Enhancing Email Marketing (The 2018 Tool List Didn’t Survive) Two of the five AI email tools this guide originally recommended had already been acquired and absorbed into other companies before or around the time the article was published in December 2018. That’s not really a criticism of the original guide, it’s a …
PPC Agency Pricing Models : What’s Changed Now That AI Does the Bidding Hourly billing, the simplest pricing model in this guide’s original 2018 version, is now the model under the most pressure. When AI compresses a 20-hour deliverable into a 5-hour one, paying by the hour increasingly punishes the agency for getting efficient, not …
5 Instagram Video Mistakes (One of the Original Tips References a Feature That No Longer Exists) This guide’s second original tip told businesses to prioritize IGTV while competition was still low. IGTV’s brand was retired in October 2021 and the standalone app shut down entirely in March 2022, with everything folded into what’s now simply …
How to Use Instagram Video Ads (IGTV Doesn’t Exist Anymore) One of the four ad formats this guide originally recommended, IGTV, was fully deprecated by Meta and consolidated into Reels years ago. That’s not a footnote, it reflects the biggest structural shift in Instagram advertising since 2019: nearly half of all Instagram ads now run …
3 Google Ads Strategies That Still Work (Updated From the 2019 Case Studies) The three real-world case studies behind this guide’s original 2019 advice, ditch stock photos, combine Google and Facebook, use Google Shopping for cheap acquisition, all still hold up as strategy. What’s changed is the machinery underneath: Google’s AI now reads your landing …
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8 Things to Do When Your Competitor Goes Out of Business (Two of the Original Tips Now Carry Real Legal Risk) This guide’s original advice to buy a failed competitor’s email database and the rights to email their customers made sense in 2019. In 2026, doing that without real diligence can trigger fines under three …
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8 Ways Social Media Has Changed Business (Organic Reach Isn’t One of Them Anymore) The original version of this guide described organic and paid social marketing as two roughly equal options a business could choose between. That choice barely exists anymore. Organic reach on major platforms has collapsed 85% to 95% since 2012, and Facebook …
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5 Ways to Turn Your Thank You Page Into a Revenue Engine Your thank you page is the one screen every single paying customer sees, at the exact moment their trust in your brand and their willingness to buy again are both at their highest. Most stores still render a generic “order confirmed” message and …
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