Hi, Welcome Welcome back July 17, 2026 Mid-career and feeling stuck? Here’s how to reclaim your value BY Sam Alvita Skim the headlines and today’s career story belongs to two groups: anxious new grads at the bottom and embattled executives at the top. U.S. entry-level postings have fallen about 35% since early 2023, according to labor … Continue reading Mid-career and feeling stuck? Here’s how to reclaim your value
More budget doesn’t guarantee better results. The strongest campaigns prove they work before they scale. By Andrew Goodman Published on July 16, 2026 Most paid media campaigns shouldn’t launch with the biggest budget you can afford. Spending aggressively before you’ve validated performance often leads to higher acquisition costs, slower optimization, and weaker stakeholder … Continue reading Don’t confuse ad spend with marketing performance
July 16, 2026 Truth Social is selling real-time access to posts that could move the markets BY Anna-Louise Jackson Wall Street banks and trading firms will soon receive President Donald Trump’s musings within milliseconds, as the parent company of Truth Social announced a new service on Thursday that’s targeted toward paying institutional clients. Trump Media & … Continue reading Truth Social is selling real-time access to posts that could move the markets
July 16, 2026 What is a micro-cap IPO—and why are they disappearing from the stock market? BY Jennifer Mattson We are at an inflection point, a moment when AI-driven mega IPOs are flooding the market—from SpaceX to the frenzy surrounding OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s upcoming initial public offerings. Meanwhile, smaller micro-cap IPOs are vanishing. Micro-cap IPOs are … Continue reading What is a micro cap IPO, and why are they disappearing from the stock market?
Microsoft Sees Paid-Search Ad Media Buys Rise by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, July 16, 2026 Media buyers spent 7% more on Microsoft Advertising paid search ads in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the year-ago quarter, according to data released this week. While search cost-per-click (CPC) growth has been weak for Google in recent … Continue reading Microsoft Sees Paid-Search Ad Media Buys Rise
A look at how Web Push advertising is adapting in 2026 through better compliance, stronger traffic quality, and more mature market growth. By RollerAds Published on July 16, 2026 Predictability is not the exact adjective we can apply to Push notifications. One day, they are at their all-time high; another, Google rolls out an … Continue reading Web Push advertising in 2026: Market trends and challenges by RollerAds
Lead volume shows activity. Relationship-led metrics reveal if marketing improves pipeline quality, win rates, and long-term growth. By Tanya Thorson Published on July 15, 2026 Marketing always treated the funnel like the finish line. Generate the lead. Score the lead. Pass the lead. Report the lead. It looked clean on a dashboard, … Continue reading Why marketers should measure relationships, not leads
Meta will alert parents if their teens discuss self harm with Meta AI tools The company is also building the ability to contact emergency services if a user may be at imminent risk of harming themselves. By Mariella Moon July 16, 2026 Meta Meta is expanding its safeguards for teen users in an effort to … Continue reading Meta will alert parents is their teens discuss self harm
July 16, 2026 When not to use AI at work BY Art Markman Companies are investing a lot of money in AI resources right now in the hope that it will enhance people’s performance and make organizations function more efficiently. Because of the size of the investment, there is pressure for people to engage with artificial … Continue reading When not to use AI at work
Many companies try to fix everything before using AI. Learn why starting with one important problem works better. By Shiv Gupta Published on July 15, 2026 Most discussions about AI readiness eventually turn into discussions about data. That makes sense. AI needs data that’s accessible, organized, secure, and reliable enough to support decisions. … Continue reading Why AI-ready data infrastructure is so hard to build
