Hi, Welcome Welcome back April 29, 2024 Ghosted, orbited, breadcrumbed: Digital dating is hard. Here’s how to cope A pair of studies in 2004 and 2005 showed people prefer receiving negative attention over being ignored entirely. BY The Conversation Buzzwords describing the digital dating scene are all over social media. Have you been ghosted? Is someone orbiting … Continue reading Ghosted, orbited, breadcrumbed: Digital dating is hard. Here’s how to cope
Meta is offering some creators thousands of dollars in bonuses for Threads posts The exact terms of the invite-only program “may vary” for each person. karissa bell Mon, Apr 29, 2024 SOPA Images via Getty Images Meta is offering some creators thousands of dollars if they go viral on Threads. The payouts are part … Continue reading Meta is offering some creators thousands of dollars in bonuses for Threads posts
April 29, 2024 Largest wireless carriers fined nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data Carriers have allowed the use of location-data for programs like roadside assistance, logistics, medical emergency alert services, human trafficking alerts and fraud prevention. BY Reuters The Federal Communications Commission on Monday fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers nearly $200 million for … Continue reading Largest wireless carriers fined nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data
April 29, 2024 ChatGPT wants to remember everything you’ve told it OpenAI tries to fill a major blind spot in chatbots: their lack of long-term knowledge about the user. BY Mark Sullivan OpenAI announced on Monday that its popular ChatGPT chatbot will now remember user details including basic information, hobbies, and prompt history. The chatbot’s enhanced … Continue reading ChatGPT wants to remember everything you’ve told it
See how the MarTechBot responds to a prompt and how the prompt can be improved. Today: CDPs and other tools that help unify data. MarTechBot on April 29, 2024 Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. The language model is based on content … Continue reading Unifying first-party data using CDPs and other tools: Best of the MarTechBot
April 29, 2024 Walgreens scores a viral candy TikTok hit with these peelable gummies It’s a bit of much-needed sweet news for the drugstore chain, which has had more sour press lately. BY Sarah Bregel Despite TikTok’s uncertain future, it’s still continuing to set social media trends, and the latest one is a mango gummy candy … Continue reading Walgreens scores a viral candy TikTok hit with these peelable gummies
Wendy Werve and Jim Clark explain how to better understand customers, with video highlights from The MarTech Conference. Chris Wood on April 29, 2024 Digital marketers are facing an increasingly regulated environment when it comes to reaching the right customer at the right time. And this new environment exists for a reason — consumers … Continue reading 3 ways brands can build trust with privacy-concerned consumers
April 29, 2024 Patagonia wants you to stop buying crap A new film from the clothing company underscores our mass consumption problem—while subtly marketing its clothes. BY Elizabeth Segran The quality of most products on the market today is utter crap. And it’s getting worse with time. It’s particularly obvious with clothing. Sweaters are largely made … Continue reading Patagonia wants you to stop buying crap
April 29, 2024 Why civility at work is good—and good for business Industry experts share techniques for cultivating a positive work experience BY FastCo Works Incivility is on the rise, fueled by factors such as widening political divides and less-than-social behavior on social media platforms. While uncivil behavior takes an emotional toll on people, it’s also … Continue reading Why civility at work is good—and good for business
April 29, 2024 3 (kind of easy) ways to totally transform the hiring process Hiring is broken. On the latest episode of The New Way We Work, we ask: What if we burned it down and started over? Career expert Kimberly Brown imagines that new world with us. BY Kathleen Davis One of the fundamental … Continue reading 3 (kind of easy) ways to totally transform the hiring process
