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Meta's Muse AI Agent Connects to Shopify, QuickBooks and Your Meta Ads
Meta's AI agent now plugs into your ad account, your store and your books. Here's what Muse for Small Business connects to, what it costs, and where to keep a human in the loop.
Meta Calls AI for Businesses Its Next Major Pillar
Meta is turning the AI behind its apps into products companies can deploy themselves, and hired MongoDB's CEO to run it. Here's what's confirmed, and what isn't yet.
Every Big App Refused the Musk Movie Ad. Then Meta Called It an Error
A film studio couldn't buy ads for its Elon Musk documentary on any major platform. Two reversals later, the real story is how automated ad review works, and what to do when it blocks you.
Meta's Ad Engine Sees Lookalike Creatives as the Same Ad, Agencies Say
Swapping the caption or on-screen text isn't a new ad in Meta's eyes. Agencies say the system groups lookalike creative together. Here's what counts as genuinely different.
Meta's Muse AI Just Learned How to Manage Your Instagram
Meta's personal AI agent can now plug into Instagram. It gives strategy tips, sizes up collab offers and drafts a creative playbook. Here's what it does, and where to keep a human in charge.
Google Just Turned Vertical Video Into One Buy
Google's Display & Video 360 can now buy and measure vertical video across channels in one place, with Gemini running the buying. Early test numbers look strong, with some caveats.
Meta Just Put a Price Tag on the Features Businesses Want Most
Meta's new subscription, Meta One, keeps the core apps free but charges for tools businesses lean on: clickable links in posts, scheduling, team access and AI replies. Here's what each plan includes.
The Founder of Bloom Says This Is Why They Blew Up
Bloom's first customers weren't strangers. They were people who already trusted its co-founder. Then the brand scaled that trust through thousands of creators.
Social Media Agency vs. In-House Hire: Which Is Right for Your Brand?
Hiring one person feels simpler. Hiring an agency feels bigger. Neither is automatically right. Here's how to decide based on what your brand actually needs.
How to Build a Founder Brand Without Being Cringe
You don't need talking-head videos or "day in the life" vlogs. The founders people actually follow let you into a world. Here's the playbook.
What Is AEO? How Brands Get Recommended by ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity
Search is moving from ten blue links to one answer. Here's what answer engine optimization is, and what brands can actually control.
Why Founder-Led Content Is Beating the Brand Account
People follow people. The brands growing fastest online increasingly have a person at the front. Here's why, and how to do it without the cringe.
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