Let’s go through the latest in digital marketing news, resources, tools, and jobs…

Spain becomes first country in Europe to ban social media for under-16s
Sawdah Bhaimiya
Spain became the latest country to announce a social media ban for under-16s, following in Australia’s footsteps. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Spain will enforce a series of strict measures that will hold the leaders of tech firms legally accountable for harms to users.

What Facebook’s New Link Rules Mean for Your 2026 Strategy
Michael Stelzner
Michael goes through what Facebook's new link posting limits mean for your strategy, how Meta's $2 billion AI acquisition will impact your marketing, and why Meta just released professional audio editing tools.

Threads SEO: The missing link in your social media marketing strategy
Kimberly Steele
Kimberly explains how to use Threads SEO to connect social media search, digital marketing, and optimization strategies that drive traffic and build brand authority.

“I Have 22K Followers on LinkedIn — Here's How You Can Grow Your Following, Too”
Tamilore Oladipo
Tamilore shares what she's learned about growing a LinkedIn following and making it work harder for your social strategy.

Google Ads Now Requires Multi-Party Approval to Stop Hijacking
Hana Kobzová
Google Ads has published a new help page on Multi-party approval, which adds an extra layer of security to account management. The feature requires a second administrator to approve high-risk actions like adding or removing users or changing user roles.

Social media advertising: Cost, benefits, and tips for 2026
Christina Newberry, Cedric Bruce-Kotey
Christina and Cedric go through how to use social media advertising to achieve real business results and get the most out of your ad budget.

Where Are My Google Ads Showing? A Guide to Placement Reports & Exclusions
Jyll Saskin Gales
Jyll shares how to find Google Ads placement reports for Display, YouTube, Demand Gen, and Performance Max campaigns, and how to use account-level exclusion lists.

Google Ad Revenue Up 14% - Google's Biggest Revenue & Ad Revenue Yet
Barry Schwartz
Google’s Q4 2025 earnings report showed ad revenues up by 14% at $82.3 billion, and overall revenue was up 17% at $113.8 billion. Anat Ashkenazi said, "Advertising results were negatively affected from the lapping of the strong spend on the U.S. election in the fourth quarter of 2024".

15 Simple Rules to Turn Generic AI Content Into Something Useful
Adrienne Kmetz
AI content often sounds fine but says nothing. Adrienne shares 15 editing rules that show how to cut fluff, meet intent, add clarity, and make AI drafts actually useful.

Is boilerplate content ok for SEO
Ilana Davis
Content that has been duplicated elsewhere on your store or on the Internet isn't as valuable as unique content. Ilana goes through why that is. 

Why Dashboards Mislead Your Marketing (And What To Do Before Using AI)
Ann Gynn
Marketers who stare only at dashboards will likely crash their brand’s strategies with mispend and misaligned activities. However, if you create this foundation for the data strategy, AI can help with proactive recommendations.

Framework for AI-Generated Content That Doesn't Suck
Gianluca Fiorelli
Gianluca shares a no-BS framework for AI content that ranks, reads well, and doesn’t suck—tested across Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot with real prompts that scale.

Meta Announces Discovery Improvements for Creator Marketplace
Andrew Hutchinson
Meta has announced some updates for its Creator Marketplace: improved recommendations, similar creators, ads performance indicator badge, and more. 

YouTube: Unlocking a global audience with auto dubbing
Chandralekha Motati
YouTube says that Auto dubbing is now available to everyone, with an expanded library of 27 languages. This will provide more opportunities for YouTubers to reach expanded audiences by translating their content for various audiences.

30 Use Cases for B2B Influencer Marketing in 2026
Lee Odden
Lee goes through over 30 proven use cases for B2B influencer marketing that can deliver results across the customer journey.

In the shadow of Khaby Lame’s deal, marketers face hard questions about influence and value
Seb Joseph
“Belief in proxies and partial visibility remains the currency everyone’s trading in, whether they’re buying media or underwriting a creator’s enterprise value”.

​​Winning Ecommerce Organic Search in an AI Era: What are the shifts, and what works in 2026?​
Aleyda Solis
Let’s go through the specific AI shifts for ecommerce search, the current winners and what can we do to win.​

Google’s Search Quality Rater Guidelines and YMYL in the Age of AI Search​
Francine Monahan 
Francine discusses how AI Search is impacting Google’s search quality rater guidelines and shares some YMYL AI searches to see how their citations stack up.

​How to optimize your website for the agentic web​
Crystal Carter 
If you want your brand to survive this transition, you must move beyond traditional content discovery and build for agentic compatibility. Crystal shares how to optimize your website for the agentic web with this step-by-step guide.​