Web Jawn Bonus Finds For April 14, 2023

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Welcome to the first issue of the Web Jawn Bonus Finds! This is for paying members of Marketing Junto. If you got forwarded this and want this in your inbox every Tuesday, consider supporting Marketing Junto!

The content below was originally paywalled.

• Google Devising Radical Search Changes to Beat Back A.I. Rivals
  What’s shocking is that Google is slowly falling behind Bing and its other AI rivals. Samsung might even make Bing the default search on its phones!!!!

• United Nations CITO: Artificial intelligence will be humanity’s final innovation
  Dan Patterson is a great technology writer, this piece was recently published in his Substack newsletter. It’s originally from a 2016 article he did for Tech Republic. I think it’s worth sharing out, he clearly does.

• The World of AI Deepfakes is Coming
  I agree with the author, I don’t think AI is going to take over the world. I think it’s the humans using AI that we have to be worried about.

• Long sales cycles, the #1 enemy of SEO attribution
  Kevin Indig is on of my favorite SEO pontificators. In his latest post he highlights the #1 enemy of attributing success in SEO — the LONG sales cycle. He talks about how SEOs and marketers can work around it. Clearly worth a read.

• Elon Musk Describes Twitter Acquisition as ‘Quite Painful’ in Unexpected Interview With BBC
  Elon, it’s been even more painful to watch. Ugh! What a train wreck!

• How To Bring A Community Back To Life
  David Sprinks, literally wrote the book on community. This is a long but excellent article to read up on how to bring your stagnant communities back from the dead.

• Twitter’s ad revenue will fall drastically this year, according to estimates
  Not surprised. It doesn’t think it’s coming back.

• NPR is leaving Twitter after ‘state-affiliated media’ label debacle
  NPR broke up with Twitter yesterday. This will be a good thing.

• As NPR Exits, It Becomes Increasingly Clear That Elon Musk Doesn’t Understand Twitter
  Parker Malloy has a great point. But it’s quite clear Musk doesn’t understand much, especially Twitter. 😒😜

• Why Substack Notes is nothing like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or TikTok
  Mike Elgan, one of my favorite journalists, makes a good point about Substack’s new Notes feature. I’m still wary to invest too much into it, but I see where he’s coming from.

• Breakout e-commerce startups are booming in cities outside of traditional hubs
  I can see this happening right in my backyard here in the Philadelphia suburbs.

• 7 of the Best ChatGPT Prompts for Podcasters
  These can be handy

See you tomorrow with the big newsletter!