Podcast Episodes

Earlier this month, a TikTok video of mine went viral — and it turned into a large-scale tourism marketing campaign. Steve Dotto chats with me about how the TikTok algorithm works, and if this "lightning in a bottle" can be reproduced. . 📰 Get our free daily...

This week: Why a blowout Super Bowl game is tanking ad recall… Meta and X are caught approving AI-generated ads referencing hate crimes… YouTube's ditching interruptive ad mid-rolls… Instagram has some major algorithm drama… Plus, is a Reels app in the works? . 📰 Get...

This week: TikTok’s ad manager gets a big upgrade… Spotify’s ad biz is tanking despite a profitable year… Google’s throwing cash at you to try its ad product, and Meta tests a dislike button to bury the haters. . 📰 Get our free daily newsletter 🌍 Follow us on social...

This week, our Google Ads correspondent Jyll Saskin-Gales is here to discuss the introduction of negative keywords in Performance Max campaigns, the new DemandGen campaign type, and the ability to exclude demographics in PMAX. . 📰 Get our free daily newsletter 🌍...

This week: The hack to get your brand web traffic from Reddit... big changes to Google's Local Services Ads... Will YouTube's milestone this week change your video ad creative? And it's happened folks — unskippable ads playing... in your car. . 📰 Get our free daily...

Our Meta ads correspondent Andrew Foxwell joins Tod to discuss the big changes to Meta's Advantage+ campaigns, including the trustworthiness of Meta's AI recommendations, and the impact on advertisers using API access. . 📰 Get our free daily newsletter 🌍 Follow us on...

This week — big changes to Meta's main ad product, Google's AI is causing traffic to some web sites to plummet, the simple URL hack that can boost your local listings, and why are Google reviews disappearing? . 📰 Get our free daily newsletter 🌍 Follow us on social...

Tod chats with Jeremy Yang — co-author of a new paper that proposes a new metric for influencer marketing. His paper's "PE Score" measures how well a product is integrated into videos and its potential impact on sales. In this episode, they explore the methodology...

This week — you can now rent the very top of YouTube by the hour… The cost to advertise on Meta’s platform is up 14%... Busting a common myth about page titles and SEO… And the hack to remove Google's AI summaries that your mother will hate. . 📰 Get our free daily...

Dr. Robert Smith joins Tod to discus his recent research on how enjoyment in the production process impacts buyers and sellers. The study reveals that buyers perceive higher quality and are willing to pay more when they know a product was made with passion....

This week — ads are finally coming to Threads... how TikTok's crazy week affected its advertisers... a whole bunch of Performance Max updates... and the branding mistake you might be making that is hurting your sales. . 📰 Get our free daily newsletter 🌍 Follow us on...

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) have become buzzwords in many industries, especially as consumers increasingly demand greater representation and fairness from brands. But the practice has also become a political landmine. How do companies’ decisions to post about...