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Tools, tactics, platforms and courses, judged on one question: does it still get used in week four?

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Edition 07  ·  28 Oct 2026  ·  5 min 5 AI tools for marketers: keep or skip? Five things everyone is shouting about, judged on whether they survive a real working week. Read  → Edition 06  ·  14 Oct 2026  ·  4 min 7 Instagram settings worth changing today Most of these are buried three menus deep and each takes under a minute. Read  → Edition 05  ·  16 Sep 2026  ·  5 min 6 LinkedIn habits: keep or skip? Six things marketers do on LinkedIn out of habit. Three are worth it. Read  → Edition 04  ·  19 Aug 2026  ·  6 min 4 newsletter platforms, honestly compared Which one to pick depends almost entirely on whether you plan to charge for it. Read  → Edition 03  ·  15 Jul 2026  ·  5 min 5 "AI SEO" tactics: keep or skip? A new category with a lot of confident advice and not much evidence behind it. Read  → Edition 02  ·  10 Jun 2026  ·  4 min 3 things to stop doing on Facebook Short edition. Three habits that persist long after they stopped working. Read  → Edition 01  ·  06 May 2026  ·  6 min 6 free marketing courses: keep or skip? Free courses are mostly lead magnets. Some are genuinely worth the afternoon. Read  →
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