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š² Two newsletters in one week!?!
Don't panic š¤Ŗ
Yes I know, two newsletters in one week, so why you ask; I took feedback that Monday might be a little late to send and share the must reads, although I target timeless and important posts, letās see how Fridayās works out.
š Five Must Reads š
Duke of Cambridge challenges football clubs to do more for mental health š¤
E-sports revenue is going to top $1billion (yes with a b) in 2019 š¾
Leaving facebook does have a positive effect on your mental health (who would have thought it) š
How the worlds most prolific art thieve stole over $1.4 billion worth of art š
ā¤ļø Marketing / Growth / Advertising ā¤ļø
In save a click news; YouTube have disabled comments from child friendly content (easier to change part of the product not the algorithm), reddit is testing tips for redditors, Facebook workplace (their version of slack) has over 2 million customers, even with their questionable actions, Blackberry (yeah those guys) is suing Twitter for 6 patent infringements - means Twitter might have to change, TikTok had over 1billion downloads in 2018, whatsapp is going to have its own crypto coin, its how Facebook is going to make its money from messaging and Twitter is going to allow hiding your replies from timelines.
āCost-Cutting and Zero-Based Budgetingā - new cartoon and post on how we canāt cut our way to growth marketoonist.com/2019/02/zbb.htā¦
#marketing#ZBB#cartoon— Tom Fishburne (@tomfishburne)
Feb 25, 2019
The worst job in the world was uncovered this weekā¦.. a Facebook mod
Dave Trott dropped a huge knowledge bomb on being a ābrandā and the importance of it
Can and is Instagramming your cool kid a living, yes very much so
How influencers are driving the food scene in New York (via weChat)
How BMW are creating relevant and snackable content to be more relevant in the sales funnelĀ
How the new 2.5-by-2.5-inch advertising patches on NBA players vests generated $150m and expecting to increase next season
Wondering what the most popular instagram posts are? Well even if you arenāt here they areĀ
The efforts and lengths some Instagrammers go to for amazing pics
šµ Business šµ
All @Medium paywalled stories are now free and unmetered when youāre coming from Twitter.
— Ev (@ev)
Feb 27, 2019
Microsoftās internal warā¦over an army contract, leads to CEO having to defend itās position (this trend is likely to continue)
A map of journalism shows how journalists mean many things across multiple disciplinesĀ
After being the most popular article in the newsletter history (how much does an Uber driver make) - here is a day in the life of a delivery driver for US service Post Mates
š„¶ Innocent wins tweet of the week āļø
IT'S 2Ā°C NOW. IT'S 18Ā°C LATER. TODAY YOU NEED:
Big coat
Shorts
Scarf
Sunglasses
Skis
Flip flops
Umbrella
SPF 30
Central heating
Air con
Sledge
Beach towel
Snow shovel
Bucket and spade
Roaring fire
BBQ
Snow plough
Ice cream van
And at least nineteen pockets to carry it all— innocent drinks (@innocent)
Feb 26, 2019
š Product š
On device AI: Google assistant is going to get smarter and include suggestion chips but promises it is not reading your texts
Horror Movie Plot? Lime (last mile bike company) confirms a firmware bug causes excessive breaking
One of my favourite product leaders Michael Sippey writes on how medium works for their writers and how their paywall works
š¤My Ponderings š¤
Dream Crazier? I shared the latest Nike advert on LinkedIn and Twitter (my pleasure Nike, with 19500 views, 170 likes, 121 reshares and some trolling) it got quite a lot of positive attention, it is interesting how different social networks posts have a much longer lifespan, LinkedInās native video upload is well a test. LinkedIn has had an increase in engagement by 60% YoY and is doing everything to serve you more relevant content and connect you with more people, unlike Twitter and other networks connecting their community with content is essential and their newsfeed is only improving. Ā Here is a good article on Nikeās week