👏 Give That Social Media Manager A Promotion 👏
Not all brands win but this week the award goes to the kings of stuffed crusts
As one eagle eyed reader noticed your must reads was slightly later than the usual 8.30am wake up call on Sunday.
This week’s includes Pizza Hut social media slap, Elon Musk’s staff cutting email, 35p p/h Spice Girls t-shirts, Whatsapp’s latest feature tweak and Fyre festival must watch on Netflix
❤️ Marketing ❤️
I’ve shared a few basecamp articles in the past, this is busy is the new stupid including a podcast
Love this from pizza hut
Why McDonald’s doesn’t fight back in social media exchanges (they aren’t the Amazon of food)
Does storytelling and struggling sports docs have the secret formula?
Fortnite is everyone’s biggest competitor no? Well Netflix thinks so
🤓 Business 🤓
Tesla laid off a number of staff, this is a twitter thread from a wife of an ex vet who was laid off (thanks to Californian Law)
And here is the email Elon Musk sent to the employees
The Spice Girls new T-Shirt for charity is being made for 35p p/h wages
If you are into strategy or culture this is a great read from last year
Airbnb looked at buying hotel tonight - could have been a smart move merging hotel and home tech
Is this resting pose a fix for burnout?
Is Google actually evil (Economist article behind paywall)
Should you worry about the 1% who ever contact you as a business?
🚀 Product 🚀
Google Maps latest feature reducing your speeding tickets by updating its app
Whatsapp are now curbing forwarding shares to more than 5 people
My take: It has had serious impact in India and Brazil and this is facebook ways of reducing risk and influence
Why podcast companies has a discovery issue but doesn’t have to have a new company addressing it
Worrying interview with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (For someone who runs two companies it’s a challenge to read)
🤩 Interesting Reads 🤩
Great white sharks and divers in Hawaii
How twins are getting varying DNA results
Is multitasking a myth? Good deep dive on whether its possible or too much cognitive overload
⏯ Video ⏯
I highly recommend you watch Fyre on Netflix if you are into marketing, influencers or just like to watch a car crash.
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