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This weekās newsletter is packed full of brain food from reality TV ā”ļø the future of SMS is being spammed already ā”ļø why the future of food is still community-based.
As a reminder, iām Danny Denhard, Marketing Leadership Coach & company Advisor. I help companies and their people grow. Want to talk about how I can help you? Hit contact please
In this newsletter, I share the must read articles, blog posts, videos and thought-provoking social media shares so you donāt have to sit in your social media feeds.
Must Read Stories Of The Week
āWork Must Readsā
Ask Yourself: If I Were To Take Over The Company Tomorrow What Would I Do? š¤ - Read More
How Amazon Tracks Its Employees ā°
Amazonās practises have come under scrutiny for many years but Viceās article might just have created a huge š©storm in their time tracking techniques and highlighting why so many injuries occur
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Love Island Double Edge Sword āļø
ITVās gem love island started again this week. I was asked to comment on the importance of the show, the sponsors and why brands have to be careful when associating with a show as high profile and culture-defining (or polarising) as Love Island.
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RCS - Already Spammed š¬
RCS is Rich Communication Services, its telecoms (Google + others basically) way of improving functionality within SMS (with 500m users already using it). Its push in India backfired as itās become a centre point for spam and nuance texts. Google has even had to stop the service as it got so bad. Whereās there is new tech, there will be abuseā¦unfortunately.
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The Influence Of Social Media & Public Opinion š„
A primer on the impact of the court of public opinion and why the Deppford Wives have impacted the future of court cases
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Harryās Style šµ
182,000 Vinylās soldā¦which helped push 'Harry's House' past $7.26 million (Ā£5.53m) for his first week's of release revenue. Harry Styles smashed it (oh and his album is actually a good pop album ā yeah I said it )
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The Impact Of Movies On Real Lifeā¦šæ
āLife Must Readsā
Djokovic Vs Nadal š¾
This is possibly one of the best blog/articles I have read in a long time. Full of passion, full of beautiful flowing sentences and importantly a celebration of two of the greatest ever tennis players. An article like this is why I always wanted to be a sports journalist
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LinkedInās Lost Opportunity āļø
Being an actual network builder...Slacks win (discord in gaming & crypto etc) free groups created within networked niches. Some actually thriving and helping others find jobs and self-improvement
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The Future Of Food Experience š„ A good look at how foodhalls are being reimagined in NYC - Read More
Smart Gucci Health? š
What Gucciās movement into health rings tells you about brands. The absolute need to be connected to more moments and those moments are health-related
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Interesting Stat I Found This Week š
2022 Must Read Themes:
Web3: At the start of the year, I called out a few essential themes, web3 was one of these and here is a good video to watch on why we are actually at web2.5, not web3.
Buy Now Pay Later: I am hard on BNPL and rightly so, itās credit and most taking it do not know the fees associated, hereās two good reads, why Apple are doing BNPL itself (very smart) & why debt is racking up for gen z (they donāt understand the service)
Well Worth The Watch āÆ
What actually happens after TikTok songs go viral
2020 was the year TikTok blew up (1500 songs alone went viral)ā¦āitās not ending at 1m views, itās starting at 1m viewsā and ended up with +9b views
Ā» Recent Must Reads From Me: Learning From Coinbase Culture Of āAnti Wokeā // Org design matters // What Apple and co have got wrong with 3 days a week in office // Instagramās TED Talk Teases Future Of Creators?!? // How to present your marketing funnel to your c-suite // The 12 steps to developing your department for future successes // CMOās use your common sense //
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