💎 best of last week's marketing 8/5/24

inside are: nike's blunder, best search engines in 2024, sharing 2fa creds with your team and more

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happy monday the 5th!

before I dig in, I wanted to share something I’ve been working on: a directory of SEO influencers.

I curated over 100 influencers who talk about SEO – they might be agency owners, in-house SEOs, or work for Google. including some of the top pieces of content they’ve written, recorded, etc. and it’s launching soon!

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this is what I've got for you this week:

top 5 articles

👟 nike’s $25b blunder shows us the limits of “data-driven”

👴 four types of stories that sell without sounding salesy

📧 8 proven personalized email outreach techniques

🔎 24 best search engines in the world [2024 list]

🔟 10 slides you need to include in a big audience presentation

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top apps

📊 sumboard.io | create customer-facing dashboards in just a few minutes

🤫 daito | easily share 2fa creds with your team

🪝 auto ae | make videos pop with ai-generated viral hooks

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meme of the week

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I hope you found something useful in this newsletter 💎 

as always, have a wonderful week and hey, if you’re interested in SEO, sign up for the launch of the directory!

thanks! ✌🏻

tom at marketer gems

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