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Previous Issues
- MBD114: Google's AEO/GEO Guidelines: What They Mean for Your Marketing Strategy
26 October 2025 | Issue #114 In this issue: Here's How to Get Listed in AEO/GEO Claude Gets Some New Skills Prompt Injection Poses Real Security Risk for AI Browser Agents Marketing Adoption of AI Tools Hits 60% Daily Usage Among Professionals Generative AI in Healthcare Projected to Reach $14.2B by 2034 Google Just Killed 90% of the Internet (and Nobody is Talking About it) Curious About AI Browsers? Read This Before You Try Them New Book by Lee Densmer Design Quote of the Week Midjourney...Read more - MBD113: Is Your Marketing Effective?
12 October 2025 | Issue #113 In this issue: Is Your Marketing Effective? Is Affinity Going the Subscription Route? No, AI Isn't Making Engineers 10x More Productive Book Cover Design Help Is Design Dying? Evolving Content Without Losing the Human Touch I've been on a bunch of podcasts recently. Have you listened? Design Quote of the Week Midjourney prompt: an archer hits a bullseye. A vibrant, high-contrast illustration using flat vector-style shading with neon and duotone color blocking. The...Read more
- MBD112: Do You Give Compliments Without an Ask?
5 October 2025 | Issue #112 In this issue: A Compliment With an Ask Isn't a Compliment News The Unofficial LinkedIn Algorithm Guide for Marketers Slideshare is Back (kinda) How AI Changes Your Customers Delta, YouTube Ink Inflight Entertainment Partnership Where Has the Money Gone in Creative Industries? Citi Trains 175,000 Employees on AI Prompts AI Shame: 57% of Workers Hide Their AI Use 500 Episodes of Marketing Shenanigans Have You Tried Sora 2 Yet? I have many appearances in the next few...Read more
- MBD111: The AI Hype Cycle, What it Really Means
28 September 2025 | Issue #111 In this issue: The AI Hype Cycle, What it Really Means Canva in the Workplace Survey (part 3) Your Visuals Are Either Making You Money, or Costing You Are You Marketing to a Buyer, or a Buying Center? Looking to Print Some Merch? I've Got a Guy How Saturated Colors Impact Consumer Behavior—And Waste Apple working on MCP support to enable agentic AI on Mac, iPhone, and iPad I have many appearances in the next few weeks! Design Quote of the Week Midjourney Prompt:...Read more
- MBD110: When Your Tools Update Faster Than You Do
21 September 2025 | Issue #110 In this issue: Google's Monthly "Demand Gen Drops": Why Continuous Updates Beat Big Announcements Canva in the Workplace Survey (part 2) The State of Visual Communications Report Video is Invisible to AI Don't Treat AI Rollouts Like Any other IT Project Burn the Playbook Design Quote of the Week Midjourney prompt: a line of people are waiting to get into a nightclub. The camera is at street level. A vibrant, high-contrast illustration using flat vector-style...Read more
- MBD109: PowerPoint vs. Canva
14 September 2025 | Issue #109 In this issue: PowerPoint vs. Canva: Should You Make the Switch? Canva in the Workplace Survey MIT AI Survey: Beyond the Hot Takes The Ultimate Guide to Website Color Schemes Kit Hikes Prices, Creators Revolt Where AI Gets Its Facts [Infographic] How AI Changes Your Customers Design Quote of the Week Midjourney prompt: two boxers are fighting it out. The camera is at eye level. A vibrant, high-contrast illustration using flat vector-style shading with neon and...Read more