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Previous Issues
- MBD120: The Biggest Marketing Campaign of 2026
12 January 2025 | Issue #120 In this issue: The Biggest Marketing Campaign of the Year Top AI Image Generators for 2026 Design Quote of the Week Have you been watching the biggest marketing campaign of the year? It’s been running for a couple of weeks and it still has 11 months to go. Did you miss the five-and-a-half-hour livestream that kicked this off back in March of 2025? We’re already 9 months into this promotion, and it hasn’t even really started yet. After a few rocky years, Marvel is...Read more - MBD119: The Best AI Image Tools for 2026, Compared and Evaluated
29 December 2025 | Issue #119 In this issue: Breaking down the top AI visualization tools: ChatGPT 5.2 Midjourney 7 Firefly 5 Meta AI Gemini 3 (Nano Banana) Stable Diffusion (Base) Canva AI The Visual Marketer Now in Full Color The Visual Marketer is one of the top marketing books of the year Design Quote of the Week AI Image Generators for 2026 With the number of image generators available and the speed at which these models are improving, it's impossible to keep up unless you're using them...Read more
- MBD118: Are We Done With Each Other?
14 December 2025 | Issue #118 In this issue: Together, Apart: The Quiet Loss of Communal Joy AI Search Ate Marketing OpenAI is in Trouble AI Could do 17% of Jobs Today The Modern Marketing Multitasker [Infographic] The Fisher-Price My First AI The Best Tool I Adopted This Year Canva: Creativity in the Age of AI The Visual Marketer Now in Full Color The Visual Marketer is one of the top marketing books of the year Design Quote of the Week Together, Apart: The Quiet Loss of Communal Joy I’ve...Read more
- MBD117: Is ChatGPT the MySpace of AI?
01 December 2025 | Issue #117 In this issue: Is ChatGPT the MySpace of AI? Cookie Banners Are Going To Get Less Annoying Don't Let Google AI Determine Your Ads Pinterest is Intentional, Joyful Marketing Skills Designers Need Quibi Was Right! Make Creative QR Codes Need a Free Business Advisor/Strategist? The Visual Marketer is one of the top marketing books of the year Design Quote of the Week Prompt: at end of email Is ChatGPT the MySpace of AI? Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen...Read more
- MBD116: "I Love That They Used Real People!"
09 November 2025 | Issue #116 In this issue: Apple TV's New Visual Identity is Real Beyond SEO: How AI Is Changing Content Discoverability in 2025 "Job Creation is Pretty Close to Zero" Godfather of AI Says Tech Giants Can Only Profit from AI if Humans are Replaced AI Layoffs and The Uncertainty Flywheel Godfather of AI Says Tech Giants Can Only Profit from AI if Humans are Replaced Affinity Cheat Sheet Your Data is Being Used to Train ChatGPT, Unless ... Add Claude to Excel Affinity Added 1m...Read more
- MBD115: Canva Is Using Adobe's Own Playbook to Destroy Them
02 November 2025 | Issue #115 In this issue: Canva vs. Adobe Wistia Videos are Visible to ChatGPT People are Looking for the Next Marketo Marketing Adoption of AI Tools Hits 60% Daily Usage Among Professionals The Designer's Job Hunt Checklist The Golden Ratio Goes Viral Design Quote of the Week Midjourney Prompt: David is facing off against Goliath. Goliath towers over David. A vibrant, high-contrast illustration using flat vector-style shading with neon and duotone color blocking. The...Read more