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Previous Issues
- AD89: The Rise of AI-Built Websites; Toupee Vibes Included
20 April 2025 | Issue #89 In this issue: AI Site Builders SMBs Must Embrace Authentic Marketing What is Vibe Marketing? The Benefits of Visual Marketing slideshow Design Quote of the Week ChatGPT prompt: a robot building a website. It should show a computer screen, and on the screen a robot is moving elements of the web page around. 16:9 aspect ratio AI Site Builders I'm building a new website, so this news caught my eye. WordPress.com launched a "free" AI-builder tool. This was interesting...Read more - AD88: Challenging Yourself in Challenging Times
13 April 2025 | Issue #88 In this issue: How Are You Challenging Yourself? Social Media Ad Design Strategies for 2025 What is Vibe Coding? ChatGPT's Image Generation is Impressive The Visual Marketer: Now on Amazon! Upcoming Engagements Design Quote of the Week Collection of infographic promo images How Are You Challenging Yourself? This was another stressful week. Whether it's work, the world at large, family, or something else, I'm going to bet you dealt with some unexpected stress this...Read more
- AD87: Marvel's Marketing Mastery
30 March 2025 | Issue #87 In this issue: Marvel's Marketing Mastery Google's AI Overviews – How To The Visual Marketer: Now on Amazon! Design Quote of the Week The Men Who Stare at Chairs This was a big week if you're into entertainment distractions. Not only did we have the annual right of passage known as MLB's Opening Day (always a welcome sight for those of us who live in cold weather climates), but we also had the most interesting movie news reveal I've seen. Marvel Studios unveiled a...Read more
- AD86: The New CMO Era: Longer Tenure, Bigger Impact
23 March 2025 | Issue #86 In this issue: CMO Roles Evolving, Tenure Improving Funny AI Failure Google’s Gemini AI Can Remove Watermarks From Images The Creative Feedback Triangle The Visual Marketer: Digital Version Now Available! Design Quote of the Week Prompt: a business woman is in a conference room speaking to people who are sitting at a table (with an overlay created by) a chart showing growth over time. Multiple colors CMO Roles Evolving, Tenure Improving Chief Marketing Officers tend...Read more
- AD85: The 100-Year-Old Design Rule We’re Still Using
9 March 2025 | Issue #85 In this issue: The 100-Year-Old Design Rule We’re Still Using The Future of Visual Content in the Startup Ecosystem Learn AI-Powered SEO with ChatGPT US Copyright Office Rules on AI-Generated Work The Visual Marketer: Now Available! Design Quote of the Week (and it's a great one!) Midjourney Prompt: a bauhaus geographic design. --ar 16:9 The 100-Year-Old Design Rule We’re Still Using A century later, the Bauhaus still gets treated like the holy grail of design. The...Read more
- AD84: The Visual Marketer is Now Available
4 March 2025 | Issue #84 In this issue: The Visual Marketer: Now Available! Design Quote of the Week The Visual Marketer hardcover and paperback About a year and a half ago, I started this newsletter to help designers who were going to be displaced due to AI or DIY tools. With the rise in popularity of tools like Canva, and growth of generative AI tools, I saw warning signs for designers. This is and will be a negative to the number of professional design jobs out there. But then I started to...Read more