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Half of Reddit's 185M weekly US users are now women, many planning car purchases. Three in five expect to buy within two years, and one in four within 6 to 12 months. Reddit is the top platform female car buyers trust, with 68% preferring real people's insights over comparison sites. Two-thirds want brands to share product details, and many engage in auto and life-planning communities where intent is high. Providing useful content and joining discussions through AMAs and Conversation Ads helps brands connect with buyers as they decide.
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Analyzing server logs for ChatGPT-User bot visits can reveal what topics real ChatGPT users are prompting about. This provides a data-driven alternative to unreliable third-party prompt volume estimates. Websites can identify which subjects attract the most AI-driven attention by filtering logs for ChatGPT-User activity and clustering pages by topic using LLMs or vector embeddings. Comparing bot visits with human referral traffic highlights whether content is informative but unengaging or blocked from bot access.
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<strong>How Thought Leadership ads drive PLG growth on LinkedIn (2 minute read)</strong>
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About 80% of the LinkedIn budget goes to Thought Leadership ads that drive strong PLG signups with minimal CTAs. Edited posts with clear next steps and tested objectives perform best, with Engagement outperforming Reach. Diverse voices, a creator engine, and persona targeting keep content relevant, while frequent rotation prevents fatigue. Next steps include adding visuals for brand recall and featuring more employees, customers, and micro-influencers.
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<strong>Winning With Pinterest Ads: How to Increase Your B2C Sales (12 minute read)</strong>
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Pinterest advertising presents a cost-effective alternative to Meta and TikTok, especially for businesses targeting planners and DIY consumers. Its visual search structure supports long-lived campaign assets, enabling ongoing reach well beyond the paid window. Brands should lead with high-performing offers, repurpose content with Pinterest-specific formatting, and structure campaigns to guide users from discovery to purchase. Strategic use of the Pinterest tag, interest targeting, and act-alike audiences increases effectiveness and creates retargeting opportunities.
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Sociable is a social media automation tool that helps brands identify trending content, place timely top comments, and automate replies across platforms. It filters content relevant to a brand, predicts viral potential, and tracks impressions and interactions. The platform supports outbound community engagement, allows for on-brand AI-generated responses, manages DMs, and provides analytics.
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<strong>Let AI do the hard parts of your holiday shopping (4 minute read)</strong>
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Google is expanding its AI-driven shopping capabilities to simplify purchase journeys and reduce friction during the holiday season. Key upgrades include conversational search in AI Mode with dynamic product comparisons, integration of shoppable insights in the Gemini app, and agentic tools that automate local inventory checks and price-based checkouts. These features leverage the Shopping Graph and Duplex technology to increase conversion, enhance user efficiency, and support both online and offline commerce.
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