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How Landon Tinker Demonstrates Long-Term Commitment Through Community Service

Long-term community involvement is difficult to sustain because it depends on repetition rather than enthusiasm alone. Many people participate in volunteer efforts once or twice, but far fewer maintain the same commitment across multiple years while balancing work, family responsibilities, and changing schedules. Landon Tinker, a resident of College Station, has established that kind of consistency through seven consecutive years of volunteer construction work in Costa Rica with Youth With A Mis

Meta highlights AI glasses functions for users with disabilities

The devices offer voice controls and the ability to connect with support representatives from Tesco, Sony, Amtrak and Hilton.

LinkedIn adds AI-powered job outreach

The platform will allow HR professionals using Hiring Pro to send up to five artificial intelligence-composed InMail messages per day to top candidates.

Pinterest wants brands to start thinking about Christmas

The platform said that early strategizing for Q4 campaigns will deliver the best results, because users come to the app to plan ahead.

Meta adds new creator publishing tools

The company’s Content Planner and a bulk upload option for Reels are designed to promote more original content in its apps.

X announces creator-driven ad partnership

The app launched a program designed to connect brands with original content creators, per The Hollywood Reporter.

Meta expands advanced ad placement controls to Threads

The updated brand safety options will give advertisers more control over ad placements.

Anderson Cooper Reflects on His Time at 60 Minutes in His Final Show

Cooper’s final 60 Minutes segment was about the clash between technology and the taxi industry.

Amazon Cut Affiliate Commissions Up to 50% for Some Publishers, Leaving Them Reeling

Publishers are scrambling to reorient their commerce businesses after the tech giant also gut reporting tools.

Brand mentions: How to track and measure visibility

Brand mentions aren’t a new concept, but answer engine optimization (AEO) is giving them a different weight. Brand mentions are any online reference to your brand, product, spokesperson, or company name; right now, they’re happening in more places than most teams can track. Beyond social posts and news articles, your brand is being named in Reddit threads, podcast episodes, review sites, and increasingly inside AI-generated answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini. If you’re investing in br

DoorDash Brings On Ex-Amazon Exec as New CMO

Tim Castree takes over the role from Kofi Amoo-Gottfried

2026 Social Media Marketing Industry Report

Wonder which platforms marketers will be focusing on this year? Want to know how content mixes will change? Find out what professional marketers plan to do with their paid and organic activities, video marketing, content mixes, and AI over the next year in the 18th annual Social Media Marketing Industry Report. How Are Marketers Using […]The post 2026 Social Media Marketing Industry Report appeared first on Social Media Examiner.

EXCLUSIVE: Omnicom Advertising Creative Lead Javier Campopiano Exits Months After IPG Takeover

Javier Campopiano, global chief creative officer, global clients for Omnicom Advertising, is stepping down from his role

Visa Recruits Jason Sudeikis to Score Big at the 2026 World Cup

Visa uses humor, star power, and exclusive fan perks to own the world's biggest sporting stage.

Oscar Mayer’s Wienie 500 Goes Bigger After 500K Sales Bump

Oscar Mayer's Wienie 500 race returns with new contenders, real coaches, and its first live nationwide broadcast on Fox.

5 Controversies Cannes Lions Would Rather Forget

After a festival full of scandal in 2025, we revisit some of the biggest Cannes controversies of all time

Marketers From Adobe and Whirlpool Share What They Wish They Knew Starting Out

As the Effie Lions Foundation kicks off its inaugural Voices of the Future program, top marketers share what mentorship has meant to them.

YouTube adds chapters and title cards for CTV viewers

The updates, which also include like counts and immersive headers, are designed to improve the experience for consumers.

YouTube adds Chapters and Title Cards to CTV

The updates, which also include Like Counts and Immersive Headers for CTV, are designed to improve the experience for living room viewers.

YouTube expands likeness detection to all users over 18

The video platform has been gradually rolling out the feature to users since September as it takes proactive action against deepfakes.