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When it comes to adding a creative touch to your typography designs, a marker font goes a long way to make your designs look more original and hand-crafted. Marker fonts, however, are more than just about that handmade look. They also help show your personality as well as the fun and relaxed side of your brand. We found a collection of awesome marker fonts that have all those qualities. You’ll find all kinds of marker fonts with different styles here that are suitable for everything from creative personal…

Meta is giving advertisers more ways to reach WhatsApp users by combining click-to-message ads with Status placements, offering a new path to spark conversations with potential customers. Ads will now appear in WhatsApp’s Updates tab (home to Status and Channels) and, when tapped, send users directly into a business chat. The expansion builds on Meta’s June launch of Status ads, which run between full-screen updates from friends. Why we care. Meta is turning WhatsApp into a stronger ad channel, blending full-screen Status placements with click-to-message ads that drive users directly into chats. With 100 million U.S. users and early global…

More than 4,000 pedestrians lost their lives in just five states in 2023, according to new research from Bader Law. California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, and New York recorded the highest numbers of pedestrian deaths, together accounting for a disproportionate share of the nation’s fatalities. The total in these states rivals the entire national death toll from just two decades ago, underscoring the severity of the current pedestrian safety crisis. Where Walking Is Deadliest The study found that five states stand far above the rest when it comes to pedestrian deaths: California – 1,100 deaths, concentrated in Los Angeles and San…

Key takeaways Tubi for Creators opens a scalable path for digital-native storytellers to transition into Hollywood-level distribution without losing creative control. The program strengthens Tubi’s competitive stance against TikTok, Prime Video, and other platforms investing in creator-driven content. With 100M monthly viewers, Tubi offers creators built-in distribution while experimenting with funding models and potential exclusives. By aligning creators with audience “content rabbit holes” (horror, comedy, teen drama), Tubi ensures strong resonance with existing fandoms. The move positions Tubi as both a streamer and a facilitator of the broader creator economy, blurring lines with traditional studios. By investing in long-form creator…

Boost your skills with Growth Memo’s weekly expert insights. Subscribe for free! Here’s what I’m covering this week: How to build user personas for SEO from data you already have on hand. You can’t treat personas as a “brand exercise” anymore. In the AI-search era, prompts don’t just tell you what users want; they reveal who’s asking and under what constraints. If your pages don’t match the person behind the query and connect with them quickly – their role, risks, and concerns they have, and the proof they require to resolve the intent – you’re likely not going to win…

Business reports can span a wide array of use cases. You need everything from large annual reports to single-page product sheets. Not to mention all manner of niche documents. There’s often a time crunch when putting these reports together. That means less time for crafting a detail-oriented design from scratch. So, how can you balance the need for efficiency and a great look? The business and corporate report templates in this collection are the perfect solution. They’re predesigned and built for customization and work with popular Adobe apps, including InDesign and Photoshop. Check out the options below, choose your favorites,…

Barry Schwartz is the CEO of RustyBrick and a technologist, a New York Web service firm specializing in customized online technology that helps companies decrease costs and increase sales. Barry is also the founder of the Search Engine Roundtable and the News Editor of Search Engine Land. He is well known & respected for his expertise in the search marketing industry. He only provides consulting services to expert SEOs and also performs search marketing expert witness services. Barry graduated from the City University of New York and lives with his family in the NYC region. You can follow Barry on…

Penske Media – which owns Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Variety — is suing Google. Google is accused of stealing Penske’s journalism to power its AI-generated summaries in search. Why we care. This is the first lawsuit by a major U.S. publisher targeting Google’s AI Overviews, which have negatively impacted traffic and revenue for various types of sites. Another publisher, MailOnline, reported that AI Overviews were responsible for a 56% CTR drop. What’s happening. Penske Media’s lawsuit, filed Friday in D.C. federal court, claims Google forces publishers to accept the use of their content in AI summaries or risk being buried in…

Real-time dashboards are decision assistants, not passive displays. In environments like fleet management, healthcare, and operations, the cost of a delay or misstep is high. Karan Rawal explores strategic UX patterns that shorten time-to-decision, reduce cognitive overload, and make live systems trustworthy.I once worked with a fleet operations team that monitored dozens of vehicles in multiple cities. Their dashboard showed fuel consumption, live GPS locations, and real-time driver updates. Yet the team struggled to see what needed urgent attention. The problem was not a lack of data but a lack of clear indicators to support decision-making. There were no priorities,…

Email open rate has long been considered the litmus test of email marketing effectiveness. But in today’s privacy-first digital landscape, that metric isn’t always as accurate—or as useful—as it used to be. Still, open rate remains a critical indicator of campaign health, message resonance, and sender trust. As someone who’s been helping brands elevate their digital strategies through content and automation, I’ve seen firsthand how improving open rates can transform email from a forgotten channel into a core revenue driver. The information I have gathered below breaks down the benchmarks, the myths, and the modern tactics that work—backed by industry…