// signal(daily)
The daily briefing for AI marketers, growth hackers, and operators. know the x. master the f( ). drive the y.
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LIVE847
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0.47%
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t₀ today 2025-12-24
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Anthropic Launches Agent Skills as Open Standard
★ max(signal) by Esther Shittu t ≈ 4 min · AI Tools · Automation · Enterprise AI
Δ +4070 read ↗
TL;DR — Anthropic released Agent Skills as an open standard, making Claude skills portable across ChatGPT, Cursor, and other platforms. Includes prebuilt integrations with Canva, Notion, Figma, and Atlassian.
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Profound Launches Workflows for AI Search Optimization
by Profound PR t ≈ 3 min · AEO · Content Automation · AI Tools
Δ +3940 read ↗
TL;DR — Profound launched Workflows, a no-code automation platform for Answer Engine Optimization. Plaid, Stripe, and MongoDB are early customers using it to build content workflows and AEO reports at scale.
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December 2025 SEO Update: AI Search, Publisher Deals, llms.txt
by Carolyn Shelby, Alex Moss t ≈ 6 min · SEO · AI Search · Technical SEO
Δ +3710 read ↗
TL;DR — Search Console now shows YouTube and Reddit traffic. AI-powered insights suggest questions to analyze data. Google confirmed llms.txt is treated like a text file with no ranking guarantee.
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AI Search Growing, But SEO Fundamentals Still Drive Most Traffic
by Rob Tindula t ≈ 5 min · SEO · Data Analysis · Strategy
Δ +3610 read ↗
TL;DR — AI platforms drive only 2-3% of organic traffic compared to Google. Teams overinvesting in AI optimization are underperforming on proven SEO tactics that still deliver measurable results.
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Salesforce Walks Back Agentic AI Pitch for Agentforce
by AdExchanger t ≈ 4 min · Enterprise AI · Reality Check · Automation
Δ +2960 read ↗
TL;DR — Salesforce now tells customers Agentforce works best with old-school if-then automation rather than LLM reasoning. Website now promises to eliminate the inherent randomness of generative AI.
t₋1 yesterday 2025-12-23
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Automated QA and Guide Generation with AI Agents
★ max(signal) by Paige Bailey t ≈ 2 min · Agents · QA · Workflow
Δ +890 read ↗
TL;DR — Agents can navigate websites to identify user journeys and auto-generate tutorials with screenshots. A fast path for QA and documentation.
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The Gap Isn’t Intelligence — It’s Architecture
by João Moura t ≈ 2 min · Agentic Systems · Sales AI · Architecture · Human-in-the-Loop
Δ +740 read ↗
TL;DR — A production-grade agentic architecture powering every sales call: extract context, research, hallucination checks, generate outputs, keep humans in the loop, and continuously iterate. Proof that real AI value comes from system design—not raw model intelligence.
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Another Cool AI Tool
by Tool Maker t ≈ 3 min · Tools
Δ +300 read ↗
TL;DR — Short description of what this tool does.
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Marketing AI Agents Are Quietly Replacing Ops Playbooks
by Andrew Chen t ≈ 3 min · Marketing AI · Agents · MarTech Ops
Δ +1240 read ↗
TL;DR — Teams are moving from static SOPs to agent-driven execution—campaign setup, QA, and optimization handled end-to-end by AI with humans supervising.
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Reddit Marketers Ask: Should AI Own Attribution Now?
by r/marketing community t ≈ 4 min · Attribution · Analytics · AI Strategy
Δ +860 read ↗
TL;DR — A heated thread debating whether LLMs should replace rules-based attribution—key insight: trust breaks without explainability.
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Inside a $2M ARR AI Copilot Built for Growth Teams
by Pieter Levels t ≈ 2 min · AI Tools · SaaS · Growth
Δ +1530 read ↗
TL;DR — A lean breakdown of how a small team shipped an AI growth copilot—focusing on narrow jobs-to-be-done beats general-purpose marketing AI.
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The Gap Isn’t Intelligence — It’s Architecture
★ max(signal) by João Moura t ≈ 2 min · Agentic Systems · Sales AI · Architecture · Human-in-the-Loop
Δ +740 read ↗
TL;DR — A production-grade agentic architecture powering every sales call: extract context, research, hallucination checks, generate outputs, keep humans in the loop, and continuously iterate. Proof that real AI value comes from system design—not raw model intelligence.
t₋2 2 days ago 2025-12-22
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How Spotify Used AI to Increase Email Open Rates by 34%
★ max(signal) by Maria Chen t ≈ 6 min · AI · Research · Actionable
Δ +847 read ↗
TL;DR — Used Claude to generate 12 subject line variants. Personalization beats cleverness.
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OpenAI's New Marketing API Unlocks Personalized Ad Generation
sponsored by OpenAI Team t ≈ 3 min · AI · Tools
Δ +312 read ↗
TL;DR — New API generates ad copy variants in seconds. Early testers report 2x CTR improvements.
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Why Your AI Content Strategy Is Failing
by Jake Thompson t ≈ 7 min · Strategy · Actionable
Δ +198 read ↗
TL;DR — Most teams automate the wrong parts. Focus on research, not writing.
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The $0 Marketing Stack for Solopreneurs
by Nina Patel t ≈ 5 min · Tools · Actionable
Δ +276 read ↗
TL;DR — Claude + Notion + Beehiiv. All free tiers. Full automation possible.
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Google's New AI Ad Creative Suite
by Google Ads Team t ≈ 4 min · AI · Ads · Tools
Δ +445 read ↗
TL;DR — Generates 50 ad variants from one brief. Early tests show 23% CTR improvement.
t₋3 3 days ago 2025-12-21
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HubSpot's 2025 State of AI in Marketing Report
★ max(signal) by HubSpot Research t ≈ 10 min · Research
Δ +423 read ↗
TL;DR — 64% of marketers now use AI weekly. Content creation leads, but analytics adoption growing fastest.
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LinkedIn Algorithm Changes for 2025
by Sarah Mills t ≈ 6 min · Social · Strategy
Δ +334 read ↗
TL;DR — Comments now weighted 3x. Carousels outperform video. Posting time matters less.
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How to Build a Personal Brand with AI
by Marcus Lee t ≈ 8 min · AI · Strategy · Actionable
Δ +267 read ↗
TL;DR — Use AI for research and drafts. Keep your voice in final edits. Authenticity still wins.
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Email Deliverability in 2025
by Email Geeks t ≈ 5 min · Email · Technical
Δ +189 read ↗
TL;DR — DMARC now mandatory. Gmail tabs are back. Warm-up sequences more important than ever.
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Notion AI for Marketing Teams
sponsored by Notion Team t ≈ 4 min · Tools
Δ +156 read ↗
TL;DR — New marketing templates with AI summaries. Database automations for campaign tracking.
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