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Marketing by Design – Intentional strategy for creative marketers in the age of AI

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MBD119: The Best AI Image Tools for 2026, Compared and Evaluated

29 December 2025 | Issue #119 In this issue: Breaking down the top AI visualization tools: ChatGPT 5.2 Midjourney 7 Firefly 5 Meta AI Gemini 3 (Nano Banana) Stable Diffusion (Base) Canva AI The Visual Marketer Now in Full Color The Visual Marketer is one of the top marketing books of the year Design Quote of the Week AI Image Generators for 2026 With the number of image generators available and the speed at which these models are improving, it's impossible to keep up unless you're using them...

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14 December 2025 | Issue #118 In this issue: Together, Apart: The Quiet Loss of Communal Joy AI Search Ate Marketing OpenAI is in Trouble AI Could do 17% of Jobs Today The Modern Marketing Multitasker [Infographic] The Fisher-Price My First AI The Best Tool I Adopted This Year Canva: Creativity in the Age of AI The Visual Marketer Now in Full Color The Visual Marketer is one of the top marketing books of the year Design Quote of the Week Together, Apart: The Quiet Loss of Communal Joy I’ve...

Tom from MySpace

01 December 2025 | Issue #117 In this issue: Is ChatGPT the MySpace of AI? Cookie Banners Are Going To Get Less Annoying Don't Let Google AI Determine Your Ads Pinterest is Intentional, Joyful Marketing Skills Designers Need Quibi Was Right! Make Creative QR Codes Need a Free Business Advisor/Strategist? The Visual Marketer is one of the top marketing books of the year Design Quote of the Week Prompt: at end of email Is ChatGPT the MySpace of AI? Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen...

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09 November 2025 | Issue #116 In this issue: Apple TV's New Visual Identity is Real Beyond SEO: How AI Is Changing Content Discoverability in 2025 "Job Creation is Pretty Close to Zero" Godfather of AI Says Tech Giants Can Only Profit from AI if Humans are Replaced AI Layoffs and The Uncertainty Flywheel Godfather of AI Says Tech Giants Can Only Profit from AI if Humans are Replaced Affinity Cheat Sheet Your Data is Being Used to Train ChatGPT, Unless ... Add Claude to Excel Affinity Added 1m...

Canva vs. Adobe

02 November 2025 | Issue #115 In this issue: Canva vs. Adobe Wistia Videos are Visible to ChatGPT People are Looking for the Next Marketo Marketing Adoption of AI Tools Hits 60% Daily Usage Among Professionals The Designer's Job Hunt Checklist The Golden Ratio Goes Viral Design Quote of the Week Midjourney Prompt: David is facing off against Goliath. Goliath towers over David. A vibrant, high-contrast illustration using flat vector-style shading with neon and duotone color blocking. The...

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26 October 2025 | Issue #114 In this issue: Here's How to Get Listed in AEO/GEO Claude Gets Some New Skills Prompt Injection Poses Real Security Risk for AI Browser Agents Marketing Adoption of AI Tools Hits 60% Daily Usage Among Professionals Generative AI in Healthcare Projected to Reach $14.2B by 2034 Google Just Killed 90% of the Internet (and Nobody is Talking About it) Curious About AI Browsers? Read This Before You Try Them New Book by Lee Densmer Design Quote of the Week Midjourney...

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12 October 2025 | Issue #113 In this issue: Is Your Marketing Effective? Is Affinity Going the Subscription Route? No, AI Isn't Making Engineers 10x More Productive Book Cover Design Help Is Design Dying? Evolving Content Without Losing the Human Touch I've been on a bunch of podcasts recently. Have you listened? Design Quote of the Week Midjourney prompt: an archer hits a bullseye. A vibrant, high-contrast illustration using flat vector-style shading with neon and duotone color blocking. The...

Offering compliments with an ask.

5 October 2025 | Issue #112 In this issue: A Compliment With an Ask Isn't a Compliment News The Unofficial LinkedIn Algorithm Guide for Marketers Slideshare is Back (kinda) How AI Changes Your Customers Delta, YouTube Ink Inflight Entertainment Partnership Where Has the Money Gone in Creative Industries? Citi Trains 175,000 Employees on AI Prompts AI Shame: 57% of Workers Hide Their AI Use 500 Episodes of Marketing Shenanigans Have You Tried Sora 2 Yet? I have many appearances in the next few...

the AI hype cycle

28 September 2025 | Issue #111 In this issue: The AI Hype Cycle, What it Really Means Canva in the Workplace Survey (part 3) Your Visuals Are Either Making You Money, or Costing You Are You Marketing to a Buyer, or a Buying Center? Looking to Print Some Merch? I've Got a Guy How Saturated Colors Impact Consumer Behavior—And Waste Apple working on MCP support to enable agentic AI on Mac, iPhone, and iPad I have many appearances in the next few weeks! Design Quote of the Week Midjourney Prompt:...

People waiting in line for a club (your content)

21 September 2025 | Issue #110 In this issue: Google's Monthly "Demand Gen Drops": Why Continuous Updates Beat Big Announcements Canva in the Workplace Survey (part 2) The State of Visual Communications Report Video is Invisible to AI Don't Treat AI Rollouts Like Any other IT Project Burn the Playbook Design Quote of the Week Midjourney prompt: a line of people are waiting to get into a nightclub. The camera is at street level. A vibrant, high-contrast illustration using flat vector-style...