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AD95: Dueling AI Futures: Cozy Stability or Mass Unemployment?

1 June 2025 | Issue #95 In this issue: Is AI Taking Our Jobs? Depends Who You Ask What Happens When Execs Don't Train Employees? Designers Are The Most Burned Out The Visual Marketer Made a Top 10 List! Design Quote of the Week ChatGPT Prompt: image of an open-concept office plan. At every desk is a robot. What are you doing on Friday? If you're in Boston and want to talk to a bunch of digital leaders, I suggest attending EvolveDrupal. I'll be speaking about AI visuals. I finished my slides a...

Collage of all-time great designers

26 May 2025 | Issue #94 In this issue: The Best Designer of All Time Is ... Why PR Is Becoming More Essential for AI Search Visibility The WWDC 2025 Logo Gives Me Hope for the Future of Apple Design Yet Another New Podcast Interview About The Visual Marketer Design Quote of the Week The Best Designer of All Time Is ... ...Impossible to say. Sorry, I know that was a clickbait-y headline, but news from this past week got me thinking. As we saw with Jony Ive’s new venture with OpenAI, for which...

Fred unmasking HBO Max

19 May 2025 | Issue #93 In this issue: Why HBO, Why?!? Benefits of Being Discovered by AI Are AI Chatbots Replacing Search Engines? New Research from Andy Crestodina and Friends Another New Podcast Interview About The Visual Marketer Design Quote of the Week Re-re-re-branding On Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery announced it was renaming its streaming platform ... again. Max will now be known as HBO Max again. HBO has had the unfortunate luck of being acquired multiple times over the past few...

woman looking through magnifying glass

11 May 2025 | Issue #92 In this issue: Why Search is so Bad Apple's Big Revelation on the Future of Search Using ChatGPT to Drive Technical SEO New Podcast Interview About The Visual Marketer Design Quote of the Week Midjourney prompt: a woman using an magnifying glass, but can't see anything --ar 16:9 Why is Search so Bad? Because it can be. It's no secret that Google has been making search worse for visitors for years. And it keeps getting worse. When you have a majority of the market, you...

Vendor lock-in

04 May 2025 | Issue #91 In this issue: The Next Frontier of Vendor Lock-In How Sports Color Palettes Inspire Branding Pushing Yourself Further Sam Altman’s Eyeball-Scanning Worldcoin Orb Launches in the U.S. New Podcast Interview About The Visual Marketer Design Quote of the Week Midjourney prompt: a man is signing a contract. A robot is standing behind him watching the paper. Bright, sunny animated style. --ar 16:9 --s 50 Vendor Lock-In Are you iOS or Android? Microsoft or Google?...

democratizing creativity

27 April 2025 | Issue #90 In this issue: Democratizing Creativity? Adobe Introduces Tool to Claim Image Ownership Superagency: AI is Just Guessing Make Your AI Challenge You Discord Names New CEO Ahead of IPO How Substack Steals Your Revenue and Audience New Visual Marketer site Design Quote of the Week Show a bunch of robots democratizing creativity. --ar 16:9. No text on the image. Democratizing Creativity? Brand builder, Megan Bungeroth recently dove into the topic of democratizing...

A robot builds your website

20 April 2025 | Issue #89 In this issue: AI Site Builders SMBs Must Embrace Authentic Marketing What is Vibe Marketing? The Benefits of Visual Marketing slideshow Design Quote of the Week ChatGPT prompt: a robot building a website. It should show a computer screen, and on the screen a robot is moving elements of the web page around. 16:9 aspect ratio AI Site Builders I'm building a new website, so this news caught my eye. WordPress.com launched a "free" AI-builder tool. This was interesting...

52 infographics

13 April 2025 | Issue #88 In this issue: How Are You Challenging Yourself? Social Media Ad Design Strategies for 2025 What is Vibe Coding? ChatGPT's Image Generation is Impressive The Visual Marketer: Now on Amazon! Upcoming Engagements Design Quote of the Week Collection of infographic promo images How Are You Challenging Yourself? This was another stressful week. Whether it's work, the world at large, family, or something else, I'm going to bet you dealt with some unexpected stress this...

Avengers Doomsday chairs

30 March 2025 | Issue #87 In this issue: Marvel's Marketing Mastery Google's AI Overviews – How To The Visual Marketer: Now on Amazon! Design Quote of the Week The Men Who Stare at Chairs This was a big week if you're into entertainment distractions. Not only did we have the annual right of passage known as MLB's Opening Day (always a welcome sight for those of us who live in cold weather climates), but we also had the most interesting movie news reveal I've seen. Marvel Studios unveiled a...

A CMO talks to a room of people

23 March 2025 | Issue #86 In this issue: CMO Roles Evolving, Tenure Improving Funny AI Failure Google’s Gemini AI Can Remove Watermarks From Images The Creative Feedback Triangle The Visual Marketer: Digital Version Now Available! Design Quote of the Week Prompt: a business woman is in a conference room speaking to people who are sitting at a table (with an overlay created by) a chart showing growth over time. Multiple colors CMO Roles Evolving, Tenure Improving Chief Marketing Officers tend...