The New Rule of Growth

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📉  The New Rule of Growth

It sounds like a warning sign; fewer campaigns are running than before. But sometimes, that’s the first indicator you’re finally doing influencer marketing right. Because when campaign count drops while engagement soars, the shift isn’t random; it’s strategic alignment.

1. It’s not fewer campaigns, it’s sharper targeting.

Most brands chase output volume: more briefs, more creators, more posts. But high engagement often comes from pruning noise, keeping only creators who actually align with your product DNA. It’s the difference between “content volume” and “brand fit.”

2. The silent driver: historical relationship data.

If you know which creators have consistently driven clicks, saves, or UGC engagement, you stop guessing. 

This is where Modash becomes the silent edge; it shows your past campaign outcomes, message tone, and metrics for every influencer, all in one dashboard. 

That context lets teams double down on what already works, instead of starting fresh every time. You can try Modash free for 14 days

3. Engagement improves when creators feel understood.

The fewer campaigns you run, the more bandwidth you have to brief better, communicate deeper, and build actual partnerships. A smaller campaign load gives your team breathing room to personalize outreach and iterate messaging, which creators (and their audiences) can feel.

4. Quality compounds faster than quantity scales.

When high-fit creators outperform, their audience signals start feeding back into your targeting models and content decisions. Suddenly, your smaller creator list becomes a data engine for brand growth, not just campaign fulfillment.

Why it matters

Reducing campaign volume isn’t regression, it’s refinement. You’re trading vanity scale for signal density. When you manage relationships, not just campaigns, engagement becomes the natural byproduct.

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🎥 TikTok and Google launch AI tools for smarter creation

TikTok and Google are both expanding their AI support for creators and small businesses. TikTok’s new AI editing and ideation tools help creators save time and tap into trends, while Google’s Pomelli experiment gives SMBs a way to instantly generate brand-aligned campaigns. 

The Breakdown:

1. TikTok speeds up editing: The new Smart Split feature automatically clips, reframes, captions, and transcribes longer videos into short vertical posts. It’s designed to help creators turn one long video into multiple TikTok-ready clips with minimal effort.

2. Smarter ideas and higher payouts: AI Outline suggests trending hooks, hashtags, and scripts based on in-app data, while TikTok’s updated subscription model increases creator profit shares to up to 90% in North America.

3. Google builds creative DNA: Google’s Pomelli scans a brand’s website to identify tone, fonts, and color palette, forming a “Business DNA” profile that powers personalized campaign concepts. It automates ad creation without losing brand consistency.

4. Simplified brand campaigns: Pomelli generates platform-optimized visuals and copy for social or display use, helping SMBs create polished campaigns faster. Google stresses it’s a support tool, not a creative replacement.

AI tools are moving from novelty to infrastructure in content and marketing workflows. Creators and brands that embrace these systems can scale creative output faster while maintaining authenticity, the real differentiator as AI becomes everyone’s assistant.

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💳 PayPal will let users shop and pay directly within ChatGPT starting in 2026, integrating Instant Checkout via the Agentic Commerce Protocol and connecting its global retailer network to OpenAI’s conversational platform.

📉 A new Human Security survey found satisfaction with brand safety tools dropped 40% and viewability tools 30% on emerging media like CTV, in-game, and social, exposing major gaps in transparency, context, and adaptability.

📊 Google Ads rolled out a new Investment Strategy tab in the Recommendations page, helping advertisers forecast how budget increases could impact clicks, conversions, and revenue using modeled performance data.

👻 Threads introduced ghost posts, temporary updates that auto-archive after 24 hours, letting users share unfiltered thoughts privately, with replies sent to inboxes and likes visible only to the creator.

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