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AI Tools
Spec sheets on the AI tools entering the marketing stack: the job each one does, the limits we hit, and the price as tested.
ChatGPT shifts controls, Google Maps transacts: Aug. 7
ChatGPT adds reasoning controls, Google Maps starts food orders, and Suno changes AI music publishing. Here is what to rewire today.
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A four-tool AI marketing stack for writing, automation, voiceover, and sales copy, with real pricing and the exact first workflow to build.
Meta Advantage+ settings: what to pin before it spends
The Meta Advantage+ settings to pin before the AI spends: customer exclusions, placement locks with no leak, and lead capture wired to your CRM.
The move. AI now owns targeting and budget. Build around the two levers you still control: varied creative and the right exclusions, then capture the lead before it cools.
Google Ads controls: the settings sheet for 2026
Google Ads controls are back in Performance Max: negative keywords, account-wide placement blocks and a search terms report. All three wired in 20 minutes.
The move. Turn on the three controls Google added: campaign negatives, account-level placement exclusions, and the search terms report. Then fence off your brand spend.