šŸ«Ÿ ā€œSlug lifeā€ ā€” Vaselineā€™s creator hack. Agentic shopping bubble. Official hotel cars. +LIVE from NY AdWeek
The Best One Yet

šŸ«Ÿ ā€œSlug lifeā€ ā€” Vaselineā€™s creator hack. Agentic shopping bubble. Official hotel cars. +LIVE from NY AdWeek

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 9, 202621 min
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Weā€™re recording LIVE from NY AdWeek at SeedTagā€™s headquartersā€¦ We're in our MadMen Era. But we still got 3 fantastic stories for ya: Vaseline turned viral life hacks into new productsā€¦ and treats the inventors like Youtube creators. AI assistant shopping is dividing Amazon vs. Shopifyā€¦ but why outsource something you like to do? Hotels, complimentary cars, and speeding tickets on usā€¦ itā€™s not a free sample, itā€™s a fun sample. $UL $MAR $META Grab your Tickets to the IPO Tour: Our In-Person Offering Boston 10/1...

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Because Vaseline's best marketing move was switching cabinets.

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Well, we'll tell you why agentic AI shoppers won't actually do your shopping.

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This is Nick. This is Jack. It is Friday, the real Friday, October 9th, and today's live show from Sea Tag in New York Ad Week. And this is the best one yet.

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The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Oh, what a mix of three stories we got for you, Jack. What do we got today, Seaboard? For our first story. It's chapped-lip season.

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But after 167 years, Vaseline is going viral for the very first time. Because Vaseline's best marketing move was switching cabinets. For our second story, is this the week that we hit peak AI shopping bots? Well, we'll tell you why agentic AI shoppers won't actually do your shopping.

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