Hacker News with Generative AI: Marketing

Why Apple's Severance gets edited over remote desktop software (tedium.co)
Whether it was trying to or not, Apple exposed a huge flaw with its pitch to professional video editors with a new Severance promotional video.
Show HN: One-Click GA/GTM Tracking Plan Generator for SaaS Teams (jtracking.ai)
AI-powered JTracking generates expert event tracking plans for Google Analytics (GA) and enables deployment to Google Tag Manager (GTM) in just one click!
Vibe marketing prompts for OpenAI's new model (indiehackers.com)
OpenAI just launched a powerful new image generation model.
Sell yourself, sell your work (solipsys.co.uk)
Doing technically brilliant work may be enough for your personal gratification, but you should never think it's enough. If you lock yourself in a room and do the most marvellous work but don't tell anyone, then no one will know, no one will benefit, and the work will be lost. You may have derived personal satisfaction from it, but as far as the wider world is concerned, you may as well not have bothered.
1k True Fans (2008) (kk.org)
To be a successful creator you don’t need millions. You don’t need millions of dollars or millions of customers, millions of clients or millions of fans. To make a living as a craftsperson, photographer, musician, designer, author, animator, app maker, entrepreneur, or inventor you need only thousands of true fans.
The unexpected legend of WD-40 (youtube.com)
Ask HN: What podcast episodes changed the way you think about startups? (ycombinator.com)
I am asking for episodes here and not the entire podcast.<p>I feel like there are a lot of podcasts and in case of audio is very hard to find specific episodes that are really good or skim their content to assess if it is high-quality.<p>I want to improve or better say upgrade my general knowledge about business/marketing/sales/startups.
Thoughtbot is pausing activity on X and Meta (thoughtbot.com)
We’ve decided to pause our activity on X and Meta platforms.
7159997483.com (7159997483.com)
You Are Now Mine
The Cold Email Hall of Fame: Real Cold Emails Sent to Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos etc. (coldemails.world)
Built by Siddharth Haldar, inspired by Sonith of Z Fellows<h1>The Cold Email Hall of Fame</h1><p>Real, successful cold emails sent to the top CEOs, athletes, investors, and celebrities of the world.</p><p>You're one cold email away from anyone in the world</p>Have a cold outreach response you want to share? submit it to the hall of fame here: Submit your cold emailLoading emails...Load More Emails
Ask HN: How to stop Google from autocorrecting our company name? (ycombinator.com)
Our small cloud consulting company Autimo has been facing a frustrating issue with Google searches. Whenever potential clients try to search for our company name “Autimo,” Google automatically corrects it to “autismo,” which is obviously not ideal for our brand.
Ask HN: How to use social media as an indie dev? (ycombinator.com)
I'm an independent developer looking to launch a project soon that I'm excited about. I'll obviously post it here as a Show HN, and maybe in a few subreddits - but I'm out of the loop on where and how to reach more people. Haven't had a Facebook or other social media for years. I don't maintain a blog, though I assume I should. Does anyone have any resources or can speak to any experience doing this?
Honey Bunnies (mameson.com)
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Dodge Chargers now have pop-up ads at every stoplight (fuelarc.com)
Nothing quite says “high-performance muscle car” like a popup ad for a Mopar Extended Warranty covering your whole center console.
Burger King sells Windows 7 Whoppers as Microsoft begins Guru training (2009) (appleinsider.com)
In concert with Thursday's release of Windows 7, Burger King in Japan has begun selling a Whopper with seven patties of meat; and a Microsoft Store "Guru" has been spotted in person.
Google gets 373x more searches every day than ChatGPT (sparktoro.com)
For years, two questions have dominated both marketers’ interest and the media’s coverage of Google Search:
When Corporate Branding Goes Wrong (nytimes.com)
A British investment firm restored most of the vowels to its name after a widely ridiculed revamp that showed the pitfalls of trying to look cool in the digital age.
Polestar's 'Trade in Your Tesla' $20k Deal Is Already a Hit (insideevs.com)
Electric-vehicle maker Polestar wants to capitalize on growing discontent around Tesla. Apparently, it's working.
Is JavaScript web server performance just a marketing facade? (deno.com)
"Do you not like money?" (rubenerd.com)
I received an email from an Australian financial company with the blog title as the subject, and it’s been rattling around in my head for days.
ChatGPT clicks convert 6.8x higher than Google organic (medium.com)
Here’s the deal : I recently dug into some data in GA4 for our website and found that while Google Organic brings in more traffic, ChatGPT clicks convert way better — 6.8X better for free trial conversions, to be exact.
Jeep Owners Fed Up with In-Car Pop-Up Ads (kbb.com)
Jeep owners took to social media this week with a new complaint: many are receiving repeated pop-up ads on their cars’ infotainment screens asking them to sign up for an extended warranty.
When They Stop Selling Your Favorite Thing (nytimes.com)
Shoppers are going online to pay dearly for discontinued items, from the perfect lip pencil to Tab.
I'm broke and non-technical, trying to develop tech startup (ycombinator.com)
Before COVID, I started a marketing and consulting services in Nepal, which failed horribly leaving some thousand in debt. Since, I'm trying to develop a product for high school graduates and entrepreneurs to help finding out PMF and FMF, leaving no burden to start their journey as I've been there. I'm 22 now and the most productive age is slipping out of hand.
Oh no, don't look – it's Developer Marketing (2024) (permit.substack.com)
How we went to WeAreDevelopers Berlin, and scanned zero badges.
The marketing genius of Bryan Johnson (petecodes.io)
Bryan Johnson has grabbed the world's attention with his Don't Die lifestyle.
Find Your 2%Ers (2023) (joyarbitrage.substack.com)
The iPhone: 3g's killer app (youtube.com)
Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop (slashdot.org)
Making Software Fun (furbo.org)
We’ve recently released a new product. There’s no shortage of marketing or technical information about that.