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ActiveCampaign Vice President of Marketing Jackie Palmer talks about the state of email and more!

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Getting into marketing instead of baking

Instead of just automating practices, evolving so that the tool improves quality at the same time

SMB Customers in over 150 countries

Everything from newsletters to multi-channel campaigns

Strong track record in deliverablity

U of Albany reaching 90% deliverability

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Including SMS and WhatsApp

Adapting to AI affecting the inbox

Agent to User features to improve campaigns

Special requirements for franchise organizations - ActiveCampaign HQ

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Influencers marketing themselves

WhatsApp as a freestanding app for rest of world

RCS driving further use of SMS

Automating the path to the business goals

Marty Supreme is good cringe

A Court of Thorns and Roses is the entry for Romantasy

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In this Marketing Over Coffee:
Learn about Google Workspace Studio, AI Image Generation, Holiday Promos and more!

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Google Workspace Studio - Agent that can work with your inbox and calendar. Opal is new built in as a new type of Gem

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Spotify Wrapped, Strava disappointment, LinkedIn Year in Review

Chris listening to AI Tavern Songs

2026 Will be the year of AI Agents

Legolas in the Nativity - Jesus was more likely a mason than carpenter

Pantone color of the year is Cloud Dancer - A Whisper of Tranquility and Peace in a Noisy World

Vanity Fair and how to make photos less flattering

Latest in AI Image Generation

Happy Holidays - keychain story, Tom K. gets the Fire Tablet

I need a coffee commuter mug

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Holiday Gift Guide

The rest of the Expendables story

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In this Marketing Over Coffee:
Craig talks about his new book that helps the loved ones of addicts understand their behavior

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The book is now available to order - buy Getting Beyond the Lies here

Going clean, and then becoming the decoder ring for the addict's behavior

Addiction as family disease because of chonic manipulation

Rock bottom as the trigger to change behavior

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The side topics beyond the drug use that create a huge knot of problems

Denial vs. Delusion

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Manipulative language

Creating more awareness around what substances are being abused

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