💎best of last week's marketing 8/5/2024

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happy monday the 5th!

before I dig in, I wanted to share something I’ve been working on: a directory of SEO influencers.

I curated over 100 influencers who talk about SEO – they might be agency owners, in-house SEOs, or work for Google. including some of the top pieces of content they’ve written, recorded, etc. and it’s launching soon!

this is what I've got for you this week:

top 5 articles

👟 nike’s $25b blunder shows us the limits of “data-driven”

👴 four types of stories that sell without sounding salesy

📧 8 proven personalized email outreach techniques

🔎 24 best search engines in the world [2024 list]

🔟 10 slides you need to include in a big audience presentation

top apps

📊 sumboard.io | create customer-facing dashboards in just a few minutes

🤫 daito | easily share 2fa creds with your team

🪝 auto ae | make videos pop with ai-generated viral hooks

meme of the week

I hope you found something useful in this newsletter 💎 

as always, have a wonderful week and hey, if you’re interested in SEO, sign up for the launch of the directory!

thanks! ✌🏻

tom at marketer gems