TLDR MARKETING 2026-06-12

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ANTHROPIC'S AI JOBS PAPER

Anthropic is using policy leadership as a brand strategy to position itself as the responsible AI company before AI-driven job disruption becomes a larger public issue. It has published a paper that outlines a three-stage response starting with wage insurance, retraining, and job matching, then expanding to public benefits and unemployment support, and eventually considering AI taxes, digital dividends, and universal basic income if AI broadly replaces human labor. The proposal aims to shape regulatory discussions early and build trust with enterprise buyers, investors, and governments. It could also provide a defense against future criticism by showing that it publicly acknowledged the risks and proposed solutions before large-scale job losses occur.

HALF OF AMERICANS FEAR AI COULD PUT SOMEONE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD OUT OF WORK

53% of Americans worry AI could put them or someone in their household out of work. The same survey finds that 73% say they are concerned about AI's rising use overall, up from 68% in 2023. Concern is higher among Democrats at 61% versus 47% of Republicans. The poll also finds 50% of college graduates use AI regularly, compared with 34% of non-graduates, highlighting a divide between adoption and job-loss anxiety.

LOEWE'S TIKTOK STRATEGY

Most brands approach social as a distribution channel for work they've already decided is good. Loewe approached it as the thing that makes audiences want to pay attention to the work in the first place. An iPhone video, pushed through heavy internal resistance, generated 40M organic views because audiences were saturated with content that looked expensive. Getting good content approved is usually more difficult than creating it, and the brands with the strongest social presence tend to be the ones that have built enough internal trust to move fast on a vibe without a strategy document to justify it.

HOW TO FIX ABANDONED CART REVENUE LEAK

A common funnel improvement is splitting checkout into two steps, starting with an email opt-in before redirecting to payment. Once users begin checkout but do not complete it, an abandoned cart email sequence follows up to recover lost sales. This setup consistently improves conversions, typically increasing them by 10% to 20%, depending on traffic quality. It also runs as an evergreen system that continues to lift performance over time without ongoing manual effort.

SHOULD YOU BUY A BILLBOARD ON A BAY AREA FREEWAY?

OOH (out-of-home) works when it fits your audience, business model, creative strengths, and budget, not when it copies what competitors are doing. Billboards are expensive awareness tools that create broad, shallow awareness. Use them only when they can reach a concentrated or large audience and support the campaign across channels. A single Bay Area billboard can cost $20,000 to $50,000 per month, and meaningful visibility often requires multiple placements, so you need a clear goal and must weigh the opportunity cost against other channels. The strongest OOH campaigns pair bold creative with coordinated efforts across LinkedIn, events, product launches, and sales activity so the brand feels omnipresent.

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THREAD IT!

A 6-week guided challenge running from June 15 - July 26 for B2B marketers to build an authentic Reddit presence and improve AI search visibility. Participants will move from observing communities to engaging in discussions and creating original posts, with structured guidance and community support. It costs $29 and includes a curriculum, tracking tools, and feedback.

LINKEDIN'S CREATOR MARKETPLACE, A NEW ECOSYSTEM FOR BRAND/CREATOR CONNECTION

LinkedIn is launching a Creator Marketplace to connect creators with brands for partnerships like ads, speaking gigs, and collaborations. Access is invite-only based on content quality and audience fit. Invited creators opt in via a monetization tab, making their profiles discoverable to brands. Brands can then reach out directly to arrange deals.

HOW I RUN MY AGENCY WITH CLAUDE CODE (WEBINAR)

Hosted by Josh Lowman from Goldfront, this is a 30 minute live online session on June 17. It will cover how he rebuilt his agency around AI. He'll walk through the internal systems he uses, including agents, dashboards, and client tools. He will also share what's working and what still needs improvement.

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We're hiring a senior PMM to own product marketing at TLDR. You'll define our positioning, build out sales enablement, and lead every launch. Learn more [18].

THE RIGHT WAY TO USE AI TO BECOME A BETTER PMM

AI creates the most value for product marketers when it automates repetitive execution work and supports thinking, not when it replaces judgment, storytelling, strategy, or stakeholder management. PMMs should use AI for tasks like content repurposing, research summaries, and administrative work so they can spend more time on customer insights, positioning, and cross-functional influence. Identify recurring tasks where the quality depends on execution rather than judgment, then build simple workflows around them instead of chasing complex agents or tools.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET YOUNGER PEOPLE INTO MARKETING?

Entry-level marketing roles are being eliminated faster than the industry is reckoning with, as automation removes the task-based work that once served as the training ground for early-career marketers. The skills AI cannot replicate, judgment, creativity, and relationship-building, are precisely the ones best developed on the job, making the pipeline problem a long-term quality problem as much as a youth employment one. Agencies keeping early-career programs open argue the fix is redesigning how junior talent is assessed and deployed rather than waiting for economic conditions to improve.

RAMP'S DIRECT MAIL CARD

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PINTEREST ADDS AMAZON STOREFRONT LINKING FOR CREATORS

The new tool lets creators connect their Amazon Storefront directly to their Pinterest account.

THE CREATIVE TRENDS DEFINING WORLD CUP ADVERTISING

The strongest campaigns build around the experience of watching football rather than leading with a product or celebrity.