Do This, NOT That: Marketing Tips with Jay Schwedelson

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Meta just quietly dropped a standalone app built to swipe users straight from Reddit, and that's only the start of what Jay Schwedelson is digging into this week. There's also a new LinkedIn tool that exposes which AI models people are actually using by industry, plus some fresh data showing that one tiny tweak to your promotional emails can triple engagement and seriously boost your inbox placement.
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Best Moments:
(00:16) Meta launches Forum, a standalone app built to go straight at Reddit
(01:36) LinkedIn Cross Check reveals which AI models are dominating by industry
(03:30) Why reply-driven promotional emails are pulling 3X the engagement
(04:25) The 90-day inbox placement lift B2B brands are seeing from reply CTAs
(05:18) Reply rate is now the number one signal for Outlook, Gmail, and Yahoo
(06:30) Love Island USA returns June 2nd with ad demand up 73% year over year

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Pre-order Jay Schwedelson's new book, Stupider People Have Done It (out June 9, 2026).
All net proceeds are donated to The V Foundation for Cancer Research, let's kick cancer's butt: https://www.amazon.com/Stupider-People-Have-Done-Marketing/dp/1637635206
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Connect with Jay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schwedelson/
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Memorial Day weekend brings up the eternal marketer's debate: do you keep the emails flowing or pump the brakes for the holiday? Jay Schwedelson and Daniel Murray make a strong case for sticking with consistency, plus share a surprisingly clever trick for turning all those out-of-office auto replies into retargeting fuel. Stick around for a housewarming gift confession that'll either make you laugh or quietly question your own friendships.
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Follow Daniel on LinkedIn and check out The Marketing Millennials podcast for sharp, no-fluff marketing insights. Subscribe to Ari Murray’s newsletter at gotomillions.co for sharp, actionable marketing insights.
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Best Moments:
(01:46) The Irish goodbye strategy for surviving networking events you didn't want to attend
(02:49) Why breaking consistency for a holiday is a bigger mistake than the lost opens
(03:47) Turning out-of-office auto replies into a retargeting goldmine with one AI tool
(05:38) The subject line trick for speaking to the exact moment your audience is living in
(08:34) How LinkedIn's new 24 to 48 hour algorithm window is changing what a "flop post" looks like
(10:37) The unopened housewarming gift sitting on a counter for six months that says everything about adult friendships

Pre-order Jay Schwedelson's new book, Stupider People Have Done It (out June 9, 2026).
All net proceeds are donated to The V Foundation for Cancer Research. Let's kick cancer's butt: https://www.amazon.com/Stupider-People-Have-Done-Marketing/dp/1637635206
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Connect with Laura Morton on LinkedIn and explore Lasega Books at lasegabooks.com to learn about her hybrid publishing imprint.
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Imagine writing your first book, hitting a wall, and then learning the person guiding you through it has 23 New York Times bestsellers on her shelf and 60-plus titles with names like Justin Bieber, the Jonas Brothers, and Al Roker.
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That's the call Jay Schwedelson made when he started writing Stupider People Have Done It, and the person he kept hearing about was Laura Morton.
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She's the publisher behind his book, the founder of Lasega Books, and she joins to pull back the curtain on what really sells, what AI can't fake, and why pre-orders quietly decide everything.
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Best Moments:
(02:45) Four million books were published last year, and the average one sells just 300 copies
(06:00) The three boxes a book has to check before Laura agrees to publish it
(07:05) Why even billionaire founders walk in feeling like total impostors
(09:38) How Laura spots an AI-written manuscript in under a minute
(14:30) The word "intimacy" broken down into "into me you see," and why that's what readers really come for
(17:00) The real reason pre-orders matter more than the launch week itself
(22:15) Writing the book is only ten percent of the work, the other ninety is what most authors miss
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Connect with Jay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schwedelson/
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Partner with Jay: https://www.jayschwedelson.com/contact
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Pre-order Jay Schwedelson's new book, Stupider People Have Done It (out June 9, 2026).
All net proceeds are donated to The V Foundation for Cancer Research, let's kick cancer's butt: https://www.amazon.com/Stupider-People-Have-Done-Marketing/dp/1637635206
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Subscribe to Jay's newsletter for weekly marketing tips and tactics: https://www.jayschwedelson.com/newsletter
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Connect with Jay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schwedelson/
Check out Jay's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@schwedelson
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Most people use AI to spit out a blog post and call it a day, but Jay Schwedelson thinks that's leaving the good stuff on the table. He shares a few sneaky free-tier tricks that pull back the curtain on your competitors' martech stacks, make AI tools quote your brand back to searchers, and even predict which emails in your inbox will get opened. Then things go fully off the rails into reality TV territory.
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Best Moments:
(01:20) The Ask Gemini button hiding in your Chrome browser that exposes any competitor's full martech stack
(03:14) Why comparison tables are the number one piece of content AI engines hunt for when answering queries
(04:14) A ChatGPT prompt that builds a competitive comparison table skewed in your favor without lying
(05:11) Uploading a screenshot of your analytics dashboard so AI can tell you what to actually do with it
(06:00) The cheesy inbox screenshot trick that ranks which emails are most and least likely to be opened
(07:30) Why Send Help is not the horror movie everyone thinks it is, plus the most bonkers reality show on TV right now

Partner with Jay: https://www.jayschwedelson.com/contact
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Pre-order Jay Schwedelson's new book, Stupider People Have Done It (out June 9, 2026).
All net proceeds are donated to The V Foundation for Cancer Research, let's kick cancer's butt: https://www.amazon.com/Stupider-People-Have-Done-Marketing/dp/1637635206
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Subscribe to Jay's newsletter for weekly marketing tips and tactics: https://www.jayschwedelson.com/newsletter
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Connect with Jay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schwedelson/
Check out Jay's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@schwedelson
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Friday used to be the day no one bothered sending emails, and now it's quietly become one of the two best days of the week, with Jay Schwedelson walking through fresh numbers from a 26 billion email study to prove it. There's also a quick read on how Alexa Plus is changing the way Amazon shoppers find products, why use case copy is suddenly the most valuable thing you can put on a landing page, and a real talk on which days webinars actually show up. Plus a Spotify logo panic that says a lot about how we're all doing.
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Best Moments:
(00:16) Omnisend pulled apart 26 billion emails and Friday quietly climbed into the top two send days of the week
(01:25) Sunday's 11 AM window delivers a 33.69 percent open rate, one of the strongest stretches anywhere in the week
(02:00) Spotify swapped its logo for a disco ball and the internet briefly lost its collective mind over an app icon
(02:34) Alexa Plus is rolling out across Amazon and use case copy like "best for" and "ideal if" is the new language AI shopping assistants reward
(03:54) Year over year webinar show-up rates on Fridays jumped from 27 to 35 percent, with Mondays sliding the other direction
(07:30) The book launches June 9th with all net author proceeds going to the V Foundation for Cancer Research