Friday, March 13

🌟 Today’s Highlights:

• Google’s changing its tune on adding ads to Gemini

• WordPress launched a new in-browser private website creator

• Here’s how to start using AI to scale your business

• 📊 Stat of the Day: Organic search clicks have fallen 42% since AI Overviews began expanding in Google Search. (Source: Define Media Group)

• 💡 Today’s Insight: Top marketing challenges for CMOs right now

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⚡️ Today’s Headlines ⚡️

👀 Google isn’t ruling out adding ads to Gemini. A senior Google executive told WIRED that the company “is not ruling out” ads in its Gemini AI app, a notable shift from the flat denials its DeepMind CEO made just months ago.

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🕸️ WordPress is launching a new in-browser website creator. The new tool lets users create a private website directly in your browser without signing up to WordPress, choosing a hosting plan, or selecting a domain.

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🎙️ Substack is launching a built-in recording studio. The new Substack Recording Studio, only available on desktop currently, is a built-in mechanism for creators to pre-record and publish videos with up to two guests.

💡 Today’s Insight 💡

Top marketing challenges for CMOs right now

🗞 TL;DR - B2B marketing community Exit Five just polled 100 CMOs at companies with $50M-$500M ARR on what their top marketing challenges are right now. Exit Five’s Founder Dave Gerhardt published the top takeaways on his LinkedIn and we’ve listed them for you below.

💡 Insight - Here are the top challenges for CMOs right now:

1. AI. 85% of leaders said AI adoption is their #1 priority for 2026. Many need practical use cases and quick wins, want to use AI to scale efficiently, and are under pressure to demonstrate ROI from AI adoption.

2. Growing less, spending less, and providing marketing did it. The framing for revenue growth has evolved beyond “drive more MQLs” and now focuses on pipeline quality over volume with a marketing-sourced and marketing-influenced pipeline.

Other honorable mentions:

• Team too small for scope of work

• Feeling caught between strategic work & heavy day-to-day execution

• Structural misalignment after an acquisition or reorg

• Moving upmarket and moving from single product to multi-product

Do any of these sound like challenges you’re facing too? Consider replying to Dave’s post to connect with other marketing leaders leading the charge!

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