Daily Minute Master Series
July 31, 2026

by Corey Padveen

7 tips for marketing on YouTube

YouTube is arguably the most influential platform in the world, with various studies underlining the popularity and presence of YouTube in virtually every demographic group.

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The new fundamentals of brand strategy for modern social media

Social media engagement has changed a lot over the past five years, with the rise of short-form video and algorithmic-defined recommendations, turning social apps from connective tools, with which to connect and engage with friends and family, into entertainment alternatives.

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Head Of Anthropic’s Claude Code Says Prompt Engineering Not That Important

Y Combinator’s Diana Hu recently interviewed Boris Cherny, the creator and head of Claude Code at Anthropic. Cherny said that Claude Code is more capable than is commonly understood, saying that prompt engineering is largely not important. Given that Claude doesn’t require “overthinking,” he suggested Claude Code users would be better off unfollowing AI influencers on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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WP Engine Partners With BigCommerce To Scale WordPress Stores

WP Engine announced Commerce Connect, a partnership with BigCommerce that enables ecommerce stores to scale to the next level without any downtime or changes to SEO. Most importantly, Commerce Connect is not about replacing platforms but enabling a safe way to modernize and grow to the next level while preserving everything about the brand.

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AI Search Isn’t Replacing Google, It’s Layering On Top – Similarweb Data

Rand Fishkin, the co-founder and CEO of SparkToro, posted on LinkedIn on July 24, 2026, to say that Similarweb’s newest report would “probably infuriate” two groups at once. The AI zealots who are certain every marketing dollar should already be chasing chatbot visibility. And the AI skeptics who’ve suspected the hype was overblown but never had the receipts to prove it to a boss suffering from what Rand calls AI derangement syndrome.

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Google’s ‘Generative AI’ Search Console Data Is A Trap For Marketers

Google introduced new reporting features inside Search Console at the start of June. The update provided publishers with impression counts earned across AI Overview answer boxes and AI Mode panels.

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