Rocksteady Marketing

05/08/2026

❤❤❤I love everything this guy said in this video. If you own a business, think about this question:

“What experience are you creating that would make someone put their phone down? That’s your biggest competitive advantage in 2026.”

GenZ is burned out on the iPhone. They are looking for experiences. Concerts, sporting events, markets, storefronts, movies, live events.

Used iPod sales are surging
Vinyl record sales - surging
Film camera sales - surging
Retro everything

In Real Life is back
Nostalgia is back
These are printing money right now.

I live in Sulphur Springs where the downtown square is home to more than 300 events a year. Every store should be creating experiences that make people want to put their phones down.

If you own a business, how can you capitalize on these things right now?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX2WuALhyCV/?

04/05/2026

Wow! There are so many AI programs coming in to knock off the category kings!

Save the list 👇

03/31/2026

Would you switch to a paid subscriber account on Instagram for clickable links in captions?

03/24/2026

Russell Brunson is great at this. Getting people to say yes so that when the offer comes, they're comfortable with yes. Right?

03/12/2026

This is a really interesting article. History tells us that AI is here to stay. We can figure out how to use it and guide it to make our work better. Or, it will replace our jobs.

The AI product images I see in my newsfeed are beautiful and of a better quality, but they all blend together. They use the same type of background and fonts. There is nothing distinctive about them.

The same goes for AI writing. It all blends together. If we want to stand out, we have to add our human perspective and experiences to AI so that our work is distinctive.

AI will make us faster and our work better, but it can't think like a human.

"A study published in Science Advances [5] found that generative AI enhances individual creativity but reduces collective diversity. AI-enabled outputs were rated more creative and better written, but they were more similar to each other.

"This is the most important finding for anyone in a creative profession. AI raises the floor. Average output improves across the board. But distinctive output, the work that only comes from a specific human perspective, a specific set of experiences, a specific way of seeing, becomes scarcer.

"And therefore more valuable.

"Tobi’s video is not a demonstration of what AI can do. It is a demonstration of what a skilled professional with AI can do. The difference is everything."

Massimo Vignelli called desktop publishing the biggest visual pollution of all times. The craft survived. The gatekeeping didn't. A Builderius co-founder on what the same pattern looks like with AI.

03/09/2026

Before you post, ask yourself one question.

What is the goal of this post?

->Nurture your audience so they'll stick around.
->Grow your following.
->Start conversations that lead to sales.

The format you choose should match the goal.

Which type of post do you use most right now? What do your analytics say about who Facebook and Instagram show them to?

02/28/2026

Divi 5 is officially out of beta. What a historic day for Elegant Themes!

02/06/2026

Tips for elevating your Local Business on Google.

Google Maps marketing is a set of tactics you can use to make your local business listing appear more prominently in Google’s map results. Here's your guide for it!

https://social.semrush.com/4tbFkqH.

01/27/2026

The Wall of Text has a new name. Unchunked Content. People don't read Unchunked Content. Having it side by side tells you why!

SEOs are being advised to “chunk” their content if they want to appear in AI answers.

But what exactly is chunking? Is it some new SEO tactic? And more importantly, does it actually work?

We break it down in our blog post: https://social.semrush.com/4qGHOf7.

01/25/2026

TikTok has finalized a deal to restructure its U.S. operations, creating a new American entity to avoid a federal ban. The deal involves a joint venture with major investors including Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX, with ByteDance retaining a minority stake.

Now, if you didn't want China to illegally access all of the data on your phone and your data in the apps on your phone, you can join TikTok. I think I will. :)

TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for years.The wild...