Michael Leahy

Metricool study on wellbeing in social media

Ring a bell? metricool.com/wp-content/u... #socialmedia cc @metricool.com

What's the issue with "no fake"?

ShowHeroes buys Traffective to build Europe's biggest independent ad platform ShowHeroes acquires Munich-based Traffective, creating a platform with 2,000 publisher partners and 25 billion monthly ad impressions across CTV, video and display.

ICYMI: ShowHeroes buys Traffective to build Europe's biggest independent ad platform #DigitalMarketing #Advertising #AdTech #MarketingNews #GrowthMarketing

Excellent. Wait for the punchline

Just came across this. Wow.

Meta sues scam advertisers in Brazil, China and Vietnam over celeb-bait and cloaking Meta filed multiple lawsuits on February 26, 2026 against scam advertisers using celeb-bait and cloaking tactics in Brazil, China, and Vietnam, while issuing cease and desist letters to eight marketing consultants.

ICYMI: Meta sues scam advertisers in Brazil, China and Vietnam over celeb-bait and cloaking #Meta #Advertising #ScamAlert #CelebBait #Cloaking

Amsterdam puts fossil fuel and meat #advertising in public spaces alongside ads for cigarettes

And apart from the leaks, a nothingburger.

Very stylish!

To start the week, think small (love the B2B headline for the 1957 Isetta) #advertising

A debate that is taking place in very many countries at the moment.

Google Ads support form quietly asks advertisers to hand over account control The authorization clause buried in the support contact form grants a Google specialist direct access to make changes - raising questions about consent and accountability in advertiser relationships.

Google Ads support form quietly asks advertisers to hand over account control #GoogleAds #DigitalMarketing #PPC #OnlineAdvertising #MarketingTrends

I can see immediate applications for this. See if you can. #PR

Ouch.

America is waking up in the West Bank.

I just added a post on a blog. It rated 69% for the main keyword. I added one word and it jumped to 82%. I'm either very good at this or the ranking software is having a good hair day. Both are OK by me... :-D #SEO #copywriting

I checked the comments just in case a counter claim was made. Oh well...

The Cosplay Cabinet doing what it excels at.

The Ego Has Landed.

1979 advertisement for a Grundig radio cassette player (HAT20_2_16)

'...a sight for sore ears' on #WorldRadioDay

Bouw jouw eigen AI-team met Willy’s Productieve Prompts! - Featuring Willy Ik start m'n eigen ai team Ik weet hoe jouw avond eruit ziet.. Laten we eerlijk zijn: je bent waarschijnlijk nu alweer overprikkeld. Het is avond, je bent de hele dag bezig geweest en toch knaagt het....

Also got a pretty neat overview of this personal assistant for creatives (in Dutch) www.featuring-willy.com/onlinetraini...

Digiatl Betacam compilation tape 'Aardman Animations - A History of Advertisements' (2007)

Congratulations to Aardman who are celebrating their 50th anniversary: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
As well as the amazing films and TV series, Aardman have also produced some of the most memorable commercials of recent times. We have many examples of their ads, including this 2007 compilation.

Sure, let's sap even the meagre earnings from Spotify.

Boost your creativity by Brouwers

Walked away from the annual Crosscast creative get-together in Ghent with this swag. Talk centred around getting more done, with this book to spark new ideas. crosscast.be

BBC News - Newscast, Epstein Files: The Gordon Brown Intervention The former Labour prime minister says Starmer is in a ‘serious’ position.

Most likely this one: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

I just listened to an interview of British ex-PM Gordon Brown on the BBC and was struck by the presistence of the journalist. They were'nt even fishing for gotachas, just rying to get to the bottom of the story.

I used to watch (from memory) Cymareg y bawb from across the water in Dublin. Did I get that right?

On Truth Social, but then admitting he hadn't watched it all? That's stretching the Truth brand a little.

The UK is going through something of a post-Epstein purge. Why is the US so limp?

..one that IS available in Florida this time ;-)