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Friday's finest marketing finds
Hello, Marketers
It’s Friday! Before we shut the laptop on another week, here are the gems we came across in our feeds.
In case you missed us earlier this week:
Monday: Farewell, Twitter - unpacking Twitter's bold transition to X
Wednesday: Spy Glass - a peek into TikTok's adverse

#2
This Tweet breaking down 50 of Barbie’s Marketing stunts went super viral.
And social media managers have a new set of memes to master!
Barbie’s opening weekend was $337M. That’s nearly 2x Oppenheimer’s $174M.
Warner Brother's insane ”Operation Barbie Summer” is a big part of that success.
These are 50 of the team's most amazing marketing stunts:
1. 3D ad in front of Burj Khalifa
— Aakash Gupta 🚀 Product Growth Guy (@aakashg0)
3:37 AM • Jul 25, 2023
#3
This interview changed the way I see Adam Mosseri. Highly recommend a listen.
Plus, you get a peak behind-the-scenes at how some decisions are made at Instagram (& Threads). Such as… when to just copy another app!
#4
Engagement on Threads reportedly dropped off a cliff post-launch.
But its still very early days…
The first round-up of new features dropped on Thursday… and then Elon went with a, let’s say… hasty?… Twitter rebrand.
(Credit The New York Times)
#5
🤣
If Twitter is now X, what is this?
Wrong answers only
— Steph Smith (@stephsmithio)
11:54 PM • Jul 27, 2023

Quick Q: How did we do this week? |
👋 Have a great weekend. We’ll be back on Monday!

Kole