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Marketing Ideas

Marketing got *weird* this week (in the best way) 🌀

5 new tactics actually worth copying 💡

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Tom Orbach
Sep 15, 2025
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#1

This company sent robots to warn people about… bots

Three robots carrying billboard signs just walked through Manhattan Beach with signs like “Bots are not always this easy to spot” and “Not all bots are this innocent”.

A beachside scene shows pedestrians stopping to look at a robot billboard that declares “Bots are here.”

World ID (Sam Altman’s human verification project) sent these robots to advertise their bot detection service.

The message is perfect - obvious robots warning about hidden ones.

My take: When you’re selling an invisible problem (bots pretending to be human), make it visible. Show the problem - don’t just lecture about it. What’s the scary thing your product prevents that your customers would film if they saw it in real life?

#2

Apple accidentally created the year’s best meme format

Steal this meme template before it’s too late:

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