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Nano Banana, Cracker Barrel Rebrand, Is Link-Building Dead?

πŸ’Ž Best of Last Week's Marketing 9/2/2025

Happy Monday the 2nd (and hope you had a nice, relaxing Labor Day)!

They say summer is officially over now that Labor Day has come and gone – but I know we still have at least six solid weeks left in Austin πŸ˜…

Anyway - have you picked up your Marketer Pins yet?!

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Top Content

9️⃣ [Listicle] SaaS Marketing Strategies (And How To Choose The Right Ones) β€“ Finding the channel that works and doubling down is the way to go. But testing multiple channels at a time is still key to finding what works best.

πŸ›’οΈ [LinkedIn Post] The Cracker Barrel Rebrand: Too Little Too Late? β€“ Last week it was all us marketers would hear about. And somehow it even morphed into a culture war?

🍌[Video] Google's New Nano Banana is Insane for Video Creation β€“ Tour through Google's new AI video creation tool.

πŸͺ¦[Article] Is Link-Building Dead? Spoiler Alert: No β€“ Link-building is still a key signal for search and answer engines, but some of the tactics don't work anymore.

Top Apps

πŸ“‹ Business Model Canvas | Traditionally for mapping out business models, this tool is extremely helpful in finding the pain points, solutions, key partners, and channels that marketers can tap into.

πŸ”¨ Embeddable | Build interactive, conversion-focused tools for your website without writing a single line of code.

🍌 Google Gemini's Nano Banana | The AI image generator that you've been hearing about non-stop for the past week. A step-change in AI image gen.

Meme of the Week

Thanks for reading and I hope you found something useful in it this week πŸ’Ž

Also, don’t forget to grab your Marketer Pins (hey, keep three for yourself and give one to your work bestie).

Thanks! ✌🏻

Tom at Marketer Gems

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