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The Weekly Rundown: How your brand stays relevant in 2026

The Rundown

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Oct 15, 2026

The Weekly Rundown: How your brand stays relevant in 2026

Also: long-form is back and the clippers are the reason, the fonts worth licensing this October, and why your team doesn’t need another project management tool.

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
You Mean Weglot?

Deep Dive

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Oct 15, 2026

You Mean Weglot?

How the translation company’s new campaign is making them less of an app and more of a valued AI partner for reaching global audiences

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
Long-form content is back and the clipping phenom are why

Opinion

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Oct 15, 2026

Long-form content is back and the clipping phenom are why

Tens of thousands of clippers are now paid by the view to cut podcasts and streams into short videos, and none of them can work without something long to cut from.

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
Fonts actually worth licensing in October

Inspiration

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Oct 13, 2026

Fonts actually worth licensing in October

This month’s lineup highlights a shared obsession with technical rigor disguised as effortless style—tools built to anchor comprehensive brand systems while retaining enough weirdness to stand out.

Natalia Gomez Uyabán
Natalia Gomez Uyabán
Your team doesn't need another project management tool

Agency Life

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Oct 13, 2026

Your team doesn't need another project management tool

Most project boards go quiet a few weeks after onboarding. Here's what keeps one alive, from the person whose job it is.

Aneley Bandelli
Aneley Bandelli
The Weekly Rundown: Getting found when AI does the searching

The Rundown

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Oct 8, 2026

The Weekly Rundown: Getting found when AI does the searching

Also: thrifting as a slot machine with a conscience, the industry's quiet fear of colour, and Oat Cult answering Quaker's entrance with a medieval horror film.

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
AI search won't wait: BrandViz on the new search era

Deep Dive

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Oct 7, 2026

AI search won't wait: BrandViz on the new search era

What gets your brand recommended by ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini? Two former Googlers explain where to start.

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
Why is everyone afraid of colour?

Inspiration

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Oct 7, 2026

Why is everyone afraid of colour?

We’ve mistaken restraint for taste, neutrality for sophistication, and ended up designing a world that’s harder to feel and easier to forget.

Emi Cerutti
Emi Cerutti
Oat Cult answered Quaker’s entrance with a medieval horror film

Campaigns

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Oct 6, 2026

Oat Cult answered Quaker’s entrance with a medieval horror film

A probiotic oats startup is betting that folk horror and a tiramisu flavour can do what a media budget can't.

Jair Lucena
Jair Lucena
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