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Performance Max campaigns are getting placement reports. But that’s not the only news, the AI content generation industry has grown to new heights. January 21, 2022 [Read in browser]( [logo] [sponsor]( Happy Friday! Amazon’s coming to stores near you! Well, not just yet. But they are setting up a prototype store in Southern California later this year to see how it goes. Looks like Amazon's here to turn up the heat in 2022! GOOGLE Performance Max campaigns get better reporting The improvement: [Google confirmed to Search Engine Land]( that Performance Max campaigns will get placement reports. Placement reports? These are reports that show you where your ads were served and how many impressions they’ve received. What’s the point of this report? Brand safety. If you are selling items for babies, for example, you don’t want your ad to appear on an abortion site. At the moment, you will only get impression data, not click data. Let’s hope this changes in the near future. CONTENT MARKETING The AI Content Generation industry is booming [article-image] Raise your hand if you’ve ever used an AI copywriting tool. [According to a report]( by AIContentGen, the AI content generation industry has grown rapidly with more than 53 companies now in it. Niching down: Products are now more niche-specific than they were a year ago. For example, one company may provide a tool that generates Amazon product descriptions, while another drafts content for Twitter and LinkedIn. The players: This [AIContentGen slide]( shows a few of them. Here’s an easy way to expand this list. Head over to the [Alexa Similar Sites]( tool to enter any of these sites. SPONSORED BY PROPELLERADS Here are the top publisher and monetization trends for 2022 that you need to know [article-image]( This is going to be a lot of info to digest, so make sure you have your drink with you while you read through. This two-part series from PropellerAds covers the most important [trends for publisher growth and monetization](, and also [trends in ad formats]( for 2022. Here are our top picks that you need to know. OnClick Popunder is likely to be the star when it comes to ad formats. Especially when it comes to earnings for publishers, [this format has a lot going for it](. [Lifestyle, sports and entertainment sites will flourish](. Continuing a trend but sites looking to make life better, simpler, or providing sports and entertainment content will keep up. Less writing, more talking. Podcasts and voice searches will continue to grow, and they should not be ignored. Niches like nutra, streaming & video on demand, finance, dating will continue to thrive in 2022. Many of them are evergreen, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone. Want to find 10+ other trends for 2022, and tips on how to take advantage of them? Read the full reports below. [Read the trends for verticals and content report.]( [Read the trends for monetization and ad format report.]( [Start monetizing your traffic]( with the leading advertising platform and get the highest CPM rates on the market. May the profit be with you in 2022! MARKETING Hook, Line, and Sinker: A model to create overachieving content [article-image] This is a model that [Rand Fishkin came up]( with to create successful pieces of content. Be it a blog post, a tweet, a podcast, or a YouTube video. Successful doesn’t necessarily mean viral. A successful piece is one that exceeds other pieces of similar quality and format. The model is made up of three elements: hook, line, and sinker. Let’s give it a proper look. Hook: The goal is to grab attention. There’s no information delivered, just the promise of what’s to come. The elements of the hook are the headline, subheadline, article image, or the first seconds of a video. Here are some examples Rand Fishkin reported: - Serious Eat: Our Favorite Recipes of 2021 - This is promise-based and it entices curiosity if you’re the target audience. - BBC: “Alexa tells a 10-year-old girl to touch a plug outlet with a penny.” - This tells a story and makes you wonder how it ends. It’s an open loop. Line: This is the meat of the content. The goal is to satisfy the curiosity created by the hook. Otherwise, the hook will be just another clickbait headline. The other objective is to trigger an emotional response. Usually, surprise, fear, hatred, and anger stimulate more engagement and shares. But there are many examples of high-performing pieces that leverage joy, gratitude, empowerment, shame, and pride. Sinker: This is the singular lasting memory that sticks with you after you consume the content. It’s like the lightsaber sound from Star Wars. Or "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." from The Godfather. And there’s no unique sinker. It can be a line, a sound, or a photo. It all depends on the person that consumed the content. There isn’t a clear path to come up with a sinker. But you should try to introduce as many sinkers as you can in a piece. In other words, you should try to make your piece memorable. SPONSORED BY PUSH HOUSE This case study will show you how to make $50/day profit with push traffic [article-image]( $3,000 revenue with $1,900 spent and $1,100 profit, with one offer and one geo - those are the sweet results of [this case study](. And it’s still fresh, with the campaign running from 4th January until 17th January 2022 - none of that “what worked years ago” advice. Simple, actionable, but fresh… [Read the full case study to discover the offer, creatives used, and traffic sources here.]( THE CREW'S INSIGHTS How we created a re-engagement automation for Apple Mail Privacy users [article-image] In the second half of 2021, Apple brought a feature called Apple Mail Privacy. 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