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- Issue 184: how... not thinking makes you go viral. š¤
Issue 184: how... not thinking makes you go viral. š¤
+ Shein hikes prices 377% ahead of tariffs
| THE INTRO
Just in case youāve been living under a rock for the last 24 hours, yes, the rumors are true: Classic memes are SO BACK. (At least for the next 24 hours or so.) Letās hope this extends into the DTC world cause if not itās time to pick a new career.

| TWEET OF THE WEEK
Classical (button-pushing) Media Buying is ALREADY GONE. Media-Buyers MUST do the creative strategy.
ā Andrei Lunev, PhD (@andreilunev)
5:02 PM ⢠Apr 27, 2025
Kendall Dickieson: You're Overthinking It⦠Just Post.
š§ Nobodyās analyzing your posts like you think they are
šø Perfect captions, edits, fonts? No one cares
š„ Focus on posting consistently ⦠not making a masterpiece
š¤ People want connection, not perfection
š More reps = more trust, faster growth
š Why youāre wasting time over-polishing ⦠and what to do instead:
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| QUICK SHOTS
@ron_ecomm this is the right prediction. AI levels the playing field across so many domains.
@iamshackelford āthis is Godzilla freak nature hypeā
@kristhejean āVEHEMENTLY disagreeā
@SeanEcom Section 321 (tariff loophole) goes away next week for all Chinese made goods.
@codyplof āUsually itās the sign of a weak leader and lots of inefficiencies.ā
| HERE FOR THE MEMES
| AND IN OTHER NEWSā¦
| GET LINKED
I wasnāt shocked⦠but still had to share this.
Rumour has it that OpenAI might be quietly working on a native Shopify checkout inside ChatGPT.
Apparently āleakedā code shows:
š 'shopify_checkout_url'
š 'buy_now'
š 'product_offer_raā¦
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| STAT ATTACK

| THE OUTRO
Let us go forth, thusly bretheren!