MITPO Journal · Page 3 of 5

Archived research on AI, search, and marketing systems.

Playbooks and operator analyses from earlier in the MITPO research archive.

Four filmstrip prisms comparing AI video models across resolution, motion consistency, and duration
AI·11 min read·August 10, 2026

AI Video Models for Growth Marketers: Seedance 2.5 vs. Veo 3.1 vs. Kling 3.0 vs. MiniMax

Comparing Seedance 2.5, Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, and MiniMax on consistency, duration, audio fidelity, and cost per second for marketing campaigns.

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An isolated typewriter dissolving into dust while an interconnected marketing operating system powers full campaigns
Marketing·8 min read·August 8, 2026

Why Standalone AI Copywriting Tools Are Obsolete (And What Replaced Them)

Why single-purpose AI copywriters produce generic slop without upstream strategy, and how connected marketing operating systems unify the entire campaign loop.

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A central radiating knowledge source projecting brand citations directly to an audience
Marketing·10 min read·August 6, 2026

The Zero-Click Marketing Playbook: How to Win Brand Mindshare When Search Engines Answer Everything

Over 60% of searches in 2026 never reach a website click. How to build brand equity, generative citations, and direct conversions in an answer-first world.

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A streamlined five-stage automated marketing rail system from competitor scan to campaign dispatch
Marketing·12 min read·August 4, 2026

Building an Autonomous Marketing Engine: From Competitor Scan to Published Campaign in 15 Minutes

A complete step-by-step blueprint for scanning competitor URLs, extracting winning hooks, generating multi-channel assets, and scheduling campaigns automatically.

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A founder's desk cluttered with disconnected marketing tool windows converging into one organized workspace
Strategy·6 min read·July 17, 2026

Why Founders Are Ditching 10 Marketing Tools for One AI Marketing OS

Solo founders lose hours gluing 10 marketing tools together. Why the duct-tape stack breaks - and how one AI marketing OS replaces it.

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Diagram of marketing jobs being routed to different AI models, with a frontier model reserved for strategy and research tasks
AI·12 min read·July 2, 2026

Claude Fable 5: What Frontier AI Models Actually Mean for Marketing Teams in 2026

Claude Fable 5 is here. What Anthropic's newest frontier model really changes for marketing teams — and how to evaluate any new AI model in 30 minutes.

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A product photo transforming into a moving video scene, illustrating Gemini Omni Flash any-to-any video generation
AI·12 min read·July 2, 2026

Gemini Omni Flash: Google's Any-to-Any Video AI for Marketers

Google's Gemini Omni Flash turns text, photos, and footage into 10-second videos with audio. What it means for marketers — and how to use it in MITPO.

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Illustration of a marketer's 2026 playbook: AI answer citations, short-form video, and automated campaign workflows on one desk
Trends·14 min read·July 2, 2026

The Marketing Tactics Actually Working in 2026 (Backed by Real Data)

Eight marketing tactics with real 2026 evidence behind them — AEO, short-form video, agentic AI workflows, micro-communities — plus two overhyped trends to skip.

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An agentic marketing workflow moving from research to shipped assets
AI·9 min read·June 19, 2026

Your Next Marketing Hire Is an AI Agent: Agentic Workflows That Actually Ship in 2026

Marketing automation in 2026 isn't a chatbot bolted onto your stack - it's AI agents that research, plan, draft, and hand off real work with a human approval step. Here's what agentic marketing looks like in practice for lean teams.

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A marketer planning ads across AI assistant surfaces
Ads·9 min read·June 18, 2026

ChatGPT Ads Just Opened to Every Business - Do These 5 Things Before Bids Spike

OpenAI opened ChatGPT advertising to any U.S. business with a budget, and Meta is set to pass Google on global ad revenue for the first time. Here's the lean-team playbook for the new AI ad surface before competition floods in.

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A brand team reviewing original, human-led marketing work
Trends·8 min read·June 17, 2026

Authenticity Is the New Moat: Winning the Post-AI-Slop Backlash in 2026

After two years of AI-generated everything, consumers are pushing back. In 2026 craft, point of view, and proof you can't fake have become the real competitive moat. Here's how lean teams use AI for speed without sounding like everyone else.

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A founder being discovered and recommended by an AI answer engine
SEO·9 min read·June 5, 2026

Agentic Commerce Is Here: Why Getting Cited by AI Now Beats Ranking on Google

Google's Universal Cart and OpenAI's in-chat checkout just made AI the new storefront. Here's how lean teams win answer engine optimization (AEO) and get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI in 2026.

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