MITPO Journal · Page 4 of 5
Archived research on AI, search, and marketing systems.
Playbooks and operator analyses from earlier in the MITPO research archive.
Vibe Marketing: How One Person Now Runs the Output of a Whole Marketing Team
Vibe marketing is the 2026 way lean teams produce a whole department's output with AI. Here's the workflow, the stack, and the human layer that keeps it from becoming slop.
The 2026 AI Price War: What Opus 4.8, Gemini 3.5 Flash and Microsoft MAI Mean for Your Marketing Budget
Claude Opus 4.8, Gemini 3.5 Flash, and Microsoft's MAI models just kicked off an AI price war. Here's the right model stack for each marketing job - and what it actually costs a lean team.
The 2026 Guide to AI Marketing Platforms
A practical guide to choosing an AI marketing platform in 2026, with evaluation criteria for founders and lean teams.
Surviving Google's 2026 AI-Spam Update: What Changed and What to Do About It
Google's March 2026 update deindexed thousands of AI-content sites overnight. Here is what the update actually targets, why operator-led content is still safe, and the concrete steps to audit an existing site.
The Future of AI in Digital Marketing: 2026 Trends You Can't Ignore
A 2026 operator brief on AI search, agentic workflows, first-party data, creative automation, and the systems marketers need to stay competitive.
AI Search Optimization in 2026: How to Rank When the Engine Answers First
A 2026 SEO playbook for AI Overviews, answer engines, cited content, and the post-SGE search environment.
Top 10 AI Tools for Marketers in 2026
A 2026 operator shortlist of the AI tools that actually matter for research, content, design, video, SEO, CRM, and workflow speed.
Schema Markup That Actually Moves the Needle for SaaS in 2026
Most schema markup advice is a copy-paste of Google's documentation. Here are the six schema types that actually changed our clients' click-through rates in 2025-2026, and the four that waste your time.
Build, Buy, or Use a Social Publishing Platform?
Three practical paths for startup social publishing: build it yourself, wire a scheduling API, or choose a workflow platform that includes drafting and review.
Programmatic SEO Without Getting Penalized: The 2026 Playbook
Programmatic SEO still works in 2026 - but not the way 2022 guides tell you to run it. The shape that survives Google's updates is narrower, more data-driven, and genuinely useful to the reader.
Buffer Alternatives for Startups in 2026: What Actually Matters
A practical guide to choosing a Buffer alternative when your team needs planning, drafting, review, and publishing without adding more operational drag.
Design Trends That Will Dominate 2026
From neo-brutalism to glassmorphism 2.0, explore the visual styles that are defining the aesthetic of the next web generation.