Hi, friends 👋

It’s hard to know what to outsource to AI and what to keep doing yourself. It just got easier! These are the tedious tasks cluttering your to-do list that I want you to hand over to AI right now. Plus, I’ve rounded up tips for social media + review collection along with a new way to reach local customers right when they’re searching.

Stop doing these marketing tasks manually 🛑

Did you know that an estimated 10-15% of a marketer's time can already be automated with current technology? Meeting recaps, search term sorting, pulling campaign summaries, and customer feedback clustering are all automatable tasks that can consume a lot of time but require little original thinking. Which means your time is better spent elsewhere!

Here’s our expert Oskar Duberg’s definitive list of marketing tasks you should let AI handle instead.

Read more: 17 Marketing Tasks You Can Stop Doing Manually >>

Apple Maps ads are here 📣

Last month, Apple announced ads on Maps—giving your business the chance to get in front of some of the 68 million people who use the app in the US alone. According to our VP of Product, Katia Hausman, “Apple Maps traffic converts at about 2X the rate of organic visits from Google overall,” making advertising here a no-brainer.

Get everything you need to know about this new advertising format, including how to get started, average costs, and more.

Read more: Apple Maps Ads Are Here: Everything You Need to Know >>

Our best ever tips, tools, and examples to make your social media marketing shine ✨

With so many people and businesses on social media, it can be hard to build the right strategy and stand out. To help, we’ve pulled together 40 of our very best tips along with some super helpful tools (like a social media platform picker) and examples!

Read more: 40 Social Media Marketing Tips for Small Businesses (+Tools & Examples) >>

Make asking for reviews a 5-star experience ⭐

Customer reviews are essential to win over new customers, influence AI results, and drive decisions. But getting those reviews can be a challenge. Sometimes it just comes down to asking—in the right way and at the right time. Get the guide (plus templates!) for asking for reviews via email, social media, text, and more.

Read more: 25 Ways to Ask for Reviews (+Templates & Tips) >>

Stephanie Heitman Associate Director of Content LocaliQ