What's New in Marketing This Week - April 22nd

This post contains all the source links and expanded details from Edition #46 of our weekly Marketing Roundup newsletter.

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This week we talked about:

Sales Strategies: LinkedIn’s AI-powered people search is now available to all U.S. members.
Project Management & Workflow: Notion Update 3.4 Part 2 is live.
Advertising Updates: Google is testing a direct Google Tag Manager integration for conversion setup.
Creator Economy & Social Updates: Instagram expanded its Your Algorithm tool to the Explore page.
SEO News: Google published best practices for Read More links in search snippets.
AI Advancements: Google AI Studio expanded access for Pro and Ultra subscribers.

Note: This is just the news and links.

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LinkedIn Expands AI-Powered People Search

LinkedIn Expands AI-Powered

People Search

LinkedIn is rolling out its AI-powered people search to all U.S. members after previously limiting it to Premium subscribers. The feature lets you search in plain language — describing who you’re looking for the way you’d say it out loud — rather than manually filtering by job title, location, and industry.

Notion 3.4 (Part 2) Is Live

Notion 3.4 (Part 2)

Is Live

This update includes cheaper AI agents, access to private Slack channels, and a new credits dashboard. A new AI Autofill feature brings agents directly into databases, automatically enriching and categorizing data across every row without manual review.

Google Ads Tests Direct Google Tag Manager Integration

Google Ads Tests Google

Tag Manager Integration

Google is testing a new “Set up in Google Tag Manager” button inside the Google Ads conversion setup flow. Instead of manually copying conversion IDs and labels between platforms, advertisers can click the button to open a pre-filled tag configuration directly inside GTM.

Instagram ExpandsYour Algorithm Tool

Instagram Expands

Your Algorithm Tool

Instagram is rolling out its Your Algorithm control feature to the Explore tab for all English-language users. Previously only available in Reels, the tool lets users view the topics Instagram thinks they’re interested in and adjust them directly.

Google Publishes Best Practices for Read More Links

Google Publishes

Best Practices for

Google AI Studio Expands Access

Google AI Studio

Expands Access

Google is giving AI Pro and Ultra subscribers increased usage limits in AI Studio, plus access to Nano Banana Pro and Gemini Pro models. The update is aimed at developers and builders who have been hitting free-tier limits — positioning a Google AI subscription as a low-friction way to prototype and experiment before committing to a full pay-per-request API setup.

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