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10 Must-Run Marketing Plays for Small Businesses in 2026

The year ahead favors the bold, the scrappy, and the founder-led.

If you’re a small business owner heading into 2026 with a “let’s just keep doing what worked in 2021” mindset… oh sweetheart, pull up a chair. The marketing landscape has officially entered the era of AI engines, personalized discovery, lifestyle storytelling, and consumers who can spot inauthenticity a mile away (even from behind a screen scrolling at 2x speed).

The Power of Product Placement: What Ginny and Georgia, Sirens, and Orbit Baby Can Teach Us About Brand Buzz
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The Power of Product Placement: What Ginny and Georgia, Sirens, and Orbit Baby Can Teach Us About Brand Buzz

In a world of ad fatigue and algorithm burnout, product placement remains one of the few ways to get your product directly into the emotional bloodstream of pop culture. Whether it’s a subtle moment of wardrobe magic or a full-blown storyline, when audiences see a product in use—and feel the story around it—it sticks.

Let’s explore some of the most buzzworthy recent examples (and yes, one just might involve a stroller turf war with Dwight Schrute).

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