Issue #332 | January 18th 2026
We’re swinging into week 3 of 2026 and it’s already been an interesting one…
Lots of wins coming in, people making moves in their business, and lots of AI innovations on the way.
To keep you rockin and rollin for the next 11.5 months, let’s dive into this round of Shark Bites…
If you’d like to write in your wins and be featured, you can do so inside of the Remote Marketing Agency Owners Private Facebook Group. Remember to use “#win” so we can feature you in next week’s “Catch of the Week”.
Welcome to “Pirate’s Booty” – a curated stash of local marketing news and content for your reading pleasure.
A recent survey of publishers had some interesting results… long story short, they expect search traffic to fall by more than 40%.
Why? AI may be the cause…
A longer version of this story can be found here:
SEO Survey: Publishers Expect Search Traffic To Fall Over 40%
ChatGPT won’t be staying “free” forever… in fact, OpenAI is going to begin testing ads to US users.
What does this mean to you and the future of ChatGPT? Find out here:
On this week's Aloha Friday Local Marketing Jam Session, we went live for:
Ask Tom Anything!
This was a no-holds-barred AMA where viewers could talk to me about anything business related that I'm qualified to speak on!
This was a rare opportunity to get my advice on whatever issue you're facing right now!
And lots of gold was shared!
The replay is up now and you can catch it here:
The Captain’s Log
Here you can find the latest YouTube videos from our Captains Tom and Nick. They’re putting out new videos all the time, so check back each week for new goodies.
That’s all for today.
Thanks as always for playing and I’ll talk to you soon!
Mahalo,
Tom Gaddis
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