Soku AIBlog
Insights, tutorials, and updates from the Soku AI team.
AI Ad Creative for Snapchat Games: Formats and Hooks
Snapchat creative fails when brands recycle horizontal or Meta assets. How to use AI to produce native vertical, AR-first Snapchat ads at the velocity a Gen Z audience demands — formats, hooks, a concrete workflow, and a dedicated section on AI ad creative for mobile games, including why Snapchat has no playable format.
13 min read · June 3, 2026
Best Marketing Automation Software in 2026: 8 Platforms Compared (and Where AI Fits)
An honest, up-to-date guide to the best marketing automation software in 2026 — HubSpot, ActiveCampaign, Klaviyo, Brevo, Customer.io, Marketo, Pardot — with real pricing, who each is for, and how AI is reshaping the category.
16 min read · June 2, 2026
AI Marketing Cloud (2026): What It Is, the Best Platforms, and Where It Stops
A buyer's guide to the AI marketing cloud in 2026 — how Salesforce, Adobe, Braze, HubSpot, and Klaviyo compare, why agentic features are now table stakes, and the one job no marketing cloud actually does.
16 min read · June 1, 2026
Google Ads Editor: The 2026 Bulk-Editing Workflow Guide
A practical, evergreen guide to Google Ads Editor — what it's still the best tool for, how to run a clean bulk-edit workflow, and where it stops earning its keep in an AI-driven ad stack.
11 min read · May 29, 2026
Ad Agency Project Management Software: The 2026 Buyer's Guide
An honest, agency-specific buyer's guide to project management software. Compare Soku AI, Workamajig, Function Point, Asana, Monday, ClickUp, Wrike, Basecamp, and Notion — with a decision framework based on your billing model.
17 min read · May 28, 2026
The Best AI Marketing Tools (2026): A Connected-Stack Buyer's Guide
An honest, category-by-category guide to the best AI marketing tools in 2026 — what each does well, where it falls short, and why the real bottleneck is no longer generating output but connecting your stack.
16 min read · May 27, 2026
AI Marketing Agents in 2026: What They Are, How They Differ From Automation, and What Actually Works
AI marketing agents reason about goals instead of following rules. Here's what separates a real agent from automation, the 2026 adoption data, where agents actually deliver ROI, and how to deploy one without losing control.
7 min read · May 26, 2026
GPT Image 2 vs Nano Banana 2 for Paid Ad Creative
Side-by-side ad creative tests: typography, brand fidelity, product consistency, aspect ratios, editing, cost, and when each model wins.
11 min read · April 24, 2026
Agentic AI Tools: What Cursor 3 Reveals About the Future of Ad Automation
Cursor 3 rebuilt its entire IDE around AI agents. The same paradigm shift — from manual tools to agent orchestration — is transforming advertising. Here's what marketers need to learn from the developer world.
10 min read · April 3, 2026
World Cup 2026 Ad Creative Playbook: AI Templates, Localization & Speed
World Cup 2026 AI ad creative playbook — 48 teams, 104 matches, $10.5B ad spend, and how AI-powered tools help brands produce, localize, and optimize ad creative at tournament speed.
14 min read · April 1, 2026
How I Use Claude Code to Run All Marketing for an AI Startup
A solo founder shares exactly how Claude Code replaced a 5-person marketing team, building 40+ SEO pages, 12 integration landing pages, and a nightly content pipeline for under $300/month.
12 min read · March 31, 2026
Building AI Agents with AI Agents: Harness Engineering at nexad
How a small team building AI marketing agents developed an engineering harness that turns coding agents from liabilities into infrastructure — with data, trade-offs, and unsolved problems.
18 min read · March 28, 2026