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"Leaked" Zoom calls, glow-up titles, and straight-talking CTOs

Nov 21, 2025
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Is internal comms the new marketing?

 

Hey!

Here’s what’s making the rounds in this week 👇️ 

🎭 Internal Comms is Marketing: All signs are pointing to internal comms methods being the new way to break through with "authentic marketing." Exhibit A: Zapier doing a "public" All Hands call on AI. Exhibit B: The "leaked" Zoom call with TimothĂ©e Chalamet's movie marketing team. (tbf, I laughed so hard at this one).

🏆️ Crisis Response Hall of Fame: The internet shut down when Cloudflare had an oopsie and we all have something to learn from this straight-talk apology. â€śI won’t mince words: earlier today we failed our customers and the broader Internet. […] That issue, impact it caused, and time to resolution is unacceptable.” Way to say the thing!

✨ Our new moniker: Earned Attention: Your CEO may not trust traditional media, but they know the currency that is attention. Which is why I love that Turo is hiring a Head of Earned Attention covering comms, PR, and organic social. Those three teams have been sisters for a long time, now with a cute glow-up title.

Comms KPIs đź¤ť Business KPIs: Comms executive recruiter Karen Shnek Lippman dropped knowledge bombs into my comments section with insights on how to demonstrate business value on your resume and friends, it's worth updating yours.

🪀 One for the road: If your CCO starts a job post with "Yooooooooooo" you are my people.

 

Chat soon,
Gab Ferree
Founder & Your Comms BFF, Off the Record

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