Monday Funday NewZ and Laughs

Vol. 67: I knew 10 people max on the Grammys.

HelloZ

FriendZ! Miss me? I missed you more! Really I did. Last week was a wild one. The start of February ushered in a frenzy of festivities, both professional and personal, and sadly I never made it back here.

HAPPY MONDAY!

Emma @edavies3

Ben Affleck is me on Monday AM! 🙅🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🙈🤷🏼‍♀️😂 #GRAMMYs #BenAffleck

It’s a new week now, and I am ready to rock it. ABZs are back this later week when I’ll cover the nuts and bolts of a solid affiliate program proposal. If you’ve been dabbling in affiliate and you’re ready to offer it as an official service in 2023, this post is for you! From a sales perspective, this post will help you organize your pitch and professional offerings so you know how to sell them to clients. And from a practical perspective, it’s going to give you a high-level overview of how an affiliate offering works within your PR workflow. Stay tuned for more later in the week! It will be for paid subscribers only, so please make sure you show your support! Want a group rate? Just ask.

I’m also publishing some new Pitch Bitch content I’ve been promising, so keep an eye out for that as well. As always, if there is a topic you’d like me to cover, please ask away! One of my favorite things about the Substack platform is helping people understand the world of PR and affiliate marketing just a little bit better. If there is something you’ve been wondering about, struggling with, or just focused on, drop it in the comments, and maybe I’ll feature it here next.

Today we’ve got a quick newZ roundup and some funnieZ to kick off your week in the right direction. I’ll see you all back here in a couple days! 

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NewZ

• Topping the list of NewZ is the premiere of the Real Housewives of New Jersey tomorrow night on Bravo at 9pm EST. I’m already popping corn.

• Roseanne Barr will star in her first standup special in nearly 20 years. It’s called Roseanne Barr: Cancel This and it premieres Monday, Feb 13 on Fox Nation. As long as she isn’t singing, I’m good with it. 

• Speaking of singing, last night was the 65th edition of music’s biggest night, the Grammys. Beyoncé — now officially Grammy Queen, with the most of any artists of all time at 32 — got stuck in traffic and missed the award presentation for Best R&B Song. Stars, they’re just like us. 

• In this week’s episode of grown men acting less grown than they ought to, Tom Brady is posting thirst traps, and Ben Affleck doesn’t have time for the Grammys. 

• Super Bowl Monday could become a state holiday in Tennessee. All Americans are in absolute agreement. Fixing this and Daylight Savings could win someone a presidential election. 

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RecipleaZe

Speaking of Super Bowl, I’m hosting this year! I’ve already got my Gordo’s Cheese Dip, Wholly, La Victoria, Herdez, and Chi-Chi’s stocked up. What are you cooking?

Check out this recipe for Italian Sub Dip - aka Hoagie Dip- on my TikTok. Want to see it on Insta? Click here.

@zlatathoughtsThis Italian Sub Dip (Hoagie Dip?) has BIG BIG ENERGY! I use NO MAYO in tbis recipe but insteqd some okive oil and the juice from the banana pepper jar. 🤌🤌#subdip #italiansubdip #hoagiedip #bbqsidedish #easyrecipe #easyrecipes #easysidesish #easydip #easydiprecipes #coldcuts #coldcutsandcheese #coldcut #bananapeppers #nomayo #glutenfree #glutenfreerecipes #glutenfreerecipe #lowfodmap #fodmap #italian #italianfood #foodporn #fyp #viralvideo #viralrecipe #easyaf #zlatathoughts #lifeandthymez

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Fun Fact

Today’s a great day for birthdayZ. Bob Marley was born on this day in 1945. So was Babe Ruth, whose birthday is February 6, 1945. One love and one swing of the bat! 

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FunnieZ

Let’s make this day better. 

Lauren McKenzie @TheMcKenziest

No but seriously how *did* we all hear the same Marilyn Manson rib removal rumor before social media

Blair Socci @blairsocci

My therapist is always like ur sensitivity is a gift and im like for who

Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) @IwriteOK

i would like if all future culture wars could be balloon-based

Dana Schwartz @DanaSchwartzzz

chris martin looks like a toddler named Rydyr at a pre-school that costs $50,000 a year

clair without the "e" @nastywomanatlaw

the feeling of forwarding an email you have been accused of not sending is probably the same as winning a duel

? @aliyahInterlude

pillow princess but not in a sexual way, i just rlly like to sleep

multitude container @bartleby_era

they should invent something other than time that heals all wounds

Additional #ZlataThoughts for you: it’s INSANE that these celebrities going to award shows can’t even FKN blink wrong without some meme being created. Poor Ben Affleck. No wonder no one wants to participate in anything anymore. These FunnieZ wouldn’t be complete without some of those meme gems though, right?

wine mom yor forger🍷 @autumnvelvets

Every time the camera pans to Ben Affleck #Grammys

Stacy Wofsy @wofsy_stacy

Ben Affleck worrying if P Diddy was going to perform in 50 Years of Hip Hop ….

Mike Beauvais @MikeBeauvais

Ben Affleck looks like he’s thinking about the best sandwich he ever ate in his life and then remembering that place closed down.

Voiceover Vegan @VOvegan

When you realize you forgot to set the DVR for The Last of Us. #GRAMMYs #BenAffleck

Queen Anne of Hedonia 🦒 @MissBeteNoire

Ben Affleck during a commercial

LoveRaw® @loverawofficial

When you’re dragged out after work & promised it’ll be a “quick one” #GRAMMYs #BenAffleck

jennifer @themissjenn

Ben Affleck at the Grammys is me any time I have to be on a zoom call.

Niamh Leahy @devlingirl

When your the designated driver #BenAffleck

Have a great day, friendZ!