Here are 3 unique video ideas for course sellers, the latest tech news, and new books for entrepreneurs on March 13, 2026:
Get More Views With These Social Media Trends
Today’s featured trends are focused on building connections and likability with your target audience through authentic content.
Click the hyperlinked text in each bullet to read our step-by-step implementation guides.
- Word Chain is a word-reveal social media trend in which creators spell out a word or phrase one piece at a time, building to a final payoff that keeps viewers watching until the last frame.
The hook is pure pattern-completion psychology. The moment someone sees the first letter appear, their brain locks in and starts predicting what comes next.
That curiosity drives watch time, and watch time is exactly the metric the algorithm uses to decide whether to push your video to a wider audience.
For course creators, the format is a natural fit for any reveal.
Spell out your course name. Build toward a key result that your students achieve. Chain out the core promise of your program letter by letter and let the tension do the selling for you.
It works better than a straightforward promo because the viewer earns the reveal by staying to the end. - Micro-Drama is a short-form video trend in which creators compress a full story arc into 60 seconds or less and cut right before the resolution, leaving viewers with a cliffhanger that pulls them back for part two.
It works because serialized storytelling creates a habit. A viewer who returns for your next episode is actively seeking out your content instead of scrolling past it.
That kind of return traffic signals quality to the algorithm, and it compounds fast when you post consistently enough for your audience to trust that you will show up.
Online coaches have a lot of natural material here.
For instance, a client who almost quit before everything clicked is a three-part arc waiting to happen, or a fictional character facing a problem your niche knows well can run for weeks.
Furthermore, your own business journey, told in honest 60-second episodes, builds the kind of personal connection that turns followers into leads who know, like, and trust you. - Unfiltered Day In The Life is a content trend in which creators document a real, unglamorous workday rather than a “highlight reel” version.
Audiences are currently rewarding honesty with stronger watch time and engagement than polished lifestyle content gets – especially on platforms like TikTok.
The mechanism is trust, built fast. When someone watches you restart a recording four times or push through a slow afternoon instead of skipping straight to the win, they stop seeing you as a guru and start seeing you as a person.
That shift matters because people buy courses and coaching programs from people they feel like they know, not from curated personas they admire from a distance.
Remember: people buy info products from people they know, like, and trust (KLT).
Breaking Tech News and AI Developments
- OpenAI expanded Sora 2. The update supports custom characters and objects, 16:9 and 9:16 exports, clips up to 20 seconds, scene continuation for extending videos, and batch jobs for large-scale video generation.
- Instructure launched IgniteAI Agent, an agentic AI tool for the Canvas LMS that automates complex workflows, such as course module creation, content alignment, and rubric generation, for educators and course creators.
- Amazon introduced Sassy Personality mode for Alexa+, giving the voice assistant a more playful and sarcastic tone. 😆
- Genspark launched Genspark AI Workspace 3.0 and introduced Genspark Claw, an AI agent designed to act as a personal “AI employee.”
- Bumble introduced Dates, an AI assistant powered by Bumble’s own AI model (Bee), designed to match users based on deeper compatibility instead of swiping.
Amazon Bestsellers and New Books for Entrepreneurs
- A Mind of Your Own by Warren Smith is a practical guide to reclaiming independent thinking in an era of widespread misinformation.
The book offers a five-step method to detect deception, spot logical fallacies, question narratives, separate reality from media distortion, and make confident decisions amid polarization and groupthink. - 3 Step Sales by Dan McManus presents a simple, proven framework – Intrigue, Educate, and Close.
It’s designed to help entrepreneurs, coaches, and business owners attract leads, convert more prospects into paying customers, and grow revenue quickly without feeling pushy. - The AI Money Machine by Kai Westin is an 8-book audiobook that teaches how to build passive income streams, automate businesses, and earn consistent money using ChatGPT, AI tools, and digital strategies.
It features proven monetization methods, time-saving automations, evergreen frameworks, and common pitfalls to avoid in the AI revolution. - E-commerce Brand Guide to the Galaxy by Dr. Mark Young PhD and Dr. Benjamin Hardy is a fundamentals-focused guide emphasizing profitable brand-building through customer psychology, pricing, key performance metrics, and emotional loyalty.
- Grok 4.2 Passive Income Blueprint by Kevin Bermingham is a beginner-friendly, step-by-step 90-day guide that teaches how to generate passive income using xAI’s Grok 4.2 AI model.
The book features the P.A.S.T.E. prompt framework, rapid creation of eBooks, printables, courses, and no-code tools, autonomous Grok Agents for content, marketing, and sales, and legal/tax strategies for safe scaling.
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