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Today is great timing for a Halloween promotion. Everyone is talking about costumes, candies and spooky stuff as they prepare for the rare treat of...
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I have suffered through reading more social media books than you can imagine. Thanks to ten years of blogging and writing several marketing books along...
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Marketers love to celebrate forgettable things. Every week I read magazines covering the most popular marketing campaigns of the moment. Reading about creative campaigns is...
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7 Useful Lessons From The Corporate Social Media Summit
After two days of conversations about social media with 25 of the world’s largest brands, perhaps the nicest benefit is that you don’t hear the...
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5 Marketing Lessons From The Alluring #FollowMe Project
About two years ago, aspiring photographer Murad Osmann was in Barcelona on vacation with his girlfriend Russian journalist Nataly Zakharova when she grabbed his hand...
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Why Most Trends Don’t Matter (And 15 New 2014 Trends That Do!)
If you believe the typical trend declarations for 2014 – this is going to be the year of big data, wearable devices, and ubiquitous tablets....
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Every year, Advertising Age magazine publishes a report that looks at the collective results from nine of the most globally respected industry award shows in the advertising...
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16 Ways To Make Social Media More Effective
If I said I never used anything I learned in algebra class, I’d be lying. In my career as a marketer and communicator, I’ve never...
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10 Social Media Marketing Ideas From Big Brands
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