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3 Lessons Fractl Learned From Creating and Promoting Holiday Content

Buzzstream

We also heard this idea reflected back in some feedback from an editor at a regional newspaper: . “ Content marketers need to realize that there are only so many viral holiday ideas you can produce—you can’t bank on being the first to produce an idea, especially when the success of your campaign is limited to a few weeks.

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The Essential Guide to Mass Communication: History, Methods, Ethics, and the Future

Masters in Communications

Way before newspapers, the Romans and Greeks used scrolls, Egyptians used papyrus, and ancient China used a form of paper to distribute information, even if that information was limited to an inner circle of elites or an educated few in those cases. China is credited with starting the world's first newspaper.

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How the Explainer Changed Digital Media Forever

Contently - Strategy

The first approach yields a timeline of newspaper articles, which you can piece together to create a full story. ” However, content that follows this equation… Popular Google search term + aggregated information from other sources = viral content. “It’s whatever people are asking about today in the world.

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