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How to Spy on Your Competition & Steal Their Secrets

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It’s a big web world and growing at an exponential pace. In the past (I am talking pre-web), it was hard to know unless you asked your customers, poached a competitor’s employee or searched through their garbage bins. A laptop, the web, and a search engine and you have the starter tools to begin this spying caper.

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3 Steps to Equip Your Company Blog for the Road Ahead

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We see it every day: fast food chains challenge devotees to gather retweets for “ nuggs ,” personal care products advocate for women’s equality and airlines get called out — for both successes and major fails — in viral videos. Many consumers don’t just want to buy a product; they want to buy-in to a tribe. Map Your Destination.

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4 Examples of Fair Use Debates in the Digital World

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After he sent a takedown notice, the website took down the photo and updated its post, however, the photographer alleges the photo had already spread virally to other websites without proper attribution. This ongoing case has the public contemplating the way viral content hubs choose and use images in their listicles and articles.

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Symphony of Gates and a Healthy Debate Over Gated Content

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It’s a question as old as the web – should you gate your content? The same study points out there’s some content – infographics for example – is rarely gated. Gated Content Doesn’t Go Viral. He’s never seen a piece of gated content go viral…unless of course, you use this one weird trick. Marketing PR Social Media gate'

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How to Spy on Your Competition and Steal Their Secrets

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It’s a big web world and growing at an exponential pace. In the past (I am talking pre-web), it was hard to know unless you asked your customers, poached a competitor’s employee or searched through their garbage bins. Today, it is so much easier and it’s a lot more transparent with the advent of search engines and a social web.

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Content Foundations: Buyer Personas, Why Use Them & How to Make the Most of Them

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And in the era of information when more than five exabytes of content are created almost every day, blog posts, videos, infographics and social posts all contribute to this “how” and establish a company’s voice and personality. Rohan is also an avid business and tech writer, with articles featured on The Next Web, Fast Company, and Adweek.

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The Top 50 Social Media Influencers on Twitter

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Author of “Facebook Marketing for Dummies” Why Instagram is a Ripe Opportunity for Brands (Infographic) [link]. — ? 7 Ways to Make Your Tweets Go #Viral – [link] by @douglasi #twitter pic.twitter.com/dfyOaIOiuf. John Haydon – @johnhaydon. Digital marketing and fundraising expert for nonprofits.