Once they were just startups but now they are multi-billion corporations. Companies like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube have found a way to attract their userbases, while the revenue was mostly driven by advertisements as these companies’ services are free, and “always will be”, as Facebook says. This is just an example of how people believe […]
Darren: Welcome to episode 273 of the ProBlogger podcast. My name’s Darren Rowse and I’m the blogger behind problogger.com, a site and a podcast to help you to start an ,amazing blog that’s going to change the lives of your readers in some way, and hopefully will change your life, too both in what it
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Darren: Welcome to episode 260 of the ProBlogger Podcast. My name’s Darren Rowse and I’m the blogger behind problogger.com which is a blog, a podcast and a series of courses, eBooks and events even, to help you to become a better blogger. You can find more about ProBlogger at problogger.com. Now today, we’re going into
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Earlier this year marked the 40th anniversary of the first mass marketing email. On May 3, 1978, a marketer for Digital Equipment Corporation named Gary Thuerk sent an unsolicited email pitch to 400 business prospects. Although the email blast resulted in an avalanche of privacy complaints, it served as the foundation of email marketing as
Earlier this week, the AP reported that Google continues to collect user location data even when user Location History is turned off. In response, Google initially said that the company was being clear and not hiding anything or misleading consumers: “[W]e continue to use location to improve the Google experience when they do things like perform
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Yesterday, the AP reported that Google collects user location data regardless of user Location History settings: Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store your location
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By Eric Fanelli I come from a family of hockey enthusiasts. It’s a sport that I grew up playing and I’m happy that I’ve passed the love of hockey on to my daughters, whom I now coach in my spare time. Several years ago, I walked down to my basement to discover that my cat had
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Earlier this year, we were given a failing campaign and tasked with the ultimate marketing challenge of turning it around. Not only did we succeed, but we transformed the campaign into a highly profitable one for a very happy e-commerce client. We were able to achieve this through some simple tactics that many top
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In July 2016, Unilever shocked the business world. They were purchasing Dollar Shave Club—a startup dreamed up just five years earlier by an improv comedian named Michael Dubin— for $1 billion. Reporters were baffled. Similar e-commerce subscription startups like Birchbox, Trunk Club, and Stitch Fix had failed to attract anywhere near the same interest. Plus,
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Chad Corzine didn’t set out to start a business. He simply wanted to start a small garden in his apartment and couldn’t find a product that fit his needs. Even after he did start his business, he had to constantly make adjustment and change his thinking based on things he learned from customers. Corzine is
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