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10 Marketing Techniques for Content Marketers from Traditional Advertising

Writtent Blog

Most readers will recognize the video advertisement above, which catapulted Apple into its current position as a major player in the technology scene in the early 1980’s. They weren’t cheap to run, but it’s safe to assume that thousands of terrible marketing ideas were diverted when a focus group reacted poorly.

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Seth Godin on Steroids: Here’s My Evernote Password

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We’d do a focus group and find out people didn’t understand what equipment they’d need, so we’d add that. ” Source: Inc Magazine. ” Source: Inc Magazine. As a result, Dean Craven Laycock insisted that he resign from all extracurricular activities, including the college humor magazine.

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