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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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It's a Subscription Model Market, Facebook's Pivot to Professionals, X Targets Streaming: Monday Social Media News Roundup

Buffer Social

Reviving Interest in Threads Meta explores new options to reignite interest in Threads, alongside Instagram's focus groups with creators. Mobile Live Streaming Exclusive mobile live streaming for members rolled out on YouTube mobile app. Podcasts Auto-Download YouTube Music introduces auto-downloads for podcasts.

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Seth Godin on Steroids: Here’s My Evernote Password

Viper Chill

We’d do a focus group and find out people didn’t understand what equipment they’d need, so we’d add that. We started adding people’s homemade YouTube videos. Today, Apple is the most valuable technology company in the world. We kept testing and changing the P90X infomercial.

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