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Smart Location-Based Marketing By Home Depot

Dave Fleet

Just saw this photo on my friend Ben Lucier’s Posterous site – hardware retailer Home Depot reserved a parking spot for him at his local store in the “Pro&# parking section. Because he was the mayor.

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Is Your Brand Performing Like It Needs to?

The Realtime Report

A brand isn’t simply the branding you put on posters. Is Your Brand Performing Like It Needs to? One of the most important things you can do as a founder or CEO is track the performance of your brand. It’s so much more than your logo. Your brand is made up of every decision you make that affects how customers relate to your business.

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Understanding the Meaning of ‘FTFY’: A Guide

BeingOptimist

Nonetheless, the usage of FTFY isn’t always straightforward, it can be exploited sarcastically or humorously to contest the original poster’s perspective or to ridicule their assertion. ” The usage of FTFY in this example maintains the original poster’s sentiment and context, only correcting a minor spelling error.

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Why “Hidden Like Counts” Won’t Hurt Influencer Marketing

Ignite Social Media

While the original poster can still see the count, other users cannot. The stated goal is to reduce, particularly among young people, the negative pressure caused by competing for likes and the embarrassment of low like counts. Back in April, Instagram began a test in which they hid the number of likes. each post gets from public view.

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Creating an Immersive Brand Experience at the Red Bull Wake Open

Buzz Marketing for Technology

To do this various functionality was incorporated that allowed users to unlock secret content from posters and wake board rider cards (think baseball cards for wake boarders!) that offered insider perspectives on the competing athletes and the event itself.

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4 iPhone Apps that Work with Instagram

Idaconcpts

Because Phoster gives you the ability to create that staple of teenage decorating, the poster, you now can bypass the head shop and make wall décor to taste, or even with lack thereof. It allows you to add a text message to Instagram. That of course is just the tip of the iceberg.

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How Social Media Changes Retail Storefronts

Ari Herzog

For years I’ve been exposed to branded product door decals telling me to “Push” or “Pull” an alcohol-branded sign at the checkout counter, or a poster in the window promoting a special. I fought with competing distributors over the signage in the front window and the decals on the door.

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