Direct Marketing Observations

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Should Everything be Free Online?

Direct Marketing Observations

Consumers look for alternatives when they realize that they have to pay to access content online. Does Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Youtube, Tumblr, WordPress, Posterous, Typepad, Flickr and Evernote amongst others, charge to use their platforms at an entry level? It’s actually been gasoline on an open flame.

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Social May Artificially Validate Motivation and Intent But…

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You know about Google’s algorithm, you understand how to optimize for search, you know that you will be using WordPress because of it’s ability to add plugins and content on the fly. You’re a marketer, you’re tasked to sell something online. You decide to make it social.

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Protecting Children from Social Media

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But more importantly, aside from the breakdown of percentages in that graphic above-look at the number of ways that people can consume and create content. Create a blog on WordPress. Share content. Have access to all content pages that your child has created. We are, and they are, consumers of media and creators of it.