Three Ways to Re-purpose Content and Connect with Serious Buyers through Social Media

Three Ways to Re-purpose Content and Connect with Serious Buyers through Social Media

So you’ve created a Facebook page for your company and a LinkedIn profile. Your business has a Twitter profile and you might be considering Google+ or Pinterest. You have social media visibility, but do you have a presence?

It all depends on what you’re posting.

Different sources provide different ratiosfor how much of your social media content should be self-promotional versus informational, but…

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5 Tips for Choosing Effective Marketing Content

5 Tips for Choosing Effective Marketing Content

Content marketing is the best way to get information to your clients or customers. This is also the perfect way to gain the trust of your customers and increase your sales. The problem is choosing the most effective type of content and presenting it in an attention getting manner. Here are some tips on choosing the most effective content for your content marketing.

1. Point out your competitive…

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The 7 Most Common Marketing Mistakes

The 7 Most Common Marketing Mistakes

When marketing your product or service, you need to have a firm understanding of your audience, the message you want to deliver, the offer you’re willing to make, and the optimal timing for your marketing campaign.

Too often novice marketers, even marketing veterans, make costly mistakes that result in poor performance of their marketing campaign. Common marketing mistakes can be avoided with…

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Brand Consistency At Trade Shows

Brand Consistency At Trade Shows

Corporations often need to exhibit at simultaneous trade shows in different locales and for different reasons. They often have two trade show exhibits in the same city at the same time. Going one step further, a company may even have two separate trade show exhibits at the same trade show.

Oracle is an example of a company exhibiting at two trade shows at the same time in the same city. Why does…

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Grabbing Attention Outside The Exhibit Hall -

Grabbing Attention Outside The Exhibit Hall –

To be competitive today, trade show exhibitors not only need to grab attention to their trade show displays inside the exhibit hall but also beyond the exhibit floor.

More and more, creative trade show exhibitors attract crowds to their trade show booth by using nearby venues as a springboard. Attracting attention at neighboring hotels where the trade show visitors are staying or public places…

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What my team and I have learned in the first 3 weeks of Y Combinator

What my team and I have learned in the first 3 weeks of Y Combinator

About a year ago, my team and I were just starting to build our MVP. Back then we were a small team of three and had a huge vision. Fast forward to three months ago: a team of six and an entry ticket to Y Combinator. And today, we’re an incredible team of nine, best I could think of, living in Sunnyvale, California and taking part in the prestigious Y Combinator program to accelerate our already…

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5 Ways Linux Can Help Improve Your Relationship

5 Ways Linux Can Help Improve Your Relationship

Computing, for the most part, is a solitary activity. We sit down and stare at a screen, blocking out the world around us. This can sometimes introduce friction into a relationship. The problem can be even worse when you’re using a smartphone. But there are ways to use a computer that bring you and a significant other closer together. If nothing else, one can help you better manage your mutual…

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Are We Secure From Spectre and Meltdown Yet?

Are We Secure From Spectre and Meltdown Yet?

The Spectre and Meltdown processor vulnerability revelations were a shocking start to the new year in cybersecurity. The vulnerabilities affect almost every processor, across almost every operating system and architecture. Processor manufacturers and operating system developers swiftly issued patches to protect against the vulnerabilities — but there were some serious teething issues, too. Now,…

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Twitch Issues New Rules for Streamers and Viewers

Twitch Issues New Rules for Streamers and Viewers

Twitch is making some changes to its community guidelines. This is a long overdue response to accusations that Twitch is becoming an increasingly toxic community, with newcomers ruining the vibe, and the old guard reacting negatively to this. For the uninitiated, Twitch lets people stream online. The vast majority of Twitch streamers film themselves playing video games, but the IRL section has…

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5 Great Apps That Bring Portrait Mode to Any iPhone

5 Great Apps That Bring Portrait Mode to Any iPhone

Portrait Mode has been a mainstay of the higher-end iPhone lineup since the iPhone 7 Plus. The current iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X both sport the feature, though the latter even has it on the front-facing TrueDepth camera. Unfortunately if you have an older device, you won’t be able to take advantage of native portrait mode. So if you want portrait mode on an iPhone 6, you’re out of luck. But if…

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5 Ways to Use Natural Language on Your Mac to Get Things Done

5 Ways to Use Natural Language on Your Mac to Get Things Done

Your Mac can understand what you’re saying even if you use natural language. Think words and sentences that roll off your tongue in everyday conversation with people. The hard part is getting used to this idea and remembering to use natural language when you have used compu-speak for so long. If you have used search engines like Google and Bing, or Siri on your Mac or iPhone, you have already…

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25 Best Android Auto Apps for Messaging, Music, and More If you have an Android phone and a car, you should know how to use Android Auto for a better info-tainment experience on the road.

5 Best Valentine’s Day Apps for a Romantic Date Night

5 Best Valentine’s Day Apps for a Romantic Date Night

It’s February 14 and you better have planned something romantic for your partner. But just in case you didn’t, these free apps offer great date night ideas for Valentine’s Day. There is something for everyone here. One app gives you ideas for what you can do tonight, based on where you are. Another turns your relationship into a quiz, while some apps test how right you are for each other. And as…

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Madagascar has a hi-tech waterless toilet that charges your phone Traditional flush toilets aren’t an option in many parts of the world, but neither is leaving people with unsafe and unhygenic choices.

Gain a competitive career advantage and learn the powers of machine learning and data science With its reach increasing, it’s time for the tech-savvy to start truly understanding the global implications of these technologies with the Machine Learning and Data Science eBook and Course Bundle. It’s a package that’s on sale now for just $34 (over 90 percent off) from TNW Deals.

Falcon Heavy is a fully reusable middle-finger to the environment

Falcon Heavy is a fully reusable middle-finger to the environment

  SpaceX has now launched the most powerful spacecraft since the Apollo era – the Falcon Heavy rocket – setting the bar for future space launches. The most important thing about this reusable spacecraft is that it can carry a payload equivalent to sending five double-decker London buses into space – which will be invaluable for future manned space exploration or in sending bigger satellites into…

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6 things UI designers should keep in mind for iPhone X There is nothing more pleasing for a creative designer than a new challenge. User Interface designers are sick and tired of standard screen sizes and similar UIs.