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8 Cutting-Edge Marketing Tactics That Work Better Than Facebook Ads - Forbes

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8 Cutting-Edge Marketing Tactics That Work Better Than Facebook Ads Forbes Facebook marketers assume a situation where ads + eyeballs = sales. Naturally, Facebook has ads and eyeballs, but is it delivering on sales?

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It’s no exaggeration to say that virtually every current problem in the region stems at least in part from the imperial double cross and carve-up that took place after the war. And the immediate results of the European betrayal were then exacerbated by further acts of intervention and neocolonialism, most recently: President George H. W. Bush’s Gulf War and embargo on Iraq; President Bill Clinton’s continued embargo and bombing of Iraq; President George W. Bush’s invasion and occupation of Iraq and overthrow of the secular regime of Saddam Hussein (al-Qaeda, of which the Islamic State is an offshoot, was not in Iraq before this); President Barack Obama’s support (until recently) for the corrupt, autocratic Shi’ite government in Baghdad; and Obama’s throwing in with those seeking to oust secular Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which made that country a magnet for radical Sunni jihadis, the same who are now threatening genocide against Shi’ites, Christians, and Yazidis in Iraq. (Thus Obama’s policy is at war with itself.)

Out of Iraq, Etc.! (via azspot)

Spent the morning listening to Gregg Deal (@thelamesauce) speak about identity @creativemorning- then decided to go check his mural out myself. #changethename #honorthetreaties (at Rhode Island Avenue – Brentwood)

Rihanna for W Magazine 2014

Stop whining, I’m your friend

The president wants CEOs to play ball. He might have to change his own language

“Whenever we talk about writing, we start to talk about paradoxes.”

Jeanette Winterson (via theparisreview)

Pinterest, Tumblr drove more website traffic than Twitter in the first six months of 2014, according to StatCounter. 

Facebook had a 67 percent share of referral traffic, while Pinterest had 10.38 percent, Tumblr had 8.54 percent and Twitter’s share was just 6.99 percent. (via Mediabistro)

You can play with the data here on StatCounter.

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Comcast Confessions: why the cable guy is always late If you have cable TV or internet, you’ve probably spent some time waiting for the cable guy. And waiting. And waiting. Comcast, like most cable companies, schedules appointments in time frames instead of set times to allow technicians some flexibility. But Comcast technicians told The Verge that they’re frequently booked solid throughout the day, making it easy to fall behind. On busy days, employees said, a dispatcher will even overbook technicians, figuring at least one appointment will cancel.

I believe in naps.

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Oh NYC...always more more more.

Can you create that buzzy neighborhood feel in 17.4 million square feet and 28 acres? Manhattan is about to find out.

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Brothers and sisters, never war, never war! Everything is lost with war, nothing is lost with peace. Never more war.

Did Pope Francis just challenge the Church’s opinion on war? (via positivelypersistentteach)

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