Logan Paul v. KSI fight ends in draw reports the BBC.
Yes, you read that correctly. The world renowned British Broadcasting Corporation provided minute-by-minute updates of an event precipitated by online beef between two of the world’s least likeable YouTube personalities: Britain’s favorite budding misogynist gaming vlogger KSI and esteemed Japanese corpse voyeur Logan Paul.
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09 02 2018
Trends in Digital Marketing: The Inbound Way
First published Nov. 16, 2016. Updated Feb. 9, 2018.
Imagine a world without pop-ups, junk mail or blaring commercials in between your every waking breath, calming, quiet and peaceful. Lofty as it may sound, many of us are already pretty close to that vision, as we go through extensive lengths to avoid advertisement through subscriptions and services that offer ad-free experiences. However, as a consumer, there’s going to be some point where you want information about products and services that you’re considering purchasing and, as a business owner, you may be wondering how to capture the attention of an audience that’s making an increasing effort to block you out. As it would be, there happens to be a middle ground where consumers and businesses can willfully exchange valuable information to direct purchases: inbound marketing.
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The New Year is a time for change. It’s a time to kick bad habits and pick up constructive ones. It’s also a time to try new things. It just so happens that there are a number of products and services that can help people open a new page in their lives – a substantial number. What that translates into is a steep curve for competition on your New Year’s promotional offers. Luckily, there are some basic tips to help you stand out from the competitors.
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08 08 2017
The Key to Marketing Magic
There’s a tendency to view marketing campaigns through a lens of cynicism. A lot of it has to do with the unwelcomed ubiquity of ads in every aspect of modern life. People see advertisements as daily hassles from people they assume are trying to sell them something they don’t need. The truth is that this assessment isn’t always too far off the mark.
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Ah, the joys of youth – growing pains – remember swooning over your first crush from a folding desk? Sorting through your college picks with staggering anxiety, breaking curfew to spend time with your friends, and taking powerful life lessons from Lysol’s most recent ad campaign? Wait, was that just me?
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15 02 2017
Pop Culture Silver Linings
Here at Words by a Pro, we work with narratives. It’s our job to write stories surrounding brands. Orders often run along the lines of “informative but entertaining” or “professional but accessible.”
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Marketing firms follow emerging demographics, so as Millennials transition from the spotlight to the steering wheel, the focus of the advertising industry will begin turning to upcoming generations.
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If you lived through the peak years of Irish rock band U2, you may remember Bono as the band’s charismatic front-runner, creative genius, and global philanthropist extraordinaire. Alternatively, you may remember him as “that guy who spent most of a decade loudly repeating ‘yeah’ over melodramatic guitar riffs.”
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02 02 2016
Rethinking the Social Media Landscape
For over a decade, entrepreneurs have struggled to fully harness the continually expanding influence of social media. According to recent polls, about 28 percent of all online activity is dedicated to social media consumption, so it should come as no surprise that 93 percent of marketers use social media for business. The importance of social media presence is taken as a given, basically granted as your first topic in Marketing 101.
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Somewhere in the mid-1950s, a revolution in advertising took place. While previous business models relied primarily on supply side economics, the new age of advertising saw opportunities to generate demand through innovative marketing practices. The behavioral sciences slowly started to work their way into advertising agencies and businesses began to devote substantial portions of their budgets to product promotion.
