Facebook cuts down annoying ‘now connected on Messenger’ alerts

“‘You Are Now Connected On Messenger’ Is The Worst Thing On Facebook” BuzzFeed’s Katie Notopoulos correctly pointed out in a story yesterday. When you friend someone on Facebook or Messenger, or an old friend joins Messenger, you often get one of these annoying notifications. They fool you into thinking someone actually wants to chat with […]

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What in the world is growth hacking, and why you should learn how to do it

Digital marketers have their work cut out for them these days. With the onslaught of content flowing in and out of everyone’s news feeds, it has become increasingly hard to capture the attention of users. Marketers need to find a way to make their co…

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Facebook fights creeps and apathy with expiring friend requests

Snapchat has ephemeral messages, and now Facebook has ephemeral friend requests. The big blue social network feeds off your social graph, and every time you expand it, it has more content to show you. But if you leave a questionable friend request in limbo for too long, you’ll probably never confirm or delete it. So Facebook […]

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3 growth hacking strategies that will take your business to the next level

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Growth hacking: Strategies and techniques from marketing’s 25 most influential leaders

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Growth hacking: Strategies and techniques from marketing’s 25 most influential leaders

Born in 2010, the term “growth hacker” was first defined by Sean Ellis as “a person whose true north is growth” … someone with a “burning desire to connect your target market with your must-have solution.” 

Two years later, Ryan Holiday unpacked what was then a revolution:

“Once companies break out of the shackles of antiquated notions of what is or isn’t marketing, the whole field becomes cheaper, easier and much more scalable. Welcome to growth hacking. Or better, welcome to actual marketing, where whatever works is marketing.” Read more…

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