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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

Although the company created an incentive plan to boost sales, its sales growth fell from 19% before the recession to 8% after—five percentage points below Staples’ postrecession sales growth rate. As the authors found, “Firms that cut costs faster and deeper than rivals don’t necessarily flourish.

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How SEO Has Evolved Over The Years

Duct Tape Marketing

How SEO Has Evolved Over The Years written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Dale has been an SEO specialist for fortune 500 companies and venture-backed startups around the world for two decades. As technology and algorithms are constantly changing, the world of SEO as we know it continuously evolves along with it.

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How To Suck At Social Media: An Indispensable Guide For Businesses

Occam's Razor

An example of the implication: Don't expect short term sales/revenue from any social participation. Toyota's SM team / agency / PR entity continues to use Facebook to primarily pimp. B2B companies treat YouTube (and Facebook above, and three other Social Networks below) as their PR channel. There is no Do intent!