Each year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg commits himself to a personal challenge – learning mandarin, reading a heap of books, building a personal assistant for his home. But this year, Zuckerberg’s challenge is a little closer to home, and more aligned with the wider goals of the empire he’s created. After a year of controversy […]
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Businesses these days are keen on formulas. They want to find what works, duplicate it a bunch of times and, subsequently, make a bazillion dollars with minimal effort. To that end, there now are multiple studies looking at the specifics of how to communicate. What’s the best time to send an email, for example, or
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Minakel2003 / Pixabay Over the past few months, the social media landscape has distilled into a few major players. Instagram, the popular photo-sharing application, has quickly become a foundational component of this budding ecosystem. With nearly 800 million active users, the platform is best known as a means for everyday consumers to connect with friends,
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4 areas where leaders can effectively manage the chaos Project managers are faced with an ever-changing landscape of new technology, media outlets, and remote workforces. Some people end up in very static careers. They do the exact same tasks for 30 years, because the job itself barely changes. For better or worse, project managers don’t
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Maybe you know someone who has lost whole afternoons to YouTube. What is it about those videos that’s so hard to resist? Matthew Pierce has some ideas. He’s a learning and video ambassador for TechSmith Corp., a company that makes visual-communication software. In his Content Marketing World talk, How to Make Your Videos as Engaging
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Darren: Hello, is it me you’re looking for? I promised you that there will be singing today and there’s gonna be more. I’m sorry about that. The singing that will come will be bit better than that. Hi! Welcome to Episode 230 of the ProBlogger podcast. My name is Darren Rowse and I’m the blogger
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It’s no secret that visual content is everywhere: You’re reading this text now, but you clicked on this article for the infographic below, right? According to that infographic, which was created by FramesDirect, articles with an image every 75-100 words get twice as many shares as those with fewer images. The graphic also points out
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It’s common for social media managers to feel as though they can never fully switch “off” during non-working hours. But it’s important to know when to step back. Taking time for yourself, recharging, creating necessary boundaries at work—it all helps you avoid burnout in the short term. In this week’s #SproutChat, participants talked about what
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Infographic Tools If you’re looking to publish infographics online, take a look at the following list of 25 infographic creation tools ideal for small business websites. Canva One of the best places to start is with Canva, which is free to use and enables non-designers to create attractive and informative graphics with a simple drag-and-drop
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