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nfailor

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    Comment #6788142

    yeah upvotes must just be for humiliation's sake.

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    Comment #6523134

    someone with a little more time than me can probably find a full .pdf I don't have one handy but http://www.amazon.com/Class-Through-American-Status-System/d... data gathering is l…

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    Comment #6522203

    fix turf cutting yet?

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    Comment #6477542

    wells does same day ACH debits? when'd that happen?

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    Comment #6463256

    as someone who launched a marketing firm on the basis of copywriting I'm going to give you a spot or two of advice. it's a service that's one of the first to cut when expenditure b…

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    Comment #6421776

    I'm not entirely convinced that the pain of dating apps is actually scheduling the date.

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    Comment #6403190

    all I need to be happy is a bright set of color changing LED bulbs--you're lying to yourself if you think otherwise.

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    Comment #6386771

    which is a client-centric failure. convincing a small business (such as a kayak rental outfit) why that they ought to invest in targeted search [which would have a favorable effect…

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    Comment #6386763

    that's actually still about mindshare though--that's why radio ads still exist. they catch you on the way to the store.

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    Comment #6386756

    yes, the ROI centric approach is problematic--but that's client side.

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    Comment #6383353

    again, that's a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of advertising. http://www.commissionedwriting.com/CONFESSIONS%20OF%20AN%20A...

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    Comment #6383349

    1) those are not advertisers, those are direct mailing etc., outfits. I think they're annoying too. I don't use them. If a client suggests using them, I suggest they find a new age…

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    Comment #6383335

    1. we do the best we can to target. you get blanketed by irrelevant ads for a myriad of reasons not limited to: -lazy clients who don't understand their userbase -ads for things yo…

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    Comment #6350703

    not even close to 'huge,' although my english syntax is a little rusty.

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    Comment #6336034

    I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.

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    Comment #6335642

    psah, haven't lived unless you did it on the 1k.

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    Comment #6335612

    ...which is precisely why it worked well for travel and cards...

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    Comment #5995901

    that was an underpaid job ten years ago when it was called technical writing. barely above minimum in mturk is a sad direction.

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    Comment #5944659

    is it really a 'fleet' of satellites?

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    Comment #5942231

    no it's not, it's growable+cloneable.

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    Comment #5942224

    Absolutely. If you're starting up you should be questioning the ROI on everything--and trying to figure out what it may be for a VC is part of that. There's no free l(a)unch.

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    Comment #5942196

    the impact/influence/experimental marketing world has a few source texts and starting points but by and large we keep that stuff in-house. people get upset when they realize "ten c…

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    Comment #5942185

    this. I would add, I usually give myself twenty four hours between drafting and submission of any seriously emotionally charged communications. sometimes you don't need it, but you…

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    Comment #5941975

    the tech industry would do much better if it would circumvent VC by going B2C...

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    Comment #5941916

    so green dot bought a bank?