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Social Sharing Might Get You Sued: Social Media And Copyright Law

Marketing Insider Group

Most original productions and trademarks are copyrighted and protected by U.S. The term given to this practice was copyright trolling, and Righthaven filed over 250 lawsuits against media companies in 2010 and 2011. The courts fined Righthaven, and the company entered insolvency by late 2011. trademark law.

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9 years and counting: Sprout recognized by G2’s 2025 Best Software Awards

Sprout Social

This year, weve been named as a top company across categories includingBest Software Products and Best Marketing & Digital Advertising Software Products. Our customers are our greatest gift My colleague Erika Trautman said it best, Customers that hold you to a remarkably high standard are a product teams greatest gift.

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Using Human-Centered Design to Create Better Products (with Examples)

Hubspot Marketing

Human-centered design means creating products to solve your consumer’s struggles and help them live better, easier lives. Take HelloFresh, which was founded in 2011 by Dominik Richter, Thomas Griesel, and Jessica Nilsson. Now, let’s look at a real example of human-centered design: meal subscription boxes. Phase Two: Ideation.

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2024 Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic — 14,106 martech products (27.8% growth YoY)

Chief Martec

It now has 14,106 marketing technology products — a net addition of 3,068 products since last year’s 11,038. More may have been acquired but are still being offered as stand-alone products with their original brand. More and more are apps offered by services firms, “productizing” some of their secret sauce.

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A Brief History of Productivity: How Getting Stuff Done Became an Industry

Hubspot Marketing

Anyone who’s ever been a teenager is likely familiar with the question, "Why aren’t you doing something productive?” If only I could respond to my parents with the brilliant retort, "You know, the idea of productivity actually dates back to before the 1800s." If you ask me, productivity has become a booming business.

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Shame Marketing Boosts Sales but Reduces Loyalty

SMEI

Shame marketing is a cynical form of advertising that involves exploiting the insecurities of young people in order to sell them products. At its core, shame marketing preys on the insecurities of young people by using emotions like fear, guilt or embarrassment to convince them to buy a product. Let’s take a closer look.

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Litmus Live Recap 2024: Highlights From Day 1

Litmus

In 2011, Helzberg Diamonds created 60,000 animated GIFs so they had one for each unique name on their subscriber list. Foundations of Online Marketing Success: Review-Plan-Execute Dave Charest guided us through yoga-inspired tips to ignite word-of-mouth buzz, boost productivity, and create a winning online marketing strategy.