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People Round-Up, Early October 2023

Publishing Trends

PEOPLE Seth Dobbs , CTO at Bounteous since 2004, has been named CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) , the leader for technical development of the World Wide Web. Ginger Hutchinson is being promoted to literary agent at Movable Type Management. PROMOTIONS At St. Austin Adams , has been promoted to marketing coordinator.

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The 100 Richest Internet Entrepreneurs 2024

Income Diary

Leadership Award for Global Integration to the “technology guru” and inaugurated him into their Hall of Fame, which honours those who promote economic and social development in Germany. He founded the Start Today company in 1998 and online fashion retail website, Zozotown in 2004. 19 Liu Qiangdong: Founder of JD.com is worth $10.7

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12 Most Insightful eCommerce Blogs To Follow for the New Year

ContentWriters

As blogging began to grow, WordPress came on the scene in 2003, and in 2004, Merriam-Webster named “blog” as the top word of the year, saying it was the most often looked-up word on its site during the previous twelve months. As of 2022, there are 600 million blogs, 34% of them powered by WordPress. billion pages per month.

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12+ Facebook Alternatives in 2023 (That Value Your Privacy)

Smart Blogger

Facebook was created in 2004, and since then, it’s consistently annoyed sections of its user base with every change in function or policy. Who Should Use Minds A content creator who loves the idea of earning and using cryptocurrency to promote their work. Ready to find your “new Facebook”? Why Use A Facebook Alternative?

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25+ Allusion Examples from Literature, Poetry, Film, & Life

Smart Blogger

The Angel series (1999 to 2004) In one episode, Angel (played by David Boreanaz) describes a painting by Manet that features the French poet and critic Baudelaire: “Now, Baudelaire … interesting fellow. Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” If you’ve never heard this song before, give it a listen.

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Coke vs. Pepsi Ads: The Story Behind the Biggest Marketing Rivalry

ContentWriters

In 1900, singer and actress Hilda Clark were featured in Coke’s ads (some of which were on tin trays – an early form of practical product promotion) as the 20th century began. Ironically, the movie ends with the newly promoted exec using one of the company’s airport vending machines to pass out Cokes to his family to celebrate.

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A ridiculously redundant & repetitive recital about repetition

Ben Settle

And yet, I’d devour each issue, think about it, and have lots and lots of light bulb moments that I used, and still use, in my business today — including a way I’ll be testing soon to promote BerserkerMail. When I wrote the sales letter for it back in 2005-2006 I went through it 13 or 14 times.