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User-Generated Content: How to Use It for Good and Avoid a PR Crisis

Contently

It was a way for the customer to use his creativity to express frustration and dissatisfaction. A charity organization raising money to fund research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, started this viral marketing campaign in 2014. Take the ice bucket challenge as an example.

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It’s Time to Create a Freelance Budget as a New Writer

Elna Cain

So, to help you be more prepared with your freelance writing gigs, I’ve put together some tips and tricks from my many years of experience (I’ve been writing freelance full time since 2014) to help you avoid freelance budgeting pitfalls. 04/word was perfect of me. Little did I know that I was under pricing my services by A LOT!

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15 Top Remote Jobs With No Experience + Monthly Salary

Elna Cain

You can become a freelance writer (which is what I’ve been doing since 2014!) If you’re looking for creative remote jobs with no experience, you should consider becoming a graphic designer! Graphic designers produce designs using visuals, including logos, web images, advertisements, brochures, book covers, and more.

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21 Successful Marketing Campaign Examples That’ll Inspire You

Smart Blogger

But what if you had some inspiration to jolt your creativity and ease your anxiety? Always wanted to create an advertising campaign to counter that. While Red Bull says Stratos was not an advertising stunt, it was a huge hit with their target audience of young men into extreme sports. How can you appeal to them?

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Content Marketing in 2021 and Beyond

Neil Patel

Craig Davis , the former Chief Creative Officer at marketing communications firm J. In 2014, social media was becoming the place to post your content. The average blog post was 808 words in 2014, but was 1142 words in 2017. They don’t want spam clogging their inbox. Not anymore. There’s no longer any debate. This will continue.

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2014 Reboot: Finally Finding Time to Blog

ProBlogger

Writing blog posts, reading and commenting on others blogs, responding to readers comments, guest posting on others blogs, being active on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, LinkedIn, Pinterest (and more), working on your blog design, writing an eBook, finding advertisers, creating a media kit…. 2014 Reboot: Finally Finding Time to Blog.

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350+ Onomatopoeia Examples for Writers (& Kids at Heart)

Smart Blogger

Snappy Brands and Slogans Due to its sensory appeal, onomatopoeia is often used in branding and advertising. Weaving onomatopoeias and other literary devices (like irony , metaphors , and imagery ) into your creative writing creates the captivating sensory speech that your readers cling to. They’re gone in an instant.

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