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Email ROI: Many Happy Returns

Appbuddy

Ray Tomlinson is widely acknowledged as the godfather of email, sending the first message way back in 1971, followed seven years later by Gary Thuerk who “hijacked” this largely government/military tool to send the first email marketing campaign. Hobson has also written an excellent white paper on the topic, which you’ll find here.

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17 Peculiar Paradoxes of Social Selling

Tony Hughes

Is it possible to show up in the middle of a decision and take the deal right out of the jaws of a competitor? Several of my posts have received hundreds of retweets and my followers tripled within months. Coin new terms, invent ideas, leverage hybrid synergy, mash-up the old and the new and tell unusual stories.