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Plato, the Allegory of the Cave, and the digital enterprise, part 2

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Source: Wikipedia ). The China example is even more dramatic, leapfrogging through the technology landscape with a hunger and a sense of urgency rarely seen in history. They discovered the sun, which Plato uses as an analogy for the fire that man cannot see behind.

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How to optimize your email content for conversions

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To help you create a killer email copy, we are here with 5 tips that Wikipedia won’t tell you about. Create a sense of urgency through your CTA. All your marketing efforts will go down the drain if your email copy does not leave a positive impact on your subscriber’s mind. Use the power of storytelling. We all love stories.

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Five tips for using email as a lead generating machine

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(Photo credit: Wikipedia). The subject line should be short (30 or so characters), create a sense of urgency, and also give readers some indication of what to expect when they open the email. As marketing tools go, email is definitely not “sexy” anymore the way social media is now. That reason starts with a compelling (and customized!)

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Web Design Color Psychology: Optimizing Colors for Maximum Conversions & SEO

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Red can often be used to promote a sense of urgency and drive people to action (like in the Performable study we referenced earlier.) and Wikipedia all have white as one of their main colors. Positive connotations include love, power, passion, energy, strength, and heat. Negative associations involve danger, warning, and anger.

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Book Review: Social Media Marketing – An Hour a Day

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For one, Evans cites the notoriously anti-business Wikipedia as “an example of why social media is useful to you as a marketer.&# Regarding urgency: “Whether attracting and retaining key employees or attracting and retaining key customers, part of the challenge you face in tapping the social web is getting it done today.&#

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33 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Resoures of 2012 So Far

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How to create and edit articles for Wikipedia by Web Ink Now. ** 5 STARS. Wikipedia is one of the most popular sites on the web, so getting exposure there is incredibly valuable. David Meerman Scott explains how to properly write for Wikipedia here. But the site is not of course, and shouldn’t be, a marketing tool.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Boost Search Engine Rank Position ASAP

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Wikipedia, Yelp, G2Crowd, etc…). Here are some convincing stats to help you see the urgency and importance of getting your content right, and then getting it live. If you don’t have access to paid SEO tools, you can look at the domains with your eyes (or ears if vision impaired), and estimate how good the ranking sites are.