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Burger King, Steak-umm And Next-Level Social Media Marketing

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Brands have flocked to social media in an attempt to meet their consumers where they are and display a different side of themselves. Social media can be a terrific place to build bonds with one’s customers and show off a clever, avant-garde sense of humor – if a brand is good at it. In their defense. Did it work?

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Two Perficient Colleagues Quoted in Forrester Report on Emerging Insurance Technologies

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Perficient insurance experts were interviewed for Forrester’s report, “ The Top Emerging Technologies In Insurance, 2024 ,” and discussed technologies expected to emerge in the insurance industry over the next five years, considering them now, and in the short-term, medium-term, and long-term future.

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GameStop â??hysteriaâ?? wont spark social media analytics boom

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Using data and analytics to scrape social media sites to combat the influence Reddit pages like r/wallstreetbets have had over markets in recent weeks is pointless, according to Toscafund Asset Management’s chief economist, Dr Savvas Savouri. Reports have suggested that hedge funds will now.

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Neiman Marcus Looks To Associates For Social Media Commerce

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In an effort to drive sales, a luxury department store chain is connecting customers with their sales associates through personal social media accounts, The New York Post reported. The practice comes as consumers are increasingly favoring social media as a means for exposure to fashion brands and new styles. “A

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Executive Order Looms For Social Media Firms On Content? 

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As noted last week, the draft order, which was seen and reported by CNN , would place the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in charge of how marquee names such as Facebook and Twitter show what is on their sites. In the UK, Too. The compliance date has been pushed back to Nov. Uber Fined in Colombia.

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Regulators Eyeing Social Media In Europe

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Against the backdrop of social media controversy — remember Facebook , of course, and 87 million users’ data exposed to Cambridge Analytica — oversight is tightening in Europe. That multinational facilities management and construction company was liquidated earlier this year. Also, in the U.K.,

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Vietnam Launches New Social Media App As Facebook Alternative

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Vietnam is introducing a social network similar to Facebook after the Communist-ruled government asked domestic tech companies to create substitutions. Gapo, which launched on Tuesday (July 23), is a mobile app that allows members to build profiles and share posts, Reuters reported. Gapo has received 500 billion dong ($21.55