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Secrets of Social Media Revealed 50 Years Ago

Harvard Business Review

Almost 50 years ago Ernest Dichter , the father of motivation research, did a large study of word of mouth persuasion that revealed secrets of how to use social media to build brands and businesses. The study was reported in a 1966 article in HBR. So it comes back to creating and leveraging innovation and differentiation.

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