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Why No One Is Reading Your White Paper

Harvard Business Review

Marketing in a digital economy is more difficult now than it was in the days of mass media. Rather than paying to be sandwiched within ad breaks and between editorial pages, content marketing lets brands communicate directly with consumers. Marketers need to change their approach. Why do you need content?

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Blinded by Facebook

Harvard Business Review

When big business leaders think about social media they tend to focus on three things: innovative technologies, marketing applications, and IPOs — the three factors that make Facebook and Twitter so hot. 15,000), a website, pirated films of wildlife massacres that were "youtubed", and a network of supporters in online forums.

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Africa’s Entrepreneurs Can’t Be Restrained by Fear of Failure

Harvard Business Review

From South Africa’s Silicon Cape to Kenya’s iHub -centered Silicon Savannah movement – from Ethiopia’s burgeoning textiles industry to Nigeria’s ubiquitous Nollywood film industry – there are visible signs of the growing profile of African entrepreneurs.