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Marketing Bookmarks from HubSpot<\/h3>\n

Marketing, Business, & Tech Blogs to Read<\/h3>\n

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Convince and Convert | Thoughtful posts on content and social media marketing.<\/A>
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Copyblogger | Content marketing and copywriting articles.<\/A>
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Search Engine Land | Must-read news about search marketing & search engines.<\/A>
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Moz Blog | Articles on modern-day SEO and inbound marketing.<\/A>
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Seth's Blog | Pithy marketing and business posts from Seth Godin.<\/A>
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Social Media Examiner | Social media marketing how-tos, research, case studies, and news.<\/A>
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ProBlogger | Blogging tips applicable for all inbound marketers and content creators.<\/A>
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Official Google Webmaster Central Blog | Stay up to date on changes to Google.<\/A>
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Search Engine Watch | Articles on everything related to search engine marketing and optimization.<\/A>
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Matt Cutts | Gadgets, Google, and SEO.<\/A>
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Inside Facebook | Articles on Facebook and the Facebook Platform for developers and marketers.<\/A>
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AllFacebook | Articles on Facebook news, Facebook marketing, and using Facebook for business.<\/A>
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HubSpot's Inbound Hub Blog | Articles about all things inbound marketing and sales.<\/A>
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Content Marketing Institute | Content marketing strategy, research and how-to advice.<\/A>
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Priceonomics | Data crawling, visualization, and analysis.<\/A>
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Harvard Business Review | Business articles and case studies.<\/A>
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CMO.com | Digital marketing insight for CMOs.<\/A>
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A List Apart | Articles about the state of the web, design, content, UX, industry, and business.<\/A>
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Find Content to Share \/ Get Inspired<\/h3>\n

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Quora | Find common questions and answers related to any topic.<\/A>
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Brain Pickings | "A human-powered discovery engine for interestingness."<\/A>
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Reddit | "The front page of the internet" with countless sub-communities, all voting up the best content.<\/A>
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TED Talks | Listen to "ideas worth spreading" from remarkable and inspiring people.<\/A>
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Medium | Thought-provoking ideas and stories from writers all over the world.<\/A>
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Feedly | Create your own one-stop destination to read all the blogs and news that matter to you.<\/A>
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Popular Quotes | Check out popular book titles, which books your network is reading, or share quotes from prominent authors.<\/A>
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Most Popular News on Alltop | Check out the top stories across multiple news sites. <\/A>
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StumbleUpon | Stumble upon all kinds of great resources based on your interests. <\/A>
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Writers on Writing | A complete archive of the NYTimes Writers on Writing column to inspire you to write.<\/A>
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PSFK | Highlights the most unique, artistic, and creative things happening in marketing.<\/A>
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The Latest | Surfaces the best links on Twitter into one easy-to-use list. <\/A>
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Facebook Studio | A Showcase of Successful Social Marketing to Use For Inspiration<\/A>
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Free Social Media Tools<\/h3>\n

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Topsy | Twitter search, monitoring, and analytics.<\/A>
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GaggleAMP | Leverage employees, partners, customers, and fans to share social content.<\/A>
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Buffer | Schedule social media posts to publish later.<\/A>
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Twitter Chat Schedule | Know which Twitter chats are happening when.<\/A>
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Click to Tweet | Create customized 'Tweet This' links.<\/A>
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Pinterest Social Plugins | Embed 'pin' buttons and other plugins into your site or blog.<\/A>
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Twitter Social Plugins | Embed Twitter share buttons and other plugins into your site or blog.<\/A>
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Facebook Social Plugins | Embed Facebook share buttons and other plugins into your site or blog.<\/A>
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LinkedIn Social Plugins | Embed LinkedIn share buttons and other plugins into your site or blog.<\/A>
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Followerwonk by MOZ | Twitter Analytics, Follower Segmentation, Social Graph Tracking, & More<\/A>
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Free Content Creation Tools<\/h3>\n

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Font Squirrel | Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses.<\/A>
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Google Fonts | Grab new and different fonts to spruce up your site pages, presentations, ebooks, and more.<\/A>
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5 Free Infographic Templates | Create 5 different infographics in PowerPoint.<\/A>
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The Essential PowerPoint Template for Killer SlideShare Presentations | You don't have to create your SlideShare presentation from scratch with this template.<\/A>
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5 Essential Blog Post Templates for Any Marketer | Get in the habit of writing 5 different types of blog posts with these fill-in-the-blank templates.<\/A>
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How to Create Ebooks From Start to Finish [+ 5 Free Templates] | Customizable InDesign and PowerPoint templates to save you time when designing downloadable ebooks.<\/A>
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50 Pre-Designed Calls-to-Action for Your Customization | Create your own CTAs with this PowerPoint template.<\/A>
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75 Free Stock Photos Ready for Use Anywhere | No royalties, fees, or worries.<\/A>
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160 Free Stock Photos with a Business Theme Ready for Use Anywhere | No royalties, fees, or worries.<\/A>
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Pictaculous | Upload a photo to generate a color palette.<\/A>
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Placeit | Generate product screenshots in realistic environments, such as a computer, smartphone, or tablet screen.<\/A>
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Creative Commons Search | Find images and content you can adapt and\/or use for commercial purposes.<\/A>
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Compfight | A Flickr image search tool that works better than Flickr search itself.<\/A>
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Unsplash | 10 new high-resolution, free-to-use photos every 10 days.<\/A>
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Infogr.am | Create infographics and online charts.<\/A>
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Squarespace Logo | Create a simple logo for anything for free.<\/A>
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Dictionary.com | Check your spelling and grammar!<\/A>
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Thesaurus.com | Find synonyms and antonyms when you're writing.<\/A>
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WordHippo | Find similar or opposite words, words that rhyme, words that have a specific ending, and more.<\/A>
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Canva | Simple graphic design for blogs, presentations, Facebook covers, flyers, and more.<\/A>
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Butterick\u2019s Practical Typography | Learn the basics of typography and why it matters in writing, marketing, and design.<\/A>
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Word2CleanHTML | Convert Word documents to clean HTML to insert into your CMS of choice.<\/A>
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Storify | Curate and collect content (ex: tweets from an event) into one place to tell a story.<\/A>
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Hack Design Toolkit | Discover the best design tools based on the type of project you're working on.<\/A>
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Hack Design Lessons | Get a free crash course in graphic design put together by professionals.<\/A>
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CopyPasteCharacter | Copy and paste common text symbols.<\/A>
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Pixabay | Find and share outstanding free images you can use commercially.<\/A>
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Coffitivity | Listen to different background noises to get you in the mindset to create.<\/A>
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Adobe Kuler | Create color schemes for design projects.<\/A>
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Miscellaneous Web Tools<\/h3>\n

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Annual Marketing Budget Template | An Excel spreadsheet to use as the basis for your annual budget planning.<\/A>
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URL Decoder\/Encoder | Turns encoded JavaScript URLs from complete gibberish into readable gibberish.<\/A>
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URL builder | Create URLs with tracking tokens to measure the performance of individual links \/ content.<\/A>
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KnowEm Social Media Optimization (SMO) Tool | Test your site to see if your content is optimized for social sharing.<\/A>
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Google Webmaster Tools | Manage how your website is indexed by Google so you can maximize your visibility in search engine results pages.<\/A>
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\u00dcbersuggest | A keyword research tool based on Google suggested searches.<\/A>
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Lorem Ipsum Generator | Generate dummy text to use in content projects before actual copy is finalized.<\/A>
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Bitly | Create, share, and track short URLs.<\/A>
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Every Second on the Internet | Visualizes the amount of content uploaded to the web every second.<\/A>
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IFTTT | Create your own if:then rules for the Internet to get time back in your day.<\/A>
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Pocket | Save content you don't have time to consume now for later.<\/A>
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Rapportive | Pulls in social accounts so you know who your email contacts are around the web.<\/A>
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Balsamiq Mockups | Sketch wireframes for any project. 7-day free trial.<\/A>
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Google Trends | Analyze trends in search volume.<\/A>
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Free HubSpot Tools<\/h3>\n

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HubSpot's Marketing Grader | Grade your inbound marketing efforts and get suggestions.<\/A>
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HubSpot's Blog Topic Generator | Get a week's worth of blog post suggestions.<\/A>
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Signals by HubSpot | See who opens your emails.<\/A>
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HubSpot's A\/B Test Calculator | Find out if your test results are statistically significant.<\/A>
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RetweetLab | Find out what content you tweet gets retweeted most and when.<\/A>
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HubSpot Academy Certification Programs | Become Inbound Marketing Certified for free.<\/A>
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HubSpot's Marketing Resources Hub | Free marketing tools, ebooks, webinars, templates, and statistics.<\/A>
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SocialShareCheck Chrome Plugin | See how many social shares the web page you're on has gotten.<\/A>
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Must-Read HubSpot Resources<\/h3>\n

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Free Ebook | SpotNotes: 5-Minute Guides for 5 Top Marketing Books<\/A>
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HTML Hacks for Marketers: Decoded | Learn the most common HTML hacks every marketer should know.<\/A>
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Free Ebook | The Marketer's Pocket Guide to Writing Good<\/A>
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Free Ebook | Design It Yourself: The Marketer\u2019s Crash Course in Visual Content Creation<\/A>
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Free Ebook | How to Generate Leads Using Facebook<\/A>
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Free Ebook | An Introduction to Pinterest for Business<\/A>
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Free Ebook | Introduction to LinkedIn for Business: How to Use LinkedIn Company Pages<\/A>
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Free Ebook | 5 Simple Tips for Generating Leads on Twitter<\/A>
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Free Ebook | How to Master Facebook Marketing in 10 Days<\/A>
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Blog Post | A Step-by-Step Guide to Flawless On-Page SEO [Free Template]<\/A>
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Blog Post | 30 Terrible Pieces of Social Media Advice You Should Ignore<\/A>
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Blog Post | 11 Simple (But Critical) Tips for Creating Better Landing Pages<\/A>
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Free Ebook | How HubSpot Does Inbound: Creating a Content Machine<\/A>
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Free Ebook | The 30 Greatest Lead Generation Tips, Tricks & Ideas<\/A>
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Miscellaneous Must-Read Marketing Articles<\/h3>\n

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Tom Fishburne: Marketing Worth Sharing | The Marketoonist's notes from a Google keynote on creating marketing people actually care about.<\/A>
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Moz: The Brand of SEO and the Trend of Inbound Marketing | Thoughts on modern-day SEO, or what it takes to get found on the web today.<\/A>
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Fast Company: Seth Godin on Permission Marketing | Thoughts on how the web will change the way marketers reach consumers. <\/A>
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Google: 20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web | An interactive ebook on how the web works.<\/A>
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The Oatmeal: How to Get More Likes on Facebook | A comic on how not to grow a Facebook fan base.<\/A>
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The Technium: Better Than Free | How to create value when so much can be copied.<\/A>
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The Oatmeal: Making Things | A comic on thoughts and musings about making things for the web.<\/A>
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For Entrepreneurs: Optimizing Your Customer Acquisition Funnel | How to clear blockages in your sales and marketing funnel. <\/A>
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Brain Pickings | Advice on Life and Creative Integrity from Calvin and Hobbes Creator Bill Watterson<\/A>
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LinkedIn Today: My First Job: Will (Happily) Work for Free | Career lessons from Byron Deeter.<\/A>
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Marketing-Related TED Talks<\/h3>\n

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Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are | Video on TED.com<\/A>
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Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice | Video on TED.com<\/A>
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Philippe Starck: Design and destiny | Video on TED.com<\/A>
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Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man | Video on TED.com<\/A>
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Derek Sivers: How to start a movement | Video on TED.com<\/A>
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Malcolm Gladwell: Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce | Video on TED.com<\/A>
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Seth Godin: How to get your ideas to spread | Video on TED.com<\/A>
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Dan Cobley: What physics taught me about marketing | Video on TED.com<\/A>
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Renny Gleeson: 404, the story of a page not found | Video on TED.com<\/A>
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Joseph Pine: What consumers want | Video on TED.com<\/A>
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Andrew Stanton: The clues to a great story | Video on TED.com<\/A>
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Kevin Allocca: Why videos go viral | Video on TED.com<\/A>
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Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius | Video on TED.com<\/A>
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Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from | Video on TED.com<\/A>
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Marketing-Related SlideShare Presentations<\/h3>\n

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The Undeniable Authority of the Social Customer | Learn how consumer behavior has changed and what to do about it.<\/A>
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10 Things Your Customers Wish You Knew About Them | Learn how to better understand your customers.<\/A>
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Digital Strategy 101 | Explore core concepts, deliverables, and thought-leaders in the digital marketing space.<\/A>
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Rethinking the Mobile Web | Rethink designing websites for mobile devices.<\/A>
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Upworthy: 10 Ways To Win The Internets | Learn what Upworthy knows about winning attention.<\/A>
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Crap. The Content Marketing Deluge. | How not to create content that's simply more noise.<\/A>
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The Brand Gap | How to bridge the distance between business strategy and design.<\/A>
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What Would Steve Do? 10 Lessons from the World's Most Captivating Presenters | Learn how to captivate an audience like Steve Jobs.<\/A>
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You Suck At PowerPoint! | "It's not the program that sucks, it's you."<\/A>
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7 Tips For Getting Featured on SlideShare | Learn what to do to get your presentations featured.<\/A>
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10 Powerful Body Language Tips for Your Next Presentation | Improve the way you present yourself for greater impact.<\/A>
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How to Become a Better Speaker | Get the confidence and tips you need to become a better speaker.<\/A>
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Displaying Data | Use these 5 principles to present your data in the clearest possible way.<\/A>
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Design Your Career | Figure out what's really important and make some new choices for 2014 and beyond.<\/A>
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Why Managing Sucks and How to Fix It | How to make a few simple, impactful changes to management behaviors.<\/A>
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How to Build SEO into Content Strategy | How to intertwine SEO and content in ways that make sense.<\/A>
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The Seven Deadly Social Media Sins | What your brand should avoid on social media.<\/A>
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Can't Buy Me Love | Rand Fishkin on how to earn your audience's attention without spending a fortune.<\/A>
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The Evolution of Advertising: How Consumers Won the War for Their Attention | Learn how the advertising industry has evolved over the last century.<\/A>
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How To Create Presentation Slides That Are Out Of This World | Spice up your next corporate presentation.<\/A>
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86 Revealing Charts From the 2013 State of Inbound Marketing Report | 86 insightful charts to use in your next presentation. <\/A>
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