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Net Neutrality May Be Dead for Now, But Debate Looms

by Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Net neutrality protections that barred internet service providers from blocking or slowing access to content officially died last week when the FCC’s decision this past December to repeal the rules went into effect. It doesn’t appear that net neutrality will go away as an issue anytime soon, though: […]

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GDPR Shaking Up the Privacy Landscape

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Now that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is in effect for European Union countries, giving EU citizens greater control over their privacy and how companies can use their personal data, will the United States soon follow suit? A recent survey shows that Americans favor similar protections. But […]

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3 Ways Marketers Can Battle Media Distrust

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. The recent news that Cambridge Analytica harvested the personal information of about 80 million Facebook users in the United States ahead of the 2016 elections has sunk trust in the media to all-time lows — depths that lawyers and used-car salesmen once enjoyed. Coupled with other personal-data breaches […]

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Economic, Marketing Outlooks See a Rosy 2018 Ahead

by Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. As small businesses enter the 2018 calendar year, economic optimism among them is at its highest since the days of the Reagan administration, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) reported in November. The entrance of a new Republican administration in 2017 and its plans for tax reform, […]

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Where Are Social Media Marketers Seeing the Most Success?

It may surprise you, but the answer isn’t Facebook More companies in the Inc. 500 are using social media as part of their business and marketing strategies, and they are seeing success and viewing social media overall as more valuable. These firms, which include the fastest-growing private companies, have been using a mix of tactics, […]

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