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In continuation with our Five Little Things series, here are five marketing news updates from the past week that our Twenty Over Ten team found insightful or are excited about.
1. 10 Things You Need to Learn From Apple’s Marketing
With the upcoming release of Apple’s iPhone 7, it’s amazing to think about how far the company has come and how much success they’ve achieved. Despite the incredible competition in the mobile industry, you’ve never seen Apple engage in a price war, have you? Find out why with these ten marketing tips that Apple lives by (that you too can implement into your marketing strategies!).
2. When It Comes To Mobile Marketing, The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same 
The importance of incorporating mobile strategies into your business is talked about constantly and we at Twenty Over Ten definitely stress this to our clients as well. However, it is important that you have just that- a strategy. It can be easy to quickly throw money into mobile solutions because it’s “the next big thing” or so that you don’t feel left out, without actually strategizing how to optimize this for your company. Click here to read the full article and make sure you and your company are tackling this channel effectively.
3. The 5 Worst Social Media Practices Brands Should Avoid
In social media, as in humor, timing is everything. Experts weighed in on the best time NOT to post that pic or tweet, so your firm avoids the backlash that some of these companies faced for their posts.
4. Email marketing in the age of social media
Which is better: email or social? Columnist Scott Heimes explains why it doesn’t have to be one or the other; your email marketing and social media efforts should go hand in hand.
5. Why Snapchat Might Be Your Next B2B Marketing Tool
Snapchat is now a strong channel for B2B and B2C marketing. For those of you who still think of snapchat a silly app only for young people, this article breaks down exactly what Snapchat is, describes how several major companies are incorporating this platform into their marketing strategies, and then provides five tips on how you can be successful with the tool as well.
We hope you found these articles as interesting as we did! Be on the lookout next week for another set of Five Little Things for your Monday.
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