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No Unemployable podcast episode this week, so I’m going to send you over to Copyblogger FM instead to get some knowledge about an important topic.
There was a major fuss surrounding the deadline for GDPR, the new EU data protection law. It was almost humorous watching people do what they thought they needed to do to comply, and in many cases, screwing it up.
Beyond that, what are the broader implications of the European privacy law? Is it just a pain, or could it actually be a good thing for small businesses?
To answer that, Sonia Simone and Tara Gentile discuss some of the real-world benefits the GDPR can bring — not just to consumers, but to business.
Here are some of the highlights:
- Privacy and transparency trends in the age of Cambridge Analytica
- Why email marketing will probably work differently in the future, and how that can be a good thing
- The “paradox of automation, and how we can use it to serve our audiences
- Why we should quit trying to hide that we’re in business to sell things
Listen in by clicking below:
How to Use the GDPR to Make Your Business Stronger than Ever (Audio)
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