Dan DeSimone

Digital Marketer | Boston, MA
September 24, 2017

Can Coinhive Replace the Media Paywall?

Digital media forms have steadily been taking over the more traditional ones over the past two decades. However, digital content can be…

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September 1, 2017

How Marketers Can Use Instagram’s Archive Tool

The saying ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ comes to mind when thinking about marketing and Instagram. Pictures do a great…

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August 4, 2017

Mobile Ordering & the Consumer Experience

Before smaller brands and local, small businesses jump onto the mobile ordering trend because they feel they need to to complete, one…

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July 12, 2017

Shots Fired: Amazon Taking on QVC and Home Shopping Network

If you haven’t been paying attention to Amazon lately, besides buying Whole Foods and releasing new smart devices, today marks their third…

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June 12, 2017

Uber Discounts: Cashback on Every Ride

The Rising Cost of Uber With the increasing pressure Uber is facing to become profitable, their prices have silently been rising over…

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Yik Yak is going out of business
May 2, 2017

Was Yik Yak Ever Alive?

Yik Yak was never going to succeed. Yik Yak hit its peak in the fall of 2014 when I was a junior…

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April 4, 2017

Arist Coffee Brother Quits, Yet the Scams Continue

Since my post earlier this month about Nbition, the crowdfunding scam artists, two new stories have come to light about their founders,…

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March 27, 2017

A Venmo Workflow that Actually Works

Ever since Apple announced the purchase of Workflow, I have been going through the gallery seeing which workflows might be helpful in…

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March 15, 2017

There’s a Formula to the Perfect Kickstarter Scam

UPDATE: See Part 2 for the latest news on the Chiu brothers. UPDATE 2: The Nbition website has been taken down… Note:…

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March 7, 2017

Skyroc Brewery Opening in Attleboro

Since the fall, I have been following and waiting for Skyroc Brewery to open in Attleboro. I first discovered them on Facebook…

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