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How Web3 Marketing Changes the Game

Web3 promises a new relationship between brands and consumers. Fewer cookies and less tracking. More participation and ownership.

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Jeff Kauffman: Decentralized Social Will Revolutionize Marketing

The rise of Farcaster and portable “social graphs” will change the relationship between brand marketers and end-users, says the founder of JUMP, a network for Web3 branding ex...

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On-Chain Ads Are Finally Here, in a Win for Privacy and User Experience

Cookies, pop-ups, and sketchy device fingerprinting are on their way out. Web3 users will control their online identities and be served relevant ads.

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Filip Wielanier: 'Web3 Marketing Is a Win-Win'

Cookie3’s co-founder and CEO explains how Web3 marketing can create a shared economy of users, creators and businesses.

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Hamster Wheel: Telegram’s Social Gaming Brings Millions to Crypto

Telegram’s Hamster Kombat game has amassed 8 million users in four weeks. It shows how gaming could be a potent tool for Web3 projects looking for audiences.

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Influencer-Investors Get Perks to Pitch Tokens: Inside Crypto's 'KOL' Economy

Unlike paid shills of yore, "key opinion leaders" invest in the projects they promote on social media. In return for buzz, they can sell tokens sooner than other investors.

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Web3 Marketing Startup Spindl Launches On-Chain Ad Network

Crypto wallet activity is a better way to find sales prospects than "weird, sketchy Web2 data," says Spindl CEO (and Facebook vet) Antonio Garcia Martinez.

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How a Liquidity Protocol Marketer Mines Web3’s ‘Most Sacred Data’

Yakov Sychev is the CMO of cross-chain liquidity protocol Eywa. He is helping marketers understand user journeys between Web 2 and Web3.

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How to Produce Your Own On-Chain Game Show

JokeRace founder David Phelps writes about how recent innovations have unlocked new consumer crypto applications.

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Leading Opinions on Web3 Marketing

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Without Wallet Awareness, We’re Just Building Another Web2

To unlock the full potential of Web3, it’s imperative for marketers to personalize content based on the pseudonymous data in your wallet, says PeteCoin, VP of Growth, Serotoni...

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Yes, PR Does Still Matter in Blockchain, Despite Balaji’s Advice

The tech mogul advises entrepreneurs to "go direct" instead of dealing with the media, but that isn't always the best idea.

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Are Sideline Skeptics Crypto’s Biggest Enemy or Greatest Strength?

Engaging in open dialogue and discussions with critics is a productive way to ensure information circulating online is factual, SHADOW WAR's Roy Blackstone writes.

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Wake Up, Web3: Your Marketing Is Fueling a Bot Epidemic

We need airdrops and KOL campaigns that, instead of creating empty buzz and boosting vanity metrics, convert real committed users, build brand relationships, and bring large r...

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Web3 Marketing Needs Some of Apple’s Secret Sauce

By speaking the language of Web2, the blockchain world will not only be understood but also embraced as the natural evolution of the World Wide Web.

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Pitching a specific reporter often requires more research, but is often a better strategy, Web3 PR expert Tal Harel says. (Egor Vikhrev/Unsplash)

No, a Sponsored Labeled Crypto Press Release Is Not An Alternative to Editorial Coverage, PR Pro Says

Earned media is often more valuable for Web3 projects than pay-to-play posts, Tal Harel says.

Pitching a specific reporter often requires more research, but is often a better strategy, Web3 PR expert Tal Harel says. (Egor Vikhrev/Unsplash)

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