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Sep

Twitter Bots to Enter Contests Automatically. What’s the Value in Running a Twitter Contest Again?

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We’ve never been shy about criticising Twitter prize draws. Hunter Scott has arguably taken our doubts about Twitter sweepstakes to an ultimate conclusion by building a Twitter contest “bot” – a Python script that automatically follows and/or retweets relevant accounts and tweets that are giving away a prize. Why did he do …

Apr

The Competition Agency Presenting at Brighton SEO 2015

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Iain Haywood from The Competition Agency was invited to speak at Brighton SEO in April 2015: Brighton SEO is a long-established and large-scale (the largest in Europe) online marketing conference, and when organiser Kelvin Newman asked if I’d like to speak on the main stage alongside the twin powerhouses of Emily McGillivray from Moz and Vicke …

Apr

The Competition Agency Presenting at Searchlove London 2014

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Iain Haywood from The Competition Agency was invited to speak at Searchlove London in November 2014: I was delighted to be asked by Will Critchlow, CEO of Distilled, to speak about promotional marketing at their Searchlove conference. It’s fair to say that it’s a very heavy weight conference in terms of speakers, attendees, and presentation …