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The Meta, Microsoft, and Google arms race, How Microsoft Teams crushed Slack like a cockroach, Why you should go wide and narrow with your social content, The secret organization that Steve Jobs created in Apple, and more
August 12, 2024

In episode #2797, we discuss the Meta, Microsoft, and Google’s arms race, the strategy of going wide and narrow with social content, Steve Jobs’ secret organization at Apple, the challenges in the SEO industry, and the benefits of having an elite group of employees.

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TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

(00:00) The Meta, Microsoft, and Google arms race

(01:52) How Microsoft Teams crushed Slack like a cockroach

(03:09) Why you should go wide and narrow with your social content

(06:52) The secret organization that Steve Jobs created in Apple

(11:27) NerdWallet reports $151M in revenue but has SEO ‘Headwinds’

(13:29) Does link-building no longer work?

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