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Was 'DPO' their official title, or is it more of a general term used for these roles? I ask because DPOs often come from a variety of titles, and I’m currently working on something similar for a website project. There might be some parallels I can draw from this. Would love to hear your thoughts!

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DPO (Data Protection Officer) was their official title. We only targeted those.

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I love this! And have definitely seen this work myself. Some of the most successful ways I've experienced building my author platform is by boosting other authors.

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100% agree. When you praise others and help them grow - they will return the favor.

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Looking at incorporating this into a project I'm working on. Love it

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Thank you! Feel free to brainstorm with me about your project

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Great stuff Tom. I've been experimenting with praise-led marketing for a while and it's very powerful indeed. A couple of experiments I've run:

(1) I recently decided to build influencer.dev (the first directory of dev-focused content creators). There was nothing out there for this niche and so I decided to build it myself. I'm just getting started but I've been engaging with content creators (especially the ones who don't think of themselves as 'influencers'!) in a similar fashion and it's magic. People are very responsive to genuine praise and promotion :-)

(2) The "DevX Project" - a series of dedicated interviews featuring for top developer experience voices that I ran while at Livecycle. I targeted/invited people in a very similar way that you describe here. Was a very successful effort.

These are just a few recent examples. I've also used a praise-led approach with cold emails and other growth areas. Bottom line - praise is a powerful marketing tool.

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influencer.dev is amazing. In general, any directory of thought leaders and any index that celebrates them --> is utilizing praise-led marketing perfectly

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