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In the spirit of the circular economy theory, I am reusing the blog from my Digital Marketing Strategy unit for my Digital Business Models unit assessments.


This blog is for my Msc Digital Marketing Strategy unit at the University of Exeter.

I am 25 years old, I work and live in London and am trying to improve my understanding of the theory and my capabilities as a Marketing professional.

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