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Paul Cheney, Senior Manager, Content & Marketing, MECLABS Institute, MarketingSherpa, MarketingExperiments. Paul is the Senior Managing Editor of MarketingExperiments.com at MECLABS Institute. He helps turn raw research into easy-to-understand content for MarketingExperiments readers. He earned his B.A. in English literature from Covenant College. Before joining the MarketingExperiments team, Paul wrote grant proposals and fundraising letters for a mid-size nonprofit in New Jersey. He has also worked as a freelance Internet marketing consultant and copywriter for small businesses. In his spare time, Paul enjoys reading, writing poems and dating his wife, Callie.
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