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How to make your social media content go viral

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How to make your social media content go viral

5 lessons - 4:11 hours
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Course 2

How to build a successful email newsletter

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How to build a successful email newsletter

5 lessons - 4:11 hours
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Course 3

How to use online reviews to boost your business

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How to use online reviews to boost your business

5 lessons - 4:11 hours
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Course 4

Best Practices For Linkedin Features Used For Social Recruiting

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Best Practices For Linkedin Features Used For Social Recruiting

5 lessons - 4:11 hours
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Course 5

How to build a social media crisis management strategy

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How to build a social media crisis management strategy

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Course 6

How to Launch a Successful Online Community

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How to Launch a Successful Online Community

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Shalom!

I Am Rabbi Ovadia.

Rabbi Ovadia is a descendent of the Fetaya Rabbinic dynasty of 8 generations, including Kabbalist, Hakham Yehuda Fetaya Z”L. He is an expert (Posek) in Jewish Law (Halakha). He holds a Bachelors in Talmud from Bar Ilan University and a Masters in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and Hebrew Liturgy from UCLA. His Rabbinic Ordination comes from the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Z”L.

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