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Alexander Hatala

Florida, Jacksonville
As seen in: LinkedIn, Medium, Thrive Global
Covers:  Digital operations, consumer analytics & behavior, enterprise eCommerce subjects, cybersecurity, digital investigations, OSINT.
I write about marketing operations, martech, eCommerce, #OSINT, #infosec. Director of digital strategy firm @InnovateCDP. admin@mast.alexhatala.com

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Alexander Hatala’s Biography

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Alexander Hatala is the co-founder of Custom Design Partners, a digital strategy out of Jacksonville, Florida.

In addition, Alexander covers subjects across the digital landscape, including:

  • digital investigations
  • OSINT (open source intellegence)
  • consumer behavior & analytics
  • politics in relation to digital strategies
  • cybersecurity
  • enterprise eCommerce

Alexander Hatala’s Journalist Portfolio

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Tulsi Gabbard Sues Google: A Closer Look Into Incompetence

Tulsi Gabbard Sues Google: A Closer Look Into Incompetence

Tulsi Gabbard filed a lawsuit against Google on Thursday. Her team claims that the tech giant maliciously cen…

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Juul Nearly Kills Teen From Lung Collapse: A Story Full Of Smoke

Juul Nearly Kills Teen From Lung Collapse: A Story Full Of Smoke

The DailyMail published a horror story about 18-year-old Chance Ammirata and his experience with the Juul, a …

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Using Wix For Your Business Website? Please Don't.

Using Wix For Your Business Website? Please Don't.

Our audience partner landed a very large marketing client last week. Roughly 90% of their business relies on …

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eCommerce Fraud Analysis & Prevention Strategies - 2021 Case Study

eCommerce Fraud Analysis & Prevention Strategies - 2021 Case Study

eCommerce fraud is something that most stores have dealt with and will continue to deal with for the foreseea…

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Gain Complete Access To Your Competitor's Data (Don't Worry- It's Legal!)

Gain Complete Access To Your Competitor's Data (Don't Worry- It's Legal!)

Our agency just purchased Nacho Analytics, by SpyFu, which released last week. Extremely interested, we decid…

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Detecting AI-Generated Profile Pictures

Detecting AI-Generated Profile Pictures

TAKE THE AI INFO-QUIZ Recently, I ran into a personal project that required me to identify several Twitter ac…

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4 Tools to Investigate a Domain Name with OSINT

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By Alexander Hatala
| osintinsights.com
A website’s domain name could possibly be your most valuable asset if you are investigating or researching a digital company or entity. I’ve put together 4 main tools for open-source intelligence use that has helped me the most. Generally, before I even start digging deep into a case the first thing I check is domain name histoy, ownership and activity. All these tools are free, although some have ‘freemium’ options. 1.
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Detecting AI-Generated Profile Pictures

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By Alexander Hatala
| alexanderhatala.com
Recently, I ran into a personal project that required me to identify several Twitter accounts. One of the first things usually done is reverse-searching the profile picture. My method to reverse search images is usually three-step. Tip: check all image sizes and dimensions that are available. TinEye Reverse Image (Chrome browser extension) Google + Bing Reverse Image Search Finally, I use Yandex’s reverse image check.
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Alexander Hatala of Custom Design Partners: “Relationships are the foundation of a fruitful affiliate program”

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By Alexander Hatala
| Thrive Global
Your brand's affiliate program relies in part on the success of others. That includes developing and fostering strong relationships with your affiliates. My experience on why affiliate programs often fail. The Thrive Global Community welcomes voices from many spheres on our open platform. We publish pieces as written by outside contributors with a wide range of opinions, which don’t necessarily reflect our own.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Mindlessly rewriting technical articles for a content aggregator platform.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Nope, but I was pretty good with a stenotype writer back in the day.

How is social media changing news?

Ultimately it's a devaluation of legitimate reporting and research. There, I said it.

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