There is no question that the high-profile platform gave them a boost.

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Through the use of two of his high-profile clients offering another a platform, ubiquitous agent Drew Rosenhaus was behind the scenes working his angles once again.

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Apollo expects to roll out additional courses on the platform in coming months, tapping high-profile faculty for those as well.

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Examples include Zhihu, a Quora-like service for China, and Diandian, a Tumblr-like blog hosting platform for China, started by high-profile Internet entrepreneur Jack Xu, notably the former CIO at XiaoNei (now Renren).

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Stern got a platform where he could say anything he wanted to and Karmazin had a high-profile star to help boost sales.

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Facebook provides a high-profile tool for company exposure and branding, and the wide reach of such a social platform can facilitate business networking.

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