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It’s hard to pick the best brags out of all of the gems that make up the @dmbrags Twitter stream, but alas it has to be done. We have a good showing of inflated egos and materialism in this week’s top bragging tweets from your digital media industry peers. Check out who made the cut.
@umairh, Umair Haque, author, economist, director of Havas Media Lab
@tkawaja, CEO of Luma Partners
@markmannino, vp pf self service solutions at MediaMath
@amandavega, CEO of Amanda Vega Consulting
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