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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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2012 Will Be The Year Of The Empowered Merchant, says Schedulicty

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Jerry Nettuno, founder and CEO of online appointment scheduling service Schedulicity , believes that 2012 will be a year that will see a majority of small businesses harness and leverage the power of technology and online productivity tools to effective manage and grow their business. 2012 sees extreme contraction in the Daily Deal space.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years.

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7 Customer Service Trends To Watch And Leverage In 2012

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In 2012, smart, forward-looking companies will be viewing customer service in new ways. They will be re-engineering their thinking to reshape the customer service paradigm to take advantage of the significant modifications in technology, social media and ever-shifting demographics. What customer service trends are you seeing for 2012?

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Top 10 Mom Marketing Trends As We Enter 2012

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Moms’ overwhelming embrace of social media and the profound impact of the recommendation culture on their consumer purchasing behavior. As we enter 2012, here’s our Top 10 list of Mom Marketing Trends: 1. Likewise, just 3% of Moms say targeted ads on their social networks strongly motivate them to make a purchase.

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The End Of Marketing As We Know It

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Instead, buyers are checking out product and service information in their own way, often through the Internet, their social network, or just plain word-of-mouth or customer reviews. It’s a myth that social networks and their technologies are creating new approaches to marketing. One is known as ‘Mr.

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Will Your Startup Get Venture Capital or IPO in 2013?

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Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5 Make a personal connection, directly or indirectly.