Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that I often see, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. Not having a social media policy.

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Social Media Media Lead Generation Startup 233

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Here are five essential, efficient ways to eliminate guesswork and make your startup a success on social media. Strategy Adopted: Leveraging Social Media Analytics. On social media, you can pinpoint an audience in real-time. Before you can afford staff dedicated to social media, spread the duties around.

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Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2011

One of the companies that will feature at the upcoming web and mobile technology startup conference Echelon 2011 is Fetch Plus , a social media and mobile application development company. This then enables companies to rapidly roll out a widespread and pervasive social media footprint through its product.

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Social Media Media Management Application Development 187

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2013

The emergence of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “Open Leadership.” New publishing tools, like blogs, collaboration platforms, and even Twitter provide updates that are easily available. What do you think? Marty Zwilling.

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Social Media Entrepreneur Software Review Leadership 257

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2012

The emergence of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “Open Leadership.” New publishing tools, like blogs, collaboration platforms, and even Twitter provide updates that are easily available.

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Social Network Software Review Leadership Social Media 244

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The emergence of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “Open Leadership.” New publishing tools, like blogs, collaboration platforms, and even Twitter provide updates that are easily available. What do you think? Marty Zwilling.

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Leadership Social Media Software Review Startup 224

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Google+ is more than just a “wannabe” social media outlet. For example, every time you write a blog post, you can attach it to your Google+. By adding a few HTML tags — they’re simple, really, to embed — into your blog copy, your smiling face will usually be shown in search engine results alongside your blog post.

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Entrepreneur Social Media HTML Engineer 276

ConversionXL

JANUARY 30, 2013

According to a report by Nielsen on social media Americans spend three times more time on social media than reading their e-mail. of online time is spent reading e-mail and 23% on social. The juicy bit of the study is that more than 70% of social networks users shop online. Black Friday data.

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Social Media Sales Media Social Network 134

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , which consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

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Customer Technical Review Social Media Social Network 306

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The pervasiveness of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “open leadership.” New publishing tools, like blogs, collaboration platforms, and even Twitter provide updates that are easily available.

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Leadership Software Review Social Network Social Media 230

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

This is a guest post by Alignable CMO Dan Slagen about the missed opportunity the company has identified in social networking, and why they’ve chosen to build the business on the East Coast. What’s the ARPU of a business on a social network? Next-Gen Networking. 2029 Stierlin Court. 1 Hacker Way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2014

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence, that consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Media Social Network 252

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2013

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , that consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

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Customer Technical Review Startup Social Media 251

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. Then came blogs. So PPC (pay-per-click) advertising on social networks has performed poorly to date.

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Technical Review Advertising Early Stage Internet 286

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2017

Here are a few reasons why Gen Z will change the technology world by 2020: Social media evolution. While their parents were struggling to survive the effects of the “Great Recession”, Gen Z grew up on social media and they were molded by the technology. Going mobile. In addition, 35.5%

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Social Media Social Network Mobile Demand 138

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2019

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , which consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

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Customer Technical Review Social Media Social Network 213

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups.

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Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Board Effect

JULY 28, 2021

Social media platforms are excellent vehicles for storytelling and creating awareness, yet, without a nonprofit social media policy in place, your board could be in for some unexpected problems. Just under 4 billion people use social media in the world. That said, social media is a double-edged sword.

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Social Media Media Warrant Reputation 98

Brandanew

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Fittingly, it is also easy to learn about the internet itself by reading various sites and blogs. As brand marketing practitioners, we too read many great marketing and sales blogs with great interest. Today we are listing out a few of those sales and marketing blogs that we highly respect and we believe that they will benefit you too.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2017

Integrate Your Content with Social Media. Using the most-trafficked social networks, you can place snippets of your content on Facebook, tags on Instagram or even turn an article into a video for YouTube. Just use their content to give you ideas. Use Google Analytics to Improve Content.

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Curation Analytics Social Media Metrics 164

The Next Web

JANUARY 31, 2014

And as such, you are no stranger to guest blogging. So, adhering to Google representatives’ recommendations of creating great content and SEO veterans’ instruction of linking to fresh content, it seems everyone started to guest post in different levels of blogs and content quality. Fast forward to 2014. So, what SHOULD you do in 2014?

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CTO Hire Search Web Social Media 138

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

Moms’ overwhelming embrace of social media and the profound impact of the recommendation culture on their consumer purchasing behavior. Skepticism Grows Along with Moms’ Social Media Savvy. Likewise, just 3% of Moms say targeted ads on their social networks strongly motivate them to make a purchase.

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Social Media Marketing Technical Review Social Network 150

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Social Media Marketing Strategies. Social media is about connecting with the people in your niche: customers, potential customers, people who are interested in what you do, or who share similar interests and circles or hubs with you. Social media isn’t new. Social media is about doing that online.

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Small Business Marketing PR Social Media 167

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 2, 2015

How do you incorporate Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media, and Content Marketing into your marketing efforts? Answer: Adopt a customer-centric content marketing strategy which incorporates search and social media optimization. Use social networks to engage with community. Consideration?

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Technical Review Social Media SEO Curation 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” If you are in the almost 30 percent of all small businesses who still ignore social media, you need to read the book by Dave Carroll, “ United Breaks Guitars.” You need to be there.

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Social Media Media Reputation Viral 355

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Not only does that mean there are millions of Millennials looking for work, but the survey shows they prefer to work for smaller companies that “allow for more flexibility, an opportunity to embrace their entrepreneurial ambitions, and the opportunity to use social networks at work without strict corporate guidelines.”.

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Hiring Technical Review Startup Social Network 137

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Customer content and engagement built rapid growth in the success of Intel ’s social media and Web-based marketing efforts, increasing “customer contacts” by a factor of tenfold and overall page views by 100x. Intel realized this when its initial forays into web-based and social media marketing were going nowhere.

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Customer Fractional CTO Canada Technical Review 154

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2020

It is the most mainstream marketing strategy because the everyday use of the internet and social media has become the most significant source of influencing the audience displaying the intended product. You can either pay the social networking applications to display your advertisements in video form.

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Social Media Technical Review Marketing Social Network 128

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Connect on social media. Add a QR code to your contact information, and you can make it easy for people to automatically connect with you on social networks. Give directions to events or interesting locations in a snap with QR codes on handouts, your class blog, and more. Mobile class newsletters. List sources.

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Software Review Technical Review Mobile Video 262

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The pervasiveness of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “Open Leadership.” New publishing tools, like blogs, collaboration platforms, and even Twitter provide updates that are easily available.

Leadership 120

Leadership Software Review Social Network Social Media 120

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 18, 2013

Social media presents a range of possibilities for growth for small businesses — for some, it’s a necessity. A recent study found that small businesses benefit the most from social media marketing, in that 72 percent of small business that implemented social media strategies found a boost in website traffic.

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Social Media Small Business Media Marketing 269

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2013

Social media can also be an important and useful part of your marketing campaign, particularly if your business exists only online. For companies without a physical location, social networks are the only place that customers can go to get an idea about you, your business, and your company culture.

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Marketing Startup Technical Review Viral 153

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Social media, mobile technologies and altering demographics present businesses of every size with tremendous opportunities. 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.

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Customer Retention Social Media Technical Review 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

If you are a business owner today, and not using social media to promote your business, you are missing out on a huge opportunity. Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly always require an investment, sometimes large, in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time.

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Social Media Media Startup Analytics 315

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

When my friend’s small business was struggling a while back, I suggested he add some social media marketing initiatives, and his answer was that he was “too busy.” According to a study of 1700 CEOs last year, only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively.

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Social Media Media Social Network Viral 267

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2017

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , which consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

Technical Review 137

Technical Review Technology Social Media Social Network 137

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2013

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” If you are in the realm of the 47% of small businesses who still ignore social media, you need to read the book by Dave Carroll, “ United Breaks Guitars.” You need to be there.

Social Media 271

Social Media Media Startup Reputation 271