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Where LinkedIn Works for Me

SoCal CTO

Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great.

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Twitter Link Roundup #76 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Interesting (probably smart) that major publishers are creating own ad networks – [link]. 20 creative guerilla marketing campaigns – [link]. Social media marketing spending expected to nearly double in next 12 months – [link]. Interesting and valuable perspective by @benkunz on ROI and social media – [link].

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The Ultimate Guide for Starting and Running a Business at Home

Up and Running

Network, a lot! Start doing guerilla marketing. Here are some of the things you can do to expedite the process (be sure to read the Bplans Opening Day Checklist too). Create a marketing plan. mplans.com. Alert the press (reach out to local newspapers, radio stations, businesses, and so on). Create a paid advertising campaign.

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Twitter Link Roundup #183 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

“Tesla Motors has no advertising, no ad agency, no CMO, no dealer network.” 20 Innovative examples of guerilla advertising | Desizn World – [link]. Crowdsourcing: Great For Your Business (A Handy Primer) | Forbes by Teresa Meek – [link]. Great products sell. ” – [link].

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6 Reasons Your Hockey Stick Growth Curve Can Go Flat

Startup Professionals Musings

On the other end of the spectrum are companies that fell behind the curve and may never recover, including MySpace for social networking, Yahoo with online ads, and Groupon with discounts for group purchasing. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

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6 Growth Challenges That Every Good Startup Will Face

Startup Professionals Musings

On the other end of the spectrum are companies that fell behind the curve and may never recover, including MySpace for social networking, Yahoo with online ads, and Groupon with discounts for group purchasing. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

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The Internet Might Kill Us All

Steve Blank

Their firm, Andreessen/Horowtiz , has been prescient enough to invest in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud long before others. While most of the social networks, cloud computing, web and mobile app companies we see today will fail, a few will literally remake our lives. Here are two views how.

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