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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

I believe it is the new form of RSS – the place people go to find out what is happening in the latest news. I covered that topic in my Twitter is RSS post. Twitter is better than RSS – it’s “curated RSS.&# The stream is limited in length and therefore people share links.

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Entrepreneurs Now Start Hyperlocal Then Go Global

Startup Professionals Musings

This is the main focus of EveryBlock, where they give each city block its own Web page, its own RSS feed and its own e-mail alerts. Geographic customization. Give people a way to draw custom geographic boundaries to specify their area of interest. Topic customization. This is not just a fad.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

The company posted a Show HN entry entitled, " We built a better solution for customer analysis and support.". Although social media news sites can be effective market validation tools, they are not without their downsides. Never ask a tech community for feedback when your true intent is to close a sale. Hacker Downside.

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Smart Startups Think Global But Act Hyperlocal

Startup Professionals Musings

This is the main focus of EveryBlock, where they give each city block its own Web page, its own RSS feed and its own e-mail alerts. Geographic customization. Give people a way to draw custom geographic boundaries to specify their area of interest. Topic customization. This is not just a fad.

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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

InfoChachkie

Along the way, they created a supportive community of emotionally attached stakeholders that would be the envy of any Social Media Manager. The popularity of the company''s newsletter soon began to grow at a pace that outstripped the MouseDriver''s relatively meager sales. Here''s how they pulled it off. Let''s get real.

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Hyperlocal is the Latest Buzzword for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

This is the main focus of EveryBlock, where they give each city block its own Web page, its own RSS feed and its own e-mail alerts. Geographic customization. Give people a way to draw custom geographic boundaries to specify their area of interest. Topic customization. This is not just a fad.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

Both Sides of the Table

I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. Define your customers, partners and other relevant people to your organization (e.g. That’s blogging to the echo chamber unless they’re your target customers. Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media.

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