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8 New Ways To Focus On Customers For Trust And Profit

Startup Professionals Musings

Customer expectations of a relationship and personalization are stretching every business today, and pervasive use and confidence in social media by customers can override all your image building and marketing messages. Supplement this feedback with more formal modern satisfaction surveys, like the Net Promoter Score.

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How long can Zuckerberg afford to bankroll the AR/VR market?

TechCrunch LA

The company’s stock tanked by more than 26 percent, representing a $230 billion reduction in market cap and a $31 billion drop in Zuckerberg’s personal net worth. The double-digit drop actually came from Meta’s earnings report which investors feared would be indicative of a broader revenue slump across social media stocks.

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Effective Email Introductions or Why Blind Intros Suck

InfoChachkie

Proper Context – If the context of the intro is the least bit unclear, I ask the person requesting the introduction to write a paragraph or two that I can forward to the target contact. Not only will this approach save everyone time, it will allow you to reserve your social capital to facilitate more impactful introductions.

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6 Keys to Becoming an Influencer for More Business

Startup Professionals Musings

People follow influencers on social media to find what they buy, who they vote for, and which social causes they support. You can also establish authority by writing and public speaking. The most powerful way to grow your business and your career these days is to become a visible influencer in your domain.

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8 Startup Lessons You Could Learn from Gotham Gal

Both Sides of the Table

“There are so many places you can go on the Net where you can find your community. Certainly if you look at eCommerce & social media – women are the ones using these products. In the next generation everybody (including women (are going to write code).&#. Take a little break but keep your skills fresh.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking? And, I dont like to copy and paste. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. He writes “Half of all venture funds outperform the stock market which is the benchmark most institutions measure VC funds against.” The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated