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Is Social Media Killing Email

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 -- Is Social Media Killing Email. With the seemingly endless reports about the death of email, its no wonder that the commonly-held myth of decreased email usage exists. Presented by the Marketing and Sales Executives Society. Youve seen the headlines: 9 Reasons Why Email is Dead.

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The Old Ways Of Social Media Marketing Are Broken

Startup Professionals Musings

Isn’t it frustrating to think you understand something new in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Don’t Buy It ,” which asserts that “earned” social engagement drives far better business results than paid social exposure.

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Top Ten infoChachkie Entries Of 2012 – The Year Of Syndication

InfoChachkie

2011 was the year of the video interview, in which I spoke with the likes of Guy Kawasaki, Len Short, Brad Feld, Naval Ravikant and Steve Blank. Exposure on these sites more than doubled my readership from 2011. > 780 social media shares - front page of TechCrunch last weekend of Olympics. Greetings loyal readers.

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Entrepreneurs And Startups Drive Future Work Trends

Startup Professionals Musings

I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends. Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. In startups, and even corporate environments, I see the spread of collaborative social media platforms such as Yammer.

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

Tech Zulu Event

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network.

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Google Wants to Disrupt Home Automation with $3.2 Billion Nest Acquisition

Tech Zulu Event

With over $100 million from its investors including Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures, Shasta Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, among others, Nest is reported to have been on the verge of another $150 million raise in a Series D round and would have eventually gone public. Nest gives it a second chance. Future of automation.

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Entrepreneurs Challenge The Gartner Hype Cycle

Startup Professionals Musings

For the latest info, Gartner recently released their Hype Cycle Special Report for 2011 , detailing some of the biggest trends in technology this year. This report evaluates the maturity of more than 1,900 technologies and trends in 89 areas. Startups can now truly define a problem, and position their solution for rapid growth.