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An Entrepreneur Platform To Put You Above the Crowd

Startup Professionals Musings

According to the most recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were approximately 514,000 new businesses created per month in the US in 2012. Today’s platform is built of people, including yourself, followers, and contacts, who can amplify your message through social media and spread it to your target customers.

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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into A Key Technology Center

socalTECH

We have our own A/B testing platform, and my team is responsible for that solution for desktop and native apps, not only for Walmart.com, but also online groceries and the market. We've actually open sourced Test Armada, our open source platform for testing. started in August of 2012. Claude Jones: That's an interesting story.

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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into Its Technology Center

socalTECH

We have our own A/B testing platform, and my team is responsible for that solution for desktop and native apps, not only for Walmart.com, but also online groceries and the market. We've actually open sourced Test Armada, our open source platform for testing. started in August of 2012. Claude Jones: That's an interesting story.

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Why Your Marketing Campaign Sucks

Both Sides of the Table

If I’m covering a company can I get evidence of what the competition is doing so the story is balanced? The major battle for press is a battle for “mindshare” and it’s exactly the reason I blog. Consider this blog post titled, “ Christmas 2012 Shatters More Smart Device and App Download Records.”

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The Old Ways Of Social Media Marketing Are Broken

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant buying banner ads on Facebook, or buying a position on search engine results, or sponsoring some blog entries, but these doesn’t work anymore. By some measurements Twitter was the fastest growing social network of 2012. In 2012 that number skyrocketed to 26%.

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‘The Tyranny of the OR’ For Social Media Marketing

Startup Professionals Musings

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” Is it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or one of the other 200 active platforms vying for attention these days? Keep up with the competition. billion in 2012. billion and that could be $5.2

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Collect, Organize, and Share on LoveIt | Interview with Ron LaPierre Co-Founder & CEO

Tech Zulu Event

We started building LoveIt at the beginning of 2012. When we discussed the feedback we saw an opportunity to use our backgrounds in search and discovery to help us stand out from the competition. Our mission is to create a dynamic platform with powerful tools that provide the most engaging user experience possible.