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7 Keys To Using Social Media to Kickstart Your Brand

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Image via Pixabay After a frustrating meeting with a small business client recently who didn’t “have time” for social media, I was surprised to find evidence on the Internet that up to one quarter of small business owners are still hesitant to invest time, money, and effort into a social media strategy.

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Snap Sees Daily Active Users Increase In Q2

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The social media and communication software developer announced the numbers in its second quarter 2019 financial results. Snap's revenues grew to $388M in Q2 of 2019, with a net loss of $255M for the quarter. Santa Monica-based Snap Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela

TechCrunch LA

Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms. ” Los Angeles-based Brud is by far the most established of this new breed in the U.S.

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Social Bluebook was hacked, exposing 217,000 influencers’ accounts

TechCrunch LA

A social media platform used to match advertisers with thousands of influencers has been hacked. Social Bluebook, a Los Angeles-based company, allows advertisers to pay social media “influencers” for posts that promote their products and services.

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Los Angeles-based childcare and co-working startup Bümo adds more virtual classes for kids at home

TechCrunch LA

But in the face of a global pandemic, every company has had to improvise and in the few months since its launch in 2019, that’s just what Bümo did. The two met in their early twenties when Nguyen was trying to launch a fashion business and Lim was solidifying her career as a social media celebrity and designer. .

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LAVA Healthcare Presents: The ins-and-outs of celebrity partnerships and how it can increase your company's value.

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Tuesday, December 17, 2019 -- LAVA Healthcare Presents: The ins-and-outs of celebrity partnerships and how it can increase your company's value. With the advent of social media, these partnerships have become more accessible to even small businesses.

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Venture investors and startup execs say they don’t need Elizabeth Warren to defend them from big tech

TechCrunch LA

Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical to the development of the core technology that make Alphabet’s Google and the social media giant Facebook so profitable… and Zappos. Srinivasan (@balajis) March 8, 2019. — Balaji S.