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OpenX Opens New Office In Japan

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Los Angeles-based programmatic advertising marketplace operator OpenX announced late Monday that it has opened up a new office in Japan, where it says it has moved into larger office space, and added account management, sales engineering, technical implementation, technical support and yield management resources.

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HelloTech: On Demand, In-Home Tech Support Via College Students Near You

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Almost everyone of a technical bent in the technology industry is familiar with that old routine: your parents, your friends, and your neighbors inevitably calls you for free technical support. However, almost no one really wants to be that technical support person. Why in home technical support?

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How To Make Freemium Customers Generate Revenue For Your Startup

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BuddyHelp was launched in this proto-Internet environment and was immediately used by businesses to provide hands-on technical support. At companies such as SaskTel, Gateway and Cablevision, customer support agents used BuddyHelp to access their customers’ computers and handle their technical support issues.

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Rebranding Should Be Driven By Growth, Not Desperation

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In the course of dominating their initial direct response market, a number of enterprise-level advertisers began using Invoca''s unique marketing platform in ways the company had not foreseen. This unintended use of their technology caused the company to modify their product set to better accommodate large, brand-focused advertisers.

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5 Simple Tactics To Make Freemium Users Pay

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Anyone, including well-healed, large companies, could offer state-of-the-art technical support for free. Upsell Logically – Craft a seamless path to charge users after a trial period or in exchange for other benefits, such as removal of advertisements or access to additional features.

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10 Ways Tech Entrepreneurs Can Make the Most of the Holidays

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Take advantage of this by bringing some sentimental value to your advertising. That’s a lot of potential advertising — and all you have to do to tap into it is make sure your campaigns include share buttons or can be easily forwarded. 5 Connect with consumers. The holidays are an emotional time. Does your tech help people connect?

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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

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This is how you make money from advertising – someone else runs ads on your site or your blog, and you get paid for everyone who clicks on the ad. Wikipedia started this, but it is also used for technical support, software, and product reviews. Pay per click (PPC). Crowdsourcing. You can use it for your business.

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