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Microsoft’s $1.2 Billion Acquisition of Yammer Complete

Tech Zulu Event

Microsoft in late June announced to have acquired social network for enterprises Yammer at $ 1.2 According to the Jared Spataro Senior Director, Office Division, Microsoft in a blog post the firm had met all the requirements regarding the acquisition. Yammer was launched in 2008 and raised $142 million then.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. He has performed this role since the company’s inception after Yammer was spun-out of Geni Inc. (a

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Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Startup Marketing Ideas - Eric David Greenspan

SoCal CTO

A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. Sometimes I make a blog entry. It’s something I speak about quite a bit (see Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospects and Social Media for Service Professionals ). Look forward to the discussion.

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To the Moon!

Eric Greenspan

Tweetdeck and Yammer are always running in the background. Met a guy you might know named Lewis Howes, who sat on a social media panel and gave some great info. We need to tie our tweets, FB posts and emails into a blog. In addition, all team members are starting their own blogs, this is mine. Pretty cool day.

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Happy Anniversary Make It Work – 8 Years Today!

Eric Greenspan

From TweetDeck to Yammer, WordPress to Twitter, Google Adwords to Yahoo Search, Facebook to LinkedIn, throw in a little AllTop, MyYahoo, Outlook, Powerpoint, Quicken (had to pay some bills)…my head is spinning. Also, as you know, I launched my blog along with the rest of my team. You can read their blogs on my links.

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Happy Anniversary Make It Work – 8 Years Today!

Eric Greenspan

From TweetDeck to Yammer, WordPress to Twitter, Google Adwords to Yahoo Search, Facebook to LinkedIn, throw in a little AllTop, MyYahoo, Outlook, Powerpoint, Quicken (had to pay some bills)…my head is spinning. Also, as you know, I launched my blog along with the rest of my team. You can read their blogs on my links.

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6 Tips for Building Relationships with Journalists

Both Sides of the Table

It got me thinking, which for me is always the sign of a good blog post. If you’re Yammer , Mint or RedBeacon (all winners) you’re knighted with wonderful coverage. In my blog I just save that for the comments where people can say what their perspectives are. Also, remember that this is the era of the blog.

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