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Shopify Plots Amazon Affiliate Marketing Attack

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Now, Shopify has apparently approached major publishers including Complex and Vox Media as well as getting Buzzfeed to sign on to the new program. An ecommerce giant with huge clout in bricks-and-mortar store retail, too, Shopify can boast to having more than one million retailers using its platform.

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AllSay: Using Mobile Apps To Engage Users With Decisions, with Geoff Campbell

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One thing with AllSay, is it looke like Buzzfeed did in the early days. Editors use Buzzfeed and read the news, to find proposals and decisions, and use the news as a source. Most tools, such as e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter, are not designed for that. Geoff Campbell: That''s a great question. We''d like to change that.

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The Future of Advertising will be Integrated

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And as Jon Steinberg of Buzzfeed points out, the CTRs for social media banner ads are just 0.08%. One company that I previously wrote about trying to change this industry is, Solve Media , (I am not an investor) has created an interesting ad unit designed to drive up brand “engagement&# and recall. Holy Shiitake !

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Is it any surprise to see Zulily in Seattle, Wayfair in Boston, ExactTarget in Indianapolis, TrueCar in Los Angeles, GroupOn in Chicago or BuzzFeed in NYC? Deflationary Economics now favors us. I think it’s the era of the application. In fact, 1 in 7 or nearly 15% of Angelinos are employed in a creative field.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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Cincinnati has had the accelerator The Brandery for several years, which caters to the great strengths of design and brand management that are dominant in this city. I don’t need to tell you what else is LA … SnapChat, Whisper, Tinder. All great communication companies. KickStarter? Gilt Groupe, AdoreMe, Thrillist, Birchbox?

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Assignmint: Freelance Work Available | Founder Interview, The Future of Journalism & The LA Startup Scene

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Design, photography, tech, any sort of media broadcast, any kind of contracted workforce, we expect to be there and help. It doesn’t matter who you are; you can be writing long-form journalism for Rolling Stone, doing advertorials for BuzzFeed, or you can be writing the menu for the restaurant down the street. Digital media?

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Snapchat 101 for VCs and Old Folks

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It has Vice, Tastemade, Vox, ESPN, Comedy Central, BuzzFeed and more. It’s the frequency designed to keep old people out and keep the product cool and hip for young people. Snapchat’s navigation is through “swiping” but they leave breadcrumb clues of how to navigate that also work by clicking (for novices).

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