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Entrepreneur's list included the Southern California startups across a number of areas -- tech, apps, travel, geek chic, invention, retail, socialmedia, and music/art.
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It an era of socialmedia and newsreaders titles matter a lot. When I first started writing this blog several years ago I had less followers than you have right now. So I need to stand out in two areas in which I compete for attention – socialmedia and news readers. His article is well worth reading anyways.
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How did an email marketing provider turn into a provider of software which mashes up a combination of email marketing, wiki, customer service management, event and meeting management tool, project management software, and much more? What is GreenRope all about? Can you give an example of the functions you are talking about?
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I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use socialmedia today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success. What’s the problem?
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" I realized that I've never captured topics that I've covered (I'm always willing to look at other topics), nor have I put up my speaker bio. So, here goes: Dr. Tony Karrer Over the past 15 years, Tony has been a part-time CTO for more than 30 startups. Tony has a Ph.D. He is a frequent speaker at trade and industry events.
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He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. We need to spend some time discussing what you do with the social web. Great stuff!
Don’t blog about what you think would be “cool.&# I don’t think that most startup blogs should be about how to build a startup. The new stuff: How do I get started? The advantage of the hosted version is that it’s easier to get started. Slice it up enough to do many posts. Some search.
I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” According to this study from last year, over 65% of existing small businesses still ignore socialmedia for marketing, so he is still the rule rather than the exception. Develop a marketing strategy specific to this media.
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Below is a list of the syndicated entries which received the most views and/or socialmedia attention, with links to the versions that appeared here on infoChachkie. Startup Tips From College Dropouts: Zuckerberg , Jobs, Gates, Dell, Ellison, Branson and Disney. Startup Lessons From Olympic Innovators. >
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The “This Week In” team did a summary (below the YouTube video so you can click to any spot in video and watch just that) and we’re going to build an email list for that if you’re too busy for sight / sound. As a startup you need to understand this. And you need to have a channel strategy as a startup.
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