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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

I reached out to Michael after their surprising day at the top of Hacker News during early September. The innocuous post, which was simply titled " Divshot " generated over 110 comments and was awarded nearly 200 points by Hacker News' notoriously jaded readers. According to Michael, the Hacker News exposure was completely unplanned.

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How to Start a Podcast

Tech.Co

You'll need to produce a functioning RSS feed, since RSS is the media pipeline that every major podcast provider uses to display each podcast. There are two main ways to get your own RSS feed. First, you can buy your own website domain, set up a website from a template, and host an RSS feed through your website.

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How Many Times Should You Tweet Your Blog Post?

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve argued previously that Twitter is a new form of curated RSS and in many ways it is. But it is a transient RSS reader. They just consume Twitter when they’re hungry for a conversation or some news right now. I left the panel thinking that Guy was off base but realizing he had somewhat of a point.

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Entrepreneurs Now Start Hyperlocal Then Go Global

Startup Professionals Musings

There is also more going on in every location, so this personal need and super sensitivity to the local community has spawned a new breed of Internet startups, called “hyperlocal.” Give people a way to follow news around a particular block. Give people a way to post news to specific geographic areas. Geographic customization.

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Smart Startups Think Global But Act Hyperlocal

Startup Professionals Musings

There is also more going on in every location, so this personal need and super sensitivity to the local community has spawned a new breed of Internet startups, called “hyperlocal.” Give people a way to follow news around a particular block. Give people a way to post news to specific geographic areas. Geographic customization.

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Startup Spotlight: Final Exams, Santa Chatbot and Clean Up Your Email

Tech.Co

Customers can choose among its many templates to quickly add a chatbot to any Facebook page and then use its different reply types to create lead generating bots, list of articles taken from RSS feeds, Mailchimp and Zapier integrations, carousel of images and full-fledged ecommerce or food ordering solutions within the Messenger interface.

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Serious Presentation Tips From Standup Comics

InfoChachkie

They often write their own material, book their gigs, arrange their travel and negotiate and collect their compensation from club owners. In comedy, empty phrases such as, “Anyone here from New York?” or “Did you guys hear the news story about. ?” A version of this article previously appeared on Inc. Comedians are entrepreneurs.

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