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Social Media is a Boon to Startups Who Do It Right

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t start podcasting, blogging, tweeting, “friending” on Facebook, and posting YouTube videos until you know what your messages are, who will manage them, who your audience is, and how they and you are going to benefit from the content and relationship. Failing to tailor the plan to your target audience. small businesses.

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Startups Should Avoid These Social Media Mistakes

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t start podcasting, blogging, tweeting, “friending” on Facebook, and posting YouTube videos until you know what your messages are, who will manage them, who your audience is, and how they and you are going to benefit from the content and relationship. Failing to tailor the plan to your target audience.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

This decision led me to pioneer a business with my brother, featuring a curated jobs database of legitimate, safe, remote work opportunities and valuable career resources. In 2010, I co-founded Community Tax LLC, a tax company dedicated to helping customers nationwide with tax preparation, bookkeeping, and accounting services.

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Twitter Link Roundup #38 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The State of Web Development 2010 – [link]. Logo Design Trends 2010 – [link]. Smart thoughts on importance of audience size as measure of our reach – [link]. Why Content Curation Is Here to Stay – [link]. The connection between a logo and the brand behind the logo – [link].

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Crowdsourcing: a 7+7 Primer (Pt. 1)

crowdSPRING Blog

The role of the project manager is to act as gatekeeper, curator, editor, and leader and this guidance is vital to the project’s success. Engage your audience: Part of the inherent beauty of crowdsourcing is its ability to engage audiences with brands or products and your project has this potential, too.

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Startups and small biz at SXSW: ideas on how to spend your time at the conference!

crowdSPRING Blog

Here is my list for 2010 -I hope to run into you there; I’ll be the really tired looking guy moving fast from event to event. Time TBA: Recession 2009-2010: The Best Time to Launch Your Startup – While it may seem counter intuitive, economic hardship is the crucible from which great businesses emerge. Friday, March 12th.

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Social Commerce: What It Is, What It Isn’t and Why You Should Care

ConversionXL

Curate and customize your shop’s product catalog. Select the right products for the audience and be aware of product order. Don’t overwhelm your audience with choice… narrow it down for them. They make it easier to expand your audience and get your products in front of more like-minded buyers.