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Social Media is a Boon to Startups Who Do It Right

Startup Professionals Musings

The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media. Just ten percent say they will not use social media in 2012, down from 24 percent for 2011 and 39 percent for 2010. Lead generation continues to be the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S. small businesses.

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Startups Should Avoid These Social Media Mistakes

Startup Professionals Musings

The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media. According to the “ Small Business Marketing Forecast 2010 ” from Ad-ology, lead generation is the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S. Tags: entrepreneurs social media startups networking business.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs to share why they started their businesses and here are the responses: #1- To empower women Photo Credit: Tresa Todd As a real estate investor, I saw the immense need for women to come together, network, and learn more about real estate investing (REI). Thanks to Tresa Todd, Women's Real Estate Investors Network ! #2-

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Twitter Link Roundup #52 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Fearless Women Entrepreneur Network – [link]. Lessons Learned From StartupBootcamp 2010 – [link]. Twitter claims it’s not a social network – [link]. Being pompous and learning from mistakes – [link]. Why You’re Going to Hire the Wrong Designer – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #36 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

2010 Fortune 500: The top 10 most valuable corporate logo properties – [link]. Dish Network Looking to the Crowd (about crowdSPRING & Dish Network) – by Stuart Elliott, NYT – [link]. Excellent post by Seth Godin on the challenges of dealing w/ email, social networks, etc. – [link].

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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]. Consumer Reports: Half of Social Network Users are “Oversharing&# – [link]. The connection between a logo and the brand behind the logo – [link]. Useful Glossaries For Web Designers and Developers – [link].

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Google Adds Reputation Management to Dashboard :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

It also appears that this is another way for Google to place emphasis on creating and using Profile pages – something that likely plays heavily in their plans for a social network of some sort. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi.