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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. Find the right people to staff your campaign and curate its content and evolution. Just ten percent say they will not use social media in 2012, down from 24 percent for 2011 and 39 percent for 2010. small businesses.

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Social Media is a Boon to Startups Who Do It Right

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The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media. Find the right people to staff your campaign and curate its content and evolution. Research your target market to find out who they are and how to reach them. Producing weak, unfocused, or unhelpful content. small businesses.

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Twitter Link Roundup #62 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

5 Design Trends That Small Businesses Can Use in 2011 – [link]. Content Curation: It’s Going to Be HUGE – [link]. More about this bizarre purchase in the “Other&# section below. Need a logo? Tap global design network – [link]. How can crowdsourcing work for your business? – [link]. – [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. If you are going the build-it-yourself approach careful use of social media tools, public relations, and other word-of-mouth tactics can help you to attract the right workers to participate.

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Twitter Link Roundup #78 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Entrepreneurs Need to Find the Best ‘Curators’ – [link]. Carnival 2011 – 43 spectacularly vibrant photos of celebrations around the world – [link]. Outstanding Forbes interview with Yuri Millner – The Billionaire Who Friended the Web – [link]. How can I tell if I am failing at my start-up? – [link].

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Weekend Fav April Thirty

Duct Tape Marketing

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! Bag the Web – helps users curate Web content. Note: There have been some updates since I published th.

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Weekend Favs May Seven :: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct.

Duct Tape Marketing

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch. All rights reserved.