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A Guide to Reputation Management: Build an Audience of Superfans

ConversionXL

Michael Fertik, the founder of Reputation.com, said in an interview : “People, employers, and customers find you because of the internet. These agencies can provide advice on handling negative customer feedback, develop positive public relations, and optimize search engine results to improve your brand image when people search for you.

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7 Interview Blunders and Bonuses

Up and Running

And just for the record, this candidate was a male, most likely in his late 30’s and had worked in the journalism and public relations field for nearly 15 years. Being an online business we care about traffic acquisition, traffic referral sources, time on site, page views, bounce and exit rates, click rates, and conversions.

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2011 May be the Year of the IPO for Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

Do you need the IPO for your acquisitions strategy? Sometimes the best way to grow is to acquire other companies or other products, and sometimes you need a public stock in order to go that route. Of course, you’re going to have to perform well to make that stock useful in the acquisitions process. Do you have the horses?

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 5: Customer Relationship Hypotheses

Steve Blank

Internet investor Dave McClure coined the acronym &# AARRR ,&# to remember the parts of Customer Relationships on the web.). Many of the students had heard phrases that fall under Customer Relationships before; “customer acquisition, SEO/SEM, public relations, Social Network, Advertising, Loyalty programs, cross-sell and up-sell” etc.,

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6 Ways To Sustain Growth In A Maturing Global Market

Startup Professionals Musings

Stepping into unknown territories takes real customer acquisition marketing and new costs through social media, public relations, and advertising campaigns. Start today with new customer acquisition efforts. Penetrating new customer segments is not so easy. New generation of customers expect more service.

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Dave Gardner on Using Social Media to Connect With Big Companies

Life Beyond Code

The public relations (PR) firm used by the big company you want to connect with is also likely monitoring social media. Dell, like many big companies today, trolls the Internet to find out what’s being said about them so they can reach out and help as well as implement corrective action.

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Dave Gardner on Using Social Media to Connect With Big Companies

Life Beyond Code

The public relations (PR) firm used by the big company you want to connect with is also likely monitoring social media. Dell, like many big companies today, trolls the Internet to find out what’s being said about them so they can reach out and help as well as implement corrective action.