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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

www.usatoday.com

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Only 3% were online when I started AOL.

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Businesses Must Manage the Twitter Conversation

Both Sides of the Table

Twitter is the new CRM (customer relationship management) channel. On Facebook (and nearly all social networks that preceded it) the relationship was always reciprocal – if I accept your invitation to follow me then I have to follow you. Tags: Social Media social networking startup technology Twitter.

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[Review] Uprising

YoungUpstarts

In a “hyperconnected, ultra-competitive, and supercluttered marketplace”, doing more of the same big idea advertising on mostly mainstream media channels isn’t going to work anymore. With this fundamental shift, businesses need to change their entire marketing model. source of image ).

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Episode 44: Communication and Credibility with Scott Spiro and Tony Lillios

Mike Michalowicz

He enjoys working in a variety of industries and is currently actively involved in a publishing, a MI (music instrument), and a social networking business. For Scott, that means going out into the community and networking. Get involved with direct marketing, go into media (news channels, radio shows, etc) to build credibility.

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Introduction to Growth Hacking for Startups

VC Cafe

The term “Growth Hacking”, invented by Sean Ellis , and made popular by Andrew Chen , a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines – marketing and coding: Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the traditional question of “How do I get customers for my product?”

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

mashable.com

Subscribe to the Business channel. This is a emerging industry and GLIIF is poised to capture a large market share in a very short period of time. GLIIF’s initial offering includes a brand-able and blend-able custom encrypted image at a low cost of entry, pre re-direction marketing services and full analytics.

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2011 Consumer Internet Predictions

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Social games overflow out of Facebook. While the amount of social gaming on other social networks, especially the Asian networks, has significantly increased over the course of the year, the vast majority of social gaming still takes place on Facebook. Real time web usage outpaces business models.

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