crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Chicago can be better than Silicon Valley (when it comes to promoting women entrepreneurs) | by Sharon Schneider - crowdspring.co/18J09d4. by Danny Sullivan - crowdspring.co/18J0We7.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Tech Scene in Chicago is Blooming – [link]. A very detailed look at Google’s personalized search results – [link]. Mark’s Square in Venice. .

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 28, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Chicago startups connecting with big local companies, entrepreneurs and corporations | by Wailin Wong – [link]. 5 Smart Ways to Resurrect your Customers – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 5 basic legal considerations for startups | Chicago Tribune – crowdspring.co/1na3gI5. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Failure is overrated: Learn from successes instead | Crain’s Chicago Business – crowdspring.co/18No8bH. 4 Hiring Mistakes Most Entrepreneurs Make – crowdspring.co/17UJnpL.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 30% of Excelerate Labs CEO’s have been women – Chicago more diverse that most and growing! - [link]. SEO For Facebook Graph Search?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 28, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Empower Your Small Business – NEW edition: marketing, lean business, paid search, #1 mistake – [link]. Tech Startup City: G2 Crowd in Chicago | Forbes – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why Chicago is the Best Place to Start a Digital Startup - [link]. Why the Social Media Revolution Is About to Get a Little Less Awesome - [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 12, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The image above is from an outstanding collection of black and white photographs taken by Vivian Maier, a street photographer whose work was discovered at an auction in Chicago.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here’s an ad for an online job search company, on the side of a fuel pump at a gas station. More creative ads in the Social Media & Marketing section below.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Dramatic changes to google search as “Place Search&# gets rolled out – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lightbank Aims To Change The VC Game As It Expands Its Investments Beyond Chicago | TechCrunch – [link]. Is Agile Marketing the Future of Search in 2013?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 50 (mostly) free social media tools for brands – [link]. 50 (mostly) free social media tools for brands – [link]. Agile is a Sham- [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Report: Search Ad Spend To Rise 27% In 2012 – [link]. Related posts: Twitter Link Roundup #95 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 25, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Take a Tour of 1871, a New 50,000 sq-ft Coworking Space in Chicago – [link]. Facebook IPO, and How to Build a Social Network for $389 – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! What @UnitedLinen learned in 5 years of REAL small business social media - [link]. Good to see increasing local VC investment activity in Chicago startups – [link].

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www.clickz.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

Search Engine Watch. Media Planning Media Buying Publishing Display Advertising Video Mobile. Social Media Community Management Social Commerce Social Integration Social Media Smarts. SEO Paid Search Search Marketing. Think beyond Facebook for social media.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Chicago Entrepreneurism: Four Ingredients To Help Your Business – And This City – Dominate – [link]. 45+ Awesome Job Recruitment Ads – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 9, 2014

As the job market continues to be tough and technology is increasing competitiveness the dos and don’ts of job searching are changing. Avoid Social Media. When used properly social media can be a very beneficial tool for potential employees. Thomas Moran is the CEO of Chicago-based staffing firm Addison Group.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 3, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Designers: How to Search For, Hire, and Work With a Web-Developer – [link]. Another excellent video post by @bcopple about startup activity in Chicago – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Optimizing Brands for Social Search – [link]. Good interview with @andrewmason on Chicago Tonight (WTTW) about @Groupon – [link]. Some thoughts – [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Transcript of Creating Content that Ranks in Local Search written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. And they with a couple other consultants in the network have written a book we’re going to talk about today called Content Marketing for Local Search: Create Content That Google Loves and Prospects Devour.

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Brandanew

DECEMBER 28, 2015

When companies compete against larger, better-funded competitors with sophisticated SEO strategy, it can take several months, if not years, to challenge them for search engine visibility. One way to accelerate SEO is to fully leverage the social media potential. Here are the five best ways to boost SEO through social media.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 29, 2018

I started my career working for a large print and digital advertising company in Chicago; I heavily gravitated towards the digital channels and quickly moved up within the organization. We also offer paid search marketing (both search and social), website development, social-media marketing, content production, and email marketing.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 15, 2015

Launch a Social Media Presence. With your blog written, you can use social media to spread the word about your posts and drive more traffic to your site. Social media should be seen as a necessity these days , and it is a great way for startups to build a community from day one. Publish Guest Blogs.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

This is possibly the most visible metric in social media, but many of those followers are inactive or even inhuman robots. For businesses, you can show off those marketing metrics with social media widgets. Andy Crestodina is the Co-Founder of Orbit Media Studios , a web development company in Chicago.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

Coworking spaces are a really cool option for a lot of workers that, for whatever reason, don’t really fit in to a traditional office space like startups, telecommuters, small businesses, and especially creatives in search of collaboration. startups, social media firms, advertising and PR companies, and more.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 11, 2011

Examples of the tasks performed by the Turk community include translation, transcription, image tagging and even searches for missing persons. is the first company to devise s system to effectively crowdsource SEO (search engine optimization) services. Related posts: Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness).

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2020

By Andrew Oziemblo, Founder & CEO of Chicago SEO Geeks a Chicago SEO Agency and RankOne Digital Marketing – helping businesses achieve long-term growth goals with content marketing. Best of all, all of that love comes back to you in the form of higher search rankings. Gifs or Images. Niche content. Infographics.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

Certain Chicago post offices were staying open until midnight for the taxtime procrastinators. Next, I did a simple Google search to find words that rhyme with fitness, and from that list I chose the word business. Last, I thought of (and searched for) short, commonly known phrases where I could replace business with fitness.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

You’d dearly love to have high visibility on Google for organic search engine traffic and leads—but you’re being overwhelmed by big competitors with deep pockets and an army of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) specialists at their disposal. Just make sure your more narrowly defined geography has a decent amount of search volume.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Expert guidance is given on social media, marketing , influencer integration, licensing, and other topics. When a couple of Chicago software developers working on Apartments.com's lookup searches got tired of phoning restaurants to order takeout, it dawned on them: Why isn't there a one-stop shop for food delivery?

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Hearpreneur

JULY 20, 2018

3- A name with competitive advantage in search. We knew we’d be relying heavily on organic search when we launched ReputationManagement. Therefore, we chose a brand name that would give us a competitive advantage in search, but also one that made sense for our business. 6- Using the idea of Chicago sports team colors.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2018

Maybe a customer hasn’t seen the story and finds you through search. Once on your website, seeing media logos representing the media that has reported on your company, has a subconscious effect that triggers a customer to dive deeper, learn more and can even tip a questionable buyer over the edge. Also, scratch media’s backs.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Some names were too difficult for one reason or another, still others I couldn’t get a corresponding social media handle (which is especially important for a digital marketer). I kept up my search, even going through the thesaurus for anything related to communication. Think SIMPLE. Defeated, we all went back to our offices.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 27, 2019

Thanks to Doug Seville, DSML Executive Search ! #2- As the owner of both an online bookstore and a social media & marketing blog, I spend a lot of time working by myself. 24- Chicago’s Feeling Stronger Every Day. When discouraged I would play this song in my head. 2- Born to Run. Photo Credit: Adam Cole.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2015

Small businesses today, more than ever, rely on agencies to help with organic search and local results to drive business in their local markets. Understanding this challenge, we’ve come up with six tactics agencies use to help their small business customers achieve search result success. 1) Pick long-tail keywords.

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