mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

How to Pick the Right Name for Your Business. There are endless paths to take when brainstorming your new business name. But for many small business owners and entrepreneurs, the naming process is fraught with uncertainty and doubt. Your business name sets the tone for all that follows. Opt for a descriptive name.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2014

I use Talkwalker to get alerts for keywords like my brand and name and the titles of my books. I use Hootsuite to post to social networks and monitor keywords, hashtags and Twitter lists. Share interesting content to your social communities in real time (i.e. Social Media hootsuite Talkwalker'

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

What We’re Doing: We’re currently setting the groundwork for an innovative educational web application that will eventually fuse with social networking. In the longer term we will compete with social networks and online advertising. We are implementing the innovative web 2.0 JS (for web/internet and mobile devices).

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andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

This means: Social networking and Community sites that want to unify chat, forums, polls, videos, blogs, etc. Portals that want to unify news, communication, tools, etc. I wrote an article a while back specifically on social community sites, called Social Design Explosion. what a coincidence.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Slab serif fonts — if they’re unique fonts — are still a viable alternative to been-there-done-that sans serifs in logos, and the web community still enjoys them. Color-Coordinated Compound Words Web startup names and logos are inextricably linked. If it’s well-executed, it’s a powerful statement to make.

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www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

Recruiting Community.™ networking. It might surprise you to know that the average recruiter cannot name the distinct steps in the recruiting process, nor the goals or common failure points for each step. rss | trackback. Social networking applications (SNAs). Networking. Skype name: olinkaru.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Slab serif fonts — if they’re unique fonts — are still a viable alternative to been-there-done-that sans serifs in logos, and the web community still enjoys them. Color-Coordinated Compound Words Web startup names and logos are inextricably linked. If it’s well-executed, it’s a powerful statement to make.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Our vision for the school is to support the local ecosystem and our community, so this is fabulous," he says. Nick Smoot just leased offices in Venice for his social-networking app for businesses, Here On Biz, based on all the activity in the area. "I Include name, phone number, city and state for verification.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 27, 2012

I have a pretty rough idea of what an upcoming week is going to entail, but I leave room to stumble on an emerging idea, change in some social network or the occasional rant as I consume content. I started this blog in 2003 using an oddly named software called pMachine. Content approach. Blogging platform.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 17, 2011

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! Related Posts: Are Small Private Social Networks the Next Layer? 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

And if you have been using a fictitious business name, you’ll need to file an abandonment form. How to Register Your New Business Name. RSS Feed 573,411+ Subscribers. 9 Digital Ways to Become a Social Good Hero in 2012. 10 Inspiring Social Networks for Writers. Social Media Lists. Social Media.

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conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. Similarly, an e-commerce retailer believes they need the domain name, shopping cart solution, and inventory to start their business. Fabulis.com was initially intended to to be a social network for gay men.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

(My company’s CEO, Patrick Salyer, explains why multiple online personas make it imperative that companies offer social logins beyond Facebook Connect.). Sure, Facebook will almost always be the dominant player in share-of-logins, but we’ve seen the other players account for up to a combined 60% share of social logins.

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Anyone can easily run a search for his or her brand name and see how actively it’s being discussed in social media. Try using a few search Google operators, for example: ["brand name" -intitle:"brand name"] to find in-text brand mentions you are most likely to have missed. RSS Feed 584,820+ Subscribers.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

For example, here is how a few of my favorite startups describe themselves: “ Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover and book unique spaces around the world online or from an iPhone.” ” “ Skillshare is a community marketplace to learn anything from anyone.” Social Media.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

AngelList is an online community that matches startups with investors to streamline the fundraising process. If you can name drop big customers, do that too — you want your profile to look impressive. RSS Feed 554,507+ Subscribers. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Had the Winklevoss Twin and their friend continue, do you realistically believe Facebook (by any other name) would be where it is today? social network/web analysis/etc. Unscatter.com will be a unified search and social client portal. Side note: Those who use Facebook as an example, please be realistic. Shocking, I know.

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uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

As Luke Wroblewski states in his book Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks , every form exists for one of three main reasons: commerce, community or productivity. They can be positive (such as indicating that the form was submitted successfully) or negative (“The user name you have selected is already taken”). Smashing Directory.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

You can listen by subscribing to my podcast on iTunes , or it’s enclosed in this blog’s RSS feed , or you can just download the mp3 of the first hour. I feel like the bar has been raised so much in the last five years in the start up community and I’ve been busy working for a distinctly non-start up company.

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conversionxl.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Surely, what’s “appeals” to a 54 year old mother of 5 who goes online to check Facebook and Metafilter will be vastly different from a Google Glass wearing, 27 year old power-user of social networks you haven’t even heard of yet. It’s about connecting with the viewer and communicating value as quickly as possible. Your Name *.

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blog.stackoverflow.com

APRIL 20, 2010

To their credit, they do offer proper named OpenIDs now in the form of Google Profile OpenIDs , but this does nothing to fix the status quo for GMail OpenIDs. That’s a major bummer for site networks like us with multiple domains. I think anybody who has their own domain name should go for this option. 21 queries.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 12, 2010

My very first newsletter, the blog traffic tips newsletter branded under the blog traffic king name (which I ended up retiring because I got sick of the jokes from my friends), started off well enough. My blog had over 1,000 RSS subscribers when I launched my list, and roughly 500 to 1,000 unique visitors dropping by each day as well.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2009

Reply steveblank , on April 16, 2009 at 10:36 am Said: Jerry, As Domino’s and Amazon found out this week, social networks can quickly disseminate information faster than most traditional marketing organizations can react. Why do you think you were able to avoid this? To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print!

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

16 Tips for Picking the Perfect Startup Name. This article is the second in a three-part series about naming your startup; on Wednesday, we discussed why your startup’s name matters , and on Friday, we’ll discuss testing and buying domains. But how do you actually create a name? Like Tweet. Like Tweet.

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mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

Ever since Google started naming its algorithm updates after furry black and white creatures, we’ve been inundated with talks of pandas and penguins, and how they’re taking down websites one ranking at a time. Title Tags: Still put your most important keyword first in your title tag, but make sure you have your brand name in there, too.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. I’ve been reaching out to such users in the startup community and have gotten very positive feedback so far. and if 40%+ answer “Very disappointed” to the “How would you feel if you could no longer use [Name] App?” – then your there. Subscribe via RSS.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. Roberts talks of social networks as mediums that may very well help your product or name attract VC attention.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

I created {s}hareCLOUD — Private social networks for businesses– with Google in mind. My team would like to sell a simple concept with intangible assets (domain names, copyrights, etc.) What’s the best way to communicate this to David Lawee? RSS Feed 600,140+ Subscribers. Social Media Lists.

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sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

RSS Feed 19 Nov 2010, Posted by admin in Featured , Nohat , 26 Comments SEO Advice for Bootstrapped Startups SEO can provide a hugely valuable source of traffic, if done right – especially for a bootstrapped startup where money is tight. Solicit feedback from socially connected folks & give them early access.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. But I’ve seen some recent comments that this post might have upset and offended the SMB community that we serve, and that I cannot abide. Subscribe to comments with RSS.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Why Your Startup’s Name Matters. This article is the first in a three-part series about naming your startup; on Thursday, we’ll discuss creating names, and on Friday, we’ll discuss testing names. Naming can be one of the most difficult challenges in the early stages of a startup. Like Tweet.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

However, a word of warning from Palo Alto Software’s Community Manager, Jonathan Michael: “Never have your first interaction with an influencer be an ‘ask.’ We even use it at Palo Alto Software to keep an eye on the type of content that’s doing well across our key social networks. Best of all?

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

My name is Crystal Williams, and I maintain a small business blog called Babeofbusiness.com. Chuck Reply Benoit Fallenius , on March 8, 2011 at 11:45 am said: “Name, Domain name and Trademark&# is a complex topic that, right or wrong, take a lot of time for entrepreneurs in the beginning. Keep up the great work!

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Each document has a from-language, to-language, and a name. For example: in my translation site story, above, the first milestone might be just a plain ugly web page where a company can create an account, create a new project, then upload named documents into that project. Click on my name for the link. And thank you Derek!

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Ning Communities. Social/Sharing. Add a class name to buttons, forms, quotes, etc. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. On-line Communities. Social Commerce. Social CRM. Social Inbox. Social Leverage.

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