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How to create a sustainable social media strategy for your startup

The Next Web

Here are five essential, efficient ways to eliminate guesswork and make your startup a success on social media. Strategy Adopted: Leveraging Social Media Analytics. On social media, you can pinpoint an audience in real-time. Before you can afford staff dedicated to social media, spread the duties around.

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DIY Social Media Advertising v. Expert Help: Examining The Real Cost

YoungUpstarts

Social media marketing – every small business owner has been told time and time again they must do it. Most people know just enough about social media to feel confident at the controls. A successful social media strategy requires a full-time, dedicated person or a team with the knowledge and skills to keep it all in sync.

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Managing Social Media With Fetch Plus

YoungUpstarts

One of the companies that will feature at the upcoming web and mobile technology startup conference Echelon 2011 is Fetch Plus , a social media and mobile application development company. This then enables companies to rapidly roll out a widespread and pervasive social media footprint through its product.

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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

Both Sides of the Table

The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

Both Sides of the Table

The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging.

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How Baby Boomers Fit In The Realm Of Entrepreneurship

Startup Professionals Musings

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. One of the biggest myths in the business world is that startups are no place for Baby Boomers, that aging generation born between 1945 and 1964.

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What Are Some Organic Marketing Strategies for Startups? 

The Startup Magazine

When you’re in the early stages of your startup, it can be difficult to find funds or validate spending money on marketing and advertising or to even find the time to plan out your organic marketing strategies. Social media posts. Social Media Primes: Learn to Use It . Guest posts.