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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Will you validate new members’ email addresses and/or phone numbers? Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? Is it limited to login and Like buttons, or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? For customer service?

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Customer Trust Is An Opportunity With A Huge Payback

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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Too Many Small Businesses Still Ignore Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

When my friend’s small business was struggling a while back, I suggested he add some social media marketing initiatives, and his answer was that he was “too busy.” They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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Five Steps To Social Media Success for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Everyone is talking about how social media can help you jumpstart your business at no cost, and experts are springing up on all sides to help you do it at a high cost. Before you start, analyze existing media, demographics, and new social media alternatives for a fit to your rollout campaign requirements.

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Quickly Unpacking Spotify’s Acquisition Of Gimlet Media

Haystack

I’ve been traveling all week, digging out of email, and closing two deals and — hence — have been pretty quiet online. Spotify will also get into commerce like its social network peers, but that’s a subject for another post.] 5/ Underlying RSS Technology Not Optimal For 21st Century Media.

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8 Tips For Startups Preparing For The Media Spotlight

Startup Professionals Musings

Now, even the earliest stage startup can rise to visibility or be forever lost by their first media spotlight, so it behooves us all to know the rules early. Most entrepreneurs I know admit to a poor first media interaction, and many are still waiting for the instant replay. On the social media side, the stakes are just as great.

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Millennials got Mail: 6 ways to successfully target the ‘always connected’ generation through email

The Next Web

Comfortable with technology and used to constant emails, can the old-school electronically mailed message stand out midst the noise? Marc Apple, owner and chief strategist at Forward Push Media , said that no one is on social networks 24/7, but across generations most people check email every day. “In Roughly 50.3

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