YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2013

If you own a retail store, now is the time to evaluate the 2013 holiday season and start thinking about how you can prepare your business in the months ahead for an even more successful holiday 2014. A strong “how to find us” page with map, directions and parking information is also essential to giving local shoppers a good experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2014

Too many of us have piles of business cards scattered around the office and home, as well as additional contacts on your smartphone, iPad, Outlook, LinkedIn, and Facebook. What we all need is a digital tool that can extract data from business cards, as well as sync it with your cell phone, your email, and the social networks you use.

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Software Review Social Network Software Email 230

View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

We average eight to 10 total new investments per year as a firm, so this frequency is a typical investment pace for us. Furthermore, one of our recent investments was in Silicon Valley, as all three of us have lived and worked there. Network Effect B2B. We opportunistically invest in other geographies across the country as well.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 30, 2012

But there are also evil people out there who steal identities, hack credit card accounts, track personal information, violate privacy, insert malicious programs that can exploit your company or home network, destroy your hard drives and raid your social network. Don’t Daisy Chain Your Social Media Accounts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2021

If you are one of the many professionals still trapped between jobs by circumstances outside your control, or are about to dump the loser job you have now, you should be actively defining and starting your own business, in parallel with looking for that ideal job. Use social networking and blogging to get your message out.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This is not about running a startup badly, it’s about not doing the things that are not core to your business. I came on board on Captricity at the beginning of September and I got to learn about a lot of these first hand. by Ian Smith of Captricity. Captricity isn’t endorsing these products in any way, nor am I.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2022

As I’ve said before, everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of new business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with more features, another smartphone app for marketing, or one more platform for faster e-commerce. They go about tipping the heart first, assuming the mind will follow.

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Marketing Dilution Social Network Government 313

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2022

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? In a classic book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. 1% click through rate and Facebook manages to be about half as good as that.

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Social Media Media Viral Audience 352

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Pinterest and Visual Search. Pinterest is going to be the website to watch, along with other image-based social networking, search and sales websites. Social Influence. As search engines get smarter and start working in more relevant social influence paramaters (+1′s, Facebook Likes, Klout , etc.),

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 12, 2010

You should be worrying about making something useful, not how disruptive you can be. Disruptive is fascinating, disruptive changes the world, disruptive makes us think. What's wrong with doing something interesting, useful, new, but not transcendental? Ask them about selling intangible benefits. I'm not so sure.

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Technical Review Software Review Engineer Search 243

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Questions I ask Alisa Meredith: How would you describe the state of social media today, and how has it changed over the last decade? Where does social media fit into small business marketing? How do I start thinking about Pinterest in the context of marketing my business? Learn more about Tailwind. Follow on Pinterest.

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SMS Marketing Software Review Social Media 49

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

CEOs: they’re just like us! Well, maybe not just like us, but many of them do something that a lot of us also enjoy: they’re on Twitter. Whether they’re streaming information about their latest developments or just photos from an afternoon baseball game, we’re seeing more CEOs on Twitter than ever before.

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Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

Brandanew

AUGUST 13, 2015

Here are 9 reasons why small businesses should care about Content Marketing, and why I recommend a blog to you… 9 Reasons Why Small Businesses Should Care About Content Marketing. To show up on Google search in a way that you don’t want can have a serious dent on your reputation. Your Blog/ Stays on Google forever.

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Berkonomics

MAY 30, 2019

Using new tools in a social age. There are several ways to do this effectively, including the use of social networks to create buzz, seeding product acceptance through early adopters or celebrities, or by creating a small niche market that shows unusual acceptance and more.

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Customer Social Network Advertising Technical Review 48

Diego Basch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Do social networking sites tend do die faster than other types? A social network increases its value faster than linearly as the number of users grow. This is different from a content site: the content in Geocities or Tripod continued to be useful to individuals for a long time after authors stopped updating it.

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Social Network Networking Search Audience 78

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2015

If you are one of the many professionals still trapped between jobs by circumstances outside your control, or are about to dump the loser job you have now, you should be actively defining and starting your own business, in parallel with looking for that ideal job. Use social networking and blogging to get your message out.

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Search Startup LLC Social Network 120

The Equity Kicker

MAY 8, 2012

Search advertising is generally thought to be more powerful than display advertising because when a user searches for something they often have an intent to buy it. Revenues at $189m were up 101% on the year ago quarter, and net income net income was up 138% at $5m (that’s still low in percentage terms).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2011

Also, for most of us, not having done it before, we have no idea where or how to start. It’s more fun tackling the challenges of a startup in between job search activities, than sitting around feeling sorry for yourself and waiting for status callbacks on interviews (which seem to have gone out of style). Fun learning experience.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

As much as we are dealing with Zoom fatigue, having the technology to connect us as humans has been critical, especially during COVID. With work from home now being the norm, human connection is very important through our screens and technology allows us to do so. I used to wait for days for an important business document to arrive.

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Technical Review Technology Entrepreneur Artificial Inteligence 78

mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Grammys YouTube Google+. 5 Essential Spreadsheets for Social Media Analytics. Ann Smarty is a search marketer and full-time web entrepreneur. Ann blogs on search and social media tools. They are free, highly customizable and extremely easy to use.

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Social Media Analytics Media API 108

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! If you’ve found success on similar sites, let us know about them in the comments below. There’s no substitute for experience.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2016

Myspace was the largest social networking website in the world. Just like I had done, people were searching for a product to help make building forms easier. We welcome feedback as it helps us know what would get the most bang for our buck. At the time, most users accessed the web through Internet Explorer.

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

However, if they were on the fence about an item, the ads can sway the consumer to make the purchase. 59% use the Internet on their phones while waiting. How to Optimize Your Mobile Website for Search. i think it was new about 8 or 10 years ago. How do you feel about email remarketing? Trending Stories. Like Tweet.

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eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

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. To generate more names for your startups, do a keyword search on a visual search site and browse its images for inspiration.

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Naming Startup Social Media RSS 104

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

The Future of Search Series is presented by SES San Francisco Conference & Expo , the leading interactive digital and online marketing event. There’s been a lot of talk about zoo animals recently. Google changes its algorithm about 500 times a year. That’s how search engines know what your site is about.

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Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

The UK is Israel’s second largest export market following the US, but Israeli startups often ‘forget Europe’ when it comes to Internationalizing their product. Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks.

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Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The reason why I started my business is to help small and medium-sized business owners grow their businesses and be successful, with the products and brands that they are really passionate about. My goal is to show up as the #1 search result when people search for a word counter so we can capture millions of clicks per month.

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Entrepreneur PR Affiliate Social Media 116

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 19, 2018

These changes lead me to believe that they’re aiming to make Google My Business like a social network for businesses. Eventually, I anticipate that a business’s Google My Business platform will become a ranking factor in Google searches. Use Video Content Everywhere. This serves local business owners well.

Marketing 72

Marketing Technical Review Software Review Retention 72

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

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. But while many people have written about the topic, few have actually codified the process to help entrepreneurs succeed in the endeavor. Trending Stories.

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Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Google VP: Here’s How to Get Bought By Us. The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. (One They’re thinking about their legacy.” Let us know in the comments. ">. Like Tweet.

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San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out. Whom is he or she connected to?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Most advertisers continue to increase their digital marketing spend in 2019 as billions of consumers are using online social media as a jumping off point into purchase decisions. Are you using the right search terms to garner attention organically? Are you simply looking for more people to buy your product (raw traffic)?

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Channel PPC Marketing SEO 165

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. My company’s CEO, Patrick Salyer, explains why multiple online personas make it imperative that companies offer social logins beyond Facebook Connect.). Meme Machine: ‘Hitler’ Skewers Google’s Social Search Plus 4 More Viral Topics.

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Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Instagram has become one of the most popular social networks in the world, with over 4 billion posts posted every day. And about 35 percent of people are using Instagram several times a day. Clear Instagram search history. In this article, we talked about useful Instagram tips that everyone needs to know.

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Social Network Search Networking Internet 168

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 30, 2022

The reason is that every new year brings about a “newness” for lack of a better term when we are able to start fresh and change those things that we did bad or things we have been thinking about doing. For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it. Thanks to Marilyn Gaskell, True People Search ! #13- 13- Show more authenticity.

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Entrepreneur Green Technical Review Social Media 122

Haystack

JUNE 10, 2018

And, within seconds, I saw the news about Anthony Bourdain. In a way, his constitution reminded me a bit of Holden Caufield — he was trying to push us to see us the rest of the country & the world, but we kept sitting on our couch watching. I thought about getting trained at a real institution. Dinner parties.

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Uruguay Congo San Francisco Michigan 67

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! Good discussion about the tension between being a maker and manager … Becoming A Boss - [link]. SEO For Facebook Graph Search? Billion Raised | TechCrunch - [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94