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Clubhouse put a big bullseye on social audio

VC Cafe

The early buzz of Clubhouse (despite being invite-only and iOS having a total reach of about 2 million users) along with the rising popularity of podcasts has shown that consumers crave social audio interactions and that there’s plenty of room for innovation in the space. Similar to Saga , a family-focused audio social network.

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Monetizing Social Networks: The Four Dominant Business Models and How You Should Implement Them in 2010

venturedig.com

The business models within the social media realm are much different than traditional businesses. In social networking, they’re ever-changing, backed by eye-opening revenue and have very little documentation. Allocate about 20% of of your ad space to CPA-based Ad Networks.

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How to Use Social Media To Drive Sales

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According to a report by Nielsen on social media Americans spend three times more time on social media than reading their e-mail. of online time is spent reading e-mail and 23% on social. The juicy bit of the study is that more than 70% of social networks users shop online. 2) Social proof.

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How to launch a startup without knowing a line of code

The Next Web

Use copy-paste widgets from around the web like contact forms, Skype buttons, live chat, etc. WordPress itself is free, and you can purchase inexpensive plugins that automatically transform your website into a membership site, e-commerce portal, social network, and even daily deals site.

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$8 Million Series B For FOREX Social Network Currensee

VC Cafe

C urrensee , a social network for Foreign Exchange (Forex) traders, announced a series B of $8 million led by North Bridge Venture Partners and new investor, Egan Managed Capital. Currensee was founded by developer Asaf Yigal , currently VP of products as well as Forex trader Avi Leventhal , who is now an advisor to the company.

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Facebook Messenger Chatbot Marketing: The Definitive Guide (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

So if you’re using our Facebook Messenger website chat widget (see the MobileMonkey website for an example of this) the conversations are instantaneously being routed from your website, to the user, via Facebook Messenger. Messaging has eclipsed social networks in popularity. You don’t want to simply sell 100% of the time.

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5 Tips On Creating A Killer Digital Marketing Plan For Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

Saying something like “we sell widgets to help with problem X” might be a factual response but it’s not very compelling. How to Get the Most Out of Social Networking. Any effective digital marketing campaign should include a social networking component but you need to approach it with the right attitude.

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