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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

by Aneace Haddad, CEO & Founder, Taggo. Co-branded cards were invented, combining a Visa, MasterCard or American Express payment brand along with a retailer or airline brand. CRM became more sophisticated, resulting in detailed monthly statements and targeted direct marketing.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

www.usatoday.com

TaskRabbit has (people) making over $5,000 a month in San Francisco," says Craig Shapiro, founder of Collaborative Fund, a venture-capital fund specializing in sharing sites. The dot-com boom of early 2000 saw a proliferation of similar anything-at-your-service start-ups. © 2012 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co.

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Transcript of Tips for Attracting Local Clients

Duct Tape Marketing

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast. David thanks for joining me. So I think your website is still important and I wouldn’t encourage anyone to think of it as anything but that.

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