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Google Adds Reputation Management to Dashboard :: Small Business.

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It also appears that this is another way for Google to place emphasis on creating and using Profile pages – something that likely plays heavily in their plans for a social network of some sort. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

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Google Finally Weaving Local Strategy :: Small Business Marketing.

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Both of these moved signal a renewed focus on making both Profiles and Places pages more important in their ecosystem and perhaps ultimately in a social network of some sort.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

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The project was a little unexpected – creating customer cereal boxes called Obama-Os and Cap’n McCains, timely for the 2008 elections. The current market value of Panasonic, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric until 2008 when the business formally changed its name to Panasonic, is $66 billion.

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 14, 2008 How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people Frequency is more important than talking to the "right" customers, especially early on. This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking.

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Google+ Offers Great Business Potential :: Small Business.

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Facebook is a social network, built from the ground up for that purpose, by a company that does nothing else. My view is that no one thing can slow Facebook, they’ve simply grown too large and too important for too many people.

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Send Share or Like Facebook Is Getting It Right

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The unfiltered nature of sharing stuff on Facebook and other social networks remains a business challenge. See, lots of folks have built large Facebook followings and currently try to use their Facebook profile to share what’s important in their work world mixed with what’s important in their 3yr old niece’s world.

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Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup

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Google reportedly turned down buyout offers from Microsoft shortly before the 2004 IPO. This deal-of-the-day service was founded in November 2008 and quickly became a sensation. Just 18 months after this photo sharing program and social network was launched, Facebook offered to purchase Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock.

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