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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. It required hearing customers say it over and over again for us to take a serious look, and eventually to realize that social networking was core to our business.

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Google+ Offers Great Business Potential :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

Facebook is a social network, built from the ground up for that purpose, by a company that does nothing else. It’s much like a bookmarking tool with social sharing in your network added. 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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5 Creative Ways to Use Text Messages in Marketing :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

Coupon distribution Creating membership type levels where people can get special treatment or special announcements is a great way to build community. Related Posts: Are Small Private Social Networks the Next Layer? You can create open groups that anyone can join, but I think the real power is in the private, controlled group.

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Okay, I'm Creating Content How Do I Get Someone to Read it 3.

Duct Tape Marketing

People Distribute Content If you’re creating online content, you’ve got to get the word out about it for people to share it far and wide with others. It’s not called social media for nothing. Beyond the creation of content itself, online content distribution begins with key relationships with others in your subject matter arena.

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How to Run Effective Online Sweepstakes Campaigns

ConversionXL

Appsumo is an daily deals website for the coolest web apps and other digitally distributed goods. This is what they say about themselves: We are an distribution channel for companies that help entrepreneurs start, grow, optimize, and scale their businesses. Their numbers are impressive. Case study #3 - Noritz.

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Economic Moats: Who Has Them? And How Do You Get One?

ConversionXL

An effective moat doesn’t require Amazon’s distribution network or Microsoft’s monopolistic software strategy. It is, Rumelt explains, the management of Walmart stores as a network. The company limits costs through a management and distribution structure that serves multiple stores in a geographic area.