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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Brandy Runyan, Black Diamond PR Firm, LLC ! #2- I originally provided pro-bono public relations services to artists and non-profits due to my love for the community and the arts. Thanks to Niesha Kennedy, Kennedy Robinson PR ! #12- 2- Develop world-class vehicles. Photo Credit: Dr. Geeta Fisker.

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Dave Gardner on Using Social Media to Connect With Big Companies

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The public relations (PR) firm used by the big company you want to connect with is also likely monitoring social media. Dell, like many big companies today, trolls the Internet to find out what’s being said about them so they can reach out and help as well as implement corrective action. Encourage them to do better.

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15 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why they Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

2008 sucker punched every college student because we now have the degree, but there aren’t any jobs available within our field of study. I’d spent about 10 years working in PR and a short time after starting a new job with another agency it just wasn’t working out. Thanks to Arzu Yonak, Addicted Youth Public Relations. #12

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started a career in real estate in 2008 (when the market was crashing). I seized this opportunity to try an experiment in both client service and employee retention, by focusing on senior level staff first, and combining that with a flexible and healthy working environment that is not a mainstay in the public relations world.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

was born on a train from NYC to DC in 2008 when I was reading an article by Annie Prolix in Amtrak magazine about Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat Pray Love.” Thanks to Hope Gibbs, Inkandescent Public Relations ! #3- Or they'd been taken on the internet. Inkandescent Inc. 3- First we looked at our flagship offerings.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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2008 FOLIO Award Winners. Web/Internet/IT/eMedia. Marketing/Communications/PR. Internet/Online Only. Internet/Digital Media. Advertising and Public Relations. Booth-related Services. FOLIO: Staff. --> Suppliers. Webinars Events. Industry Events. MediaNext 2012. E-Media Summit -->. Operations.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

At Blurb, we’ve built an Internet platform for people to produce their own bookstore-quality books. In the summer of 2008, I took a week’s vacation from my full-time job, which I promptly spent holed up in my apartment, sketching out the blueprint for my future business. That’s it. That’s what we do.