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Social Media is a Boon to Startups Who Do It Right

Startup Professionals Musings

Done right, it’s not a one-off campaign by a handful of staff; it’s a long-term commitment. Find the right people to staff your campaign and curate its content and evolution. Just ten percent say they will not use social media in 2012, down from 24 percent for 2011 and 39 percent for 2010. small businesses.

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Startups Should Avoid These Social Media Mistakes

Startup Professionals Musings

Done right, it’s not a one-off campaign by a handful of staff; it’s a long-term commitment. Find the right people to staff your campaign and curate its content and evolution. According to the “ Small Business Marketing Forecast 2010 ” from Ad-ology, lead generation is the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S.

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Web Second, Mobile First

Both Sides of the Table

Fred Wilson wrote two posts in 2010 that were very influential with the startup community. But I would never want to do my recruiting search campaign on mobile. The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second. Mobile First, Web Second (continued). If you’re in the minority that never read them – you should. Come on, Mark.

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9 Entrepreneurs Share Their Biggest Business Fails and How They Rebounded

Hearpreneur

In 2010 I didn’t understand the concept of driving traffic to your business through proven marketing tactics. Now we fail all the time testing out different campaigns with our marketing, but each attempt informs the next, getting us, even more, laser targeted on what we need to succeed! 8- Hiring a friend’s spouse.

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HOW TO: Connect with Other Entrepreneurs Online

mashable.com

View more jobs » View Comments Ryan Rosado Wednesday 27, 2010 @ 1:14 am This is wonderful resource/nugget for budding entrepreneurs (as myself). Ryan Rosado Wednesday 27, 2010 @ 1:14 am This is wonderful resource/nugget for budding entrepreneurs (as myself). link] [link] Will Wednesday 27, 2010 @ 2:19 am Hmm. STOKED!!!!

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Crowdsourcing: a 7+7 Primer (Pt. 1)

crowdSPRING Blog

The role of the project manager is to act as gatekeeper, curator, editor, and leader and this guidance is vital to the project’s success. A great example of this is General Electric which in 2010 launched their Ecomagination challenge develop viable ideas for smart grid technologies. This 10-year project invites consumers.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

It’s also a good idea if you want a cohesive campaign that reflects your company’s goals, messaging and branding across multiple channels, from Facebook to smartphones. Submissions once a day till Nov 26, 2010 per category Top 5 per category will advance to finalists round Good luck to everyone!