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2012 Will Be The Year Of The Empowered Merchant, says Schedulicty

YoungUpstarts

Jerry Nettuno, founder and CEO of online appointment scheduling service Schedulicity , believes that 2012 will be a year that will see a majority of small businesses harness and leverage the power of technology and online productivity tools to effective manage and grow their business. 2012 sees extreme contraction in the Daily Deal space.

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7 Customer Service Trends To Watch And Leverage In 2012

YoungUpstarts

Social media, mobile technologies and altering demographics present businesses of every size with tremendous opportunities. In 2012, smart, forward-looking companies will be viewing customer service in new ways. Here are 7 Customer Service Trends to watch and leverage in 2012: 1. ” (Feb 2012).

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Top 10 Mom Marketing Trends As We Enter 2012

YoungUpstarts

Moms’ overwhelming embrace of social media and the profound impact of the recommendation culture on their consumer purchasing behavior. As we enter 2012, here’s our Top 10 list of Mom Marketing Trends: 1. Likewise, just 3% of Moms say targeted ads on their social networks strongly motivate them to make a purchase.

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13 tech trends to adopt before the year’s end

The Next Web

Though it’s incredibly valuable to be an early adopter of 2012′s tech trends, it won’t hurt your company to be right on time with everyone else who is just discovering them now. It’s not too late to set up a presence on Pinterest and Instagram, and mobile apps aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.

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Millennials got Mail: 6 ways to successfully target the ‘always connected’ generation through email

The Next Web

Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s 2012 report The Millennial Generation Research Review cites 80 percent of millennials sleep with their phone next to the bed. Marc Apple, owner and chief strategist at Forward Push Media , said that no one is on social networks 24/7, but across generations most people check email every day. “In

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). First and foremost, we believed there would be a “professional” social network.

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[Infographic] Online Marketing In 2012: What You Need To Know

YoungUpstarts

For 2012, there are some trends that you need to be aware of. For example: - Mobile searches increased by a massive 400-percent in 2011. - 70-percent of people on social networks are also online shoppers. 68-percent of businesses plan to integrate social media marketing with their e-mail marketing.

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