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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Only 3% were online when I started AOL.

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YourBuzz Helps Small Businesses Manage Online Buzz

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We all know how important it is for businesses to track social conversations online; recently, we’ve seen a flood of web monitoring tools just for this purpose. Respond, re-tweet, take actions or create a new conversation on major social sites. View an aggregation of customer reviews and online mentions.

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[Review] Uprising

YoungUpstarts

In a “hyperconnected, ultra-competitive, and supercluttered marketplace”, doing more of the same big idea advertising on mostly mainstream media channels isn’t going to work anymore. With this fundamental shift, businesses need to change their entire marketing model. source of image ).

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Transcript of Using Story to Win on Social Media

Duct Tape Marketing

So I think that the big, big thing that people really get wrong about social media, and this is the real impetus behind why I created this book is that people mistake… They think that social media is a tool for what we call direct marketing and not really for brand marketing. So I think of direct sales.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

mashable.com

In January 2006, Google acquired advertising company dMarc Broadcasting for $102 million. The company helped Google improve its mobile advertising solutions. In January 2006, Google acquired advertising company dMarc Broadcasting for $102 million. The company helped Google improve its mobile advertising solutions.

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

VCIR Launches 20 Promising Companies/Page 2 · Cool Energy is an energy technology company that has developed a 100% clean conversion engine that transforms heat to electrical power for solar-based combined heat and power home applications and for waste heat recovery. TopSchool, Inc.

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

Cool Energy is an energy technology company that has developed a 100% clean conversion engine that transforms heat to electrical power for solar-based combined heat and power home applications and for waste heat recovery. Clementine Arts markets the first full line of natural art supplies for children. . TopSchool, Inc.