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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

Loyalty programs have not changed much since the first airline loyalty cards took off more than 30 years ago. CRM became more sophisticated, resulting in detailed monthly statements and targeted direct marketing. CRM became more sophisticated, resulting in detailed monthly statements and targeted direct marketing.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

Zong – mobile payments has been a very hot area over the past couple of years with the success and growth of both Boku and Zong. Boku and Zong focus mostly on mobile payments for virtual goods. It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. VC Financings: 1.

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Healthbox Picks Seven Startups For Inaugural Accelerator Program

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Jacksonville, Florida-based and healthcare technology-focused business accelerator Healthbox has identified seven companies that will be selected to participate in its inaugural accelerator program. In the News business accelerator Florida Healthbox healthcare startups wellness'

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Why Small Businesses Should Adopt A Geofencing Marketing Strategy

YoungUpstarts

Basically, an app (or other software) uses GPS, RFID, Wi-Fi or cellular data to trigger a pre-programmed action when your mobile device enters or exits a virtual perimeter set up around a geographical location. We like to thinking of geo-fencing as extremely advanced mobile advertising based on physical location.

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

Because Stewart’s programmers are ten times more productive than they were in 2001 due to massive advances in programming language technology. Thirdly, the market is far bigger. In 1998, I was working at Netscape, which owned well over half of the browser market. That estimate will prove to be low. There are currently 4.5

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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. Skip to Main Content. Tech: Blogs. Technology Live. Game Hunters.

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How To Make Better Business Decisions Using Google Analytics

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With that information, you can program to publish new content such as a blog post when it is most likely to be read. of all web traffic is via mobile phones. For example, if users accessing your site on a mobile phone, find it difficult to navigate, you may want to check your website’s design to ensure that it is mobile-friendly.