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The Crazy Marketing Campaigns That Actually Worked

YoungUpstarts

The press, bloggers and social media went crazy for the stunt which combined just enough silliness with a serious message. Using biodegradable bubble wrap, the company’s PR company then donated it all to Oxfam to ship goods to Haiti after the country suffered the devastating 2010 earthquake. Image credit: www.portigal.com ].

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This Week in the NYC Innovation Community – January 25, 2010

This is going to be BIG.

8AM Regulatory Scrutiny of Social Media: The Impact on PR Communicators in 2010 and Beyond. Join our panel of experts in media law, health care communications and digital/social media as we explore what this heightened government scrutiny may mean for PR practitioners, marketers and media strategists.

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Looking to the use cases of big data

The Equity Kicker

Mining social media and other music sites to predict the next Lady Gaga – GigaOM highlights Next Big Sound as a key company in this market. Tracking disease epidemics – GigaOM tracks the story of how Twitter tracked a recent outbreak of cholera in Haiti and how that can be of use to aid agencies. Will this idea work?

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14 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Biggest Accomplishment in 2016

Hearpreneur

I landed my first international travel consulting gig with Blue Marble Dreams and traveled to Haiti to open an ice cream shop. Everything started from my passion of helping other people by sharing my social media tips. 10 – Engagement on Social Media. Thanks to Carmen Lascu ! #10 Image Credit: Joshua Wilson.

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50+ Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

The name of my business is Simon Says Social Media. Originally I had used RebeccaSimonSays for some of my personal social media profiles and I received a lot of positive feedback so when I was deciding what to name my company, I kept Simon Says and added Social Media to be clear about what you do.

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“We are one of just 13 industrialized countries with a rising maternal mortality rate” – Christy Turlington Burns on Fighting for Healthy Mothers

Hunter Walker

Christy doing work in Haiti Hunter Walk: Every Mother Counts is a nonprofit focused on supporting maternal health. HW: EMC has been pretty tech-forward, such as your 2015 participation in Apple’s Watch launch and use of social media. Any of this attributable to your upbringing in the Bay Area?

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Out of the Crisis #22: Ron Klain on pandemic response and preparedness, entrepreneurship, and rebuilding trust in institutions

Startup Lessons Learned

The media, our leaders, people on social media keep mentioning this idea, as if we've never seen anything like this before. Every day, you go on social media. Is there a way we could've avoided or at least softened the damage? Who could've seen this coming? But this kind of pandemic is not actually unprecedented.