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How To Take Back Control Of Technology

Duct Tape Marketing

The tech industry is manipulating us to spend much more time connected than we intended, while they are making money by harvesting our data and our time. Basically they make money by harvesting our data and our time. With social media. It's a sh basically restricts how much time kids can spend on social networks.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. A FB ad targeted at one person (my wife) - Gabriel Weinberg , May 14, 2010 The other day I gave a presentation with Steve Welch on the use of social media in politics. You could just outspend.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Mark Zuckerberg’s journey started when he created a message program ‘ ZuckNet’ at the age of twelve, CourseMatch and FaceMash in college, and finally the world-famous social networking platform ‘Facebook’ which revolutionized communication, followed by taking over WhatsApp and Instagram. Thanks to Keith Terrell, Backpacks Global !

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Founder Interview: Abraham Gin on Entrepreneurs and Leadership

The Startup Magazine

Our focus revolves around the LinkedIn lead generation by optimizing their profiles, scaling their approach and sourcing employees, therefore creating lead opportunities through a social media platform, such as LinkedIn. I was a pea harvester, driving a dump truck sized combine at the age of 16.

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Why Video Marketing is Underrated (and How to Use it to Your Advantage)

Duct Tape Marketing

Takeaway : Video content is also easy to share via social networks, and software developers have prioritized video integration in site creation. You can harvest recorded testimonials at a tradeshow, and it’s best to get as many as you can – aim for at least three, maybe as many as 12. Reach customers on a deeper level.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share What Makes Their Business Unique

Hearpreneur

10 – Unique Social Network. For the free social media portion, think LinkedIn or (even Facebook) meets Soundcloud, meets Instagram or EyeEm, meets YouTube, meets Patreon, with a focus on collaboration and an environment that fosters cooperative creativity and encourages mutual support among artists.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

“We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring. I use Hootsuite to coordinate my social media activity, which consists of Teten.com, PEVCTech.com , Linkedin , AngelList , and (passively) Twitter and Facebook.