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St. Louis Startups Strut Their Stuff

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The companies were all part of Capital Innovators, an accelerator venture fund that has been operating since last fall. Each presenter had small demo booths where investors could ask questions about the venture and see the software in operation. Both events drew small and large investors from all over the country. No surprise there.

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5 Ways Writing A Book Will Supercharge Your Online Presence

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Social Media Exposure. With careful and strategic coordination, you can dramatically amplify your social media exposure by leveraging your own network, as well as those that have supported your book. Book launches, by their very nature, create buzz. Conversion Optimization. Trust me, if I can write a book, you can too.

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10 Reasons Why People Don’t Trust Your Website

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You don’t Participate in Social Media. Being able to maintain an active presence on social media is essential. Social media is considered a two-way street and if you don’t participate in the conversation, then it can cause customers to lose trust in what you do and offer.

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5 Tips For Improving Franchise SEO Rankings

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Operating hours. Why have one franchise spend have a day on a social media campaign when another did the same thing the day before? The better your business can tap into this trend, the more online leads you’ll get. Business Listings for Franchises. When it comes to business listings we’re talking about the basics: Name.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

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I had my own company operating under the name of Kamal and Shashi Sharma Ltd. At the time, I wanted to focus more on targeting new clients with branding projects and PR covers a lot of areas including social media, so the name was created purely for SEO purposes: Brand Branding PR LLC. Thanks to Tim Sims, Kansas-Sleep ! #25-

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

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By this time, Erin had already spent 4 years in operations at a startup that was in skyrocket growth mode, so she knew her knowledge in scaling operations was as valuable as this idea; she became my co-founder. Before opening up my full service digital marketing agency, Katie Wagner Social Media, I was a TV news reporter and anchor.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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Several years prior to this my wife started a newborn photography business, over time I became more involved in the back end operations of the business and within several years had helped her grow her business into a full-time professional position. The life of entrepreneurship is definitely overly glamorized on social media.