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Twitter Link Roundup #216 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

The Best PR Advice You’ve Never Heard – from Facebook’s Head of Tech Communications – crowdspring.co/1j0R45o. Interview with a crowdSPRING designer (from Nigeria) … 12 Questions: Meet Tayo Adetola – crowdspring.co/1gLmF8t. 7 Proven Secrets of High-Converting Checkouts | Copyblogger – crowdspring.co/1ektPA7.

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It’s Not All Progress in the World of Business—Although We’re Making Strides

Up and Running

From a summit on media in the Middle East to a huge new funding opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs in Nigeria, here are fascinating business news stories from the U.S. It also becomes a PR question: Now that this case has garnered such public attention, is it worth the positive PR to make a change? and around the world.

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How to Get Picked as a Speaker for The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Oh, and your salespeople have to make sure bookstores will stock it, and your marketing and PR people will have to make sure readers know it exists. From the time you decided to find out if anybody will buy it until the time you’re able to actually test the idea using this approach is approximately two and a half to three years.

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

Hearpreneur

When I returned to Nigeria from Germany looking to create a dedicated (online) hotel booking agency for Nigerians, I wanted my company to communicate in the simplest terms possible what our value proposition was. We are committed to delivering affordable and convenient bookings to our customers anywhere in Nigeria. No one else.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I grew up in Nigeria, and have seen up close the health and safety concerns posed by communities lacking clean toilets and running water. Addicted to entrepreneurship at this point, I started my own PR agency in 2019–– PAAPR (Public Attention And Public Relations). Thanks to Linda Chau, PAAPR ! #26- 26- Find fulfillment.

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10 Entertaining Things to Check out While You’re Waiting in Line Today

Up and Running

Have you heard about these Uber awkward PR blunders? These PR blunders are good reminders of the mistakes you want to avoid making as a business, regardless of your size. All snark aside, Air BnB is a great company that really is helping relations around the world in its own way. I couldn’t resist the pun.

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Starbucks As Race Uniter: P**s Everyone Off Equally

Venture Chronicles

It didn’t help when head PR honcho at the coffee purveyor, Corey DuBrowa, deleted his Twitter account after the deluge of negative reaction. Look no further than the kidnapped school girls in Nigeria. I can’t explain why they are predominantly men.

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