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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

Of course incumbents cannot be expected to jeopardize their revenue streams or investments in CRM platforms with new concepts that wipe out the need for their current solutions. Too much was at stake, we couldn’t afford the risk of destabilizing everything and losing substantial revenue. What was different? That was a decade ago.

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Twitter Link Roundup #156 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

A turkey is a turkey – [link]. The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention – [link]. The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention – [link]. Red All Over: Newspaper Revenues Fall In Q3 – [link]. Five Predictions For The Future Of Social Entrepreneurship | Forbes – [link].

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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

How They Make Money : Facebook’s primary revenue stream is of course selling advertising on Facebook.com, which in total accounts for 85% of revenue. The next chunk comes from Facebook’s platform, in essence “taxing” the revenues of app developers like Zynga, which represents 15% of revenue.

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Transcript of The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One

Duct Tape Marketing

Jenny Blake: I was there for five and a half years, and halfway into my time there … During that five years, the company grew from 6,000 to 36,000 employees, and one major issue became retention. I don’t have any plan to cut it off cold turkey just because I turn a certain age.”.