It all started when Marlon Brown’s co-worker tweeted about wanting a mocha. What if a company near her could read that post and instantly offer her a deal on a mocha from their shop? Here’s how it works: If you’re in the Charleston area, you can text, Tweet or enter on squimble.com what you want. […]
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Mostly known as the co-founder of Twitter, he also co-founded Square. TechCrunch reveals some of the lessons he has learned as an entrepreneur. Dorsey revealed that both his own and his family’s experiences with entrepreneurship were inspiration for his two current startups — both of which remove friction from human communication and industry, a process
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A recent survey from BIA/Kelsey and ConStat is showing a trend in the number of small businesses using Twitter. Surprisingly, it has not had much effect on print advertising. According to gaebler.com, Twitter use among businesses has more than doubled between 2009 and 2010, reaching 19%. However, it still falls behind an investment in print
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It’s not often you’ll find free and lawyers in the same sentence, but one firm in the UK is hoping to change that. Nick Jervis has created what is believed to be the first UK legal service that is based on Twitter, according to Insider Media Limited. Nick Jervis, managing director of Bristol-based Loyalty Law,
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Launch.is has complied lists of some of the world’s most notable angel investors (sorted by location), their Twitter handle, Facebook page and links to a sampling of their investments. One of the best ways to develop a relationship with an angel investor is to stalk them on Twitter, their blogs and Facebook. Before contacting an
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According to PCMag.com, the next time you visit Twitter.com, you may see a much more media-centric home page. The company is rolling out a new design that supports embeddable images, video, and maps. Twitter also tweaked some of the basic Twitter interface options, adding keyboard shortcuts and unlimited newsfeed scroll–no more “More” buttons. Some of
MediaPost is reporting that according to a new study by ExactTarget, consumers who are active on Twitter are three times more likely to impact a brand’s online reputation through syndicated tweets, blog posts, articles, and product reviews than your average, non-tech savvy shopper. ExactTarget’s research also supported the notion that tweeters have plenty of good
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Traditional advertising can no longer hold a candle to promotion via social media and aiming to make the value of such social endorsements explicit, Pay with a Tweet is a platform that lets content owners sell their goods in exchange for a single tweet rather than cash, reports trendspotter Springwise. Developed by Innovative Thunder, Pay
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With thousands of people out of a job right now work at home schemes are popping up all over the internet, Vegas’ 13 Action News reports. The latest one involves Twitter. Scammers are using the pitch that you can make money by sending emails or posting links on Twitter or by placing ads on Google
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Until last year, NAP, Inc.’s best known product line was its Sleepy Wrap baby carrier. But when the company launched the Boba Baby Carrier last year, it focused its efforts on social media, especially Twitter, according to a story at Inc.com. Prior to that, we were just using traditional online and print advertising,” says Ashley
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