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813 Articles match "2009","Media"
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Lunch.com is a social media website where people share and discover genuinely useful information, connecting to others with common interests while uncovering common ground with those who may appear to be their total opposites. Launched in April 2009 by J.R. Today Lunch.com announced its biggest product expansion to date, Communities; a platform that gives people the ability to create their own personal review websites on the Lunch.com site. For their launch they put together a SXSW Community where you can “Rate and Review SXSW Panels and Parties”.
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Monday, March 8, 2010
No updates for Networking & Social Media Job Search Webinars, Teleconferences and Podcasts . Judging from the hashtag twitter traffic and the heads-down phone-illuminated-faces I saw in the crowd there was a high social-media user ratio. The Orange County meeting is new for 2009, and while the following is true for the LA meeting the OC one is probably similar: You pay as you walk in, meet the organizers, get a name tag, fill a plate from the buffet, and then find a seat, Send me your new, updated, or reviews of networking events and organizations. The Notable & Where I'm Going... Tell them you heard about it from Todd's blog! I'll be speaking (yes, yours truly) on “Effective Networking for Entrepreneurs” at the GroundUP Business Group 's Tuesday, March 9th 7-8:30pm, at Zephyr Coffee House, 2419 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107 .
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Fast forward through a series of dark New York minutes and four years in Hollywood to a fortuitous rainy San Francisco night in May 2009, and I’m crashing Los Angeles transplant Drew Olanoff’s departure party, where I met former Gawker gossip king Owen Thomas, now of NBCBayArea.com. My good friend Karen Hartline, who I’m convinced knows every influencer in social media, as well as the lyrics to every top 40 single, made it a point to get me out there.
There is a saying about three different magnificent cities I have lived in twice. “If If you are smart, you move to San Francisco.
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The Best from the Southern California Tech Central Community
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Monday, October 19, 2009
I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). You can see examples like eLearning Learning which gets more traffic than my eLearning blog. Other Thoughts Common questions I get at the end of a presentation like this are: Where can I go to get help getting going? Where do I find out more about getting going? I'm trying to build a network of people who can help with this as I discussed in Los Angeles Social Media Starters . I promised that I would do a follow-up post with some thoughts out of the presentation and providing links.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? The Scott Sanfilippo Interview Media Optimization Firms Are Red Hot In Southern California in 2009 Proliferate - Aggregate - Integrate Startups Uncensored #4 - “Finding and Working with Partners” SoCal VC’s absent This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
During the last year, I’ve spoken to numerous investor relations officers (IROs) on the topic of social media and investor relations. Related posts: How does RegFD apply to Twitter and other social media channels? Social Media Don’ts How to Use Social Media to Find Prospects…. Tags: Investor Relations Social Medi IROs tend to be the last holdouts within a company’s communication teams to embrace changes in the communications process. Holding out is usually blamed on two reasonable excuses:
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Quite often the goal is to get them into an excel spreadsheet in a form that allows people to easily play with them. Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp, Sept 2009) View more documents from Dave McClure . What Dave McClure's presentation does is point to some additional metrics that are useful to think about and consider: A : Acquisition - where / what channels do users come from? A : Activation - what % have a "happy" initial experience? R : Retention - do they come back & re-visit over time? R : Referral - do they like it enough to
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
While the economy in 2009 looks challenging for most companies, the outlook of marketing executives is rather bright and upbeat.
Deborah Kania and her team at Brightworks Interactive have just released results of their survey of marketing executives' plans for 2009. Here are nine marketing trends you can expect during 2009:
The survey covered both B-to-B and B-to-C companies, as well as a mix of large, medium, and small businesses, so the survey results represent a good cross-section of marketers.
Marketing Trend #1: Increased use of digital media and a decrease
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Tags: Social Media Marketin Southern California is a hotbed of technology companies that are leaders in their sector. This includes MySpace, CitySearch, Ticketmaster, eHarmony, and thousands of lesser known technology companies.
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Friday, May 15, 2009
Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity;
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Los Angeles-based Demand Media reported today that its Pluck product is being used by the NBA's Chicago Bulls, for a online community and social networking site. Tags: demand media pluck chicago bulls bullsconnect basketbal Demand said that BullsConnect.com allows fans of the team to connect with others, upload and share photos and videos, and more. No details on the financial impact of the win were disclosed.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Editor’s note: This is part 5 in the series of Lessons Learned: Easy tips on how to create and grow a social media program. Create a Social Media Policy
Grow your social media program and overall web presence
TIP: When creating content remember that This series includes a discussion on the following topics:
Research your business
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Social Media Super Powers:
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If social media is a vehicle then he is driving a Ferrari. Social Media Super Powers:
It’s interesting (to me at least) the vast audiences that tech founders are able to assemble. Through their own products and others, they manage to build massive communities that in many cases, hang on their every word tweet.
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