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January 17th, 2012 by Damian Davila
The Pocket Hispter iPhone app (available for both iPhone and iPad) evaluates your iTunes playlist, then makes recommendations with the attitude of an artsy, edgy hipster. This startup has been raved for its creative take and high regard for visual aesthetics such as the design of the 4 characters (pictured above) that will interact with you while using the app.…
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January 17th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
At this moment in time the social networking site Facebook is on track to hit the one billion user mark in 2012 – wow!
Although it’s still possible to remember a time when FB was a mere twinkle in the Zuckerberg boy’s eye it has quickly become part of our lives with over 400 million users logging on every day.…
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January 13th, 2012 by Damian Davila
Back in May 2011, I wrote about the Color iPhone app, described as its developers back then as a service to create new, dynamic social networks for your iPhone or Android wherever you go. What I was not aware back then was who was the man behind this app and why he had the guts to claim that his product…
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January 12th, 2012 by Damian Davila
Launched during Philadelphia’s Startup Weekend back in January 2011, LaunchRock helps you setup a viral launching soon page in minutes. As of November 2011, LaunchRock has already streamlined over 100 startup launches ranging from developers of Flash templates to maker of cloud-based “notepads” such as Fetchnotes. The startup is backed by $800,000 in funding from a very diverse pool of…
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January 11th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
When you are trying to promote your business such as dental practice through the World Wide Web, you will definitely want to make use of Twitter. This social networking website’s microblogging platform allows dentists to communicate easily with their patients. Because of how convenient Twitter is, many businesses have integrated this platform into their own websites.
However, using Twitter alone…
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January 10th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
Late in the night, we sit alone behind the glow of a computer screen, typing at a speed which meets our capacity for thought. We pour ourselves into the keyboard. We put forth our opinions, our stories, our frustrations, our joys, our angers; more simply, we put forth ourselves. And when our thinking is complete, when we are ready to…
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January 6th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
Social media must be part of your marketing plan if you want to be successful, plain and simple. In most cases the tools of social media are free and this is a plus to small businesses everywhere looking to save money but reach more people. Everyone understands that social media is huge; they just don’t know how to take advantage…
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January 5th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
It would seem that Twitter, Facebook and Google+ are copying features from each other that it is getting to be difficult to differentiate one social network from the other.
For instance, Google has made sure that its user profiles look and feel like it is similar to Facebook, only simplified down to the basics. Facebook, on the other hand, has…
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January 3rd, 2012 by SEM Contributor
Social media has been around for a few years now. Yet, small businesses and small business owners still don’t understand how to use it properly. I continuously see small businesses engaged in strategies that can only be named stupid.
If you are a small business owner, or just someone from their marketing team and want to improve your social media…
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December 29th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
There’s no denying that Twitter is getting bigger and better every year. 2011 has been no different, and has been a landmark year, seeing the site reach the 250 million members mark. Although this is a long way from challenging the Social Networking giant Facebook, it’s still pretty damn impressive.
The great thing about Twitter is that is leads the…
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