Dropbox Pro User, Leah, Leah Culver, And Open Source

After founding Pownce, Convore, and building Grove.io, Leah Culver learned a few things. The first: you are the best alpha and beta tester of your own project. The second: don?t build it if you?re not passionate about it.
?Everyone has different passions and it?s important that you work on something…

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New Smart Street, GE, Sensors, And GE Predix Platform

GE has a new smart street light in early production, and it hopes that over time, cities and third-party developers

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Presentation, Key Takeaways, Audience, And Small Business

In today’s hyper-competitive business climate, there?s a lot of talk about brands: How to make them sticky, how to create positive associations with the consumer, how to build a loyal following on social media. As a small business owner you’re always trying to find new ways to get your brand out in …

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The Proper Way to Automate Your Social Media Activities (and 5 Other Best Practices)

By Demian Farnworth

best practices for scheduling social media

Let’s face it. Social media is one of those warm, fuzzy, but murky activities that exist in the business world.

It can be a conversation — a cocktail party — or a content distribution channel.

For some, it’s both. And more!

Regardless of how we choose to use it, we naturally have to ask: What’s the return on our investment?

I think Gary Vaynerchuk said it best when responding to a CMO who demanded to know how to determine the ROI of social media:

What’s the ROI of your mother?

Gary’s got a point. …read more      

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New Reach KPI, Viral Views, Branded Content, And Organic Reach

REACH: the term used to express the total percentage of a target audience who are exposed to a brand message at least once throughout a campaign period. This figure represents unduplicated audience exposure.
Reach used to be the standard measurement for the total audience size available in a given m…

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