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Why Millennials Value Experiences, Not Stuff

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Most (69%) said they believe attending live experiences helps them “connect better with their friends, their community and people around the world”. • Probably the most influential event was the devastating crash of 2008. 83% of respondents said they participated in a “live event” in the past year.

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The Great Reset

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The world is about to enter a great reset, one that should maybe have happened in 2008 but is happening now. We’ll look at changes in the field of entrepreneurism, such as impact investing, impact startups, how the new startup community will introduce a new kind of competition for the enterprise. – Jen McClure, Publisher. .

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How Millennial Skepticism Will Shape Brands In The Future

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A key reason for this lack of optimism among these younger generations is the disruptive impact from the 2008 great recession. Will their pessimism deter economic growth, or instead encourage innovation and even create new opportunities for re-positioning brands and engaging employees?

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Full time, internship, or freelance?

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The 2008 crash left many new grads fighting to compete for scarce jobs with a huge pool of newly unemployed experienced professionals. It’s also a good idea if you simply enjoy mentoring and have skills to share, or need a solid piece of PR work that shows community involvement and stewardship of your industry.

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The Stratification of Social Media Listening

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Full disclosure: I''ve been a senior strategist for social media listening company Converseon since 2008.] Why settle for public data feeds when you can add your own private customer communities to the mix? I’ve been in this business for the last five years and I’ve seen a lot of changes.

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Social media marketing isn’t a popularity contest

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Instead of focusing on followers, fans, and building a giant community around your brand online, you should aim for quality over quantity. Their findings led to creating new flavors of Mountain Dew, and since 2008 over 36 million cases have been sold. They ran ‘DEWmocracy Promotions’ and used social media to gather insights.

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Hindsight 20/20 Series: 3 Metrics – social business friend or foe?

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Just take a look at what IBM predicted back in 2008 about innovations that would change the way people work, live and play over the next five years. Thus, a community with content that has lots of views but few comments is not necessarily a failure. There are lots of missed predictions when it comes to innovative technologies.