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The New Customer Journey: How Live Video Is Transforming the Travel Industry

Contently

Stephen Oddo launched the tour company Walks in 2010. As part of a pre-launch test, Oddo and his co-founder signed up for Second Life, an online virtual world, and digitally traveled to famous landmarks and monuments in Italy. They stood in front of tourist destinations and gave tour guide spiels. This time, however, the virtual was forced.

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2010 Tech spending to increase > 5%

The ROI Guy

Both Forrester Research and Gartner independently released IT spending forecasts for the remainder of 2010, and both have adjusted their targets higher for the year. Gartner has accelerated its forecasts for 2010 spending increases from 3% to more than 5.3%, with worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $3.4 trillion in 2009).

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Crypterium converts bitcoin arcana and cryptocurrency confusion into practical magic

Biznology

Scanned and uploaded Passports and Driver’s License , a $50 international wire from your bank (which could result in your account being closed for money laundering ), and then the constant threat of hacking, theft, market collapse, as well as the very real threat of being locked out of your own wallet forever.

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Need to Drive Leads? Try These Traditional Tactics Now

Marketing Insider Group

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy June 18, 2010 3 Subscribe Need to Drive Leads? But social media has opened up a channel.

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Facebook can’t be stopped and here’s why!

Buzz Marketing for Technology

In my Top 10 B2B Marketing Predictions for 2010 blog post last year I called that day to be February 14, 2010 (betting on the social activity that the holiday brings) but I was actually 2 months late – the first time Facebook surpassed Google was on Christmas day 2009. and I am here to tell you – No one and here why ….

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The 4 Reasons You Chose a Bad Company Name. Now What?

Hubspot

Here, let's explore the components of a "bad" name, so you can ensure you avoid these mishaps if you're currently in the naming stage with your own company (or the re-branding stage ). The Facebook' and Other Bad Names. Mark's decision proves that a change as little as ' The ' can have a huge impact on branding and strategy. Probably not.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Podcast: What Sales Really Needs From Marketing

markempa

John originally hoped that Jill and I would debate or lock horns (Jill from the sales viewpoint and me from the marketing viewpoint). John originally hoped that Jill and I would debate or lock horns (Jill from the sales viewpoint and me from the marketing viewpoint). Peachtree and SageCRM software. It’s great.