Paul Gillin

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Great Events This Week

Paul Gillin

New England’s high-tech community is a perpetual also-ran to Silicon Valley despite our concentration of great educational institutions and a record of IT innovation that stretches back to Jay Forrester. MITX has done a lot to nurture New England technology talent and get entrepreneurs the recognition they deserve.

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Five Facebook Tips for Small Businesses

Paul Gillin

Forrester Research has estimated fewer than 15% of people who click a Like button ever visit the page again. If you lead with your wall, you’re missing an opportunity. Fitness has a variety of other offers on its Facebook presence, but it leads with the simplest one. Tip #2: Make your offer shareable.

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Facebook Can Work for B2B Marketers, But You Gotta Know the Rules

Paul Gillin

Buddy Media uses it to capture leads , as does e-mail marketing provider Infusionsoft. I’m personally not a big fan of tracking page likes as a measure of success, particularly since Forrester has estimated that less than 15% of people who click that button ever return. SAP plays inline videos.