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The Entrepreneur Interview Series #9: Amanda LaGrange, Tech Dump/Tech Discounts

Webbiquity

Amanda LaGrange helped found Tech Dump as a board member in 2010, while working at General Mills in Corporate Finance. Year founded: 2010, with the specific Tech Dump brand founded in 2011. Funding rounds: A co-founder loaned the organization the initial startup expenses. The Company. Current size: 60 employees.

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47 Superb Social Media Marketing Stats and Facts

Webbiquity

Social media use isn’t quite universal—but it’s getting close. population now has at least one social networking profile; more than half use two or more social networks. The number of worldwide social media users is projected to grow from 2.1 But social media marketing spending will rise anyway.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

I’m delighted to have had the chance to interview technology consultant and author Phil Simon about how technology and social media adoption is changing companies. Do you see social media participation as one of the hurdles businesses now need to successfully clear? Absolutely. Change takes time.

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The 3rd Era of Social Is Coming. Are You Ready?

Contently

Earlier this summer, the future of social media became much clearer. ” Mosseri explained that people came to Instagram to be entertained by video, so it was time for the company to fully embrace that—especially considering the competition the app was facing from other social apps. .” It was basically a directory.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Absolutely.

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Integrating Email and Social Media with Flowtown | Email Marketing.

Convince & Convert

But the problem with email and social media is that too many people are positioning it as an either/or scenario. Several blog posts have foolishly been written about social media “killing&# email. Several blog posts have foolishly been written about social media “killing&# email.

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Frenemies: The Dangerous Distrust Between Sales and Marketing

Sales Engine

If a person regularly takes the calls-to-action in your outbound email campaigns, downloads content from your website, follows your company on social media, and has visited your product pricing page, that person has self-identified as someone who is very interested in your product or service.