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How Do Emerging Economies Compare In Terms of Internet Access?

The Realtime Report

In 2002, he joined up with the government in his native Afghanistan to set up the Afghan Wireless Communication Company. It has become one of the leading players in Internet and mobile phone provision in a country that was at one time largely cut off from the outside world, owing to the prevalence of conflict and political unrest.

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Technology for Small Business

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Friese found LinkedIn helped her get in the doors of companies she wanted to participate in TalentEgg. ?I MySpace: One of the earliest social networking sites, MySpace was launched in 2003 and acquired in 2005 by News Corp. Ning: Launched in 2005, Ning is a platform for creating social networks around specific areas of interest.

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Everything You Need to Know to Run a Successful SMS Marketing Campaign

Convince & Convert

Your SMS mobile campaign will impact many departments of your company. Having been involved in SMS since 2005, I can tell you that a significant amount of people probably texted with the quotations around the keyword , which actually doesn’t trigger the campaign. Take this example from Pepsi.

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Finding Social Media Professionals

Bare Feet Studios

Social Media Agencies: Crayon : A different kind of company that specializes in new marketing – new marketing for a new consumer. One of our sister companies, Digital Influence Group, focuses on social media marketing. Recipe 31 : Recipe 31 creates customers through conversations. Janet Fouts : Social Media Coach!

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Text Messages Sent by Cellphone Finally Catch On in U.S. - WSJ.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

August 11, 2005. August 11, 2005. She says running her "wireless ministry" by cellphone is more discreet and efficient than using email. billion a year earlier and 253 million in December 2001, according to CTIA-The Wireless Association. DOW JONES REPRINTS. • See a sample reprint in PDF format.

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The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

This year, colleague Cheryl Burgess and I changed things up a bit, opening the award to nominations but focusing specifically on outstanding men and women who work for technology companies and are active on social media. making her the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company and one of just 20 female CEOs in that group. Meghan Biro.

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Jumping Over a Mountain | chrisbrogan.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Big companies like IBM and Juniper Systems are developing telecommuting platforms for government. Every company I have worked at did it backwards. Then there is the other side where the company fosters a community of loyalists that espouse their virtues(Macolm Gladwell’s connectors, mavens, and salesmen).

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