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Crowdsourced Funding: How to ask for $75K but get $1.5million

Laurel Papworth

John Gruber, a top blogger & podcaster, was watching Kickstarter and blogged the project in the first hour or so, then it reached$25,000 in 2 hours and then… on December 14th Casey wrote: It must be some type of record to hit $75,000 in 8 hours 14 minutes from 815 backers. Tip : Make a list of bloggers and twitterers.

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Book Review: APE – Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur by Guy Kawasaki and Shawn Welch

Akamai Marketing

Stay Akamai: It’s a natural step for bloggers to consider publishing; self publishing books is easier than ever before. From Blogger to Author? As a blogger, my audience will forgive the occasional typo, not so in a book. In the marketing world, we essentially do this through focus groups. Practical Advice.

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

Convince & Convert

What is the next generation of crowdsourcing? Crowdsourcing is evolving beyond the shiny contest model (Doritos’ “Crash the Super Bowl” ) and into something more meaningful to the brands embracing it and the consumers contributing to it. This is where crowdsourcing comes in. Embrace these people. We know better now.