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What Does it Mean When Social Media Companies Can’t Survive?

Direct Marketing Observations

Both companies had traffic and users, and both applications were free, but the problem was, they could not figure out how to make a living off of a social utility. Sure we’ve had a ton of companies that have gone belly up , but what does it mean today? Tags: Facebook social media google microsoft jay baer 12seconds.tv

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Web 2.0 Expo – cool stuff seen on the floor of the show

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Here are a few companies in alphabetical order I thought had shown some real promise at the Web 2.0 They are the nexus of a digital marketing company mixed with a technology firm that does Microsoft CRM, Business Intelligence and Analytics to provide creative solutions for brand perception and instantiation.

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Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

Socialized

These companies could end up being acquired. Large software providers like IBM, SAP and Oracle will launch, or announce, the first enterprise-grade social networking and Web 2.0 Large software providers like IBM, SAP and Oracle will launch, or announce, the first enterprise-grade social networking and Web 2.0

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From The Information Age To The Connected Age " GigaOM

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Netgear Joins the Web 2.0 Jason Calacanis launched yet another discussion of the future of the web with his official definition of web 3.0 , in which web 2.0 Maybe instead of getting tangled up in discussions of what’s web 1.0 vs. web 2.0 vs. web 3.0, Companies do too.

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Facebook About to Drop a Bomb on Foursquare?

Socialized

Changes announced today to Facebook’s privacy agreement suggest the company is about to flip the switch and add location-based capabilities to the social network. There comes a time in the life of every hot software product’s life (whether a Web 2.0 I don’t think so.

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Eight steps to thriving on information overload

Buzz Marketing for Technology

d post an article I originally published 10 years ago in the October 1997 issue of Company Director magazine. Information overload is a fact of life for company directors, senior managers, and all professionals. For now, I thought Iâ??d Everything I wrote is still completely valid. John Naisbitt, author of Megatrends.

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Sincere Marketing – a podcast with Romi Mahajan

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Prior to joining Ascentium, Mahajan spent over seven years at Microsoft Corporation where he held the title of Director of Technical Audience & Platform Marketing. Earlier in his career, Mahajan started two boutique consulting companies specializing in technology and finance joint ventures between U.S. and Asian companies.

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