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Is Crowdsourcing Really the Industry’s Dark Side?

Waxing UnLyrical

Those words jumped out of my mouth when I learned what crowdsourcing was. With crowdsourcing you could simply log on to a website and get work from incredibly talented designers from all over the world, with different styles and approaches. Crowdsourcing forces them to do both and they resent it. Here is his guest post.].

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4 Benefits of Investing in Startups

Idaconcpts

There has been a lot of talk in recent years about investing in startups. A number of high-profile startup company success stories may have made it seem that putting money into a startup is a surefire way to get a return on your investments. These are four of the advantages of including startups in you investment portfolio.

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11.5 Amazing Content Creation Tools for Becoming a Super Blogger

Writtent Blog

Being the third or fourth business blog in your niche to cover an industry-related trend will probably win you a small surge of traffic, but it’s far superior to be the first. Monitor a list of keywords relevant to your industry and common synonyms, and be sure to select the app’s “How Often” option to “As They Happen.” Twitter Lists.

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The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

Now a Business Information Analyst at The Mint Partnership, Valerie has an extensive background in the architecture and engineering industry. Her background includes stints in management consulting and the energy industry. Her varied background includes corporate roles (B2B and B2C), agencies, non-profits and startups.

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Key trends for 2012: Digital Disruption gets Physical

The Way of the Web

The access to information and entertainment has had a massive effect on media and entertainment industries, whether through legitimate ways to access content or piracy. And we’ve also seen new tools and changes in collaboration, business practices, marketing, freelancing, crowdsourcing and much more.

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88 Expert Content Marketing Posts Worth Another Read

Webbiquity SMM

6 Free Social Media Tools for Startups to Build a Strong Social Media Presence by Duct Tape Marketing. Building a strong social media presence is an imperative for startups in the digital age. Successful content marketers must evolve in a constantly changing industry. Jumpstart your startup with inbound marketing.

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Better yet, let’s just chat at an upcoming industry event instead of scheduling a dedicated meeting. Reply Jim "Genuine" Turner July 29, 2010 at 9:53 pm Been running this through in my own mind and a have been talking about it a little that we in this industry are in the trust business. Yet people always ask!)

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