Social Media Strategery

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Is Our PR Community Part of the New Pittsburgh or the Old One?

Social Media Strategery

From startup incubators to entrepreneurs to civil activists, Pittsburgh is attracting a demographic I grew used to being surrounded by over the last 12 years in both Washington D.C. And people around the country are taking notice. and Chicago. Where’s the PR, advertising, and marketing community in all of that?

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Sometimes Simplicity Leads to Big Innovation

Social Media Strategery

While the big brands invest millions in discovering the next billion-dollar idea, individual inventors and startups are busy identifying ways to help make the average builder’s job easier instead of worrying about what will make millions.

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Entrepreneurs: Celebrated in the Private Sector, Hidden in Government

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Social Media commercial drapeau entrepreneur entrepreneurship gov20 government opengov private public silicon valley startup. Instead of relying on open government entrepreneurs in the public sector, let’s do a better job of encouraging and empowering the entrepreneurs within.

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Who Will Become the Tesla or AirBnB of the Home Category?

Social Media Strategery

Small technology startups are coming in and revolutionizing entire industries of big, established brands. CEOs surveyed believe a significant competitor is emerging, or could emerge, from the technology sector. Take one look at what Tesla is doing to the automobile market, or what AirBnB is doing to the hotel market.

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Pay to Play: Seven Ways Social Media is Getting More Expensive

Social Media Strategery

Fast-forward a few years, and we’re seeing more and more organizations hire entire teams to create content for Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, and whatever hot new social media startup launched last week. Content marketing, the creation and distribution of content to attract leads and generate sales, has become a $118.4

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The People I Will (and Won’t) Meet at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference

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He’s the CEO for some new startup or he just got some VC to invest a boatload of money in his company or he’s writing a new book – it doesn’t really matter because he’s going to tell you all about it…whether you care or not. The self-promoter. Got his (oddly-shaped) business card yet?

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SMCEDU: Changing Higher Education Through Social Media

Social Media Strategery

The social aspect is mandatory in nearly every tech startup, which shows me that people are becoming used to and expectant of it. Because social media has greater implications than we currently understand. Nobody was paying attention to Facebook five years ago, now it’s everywhere.

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