Tag: Marketing
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SVC2M: SocialShout! tapping into social commerce exchange [startup]
SocialShout! is a social commerce marketplace with a twist, where users will be able to earn points based on their activity across all social channels and can then redeem those points for discounts, deals & offers from partner merchants. With SocialShout!, users earn a couple of points based on their activity on social networks. The amount [...]
TechStars’ startup CrowdTwist raises $6M, connecting loyalty program with social network
TechStars NYC startup, CrowdTwist has just raised US$6 million in series-A funding for its platform that presents users with a number of ways to earn points across all social channels. CrowdTwist previously raised $750,000 in seed round of funding. CrowdTwist is a New York-based startup founded in 2009, working on a loyalty platform which helps companies find [...]
Linkedin: Privacy Complaints over Social Ads Scheme
In late March, LinkedIn had surpassed 100 million members and proudly continue adding new members at an average rate of 1 million per week. But, the new social advertisement has brought LinkedIn into a privacy debate war, members complained that it is over socially-sensitive change. Some of them even did not aware about the changes [...]
Startup: Hearsay Social raised $18 million in funding
San Francisco-based Hearsay Social, a corporate social media management platform has just raised $18 million in Series B funding round led by New Enterprise Associates. Hearsay Social is developed with the idea of creating and utilizing social media as brand engagement, as well as keeping corporations and employees out of trouble on the internet. The [...]
Breaking the mobile market with your apps
It’s an extremely crowded market for mobile apps, the barrier to entry is low but the barrier to success is very high. If you’re planning to create an app, you could create a program for just about anything. However, if you’re actually planning to make money out of the app, you need to think real hard. [...]
Apple to help promote Facebook new iPad application
Facebook is finally ready to releasing it’s iPad application, a year after Apple’s iPad went on the market. Recently Apple announced the milestone of 25 million iPad sales, a promising number since launched just 14 months ago despite factory explosion . iPad first went on sale in early April 2010 and took just 28 days [...]
Dharmesh Shah: Innovator of The Year
The Boston Glob has recently named Dharmesh Shah as the Innovator of The Year in Hi-Tech business. Dharmesh Shah is a blogger at OnStartups.com as well as the founder of HubSpot Inc., an online marketing platform for small and midsize businesses . In 2010 through his business at Hubspot, Dharmesh Shah raised Venture Capital investment of $32 million from [...]
