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Platforms such as Twitter and Facebook come with a pretty steep learning curve – certainly when used for business marketing – and to maximize return on investment it’s essential that you implement a winning strategy. It's important for businesses to select the right individuals to manage social channels and to use specific metrics to analyze feedback and success. Learn more about social media strategies from this infographic, which presents an 8-step strategy for successful social media marketing...
Via Lauren Moss, Ivo Nový, Mercor, Balboa Capital
Facebook's updated page design and news feed allows for videos, ads, and bigger pictures. Learn more in this Balboa Capital equipment leasing blog post.
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Two years ago, a Dutch student named Dirk Vander Kooij was designing furniture and preparing for his graduation project when he was inspired by an old 3D printer. So he got his hands on an industrial robot from a Chinese production line and reprogrammed it into a 3D printer to print furniture using recycled materials from old refrigerators."
Via Daniel Booth, ManufacturingStories, Mercor
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A look at how some of the top U.S. retail brands stack up on social media.
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The average person wastes two days each year on hold. And if anyone knows the pain of placing calls, it’s the assistants at Fancy Hands. Fancy Hands is a New York startup that matches busy cl...
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Great people and companies have proved how important social media is for logistics and other industries ...
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One of the Best Places to Promote Your Business' Social Media Presence...Well, it's been a long time coming, but we're pleased to announce the launch of our new social mercor. Join Us!
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The majority of people in developing nations don't have access to health care providers, basic antibiotics or even clean water—but many do have mobile phones and can access care through advances in mobile health (mHealth). Innovations range from low-cost medical devices that attach to mobile phones to new delivery models that give patients access to health care providers through short message service (SMS), photos or videos. Let's take a look at 10 transformative examples from around the globe.
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A new product is set to roll out in India. It’s a food-storage device that uses solar panels to cool produce and preserve crops on their way to market, needed in India where 30 to 40% of the harvest is lost because of the lack of cold-chain facilities to store and transport food.......
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Contrary to most stereotypes, entrepreneurs characterize themselves as more cautious than crazy, adventurous types.
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Increased Staff, New Credit Facility Highlight Company’s Growth in Commercial Equipment Financing Sector
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Social Media when used correctly can be an incredible source of making this world a better place. Sure, Facebook is cool, LinkedIn is great, but in my opinion Twitter has been the biggest source of some of the greatest.
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This infographic looks at how many CEOs participate on social media networks, what are the most popular social media networks for CEOs, how actively they participate and more. Only 47.4 percent of CEOs participate on social media sites. 79 percent of Inc 500 CEOs and 30 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs have a presence on at least one social media network. 81 percent of employees believe that CEOs who engage on social media are better equipped to lead companies in the Web 2.0 World...
Via Lauren Moss, Ricard Lloria, Mercor
Many fatal electrical accidents occur from careless mistakes and are easily preventable with the right knowledge, precautions and focus on safety
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My first self-initiated slide-deck outlining some ways to build better presentations through visuals and delivery. Presentation includes links to external sites
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All around the world, crowdfunding is taking off, opening up billions of dollars for new ideas. Here's what a one-percent shift of investments to crowdfunding could do.
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One of the Best Places to Promote Your Business' Social Media Presence...
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Whilst social media tools have primarily been used for commercial ends, there is a growing stream of evidence showing that it has scientific and social benefits as well. Nowhere is this more so than in the tracking and prevention of diseases. For instance Google Flu Trends tracks search queries and applies its trending algorithm to gain an understanding of where flu outbreaks are occuring. A 21 month study by John Hopkins University found that the app was exceptionally good at predicting when hospitals would start to see people coming in with flu symptoms. Primary investigator of the study, Dr. Richard Rothman, said that the results were promising for “eventually developing a standard regional or national early warning system for frontline health care workers.” Social media context It could be argued however that social media is a better method of tracking the spread of infection because it provides you with better context. Back in January the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene reported that tweets and other public ‘status updates’ were a better way of determining the spread of cholera in post-earthquake Haiti than official channels. The research was conducted by scientists at Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School and with over 6,000 people having died from the disease in Haiti, it has serious implications in terms of disaster prevention. “When we analyzed news and Twitter feeds from the early days of the epidemic in 2010, we found they could be mined for valuable information on the cholera outbreak that was available up to two weeks ahead of surveillance reports issued by the government health ministry,” said Rumi Chunara, PhD, of the Informatics Program at Children’s Hospital Boston, Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, and the lead author of the study. “The techniques we employed eventually could be used around the world as an affordable and efficient way to quickly detect the onset of an epidemic and then intervene with such things as vaccines and antibiotics.”
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The majority of people in developing nations don't have access to health care providers, basic antibiotics or even clean water—but many do have mobile phones and can access care through advances in mobile health (mHealth). Innovations range from low-cost medical devices that attach to mobile phones to new delivery models that give patients access to health care providers through short message service (SMS), photos or videos. Let's take a look at 10 transformative examples from around the globe.
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Shopping on social media may not be big right now, but by 2015, it's expected to explode... A new infographic by has found that “social commerce sales are expected to bring in $30 billion each year by 2015, with half of web sales to occur through social media,” writes Samantha Murphy of Mashable. Currently, one in three small businesses use Facebook, while there are over 42 million fan pages on Facebook. Seventeen percent of those sell products on the pages. Facebook fans are 79 percent more likely than a non-fan to purchase a product, and 74 percent of fans are more likely to recommend a company or product. The social media site also drives 26 percent of referral traffic to company websites. Right now ”20 percent of shoppers prefer to purchase products via Facebook than the brand’s website”— and that number is expected to climb.
Via Lauren Moss, Alex Janus, Jimun Gimm, Mercor
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I agree that Twitter and Facebook are particularly difficult in terms of business marketing ... I have yet to master!
Very clearly defined. An intelligent approach when thinking about YOUR social media strategy!
It's important for businesses to select the right individuals to manage social channels and to use specific metrics to analyze feedback and success.
Learn more about social media strategies from this infographic, which presents an 8-step strategy for successful social media marketing...