Archive for Social Business

News: Alliance Opens Door To Travel Retail Sector

Mar 25, 2012 No Comments by

As a consultant that works globally, I am all too familiar with being on the consumer end of the travel retail business. We have an exciting new partnership with Mark Thornton, who has deep industry connections.   We’re looking forward to educating and empowering retailers to harness the unique needs and buying power of today’s [...]

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Live Podcast: Twitter Boot Camp Preview With AllTwitter Editor Lauren Dugan (#AListQ)

Jul 11, 2011 1 Comment by

With Twitter now at 300 million users, your audience is there – and growing.

Analytics, Authors, Bloggers, Brands, Business, Community, Consumerism, Customer Service, Education, Events, iTunes, Journalists, Marketing, Monitoring / Listening, Podcasting, Social Business, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Networks, Stealth and Startup, Strategy, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Workshops Read more

New Twitter Hashtag Chat Aims To Crowd-Source A New Company’s Social Strategy Every Week #SocialFresh

Jul 11, 2011 No Comments by

To take part, simply log onto Twitter on Mondays at 4:00 PM PDT (7:00 PM EDT) and use the hashtag #SocialFresh.

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Live Podcast: Evan Hamilton, Community Manager at UserVoice

Jun 13, 2011 1 Comment by

“Smarter, better,” customer service is what UserVoice (@UserVoice) promises and, by most accounts, delivers.

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Live Podcast: Simon Mainwaring, Author of We First and CEO and Founder of We First Branding

Jun 06, 2011 1 Comment

We’re excited to bring you an exclusive preview of Simon Mainwaring’s (@simonmainwaring) new book!

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Preview of Social Media Marketing and Monitoring Conference #SMM11

May 14, 2011 No Comments

Luke Brynley-Jones (@lbrynleyjones) – one of the UK‘s most experienced social media consultants – brings his A-game to San Francisco on May 23rd for Social Media Marketing and Monitoring 2011 (#SMM11). Get a preview full of tips and advice right here.     From “Using Social Gaming Mechanics for Marketing” (aka Gamification) presented by Rajat Paharia, [...]

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Social Media in the Real World: Successful Applications of Social Media Strategies

May 02, 2011 1 Comment

Social Media in the Real World: Successful Applications of Social Media Strategies is a course I am teaching at San Francisco State University: College of Extended Learning starting at May 2nd.   To describe the course, I ask the central question:  How do established companies in business-to-business, business-to-consumer and non-profit areas use social media to build [...]

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Live Podcast: Marsha Collier, eBay For Dummies

Mar 09, 2011 No Comments

Marsha Collier made her mark as the top-selling author on eBay. Her books, including eBay For Dummies, Starting an eBay Business For Dummies, and eBay Business All-in-One For Dummies, have sold more than a million copies combined! Marsha’s now expanded her expertise to cover social media, especially its use as a customer connection tool. Marsha [...]

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Live Podcast: Augie Ray, Former Senior Forrester Research Analyst and Future Executive Director of Community and Collaboration for USAA

Feb 23, 2011 1 Comment

Augie Ray (@augieray) first joined The A-List back in April 2009, before he became a Senior Forrester Research (@Forrester) Analyst, filling the shoes of Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang), who left to become a partner at the Altimeter Group. Somewhat ironically, the very thing that urged me to ask Augie to join the program back in 2009, [...]

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Live Podcast: Tammy Kahn Fennell, Co-Founder of MarketMeSuite

Jan 31, 2011 No Comments

After seeing a big gap in Social Media Marketing tools and realizing she can help small businesses launch themselves into the space, Tammy Kahn Fennell (@TammyKFennell) started Pie Dog Media with Alan Hamlyn. Today, Tammy joins The A-List to talk about their popular subscription-only social media monitoring dashboard, MarketMeSuite. MarketMeSuite was the first Twitter application [...]

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Live Podcast: Dave McClure, Founding Partner 500 Startups and John Ramey, CEO iSocket

Jan 12, 2011 No Comments

This one is a must-listen for entrepreneurs and those that aspire to be. Join us for a joint interview with Dave McClure, Founding Partner and CEO of 500 Startups and John Ramey, CEO of iSocket. Dave McClure is a venture capitalist and founding partner at 500 Startups, an Internet startup seed fund and incubator program [...]

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Live Podcast: Featured Guest Randy Paynter, Founder and CEO, Care2

Dec 17, 2010 1 Comment

Join us for an insightful interview with Randy Paynter, Founder and CEO of Care2. With more than 14 million members, Care2 is the largest online community of people making a difference in healthy and green living, human rights and animal welfare. Care2 empowers individuals to “Make a Difference” with daily actions, healthy living advice, news [...]

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