Popular Investor, Naval Ravikant, Joins Wanelo Board – Are They Ready To Overtake Pinterest Now?
The co-founder of AngelList, Epinions and Vast – Naval Ravikant – has been asked to become a part of dozens start-up boards each year. And although he would like to help everyone, he must decline each request, which, makes him feel guilty and bad. Pandodaily has reported that,
At PandoMonthly in December, he said he wished his “mediocre superpower” was the ability to say no without guilt. With its crowdfunding platform, AngelList is in the position of trying to help all startups, he said. “You…
Is P-Commerce A Game Changer?
The way we buy and sell products has evolved over the years, especially with the influence of the internet and other computer networks. From electronic commerce, or e-commerce – the sales of products through the internet, mobile commerce, or m-commerce – sales through mobile phones to Facebook commerce, or f-commerce – sales through Facebook, there have been several different ways retailers can reach consumers. Now, that Pinterest has become a major player on the field p-commerce, which stands for both ”participatory commerce” or “Pinterest commerce”, comes onto the scene.
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Microsoft Replaces Bing Offers With The Launch Of Bing Deals – Will It Catch On This Time?
While some may think the daily deal market has fizzled out, Microsoft has launched a Groupon and LivingSocial competitor – Bing Offers, a new local deals aggregator for the U.S. market. Oddly enough, Bing previously has a similar offer site dubbed “Bing Deals” that launched in 2011, a service which has since disappeared.
A Microsoft spokesperson explained to TechCrunch, Bing Deals went through “a number of iterations” over the years, and Bing Offers is essentially the next version of Bing Deals. As far as I can see, Bing Deals’ emphasis was on…
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New Social Network, The Hunt, Catches The Eyes Of Celebrities
A new social networking site has entered the competition – The Hunt – a site, created by Time Weingarten, which allows shoppers to visually browse and get suggestions as to where items posted on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest or Tumblr are available for sale.
Weingarten, the founder and chief executive of The Hunt, remembers how he shopped for clothes in the days before the Internet became a shopping venture.
“I used to tear pages out of a magazine in terms of things I wanted to buy,” Mr. Weingarten said in…
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How The Boston Marathon Tragedy Has Shown A New Side Of Social Media
After bombs went off during the Boston Marathon yesterday morning, pictures, videos and news of the terrible and saddening event took over social media networks. They weren’t sob stories or exaggerated tales – they were actual reports from people at the scene that allowed the nation to gain a little bit more insight into exactly what was going on.
Over various social networks, including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, the nation discovered yesterday that bombs went off on the Boston Marathon route, killing three and injuring dozens…
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Are You Using The Right Social Media Platform To Reach Your Demographic?
Do you ever wonder what age, race, gender and general population is using which social media platform? Or which sites you should target your social media efforts to in order to reach your businesses key demographic? An infographic has put together by DocStoc to answer just those questions. This new infographic is based upon results released by the Pew Research Center – who conducted a comprehensive social media survey.
Of the online adults surveyed at the end of 2012:
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67%…
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LinkedIn Acquires News Aggregation App Pulse For $90 Million
Popular professional networking site, LinkedIn, announced yesterday that it has acquired a new start-up – Pulse, a mobile news aggregation venture. This may be another step in LinkedIn’s rumored plan to become a popular online content site, along with their normal role as a professional networking source.
This was not a little purchase for LinkedIn, according to AllThingsD the acquisition cost the company $90 million.
Pulse rose to the top of Apple’s App Store a few years ago, becoming a quick favorite with newsreaders…
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Press Release: SinglePlatform Adds Yelp As Publisher
WALTHAM, Mass. – April 2, 2013 – SinglePlatform, a division of Constant Contact®, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTCT), announced that Yelp is a menu publisher in SinglePlatform’s publishing partner network. Further, in the coming months, menu updates will go live in 24 hours or less. This enhanced capability will provide restaurants and other small businesses with the ability to quickly have their menus and price lists found by consumers who visit Yelp, which saw 100 million unique visitors in the month of January 2013…
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Former Target Employee Comes Up With New Way To Do Daily Deals
While daily deals have ran out of steam over the past year, not everything believes that people have given up the promotions all together – Scott Sailer, president and co-founder of Minneapolis start-up LumaNEAR, has faith in two core ideas: People want deals, and businesses want foot traffic.
Sailer, a former Target employee, is laying his cards on the table. He thinks he can offer businesses a way to deliver promotions while increasing customer traffic, even though daily deals have been steadily decreasing over the past…
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Pinterest Analytics Launches, Helps Businesses To Evaluate Pinner Information
Pinterest has launched a new division of their popular pin-board style photo sharing website – now known as Pinterest Web Analytics. The free offering, announced on Pinterest’s blog today, will allow site owners to see how people are interacting with “pins” that originate on their website.
The pinning sites allows companies and users to post pictures and create online bulletin boards based on various themes – including food, travel, fashion and products.
“The goal is really to help websites understand what content is resonating with people on…
Read More
Microsoft Replaces Bing Offers With The Launch Of Bing Deals – Will It Catch On This Time?
While some may think the daily deal market has fizzled out, Microsoft has launched a Groupon and LivingSocial competitor – Bing Offers, a new local deals aggregator for the U.S. market. Oddly enough, Bing previously has a similar offer site dubbed “Bing Deals” that launched in 2011, a service which has since disappeared.
A Microsoft spokesperson explained to TechCrunch, Bing Deals went through “a number of iterations” over the years, and Bing Offers is essentially the next version of Bing Deals. As far as I can see, Bing Deals’ emphasis was on…
New Social Network, The Hunt, Catches The Eyes Of Celebrities
A new social networking site has entered the competition – The Hunt – a site, created by Time Weingarten, which allows shoppers to visually browse and get suggestions as to where items posted on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest or Tumblr are available for sale.
Weingarten, the founder and chief executive of The Hunt, remembers how he shopped for clothes in the days before the Internet became a shopping venture.
“I used to tear pages out of a magazine in terms of things I wanted to buy,” Mr. Weingarten said in…
How The Boston Marathon Tragedy Has Shown A New Side Of Social Media
After bombs went off during the Boston Marathon yesterday morning, pictures, videos and news of the terrible and saddening event took over social media networks. They weren’t sob stories or exaggerated tales – they were actual reports from people at the scene that allowed the nation to gain a little bit more insight into exactly what was going on.
Over various social networks, including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, the nation discovered yesterday that bombs went off on the Boston Marathon route, killing three and injuring dozens…
Are You Using The Right Social Media Platform To Reach Your Demographic?
Do you ever wonder what age, race, gender and general population is using which social media platform? Or which sites you should target your social media efforts to in order to reach your businesses key demographic? An infographic has put together by DocStoc to answer just those questions. This new infographic is based upon results released by the Pew Research Center – who conducted a comprehensive social media survey.
Of the online adults surveyed at the end of 2012:
-
67%…
LinkedIn Acquires News Aggregation App Pulse For $90 Million
Popular professional networking site, LinkedIn, announced yesterday that it has acquired a new start-up – Pulse, a mobile news aggregation venture. This may be another step in LinkedIn’s rumored plan to become a popular online content site, along with their normal role as a professional networking source.
This was not a little purchase for LinkedIn, according to AllThingsD the acquisition cost the company $90 million.
Pulse rose to the top of Apple’s App Store a few years ago, becoming a quick favorite with newsreaders…
Press Release: SinglePlatform Adds Yelp As Publisher
WALTHAM, Mass. – April 2, 2013 – SinglePlatform, a division of Constant Contact®, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTCT), announced that Yelp is a menu publisher in SinglePlatform’s publishing partner network. Further, in the coming months, menu updates will go live in 24 hours or less. This enhanced capability will provide restaurants and other small businesses with the ability to quickly have their menus and price lists found by consumers who visit Yelp, which saw 100 million unique visitors in the month of January 2013…
Former Target Employee Comes Up With New Way To Do Daily Deals
While daily deals have ran out of steam over the past year, not everything believes that people have given up the promotions all together – Scott Sailer, president and co-founder of Minneapolis start-up LumaNEAR, has faith in two core ideas: People want deals, and businesses want foot traffic.
Sailer, a former Target employee, is laying his cards on the table. He thinks he can offer businesses a way to deliver promotions while increasing customer traffic, even though daily deals have been steadily decreasing over the past…
Pinterest Analytics Launches, Helps Businesses To Evaluate Pinner Information
Pinterest has launched a new division of their popular pin-board style photo sharing website – now known as Pinterest Web Analytics. The free offering, announced on Pinterest’s blog today, will allow site owners to see how people are interacting with “pins” that originate on their website.
The pinning sites allows companies and users to post pictures and create online bulletin boards based on various themes – including food, travel, fashion and products.
“The goal is really to help websites understand what content is resonating with people on…
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