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Newsjacking: Bringing Companies Exposure With Viral Marketing

By: Anthony Pompliano Most young companies strive to gain greater exposure. In the past, companies had to spend money to reach the masses or convince a reporter they were worthy.

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Move Over 140 Character Limits; 6-Second Videos Are The New Rage

Since its launch in January, Vine, Twitter’s latest app, has taken marketers by storm.  And it’s not just marketers using it, either.  Users have embraced this latest sensation, too, including.

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Outreach Out Of Hand #entrepreneurfail – COMIC

Beware of the gigantic social media time vortex.   15 tweets, 6 updates and 8 status messages later, you realize your whole day has disappeared!  The lure of social media.

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A Social Experiment: Free Coffee With Aubrey

Oddly enough, Aubrey doesn’t even like coffee. But, as you can see above, she understands that others do. Here she is in Geneva with her sister and friend enjoying a.

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Advertising and Social Media: The Perfect Accessory?

It’s been said that post-modernism is the new black. On the heels of one of advertising’s biggest events, I’ve been thinking a lot about this movement and how it relates.

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Illinois Employers Banned From Demanding Access To Employee Social Network Accounts

A new law goes into effect in 2013 in Illinois that bans employers from demanding credentials and access to their employee’s social networking accounts.

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Can’t Catch A Cab Tonight? Call A Crowdsourced Designated Driver

Startups like Lyft and SideCar are subverting the municipal nightmares and lawsuits that personal driver startups like Uber have been battling in many cities. That’s because Lyft and SideCar connect riders with friendly folks who are willing to give rides in their personal cars, no taxi medallion required.

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The Whimseybox Team Resolves To Make Project Dreams A Reality In 2013

Whimseybox, a Houston, Texas based startup that delivers monthly DIY projects and craft subscriptions to your door, shared their new year’s resolutions this week. Because the team is a naturally crafty bunch, most of the team’s resolutions center around starting and finshing DIY projects.

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Celebrate New Years Eve In Style Thanks To These 5 Chicago Startups

If any city knows how to celebrate in style, it’s Chicago. Most of the city’s startup entrepreneurs will be ringing in the new year together at Entrepreneur’s Eve, an event to benefit the H Foundation’s cancer research initiatives. Even if you have alternative plans this year, you can still celebrate in style with the help of Chicago startups.

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What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Steve Wynn

Many of the world’s best business leaders are ignored by the newest tech savvy generation of entrepreneurs, who would rather worship Steve Jobs and other geek heros like David Heinemeier Hansson of 37Signals or Jack Dorsey of Square and Twitter. Yet there is so much that tech entrepreneurs can learn from Steve Wynn’s journey too.

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