Episode #66 - Sherman Lee on Optimizing Social Media Marketing
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Social media is one of the most cost-effective distribution channels for content marketing, which has the potential to significantly grow your audience. is a marketplace of social media marketing professionals who will handcraft your content, increase your social media reach and manage your ad campaigns. They've grown communities into the millions and they can do it for you as well!
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Episode #65 - Neal Gorenflo on the REAL Sharing Economy
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We welcomed back Neal Gorenflo, co-founder of , to discuss his thoughts on the changes he's seen around the sharing economy in the past year, the and it's impact, and the soon to be released book Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons.
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Episode #64 - Understanding Return on Relationship with Ted Rubin
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We are now in the Age of Influence, where anyone can build an audience, effect change, advocate for brands and build relationships that make a difference. Ted’s years of advocating for and more recently, , Ted shares his insights on what the cornerstones are for brands to build engaged multi-million member communities.
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Episode #63 - WriterAccess Founder Byron White Discusses Content Marketing
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Content marketing has proven to be an effective strategy to drive revenue while adding value to your clients. Join us as we welcome WriterAccess founder Byron White, who discusses his 20 years of experience creating content and starting successful businesses.
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Episode # 62 - The Future of Marketing: CJ Todd & Julian Tiongson
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We're taking a look inside our own marketing department to hear from CJ and Julian. They have brought an innovative approach to Near Me and have become indispensable parts of the team. We'll discuss Julian's zero-to-hero Twitter strategy and CJ's success with building an engaged audience for .
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Podcast # 61 - Jason Oxman and the Future of "Cashless" Transactions
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Jason Oxman is CEO of the , the world's largest trade association of the payments technology industry. He is an expert on financial services, payments and technology, both domestically and internationally. Jason joins us to talk about the future of transactions and his latest article, .
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Podcast # 60 - Paul Excell Discusses Tech Innovation
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Paul Excell is CEO and Chief Innovation Officer at . He is an internet pioneer with 34 years of experience in Global IT and business. Paul joins us to discuss the enterprise and startup mindsets and how innovation can help transform any organization, whatever the size.
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Podcast # 59 - Christine Kymn and Miriam Segal discuss peer-to-peer lending
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Having trouble financing your small business or marketplace? This week, we welcome Christine Kymn, Chief Economist and Director of Economic Research and Miriam Segal, economist, both from the Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy. They join The Crowd to discuss their published research, Peer-to-Peer Lending: A Financing Alternative for Small Businesses.
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Podcast #58 - Tom Hunt discusses outsourcing your assistant with Virtual Valley
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Tom Hunt is the founder and CEO of Virtual Valley, the online platform that connects business owners with a virtual assistant that can take over repeatable tasks. Tom joins us to discuss his roller-coaster journey as an entrepreneur and how he created a service that will help you save time and money.
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Podcast #57 - Brian Solis Helps Us Rethink Design
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Brian Solis is a digital analyst, anthropologist and also a futurist who studies the effects of disruptive technology on business and society. We chat with Brian about his latest book, X: The Experience When Business Meets Design. He explains how business needs to humanize their branding experience at a personal and cultural level, and be contextually relevant.
info_outlineDrawing on 15 years of experience across tech sales, marketing and product, Andrea Sharfin Friedenson combines empathy for stakeholders and the latest marketing techniques to deliver profitable growth and authentic customer engagement.