50 Really Cool Social Media Stats
On her social media and PR blog, Commentz, Sarah Evans and her staff compile a lot of stats. She cherry-picked the most relevant for marketers to share with Ad Age. 1. "Social media accounts for one out of every six minutes spent online in US." (Journalism.co.uk) 2. "Seventy-seven percent report that they use social media to share ...
Randi Zuckerberg Leaving Facebook to Start Social Media Firm
Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook's director of marketing, is leaving Facebook to start RtoZ Media, a social media consulting firm. Zuckerberg is the sister of CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and has been with the company for the last six years, but after spending the last three months on maternity leave, decided it was time to do something ...
Women Who Mean Business Nomination 2011
The Washington Business Journal announced the eighth annual Women Who Mean Business awards program. This award is designed to honor the region's most influential business women. We're looking for women from every industry and profession; women who've made a difference in their communities, blazed a trail for the rest of us and are leaving a ...
SXSW Interactive Scholarship Program 2012
South by Southwest (SXSW) is a set of film, interactive and music festivals and conferences that take place every spring (usually in March) in Austin, Texas, United States. SXSW first began in 1987 and is centered on the downtown Austin Convention Center. Each of the three parts runs relatively independently, with different start and end ...
Dear Entrepreneur: Stop Dreaming and Just Launch That Business
Common wisdom is that great companies are built by business leaders who out-vision and out-innovate their competitors. In truth, groundbreaking businesses tend to come from entrepreneurs who were smart enough to out-execute everyone else in their niche. Smart entrepreneurs know how to get products to market and grow a loyal customer base, instead of engineering ...
