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The Rise of the Angels (and the Entrepreneurs) 9 Fun Facebook Page Examples to Spark Your Creativity. Are you looking for creative ways to engage your Facebook fans? Do you need some fresh ways to infuse fun into the Facebook experience? This article will examine nine Facebook pages that bring excitement to their Facebook pages . Cómo administrar Foursquare para marcas. Les hemos hablados sobre muchas opciones que tienen las marcas en redes sociales.

Cómo administrar Foursquare para marcas

Pinterest, Instagram y otras redes sociales novedosas que quizás no tienen la misma base de usuarios que Facebook o Twitter pero que nos dan una gama de funcionalidades muy interesante y que nos permite comunicar otras cosas –y de forma diferente- a nuestros usuarios. Hoy, para variar, vamos a volver a ver cómo se puede aprovechar uno de los booms más importantes de los últimos tiempos: la plataforma de geolocalización Foursquare. 4 Surprising Ways to Use Google+ for Business. Google+ is more than just Google's answer to Facebook.

4 Surprising Ways to Use Google+ for Business

It's also an all-in-one communication tool and office taskmaster. From filtering email to collaborating with colleagues to hosting video conferences, the search giant's budding social network offers features some business owners might not be aware of. Here's a look at four ways to use Google+ for everyday business tasks: 10 Things Entrepreneurs Should Be Tweeting About. Apart from creating a vibrant branded Twitter account for your startup, business owners should consider creating their own personal account on Twitter.

10 Things Entrepreneurs Should Be Tweeting About

Fans and followers often want to connect with the person behind the brand. Giving customers and prospects a glimpse into the entrepreneur's life and mindset can allow them to cultivate a deeper relationship with customers separately from the brand. What Your 'About Us' Page Is Missing. Survey: Most companies still not capitalizing on social media. For traditional businesses, social media is like a virus: it’s furious, fast-growing, and impossible to ignore.

Survey: Most companies still not capitalizing on social media

According to a new survey released by the Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance, the Center for Leadership Development and Research at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and The Conference Board, less than a third of companies today use social media for business purposes. Executives not confidently using sites like Facebook and LinkedIn to support their corporate strategy whether it’s for the purposes of communication, brand management or identifying risk. In the report, 180 senior executives and corporate directors of North American public and private companies, were surveyed for their opinions on social media. 8 Ways to Improve Your 'About Us' Page. Venngage Helps Startups Design Infographics Cheaply and Easily.

New York Restaurant Puts Instagram on the Menu. How Small Businesses Can Use LinkedIn to Recruit. This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

How Small Businesses Can Use LinkedIn to Recruit

In one sense, LinkedIn has revolutionized job recruiting, but in another sense it hasn't. 47 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed. AOL May Have Invented Email's Next UI Paradigm. Bill Wetherell, a senior director of UX design at AOL, is struggling to find a recent message from his wife in his Gmail inbox.

AOL May Have Invented Email's Next UI Paradigm

Using Instagram For Business: Reasons and Tips (Infographic). X Don't miss new posts and infographics!

Using Instagram For Business: Reasons and Tips (Infographic).

Subscribe to our Digital & Social Media Marketing Blog and Get a FREE eBook “Facebook Strategies” We never share your e-mail April, 2014 News. Sequoia's Jim Goetz On Enterprise Startups. 8 Tools You Can Use for Successful Blogging. Tr-training.s3.amazonaws.com/UEDay2HrofPwr.mp3. Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy. TED Reveals Top 20 Most-Watched Talks, Sir Ken Robinson Tops The List. When Freemium Fails. What Successful People Do With The First Hour Of Their Work Day. Russia, Brazil, Mexico & Turkey: Emerging App Markets For The iPhone. Two years ago, the total overall revenue generated in the Apple App Store was predominantly generated by the United States.

Russia, Brazil, Mexico & Turkey: Emerging App Markets For The iPhone

Looking at the revenues generated by the top 200 highest grossing apps per country in June 2010, the US was responsible for 45% of this revenue in the Apple App Store for iPhone. The current state of the Apple App Store for iPhone shows that the top 200 highest grossing applications in the U.S. generate 31% of the top 200 highest grossing applications of all countries combined. In other words, the share of revenue generated outside the US increased significantly over the past two years. This shows that the app industry is truly becoming more and more of a global phenomenon. One year ago, Distimo wrote about the rise of Asia in the app market, and our research revealed that China was the second largest app market in terms of downloads.

The East Asian markets continued to grow at a high pace in the App Store. 6 Posts That Build Engagement on Facebook. Aaron Lee is the social media manager at Binkd Promotion, a comprehensive platform for social media marketing through digital promotions and contests.

6 Posts That Build Engagement on Facebook

He also writes social media tips on the Binkd Blog. Follow him at @AskAaronLee. When Mark Zuckerberg first built Facebook, the purpose of it was to keep people connected with their friends. That was its first purpose. And it worked well. As Facebook grew, its purpose grew to accommodate businesses.