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Are Teens Cell Phone Obsessed Or Savvy Users. Harnessing the Power of Crowdsourcing for your Startup. Start a business via crowdsourcing Starting a business is quite an undertaking for any entrepreneur. If you’re attempting it, be prepared for long days and nights and a ton of hard work. It can also be expensive to get everything up and running before you start turning a profit. There is something that could help save you time, energy and money, and it’s called crowdsourcing.

You simply delegate some of your work to the public, and you’ll be surprised at the results. Funding In the beginning stages of starting a business, you need cold, hard cash if you want to make things happen. Design Your startup needs a logo, and your website needs design. Testing It’s so important to test everything you do before you make it public. Work It’s such a broad area, but you can crowdsource just about any work you need done for your business.

Recruiting Recruiting the perfect people to help you with your business can be one of the toughest jobs for you. About the Author: M.P. Ethics and Social Media: Where Should You Draw The Line? This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. As social media usage continues to rise, it’s only natural that statistic correlations will be made about the individuals who use the medium. This isn’t a bad thing; it’s common to deep-dive into demographic information and behavioral data. While there will always be exceptions to the "correlations" that emerge from such data, universal truths about social networking usage and user behavior can be valuable. The Ethics Resource Center (ERC) is the oldest non-profit organization in the U.S. dedicated to independent research and advancement of high ethical standards and practices in both public and private institutions.

Since 1994, the ERC has produced the National Business Ethics Survey (NBES), available for free to the public, to gather information about employees’ perspectives of ethics in the workplace. Lawmakers increasing use of social media. Ravi's conviction could impact future use of social media. 03/16/12-Dharun Ravi, center, sits with his attorneys, including lead defense attorney Steven Altman, right, outside the courtroom. Jury deliberations continue on a third day for the Dharun Ravi trial, held in New Brunswick, in the courtroom of Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman. B691458181Z.1 KATHY JOHNSON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Written by Gene Racz | Staff Writer Filed Under News In a verdict that could have far-reaching effects on the use, and misuse, of social media, a jury found Dharun Ravi guilty of all 15 counts he faced for using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's encounter with another man in a Rutgers University dorm. Ravi sat expressionless in state Superior Court Friday as the guilty verdicts were read - three of which are second-degree crimes carrying the presumption of jail time.

Ravi's parents and supporters sat motionless in ... Five Myths About Social Media. So you haven’t taken the plunge into the fast-paced, confusing world of social media. Or maybe you have dipped your toes in the water and then wondered what all the fuss is about. Either way, you might be thinking social media marketing isn’t worth the time and effort. Don’t give up so fast. With the dizzying amount of information and opinions about social media, it’s easy to get the wrong idea.

Here are a few common myths about social media that should be put to rest. 1. Social media let users quickly connect and communicate with other people -- lots of other people. Related: How to Turn Facebook Fans into Paying Customers (Video) So why does that matter? 2. Social networks revolve around communities of people with a connection to one another. For example, if you just opened a coffee shop, you should connect online with as many of your customers as possible. 3.

Related: How Zombies Became a Social-Media Firebomb 4. 5. You’re right -- if you just talk about yourself. Social media communications transform politics. This year will be filled with political change throughout the entire world. With elections in France and the United States, the transitioning of power in China and North Korea, and the onset of revolution in the Middle East, it is a time for influx of new political thought.

However, even with an election in the near future, it seems America is lagging behind in political reform. Supposedly, Congress is an expression of the people’s will. However, the polls, media and even politicians express that people are sick and tired of American political stagnation, especially in Congress. The budget is out of control, special interests surround politicians and the electoral system is flawed. If the political system in the U.S. was an economic industry, it would be an oligopoly with the two parties controlling the market and purposefully barring entry of new ideas through high costs, campaign financing and uncompetitive elections generated by practices like gerrymandering and seniority.

Social Media Companies Contribute to Cybercrime. Social Networking Apps Dominate Enterprise Web 2.0 Use - The BrainYard. Report from Zscaler ThreatLabZ shows that social networking apps account for majority of Web 2.0 transactions. While Facebook is still on top, its usage dropped in 2011 among enterprise users. 10 Leading Enterprise Social Network Platforms (click image for larger view and for slideshow) "State of the Web," a recently published report from Zscaler ThreatLabZ, includes some interesting data about social media use among enterprise users. Zscaler ThreatLabZ is the research arm of cloud security company Zscaler, which examined 200 billion transactions from millions of global business users. In terms of Web content most commonly accessed by enterprise employees, social networking makes up a relatively small percentage at this point in time--only 4.63%.

When looking at what ThreatLabZ calls Web 2.0 applications specifically, social networking dominates, with Facebook being most commonly accessed by enterprise users. More Insights. Social media changes fights over trademarks. "Eat more kale" sounds like an innocuous, perhaps even healthy, thing to say. But not to the folks at fast-food chain Chick-fil-A. They've come down on the man printing that motto on T-shirts and bumper stickers, saying he's stepped on their trademark turf. Chick-fil-A — which has used the ad slogan "Eat Mor Chikin" since 1995 — is against Bo Muller-Moore's trademark application for "Eat More Kale," a catchphrase he's been using since 2001. While the words aren't identical, they are close enough to cause confusion among consumers, says a Chick-fil-A lawyer in a letter to Muller-Moore's attorney.

That dispatch also gives examples of litigation against other parties and demands a transfer of the EatMoreKale.com domain name to Chick-fil-A. "This is absurd," says Muller-Moore. Both sides have dug in for battle. But with increased use of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other digital sharing sites, small firms have stronger weapons to use in these battles. Monster uprising Protecting your mark. Social media changing the way we communicate. Click photo to enlarge Photo by George Sakkestad Shadi Gholizadeh , left and Megan Sokhn work on the computer to... ( a ) Social media has taken the technology world by storm, with Facebook users pegged at 850 million and Twitter users at 500 million. The rise of these services, along with the likes of YouTube videos, makes them impossible to ignore by businesses, political campaigns and nonprofit organizations that want to reach the multitudes of people who use them.

In their simplest form, social media are defined as interactive media. While traditional media is pretty much a one-way street, interactive media involves people linking together and responding to things that are posted online, whether they're serious or entertaining. In the case of Facebook, users and "fans" post comments and can "like" people's posts.

Businesses such as Campbell-based Napa Technology have taken social media to heart, with marketing manager Megan Sokhn posting to Facebook a couple of times a week. What Are 22 Ways To Create Compelling Content.