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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Most of these are retail related, like checking to see promotional materials are properly displayed and acting as "secret shoppers"   And as the map above (click to enlarge) shows, gig walkers are everywhere people are in the U.S.    Uber’s been cagey lately about their number of U.S.

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JUNE 5, 2017

Corporations are exploring how to promote employee "wholeness" , another term for work/life integration. .  We consistently hear about work/life flexibility and integration as a reason people choose to be self-employed  and small business owners. None of this is a new. 

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MARCH 4, 2016

Having to generate, fight for, promote, and defend your work can be downright exhausting. Paying out of pocket for health care (not everyone qualifies for the Freelancers Union), quarterly taxes, accounting, bookkeeping, promotion, marketing, negotiations, pre and post project management. Being one's own boss is great.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Today is Small Business Saturday , a promotion by American Express designed to get more people spending money at locally owned, independent merchants.      As part of their promotion, AMEX was kind enough to subsidize my purchases with a $25 credit. 

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MAY 15, 2014

  The information from this survey will be used to promote and support freelancers, independent workers and the self-employed, especially with policy makers on the national, state and local levels. The survey is short and will take 7-9 minutes to complete.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

  Their very Virgin promotional video on the hotel is below. Throughout, outlets are ubiquitous, appealing to tech-savvy travelers. Virgin joins Marriot , Ace and a number of other hotel chains and operators who are adding coworking-like spaces to their properties.    Coworking'

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Accountants will provide the types of bookkeeping services they offer freelancers, or a lawyer might promote his experience with patent law. So someone might say they’re a Ruby on Rails developer and they’re looking for work. This is all part of the broader trend towards work/life blending.

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APRIL 13, 2017

Then there’s what you might ungenerously call the side hustle as self-promotion, which covers some yoga teachers and life coaches, though by no means all. You’ve got the day job with a freelance extension–the full-time graphic designer who also has her own clients.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The Ronin Institute for Independent Scholarship , for example, is "devoted to facilitating and promoting scholarly research outside the confines of traditional academic research institutions.”. There are enough freelance scholars that organizations are being formed to help them.

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AUGUST 27, 2015

They will also garner more reviews and promote their sites more effectively. .  As we said last year, we expect this trend to continue. Key quote from our article: Because of their business focus, micro hotel will provide better properties and service.   A similar thing happened on Ebay.

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JULY 1, 2014

They will also garner more reviews and promote their sites more effectively. We also think these micro chains will steadily increase their share of Airbnb listings and rental revenue. The reasons are simple. Because of their business focus, micro hotel will provide better properties and service.

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AUGUST 31, 2021

  The online game industry is also promoting the metaverse. The application allows users to meet in virtual reality conference rooms and collaborate on shared whiteboards or documents while still sitting at their own physical desks. Facebook's video below provides more details on the virtual conference room.

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

 Large consumer goods companies like Procter and Gamble use Quiri and their mobile, crowdsourced workforce to visit stores and check on promotions, displays, pricing and inventory availability. Quiri , a retail intelligence platform using mobile crowdworkers, is an example of this type of specialization in the micro task space.

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JULY 5, 2012

" Chef Michael's food truck also nicely illustrates the growing trend of big brands using food trucks to promote their products.  This, of course, is not a new idea.  The Oscar Meyer Weinermobile made its first appearance in 1936. 

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JULY 26, 2012

The Boys Initiative is a non-profit focused on promoting boys health and achievement. One of the great things about blogging is you hear from lots of interesting people.  For example, the folks over at The Boys Initiative commented on our post The End of Boys. young women who earn a bachelor's degree, there are 75 men who do.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Also if you want to host a launch party to promote your offering, do NOT do so with the funding portal (unless it is a broker-dealer) because that is considered offering investment advice (by the funding portal), which is not allowed. Be sure to follow all the rules/filings before, during, and after you raise your funds.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

.  The MIT Technology Review summed it up best: Amazon’s plans to deliver packages by drones, which it predicts “will be as normal as seeing mail trucks on the road today,” has been widely dismissed as little more than clever self-promotion.

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APRIL 26, 2011

  To help promote the book, there is a special offer this week and this week only.  Some of the key lessons Alex learns include creating a business that is teachable, repeatable and valueable to others.    The lessons are explained and nicely illustrated with examples. 

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JUNE 21, 2010

I was looking for ways in which to promote business through twitter and I am glad atlast I found it. a start up for small businesses. Posted by: traffic school california | June 22, 2010 at 11:38 PM Great Article. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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MAY 20, 2013

Below is a promotional video Lotus did for an early version of 1-2-3. I'm reminded of this when I visit companies like Google and Facebook and realize how similar their cultures are to Lotus in its heyday.   Lotus was also an innovative marketer.   I joined Lotus in 1985 when they acquired a startup I was working for.

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