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It’s Not the End: Why Creating an Exit Strategy Sets Your Business Up for Long-Term Success

Success

Twitter is an interesting case study because it played out on the public stage,” Paterson notes. And sadly, in 2008 Yahoo turned down an offer to be acquired by Microsoft for $44.6 Yahoo refused to buy Google for $1 billion in 1998 and again refused $5 billion in 2002. In 2023, Google has a market cap of $1.7

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Gigi Gorgeous: How to Stay Grounded When Social Media Is Your Full-Time Job

Success

Working on social media (professionally) takes everything up a notch. Gigi joined YouTube in 2008. I heard so many youths who were helped by the Trevor Project ended up not taking their lives because of that hotline,” Gigi says. These are people who call out bad behavior and stand up for their beliefs, no matter what.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/10

The Small Business Blog

Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/11/10 by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 10, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world. Organizations are working to help them size up.

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7 Ways to Position Yourself as an Admin Leader

Eat Your Career

In 2008, things got really crazy. My blog was actually purchased by a start-up company (an online community for admins) and I was hired to help build it. We need people to step up and provide support to support professionals—the people who often need it most but rarely get it. I was being interviewed by major news publications!

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Have You Got A Business Thought?

The Small Business Blog

HSBC are running a campaign entitled 100Thoughts , which is taking place on Twitter. Will help to get more followers on twitter Leave a Reply I would love to hear from you, please let me know what your take on my blog post is. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Real Time Customer Reviews Top 2010 Trend

Make or Break Moments

Whether they are using the status updates on LinkedIn, Facebook or tweeting away in 140 characters or less on Twitter – they are sharing their opinions. Real Time Reviews takes into account that people around the globe are jumping on the band wagon of telling anyone who will listen what they are doing right now. So what can you do?

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Social Media Basics for Bootstrap Businesses

The Small Business Blog

With the growth of Social Media it is easier than ever for a bootstrap business to effectively market their small business start-up. There is quite a significant amount of ‘noise’ on Twitter, so it can be hard to find people to connect with. I myself like using FB, Twitter and LinkedIn for my clients. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!