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Social Media For Business Development

Here’s a free 30 minute online webinar this Thurs, 30 June at 3PM GMT, introducing businesses to the transformative potential of social media. It will be hosted by stock photo industry consultants Pepper Stark and will be addressed primarily to businesses in the stock image industry but should have pretty universal appellation.

This free sample will be followed in two weeks – on Tues., 12 July at 3PM GMT – by the 2-hour full version called “Social Media For Business Development”. This will go into detail about how businesses can use social media to build community, drive traffic to their sites, and increase sales. This full 2-hour version won’t be free.

Here’s info about this Thursday’s free sample: Read More...

My startup has deals in the pipeline, but we’re having trouble getting any to close. What can I do?

Naomi Kokubo

by Naomi Kokubo

This is one of the hardest problems startups face. How do you close deals when you’re a young company without a proven track record. Read More...

What´s the best way to form strategic partnerships with US universities?

QUESTION:

I´m working with an educational institute in India. We currently offer courses in IT, software QA and other subjects. We have a stratetic relationship with the IEEE for a few of our programs. We are planning to expand by offering joint programs with reputed universities in the United States in the areas of IT, management programs, and software engineering certifications. What´s the best way to go about forming these relationships and offering joint courses between our univesity and US universities?

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What’s the best way to reach entrepreneurs around the country without a sales force?

QUESTION:

I run a local business directory in The South Jersey area, started in 2005. We’re profitable, and now we’d like to expand by offering a franchise to entrepreneurs across the country. We envision offering the local rights county by county, so each franchise would encompass one county. Each franchise would be a one person or family operation. The only problem is that if you hire salespeople, they want benefits and a salary, so it’s been slow recruiting. The business can be very profitable if someone wants to work at it. What’s the best way to reach entrepreneurs around the country without a sales force? – Bob

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Meet SVForum – the New Brand!

Susan Lucas-Conwell

by Susan Lucas-Conwell, CEO of SVForum

Today, 28 years and thousands of members later, we continue to grow and evolve, stay relevant with the times around us. We serve a broad market covering the entire footprint of the technology industry including clean tech, healthcare IT, social media, cloud and virtualization, mobile/wireless, and more. Read More...

Can you point me to a few examples of eco-social startups & their company formation?

QUESTION:

I wish to start up an organization with the mission of eco-social benefit.

I want to make sure that most of the proceeds go towards the mission. As founder, I want to dedicate the proceeds from my speaking and consulting work into this organization, which, in return, will fund my future engagements to help those who cannot pay for my services. I do not want personal income for the next few years. I just want to donate my services and be funded (travel, office expenses, etc) for my pro-bono work. Read More...

Enterprise Tomorrow Event – San Francisco

The Enterprise Tomorrow Conference will work with you to place perspective around the growing trends by defining each, outlining the benefits they propose and the steps that need to be taken to implement and adapt each. The five themes addressed will be as follows: Collaboration, Crowdsourcing, Social Communication, Enterprise Mobility, and Gamification. Over 20 learning sessions spanned across three full conference days will provide best practices and use cases for increased productivity, management techniques and new enterprise technologies. This three day event will take place in San Francisco on September 13-15th 2011. Go to www.enterprisetomorrow.com or call 888.409.4418 x10 for information or to register. Use code ALLIE10 when registering to receive 10% off!

Venture Engine Startup Competition And Demo Exhibition

First ever Enterprise Tomorrow start-up competition geared towards up in coming companies that have created revolutionary enterprise technologies that will change the way work is done worldwide. The 7 VentureEngine finalists will present their ready for market products to a panel of VC’s, Angels, Industry Leaders and the entire audience base, with the chance to win one of two CASH grand prizes. Go to www.ventureenginestartup.com to enter your innovative idea or product!

Can you give me technical advice on building my prototype?

QUESTION:

I have a technology question. While I have been in software for 10+ years, my programming skills have left me. I am looking to build a working prototype of a web site idea I have. A core component is to pass registration data collected on my site, to multiple existing sites (essentially a SSO process for registration as well as login). The second part would be to populate my site with catalogue data from the multiple sites I registered the user for. Could someone recommend any automation, canned scripts, widgets etc. to expedite this prototype process? I cannot afford to pay a developer at this stage. Thanks for the help.

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