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“The humor is leaking out of my eyeballs” — Ryan Cowlick, formerly known as Ryan Berkness, COO of Source Media…after crying and laughing so hard from his own joke.
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Pinterest. A startup wonder.
How did NYU’s Ben Silbermann and Evan Sharp create such a success with this seemingly simple idea/venture?
According to Pinterest’s FIRST investor, Brian Cohen, he attributes the startup’s success to a few things:
1. Listening. Silbermann and Sharp were smart enough to listen and consult the advice and wisdom of their older and wiser investors.
2. Happiness. Cohen observes that in everything I do, the two are always happy. He sees “almost a child-like fascination” in what they do. That’s a new one.
Thoughts?
-Gabby, Editor at Source Media
Council Created to Regulate Aggregation, Bloggers -
Information hits the Web and just like that the news spreads like fire. Stories are frantically re-reported and some are missing an important detail — attribution. David Carr, media reporter for The New York Times, wrote an article on Monday about a group of editors who plan to establish guid…
Multitasking may actually be hindering your success in business (or personal).
The Clincher:
Research has found that interrupting your mental flow by doing something like checking your e-mail while you are performing a creative project is actually lowering your IQ by as much as 10 points!
That’s the same as not sleeping for 36 hours, and is twice as bad for your brain as smoking Marijuana.
Think about that for a second.
-Gabby,
Check out this infographic - more on the science of social timing in social media.
-Ryan, COO of Source Media
E-mail marketing is certainly NOT a thing of the past.
In fact, it’s still found to be the number one marketing effort made by big businesses.
Here’s some advice on how to make those e-mails more successful at grabbing the attention of your potential audience, who are bombarded by an average of 247 e-mails PER DAY.
Words to utilize:
-Apply & Utilize [in the subject line]
-Opportunity
-Demo
-Connect
-Payments
-Conference
-Cancellation
Words to AVOID:
-Confirm
-Join
-Press
-Invite
-Social
-Speaker
-Assistance
-Gabby, Editor at Source Media
LinkedIn “Follow” buttons are now available for company’s to include on their websites. By choosing to follow the company on Linkedin, company updates will then automatically show up on their LinkedIn feeds.
It’s about time!
Read more, here.
-Ryan, COO of Source Media
Khalilah Site: 8 Strategies for Launching a Brand Presence on Pinterest -
_Charles Nicholls is an expert in ecommerce, web analytics, social media marketing and online buyer behavior. He is also founder and chief strategy officer at shopping cart recovery company SeeWhy. You can follow Charles on Twitter @webconversion and read his blog._Many marketers have heard of
