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Betraying Your Community’s Trust: A Lesson from the WhatsApp Controversy

For better or for worse, WhatsApp has utterly redefined the way its community communicate using their smartphones. Since its inception in 2010, the intuitively-designed messaging app has exploded in popularity — bursting its way into popular culture and cultivating a formidable user base of over a billion people worldwide. But with great power comes great responsibility. And after announcing a ... Read More »

YouTube “Demonetizes” Some Content, Video Creators Not Happy

A good number of YouTubers who spend hours creating content on the popular video-sharing website are now up in arms protesting YouTube’s enforcement of its “not advertiser-friendly” guidelines. The platform is now starting to withhold paychecks for videos that are marked as inappropriate for advertising. And for those who operate one or a series of YouTube channels as virtual businesses, ... Read More »

5 Effective Social Media Best Practices for Your Business

Today, an average person spends a minimum of three hours each day on social media sites. If your small business doesn’t know how to create a Facebook page for your new business, or where to begin when it comes to Pinterest, start by figuring out those tasks. Once you have your presence established on the right social media sites for ... Read More »

10 Facebook Business Page Tips that Will Keep You From Screwing Up Your Marketing Efforts (Video)

As the largest social media site for small businesses, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) likely plays a important role in your social media marketing strategy. But how do you know you’re doing Facebook right? From building your business page to Facebook’s advertising platform, there’s a lot for a small business owner to figure out and the learning curve can be steep. Happily, there ... Read More »

Alas, Vine Finally Withers: Here’s Why

Vine is withering. Though the once popular video looping network probably won’t die for some time yet. Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) says this week that it’s no longer developing Vine. The 411 on Vine Closing Down In an announcement on the Vine blog, the “Team Vine and Twitter” explain, “Nothing is happening to the apps, website or your Vines today. We value ... Read More »

Those “I Voted” Stickers Offer a Small But Powerful Business Lesson (Watch)

The ‘I Voted’ Sticker Is Just One Big Psychological Hack How Instagram Completely Reshaped The Modeling Industry Social Media Deepens The Political Divide. Unfriending Makes It Worse The FDA Wants To Know About Your Nutella-Eating Habits Go on any social media platform on Election Day and you’re likely to see plenty of photos of “I Voted” stickers. But even though ... Read More »

How to Incorporate Green Initiatives Into Your Factory Workflow

As people have become increasingly concerned with global warming and man’s impact on the environment,so too have factories been taking on a greater responsibility to “go green.” While green initiatives can vary greatly in both complexity and effectiveness, there are a few simple things that every factory can do to ensure that they’re at least minimizing their direct impact on ... Read More »

5 Tips for Making Better Movies

Amateur filmmaking can be a difficult and time-consuming process. But what if you were able to improve your system with a few tips and tricks? Here are just five ways to make better movies. 1. Have a Plan This is probably the biggest mistake of amateurs. They hear about Steven Spielberg winning awards for a movie full of improv, and ... Read More »

Election Commission Partners With Facebook to Register Young Voters

In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, social networking site Facebook is partnering with the Election Commission of India in five states going to polls next year to run a voter registration drive aimed at encouraging youth to participate in the democratic exercise. Facebook is collaborating with the Election Commission and the office of Chief electoral officers in poll-bound Uttar ... Read More »

How Integrating Newegg CRM Can Spur Cross-Channel Sales

Newegg is widely considered to be the most robust technology marketplace online. Aside from featuring the top products and solutions, often offered at lower prices than competing stores feature, it also lets retailers host their own online store, too; acting as a marketplace solution in tandem. Getting your online store up on this marketplace doesn’t require rocket science. However, if ... Read More »