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FanChatter Goes to the Valley, Tapped by ‘American Idol’ for Startups: Y Combinator

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Here’s a story many in Minnesota have been waiting to hear — including several of you out there in the local developer and ad communities who knew something was up. Yes, our friends at Minneapolis startup FanChatter have finally gone public with what they’ve been doing for the past four months. FanChatter is a site [...]

Event in Edina July 13 to Explore ‘PR 2.0′

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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Conference organizer Kane Consulting says that it’s now a “brave new world” in public relations. And to help managers of local businesses and PR practitioners alike better understand how “new hybrid media forms” are changing the game, it’s organized an event that includes a national speaker who’s an expert on the subject. Called “PR 2.0: [...]

Can Social Media ‘Save The Strib’?

Monday, April 6, 2009

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A group of Star-Tribune employees have launched a new campaign aimed at engaging the community to come up with new ways to save the bankrupt newspaper. What I find most innovative with the ‘Save The Strib’ effort is the use of social media to spread the word via their blog, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. This [...]

Interview with Josh Bernoff of Groundswell

Thursday, March 26, 2009

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Groundswell is my playbook for understanding social media and how it integrates with people and business. In it, co-Author Josh Bernoff, provides frameworks for understanding social media and best practices from proven exercises, like Best Buy’s Blue Shirt Nation. Groundswell defines the POST method, introduces the concept of technographics, and outlines the varying levels of [...]

Why You Need a Social Hub

Monday, February 9, 2009

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Any business today can’t function without technology like a telephone, fax machine or email. But when you think about how relatively unchanged office work was from the earliest part of the last century until the advent of personal computers in the late 1970′s, much of the technology used in offices evolved incrementally. In less than [...]

Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 23

Saturday, January 31, 2009

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This Gang podcast is called “Silver Linings,” and we focus on good news, where your possibilities reside, how to create a different mindset and attitude about your current situation…and what action we all can take to move forward!! One favorite meme about our current situation discussed is, “the world is undergoing an economic reboot”. In [...]

JPMorgan Internet Investment Guide

Thursday, January 29, 2009

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For Minnesotans interested in starting up or expanding within the internet space in these challenging economic times, solid financial sector analysis is often difficult to obtain. For anyone who has pitched their idea, concept or business plan, it’s clear how important it is to put oneself in the shoes of investors, venture capitalists and banks [...]

Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 22

Saturday, January 24, 2009

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We strive to deliver a high value podcast at an affordable price (um…that would be free?) and this week’s show is no exception as it’s packed with topics. Today’s hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. (Photo credit: Lee Odden (TopRankBlog; Flickr). Joining us on the podcast is a brand new Minnov8 contributor and participant, Gary Koelling, who is Senior [...]

Open for Business: Best Buy’s Social Strategy

Saturday, January 24, 2009

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(found via @graemethickins and @garykoelling)

Mayo Accelerates Their Online Presence

Thursday, January 22, 2009

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Mayo Clinic today announced the launch of what they’re calling its “culture blog”, Sharing Mayo Clinic, which provides an online site for patients and employees to share their stories about what makes Mayo Clinic unique. This WordPressMU delivered blog is clearly focusing on uplifting stories of individual patient and employee experiences. While initially interesting, I [...]

Tag Archive | "Social Media"

FanChatter Goes to the Valley, Tapped by ‘American Idol’ for Startups: Y Combinator

Event in Edina July 13 to Explore ‘PR 2.0′

Can Social Media ‘Save The Strib’?

Interview with Josh Bernoff of Groundswell

Why You Need a Social Hub

Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 23

JPMorgan Internet Investment Guide

Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 22

Open for Business: Best Buy’s Social Strategy

Mayo Accelerates Their Online Presence

Minnov8 Gang Podcast

Minnov8 Twitter

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