Social Media Blog

Sharing Information & Knowledge

Jul
19

By

8 Crucial Elements of Startup Success

Category: Social, Technology Tags: , , , , , , , , , , Leave a Comment

Does Google Map's Use of All Right's Reserved ...

Image by Thomas Hawk via Flickr

Bill Clark is the CEO of Microventures, a securities broker/dealer that uses crowdfunding to allow investors to invest between $1,000 and $10,000 in startups online. You can follow him on Twitter @austinbillc.

Most people understand that a high percentage of startups never make it. So what if you could give yourself a leg up on the competition? Below is a list of tips that may help your startup get to the next level. These ideas are not revolutionary, and many successful startups already have these qualities. Why not ensure yours does too?

Jul
16

By

Learn About the People You’re Emailing, as You Email Them

Category: Social, Technology Tags: , , , , , , , , 1 Comment

Image representing Rapportive as depicted in C...

Image via CrunchBase

Inbox social intelligence startup Rapportiveis making its Gmail add-on all the more useful Friday.

The service’s omnipotent message sidebar, which includes a bevy of social data on your email contacts, now appears as you compose your email messages.

With the enhanced version of Rapportive, simply compose a message and enter an email address in the “to” field, just as you normally would, and Rapportive will look up the contact and display a host of information on the individual in the right-hand side bar.

Jul
15

By

Formspring Helps You Get To Know Your Friends–The Old Fashioned Way

Category: Social, Technology Tags: , , , , , , , , , Leave a Comment

Image representing Formspring as depicted in C...

Image via CrunchBase

This post is part of a new series from HuffPostTech, Socialized, that will profile a different social startup–from apps to services to websites–every day. Want to be featured on the site? Email us about your startup, which should have a social media component and be less than two years old, at socialized@huffingtonpost.com.

Do you ever feel like you don’t know the “friends” you’ve amassed through your various social networking accounts? Wish there were an easier way to get to know them all? There’s a simple solution: just ask.

What it is: Part social network, part question-and-answer service, Formspring is designed to bring web-savvy people closer together by providing a platform that allows for more intimate interactions than you might find in blog comments or Facebook wall posts.

Newer Posts »
Close