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Public Relations: Could It Be Your New Career?
If you’re willing to work hard to get yourself a four-year education, excel in multiple internships, and cultivate long-term contacts in the media and among members of the general public, then a public relations job might be for you. Public relations isn’t for everyone: the hours can be grueling and the industry itself is notoriously [...]
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Why do you want to become an entrepreneur?
A question that we get a lot. Why would a 20 year old student want to become an entrepreneur, start a business and dedicate all of his time to it ? I guess it’s something you have or do not have, you want or you just don’t. I want it ! Let me tell [...]
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Pinterest- An Introduction
Social Networking and Social Bookmarking sites come and go, but it’s always good to know a bit about the ones coming and the ones that are popular, as they are great ways to communicate with your target audience or research their interests. This is especially important during the branding period of your start-up business. Pinterest [...]
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Exhibitions Provide Great Benefits For Your Start-Up Business
Often new and start-up businesses shy away from the opportunity to be a part of an exhibition or trade show, as the fear of the costs is so great. But exhibitions are cheaper than you think, and can provide you with a huge boost in revenue, as you can earn back everything you invested in [...]
The first week at StartupBreaks.com Cowork
We had a good time, and had a whole lot of work done. Everything’s running smoothly, although a couple of things need further care (the plants for example). We’re hoping to get some nice projects from ourselves and coworkers launched and built here and get more inspirational people to work with us! As you probably [...]
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SM secrets, the report.
Thank you everyone for making ‘SM secrets’ such a big success! Special thanks to our speakers: Marta Majewska @princess_misia Isabelle Dumortier @isabelleD911 Nick de Mey @nickdemey Chris Demeyere @chrisdemeyere Saskia Videler @sasvangent Report by Natascha Kooiman: SM secrets: A night of Twitter-queens and online-guru’s at the ZOO… On a rainy Wednesday night, the conference hall at [...]
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10 tips on how to use Facebook as a social media tool
StartupBreaks.com (join us on Facebook) got hold of Randi Zuckerberg when she was visiting Belgium to give you the following tips on how to use facebook as a social media tool. 1. Create a public facebook page for your project. When needed add your e-mail address to it. It will make it more convenient for [...]
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What do RTs, likes and followers mean for your business?
The SM Secrets event is quickly approaching and I thought this would be an appropriate time to talk about social media marketing measurement. Although most social media tools are free, social media marketing is not. It requires investment. Investment of time (a lot of time), effort and creativity. Investment of money. And the logical questions [...]
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Experiences on Social Media
Yesterday was the first time that I used social media in the ‘right’ way. It’s not that I hadn’t experimented with Twitter before, but I just published and didn’t really communicate with people. So I wanted to try otherwise, and I’ve made contact almost immediately using hashtags (#) (hey, I already knew how to use [...]
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Twitter and Customer Relationship Management
By Marta Majewska. Working as a digital and social media strategist, I often get a question on whether companies can really use Twitter as a platform for customer relationship management. My answer is affirmative. And let me tell you why. This Christmas holidays, I played a ‘Superwoman’ by pushing a UPS delivery vehicle out of [...]