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Building the community: A guide to comments 
(unknown author) via Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Tr on Thu, 04 Dec. 2008
The conversations among the online community on Change.gov serve two valuable ends, both of which will play a vital role for the incoming Obama-Biden Administration.
Each discussion between the Transition team and readers provides rich insight into the issues and priorities Americans care passionately about.
In addition, these disucssions also allow our team to provide a unique lo
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Six Valuable Things Web Design Clients Won’t Tell You
(unknown author) via FreelanceSwitch - The Freelanc on Thu, 04 Dec. 2008
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Good advice.
When running a start-up web design business, unless you have some kind of incredible good luck (or no competition), you’re always working hard to acquire new business. Sales leads are valuable, regardless of where they come from. The number varies, but for every ten leads you contact, you’ll be fortunate if two or three of them tu
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DailyStrength Not Strong Enough To Go It Alone
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Group-hug health site DailyStrength is being acquired by HSW International, which operates HowStuffWorks in China and Brazil (but is a separate company). Terms were not disclosed, but
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How to Share the Vision and the Plan with a Business-Building Community
ME Liz Strauss via Liz Strauss at Successful Blog on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Goals, Dreams, Visions, and Plans
Raising a barn is a spectacular goal. Getting a community to help makes it easier and harder. It’s important not to confuse goals with dreams.
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery,
author of
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Crowdsourcing: Now With a Real Business Model!
Jeff P Howe via Crowdsourcing on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Venture capital is drying up, with less money flowing in fewer deals, but at least one company managed to score a tidy sum. On Tuesday
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Tipping point?
Nonprofiteer via (title unknown) on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
The Nonprofiteer recently received an advisory from search engine Dogpile.com noting its partnership with the ASPCA: every search using Dogpile generates revenue to the charity. It’s a clever bit–Dogpile, rescuing dogs; “You search, we rescue”–but the Nonprofiteer was struck by somethin
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The Phases Of Due Diligence
Mark Davis via Get Venture: Venture Made Tran on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
There are typically two phases of the due diligence process.
The first phase typically begins after the VC has d
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22 Ultra Inspiring Blogs About Creativity and Idea Generation
markdykeman via Broadcasting Brain on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
I’m keenly interested in this whole creativity, inspiration, and idea generation thing. I like the idea of turning my (and your)
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The Down Side of Listening
(unknown author) via NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
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Good observations whether you're for or not for profit. In the new economy, dedicated delights will be the last things folks cut from their budgets.
Berkeley
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How’s that donor database of yours?
admin via Zen and the Art of Nonprofit T on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
In general, although I am sometimes asked, I tend to avoid assisting clients with choosing a donor database package. Mostly because, although I actually know the field pretty well, it’s at the 10,000 foot level, rather than the 50 ft level that clients really need. And I know there are plenty of folks out there who know the field really well at 50 ft, and can step in with the best advice.
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Social Media Agency vs. PR Agency
Todd Defren via PR Squared on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. There’s something about a 4–day weekend that makes me think that every weekend ought to be 4 days long. It not only allows for DOWN time, it allows for THINK time.
Here’s what I thought abo
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Twitter Cat is Twittering
(unknown author) via Whatever on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
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Some funny stuff here.
Apparently Ghlaghghee’s been busy while I was away. And has learned how to type. And write in English. And s
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The SEO Bubble is Expanding
Roderick Ioerger via Andy Beal's Marketing Pilg on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
While the world is experiencing an economic financial crisis, the SEO industry is experiencing a surprising increase in demand. From intensive training and SEO consultation to actual website changes and link building, the demand
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Some Facts, Stats & Mishaps
Om Malik via GigaOM on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Never before have Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales been so carefully tracked as they were this
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PeopleBrowsr: A Visual Dashboard for Your Online Identities
Sarah Perez via ReadWriteWeb on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Imagine TweetDeck as an online application. Now imagine that you could use its paneled dashboard interface to keep tabs on your other online identities, too. With PeopleBrowsr, you can. This new application, currently in alpha, lets you update y
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Fighting Arts Cuts in Bad Economy With Social Media
Beth via Beth's Blog: How Nonprofi on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Over the years, I remember some very devastating and painful US government arts funding cuts - from the
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How Do You Get a Community to Help Build Your Business?
ME Liz Strauss via Liz Strauss at Successful Blog on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Why Would Social Media Folks Help?
Raising a barn needs a leader, a plan, and a community of people with skills.
The beauty of enlisting a social media community from the start is that communities only have time for ideas that will work.
When we reach out — talk to people — about our compelling idea, the social media community responds. T
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Startup Reality: Survive or Die Quickly
byosko@gmail.com (Ben Yoskovit via Instigator Blog on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
The simple and painful reality for startups in this economy goes like this: Survive until things pick up, or die quickly and start over.
Mark Peter Davis at DFJ Gotham makes this point in his recent post,
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Education 2.0: Never Memorize Again?
Sarah Perez via ReadWriteWeb on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Memorization is a waste of time when Google is only a a few clicks away. That's what Don Tapscott, author of the bestselling books Wikinomics and Growing Up Digital, believes. Tapscott, co
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Online Community Culture Research
Dawn via Fast Wonder Blog: Consulting, on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Yet another great research report coming from Bill Johnston of ForumOne. The topic of his latest report is Online Community Culture. 75 people participated in the study, so the sample size is fairly small, but is what you w
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