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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

I reached out to Michael after their surprising day at the top of Hacker News during early September. The innocuous post, which was simply titled " Divshot " generated over 110 comments and was awarded nearly 200 points by Hacker News' notoriously jaded readers. According to Michael, the Hacker News exposure was completely unplanned.

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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

Both Sides of the Table

First, A Primer: Portals, RSS, Feed Readers & Delicious - When the web started we needed directories to find information and thus Yahoo! Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption. And the company that helped websites publish RSS? That’s Twitter.

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Social Media for Service Professionals

SoCal CTO

I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). The bad news is that my blog gets about that many new visitors each day. Subscribe the the RSS feed for each of these. This is that post.

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

I believe it is the new form of RSS – the place people go to find out what is happening in the latest news. I covered that topic in my Twitter is RSS post. Twitter is better than RSS – it’s “curated RSS.&# The stream is limited in length and therefore people share links.

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How to Start a Podcast

Tech.Co

A few high-profile acquisitions put Spotify into the running against Apple, while buzzy new startups like Luminary jumped into the pool as well. You'll need to produce a functioning RSS feed, since RSS is the media pipeline that every major podcast provider uses to display each podcast.

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23 Startup Tips From Oprah Winfrey

InfoChachkie

Winfrey was an unlikely candidate to become one of the most dominant media personalities of modern America. In 1982, Oprah was the co-host of the local television news in Baltimore Maryland. It was natural for Oprah to be apprehensive about assuming an unfamiliar role in the US’s third largest media market. Of course not.

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Startup Sales Lessons From TLC’s “Say Yes To The Dress”

InfoChachkie

I do not consume much TV content, other than cable news. Image Sources: Randy - Copyright © 2012 Discovery Communications, LLC, Monte - ©2012Tribune Media Services, Inc. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Share and Enjoy.

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