Here’s a look at the new breed of social travel sites and apps taking part in the Startup Battlefield at TechCruch Disrupt San Francisco. Some of the notable new sites include Triptease, Outtrippin, Tripsidea, Locish, Spotsetter, Diveboard and Flights with Friends.
Calendar of social media, tech & marketing events: September 2013
Here’s a lineup of major social media, technology and marketing conferences and events for September 2013.
Jeff Bezos rescues the Post from the Great Decoupling
With his purchase of the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos has rescued the paper from the Great Decoupling. Here’s why public-interest journalism can never be sustained as a profit center for a newspaper.
‘Brand Advocates’: How to enlist armies of loyalists
Reviews of the social marketing books ‘Brand Advocates,’ ‘Attack of the Customers’ and ‘What’s the Future of Business?’
How social networking can accelerate your career
Porter’s new book, “Your Network Is Your Net Worth,” suggests a new approach to social networking, one based on helping others, offering value, creating partnerships, finding influencers and creating content — whether that’s a blog post, a video interview or a brainstorming session to solve a problem.