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ZeBeDoo Launches Amazon Done Socially

10 Sep

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 10, 2012

ZeBeDooTM today announced the launch of a new online social commerce solution that lets consumers shop online in ways never before possible, including the ability to share a shopping experience in real-time, plus share personalized collections and comment on merchandise with friends. A live activity feed gives you a pulse of shopping activity among those you know and trust.

ZeBeDoo addresses one of the major frustrations of online consumers: How can I re-create the enjoyment and social interaction I experience when I shop offline with my friends when I shop online? ZeBeDoo answers their question in three important ways:

Create Shared Shopping Experiences – Instantly!
ZeBeDoo’s patent-pending LetsShop!TM feature lets users instantly experience online shopping excursions live with a friend anywhere at any time – just as if they were shopping in the real world. No technical plug-ins required. Ask advice on a fashion choice. Recommend one of your discoveries. Chat back and forth about a good gift choice for a mutual friend. Or just goof around in sharing different reactions to products you may either love or loathe. Real-time personal interaction and friendly feedback change the way users think about online shopping.

Share Shopping Discoveries and Become a Trend Setter
ZeBeDoo helps users find, save, catalogue and share their favorite shopping discoveries using its new zBoard feature that builds upon the visual web. A zBoard is a virtual scrapbook of items that allows you to save things you find interesting and may like to buy in the future – or simply share with friends. You can explore and follow the dynamic zBoards created by other ZeBeDoo shoppers. Spot new, hot or unusual items. Curate your own treasure trove of great finds for others to discover, or simply have fun adding your own comments on crazy choices made on a friend’s zBoard. If shopping is sport then ZeBeDoo helps you easily keep score — or buy more.

Navigate the World’s Largest Online Store Like Never Before
This first release of ZeBeDoo combines the world’s largest online store, Amazon.comTM, with access to the social graph of the world’s largest social network, FacebookTM, giving social media users a way to connect with shopping friends, merchandise and buying incentives in new ways. For example, each ZeBeDoo shopper enjoys a 10% rebate on any products purchased through ZeBeDoo during its launch phase. Subsequent ZeBeDoo releases plan for adding other major eCommerce vendors and social networks.

“When I first tried ZeBeDoo it reminded me of taking a fun trip to the mall with my shopping girlfriends,” said Pookie Foster, a Portland, Oregon, working mom who used the solution during its alpha test period. “With two kids and a career, it’s impossible to go on a good old-fashioned shopping trip anymore. Now, with ZeBeDoo, I get the best of both offline and online shopping in one place,” continued Foster. “On a recent ZeBeDoo online shopping trip with my friend Kim virtually tagging along, she helped me avoid buying ‘mom jeans’ and pointed me to a cool fashion discovery on her zBoard instead. Great advice – and hot jeans!”

“eCommerce provided people with a new way to shop. But the old brick and mortar shopping approach didn’t die,” said Gary Zilk, CEO, ZeBeDoo. “Using ZeBeDoo’s patent-pending technology combined with the new visual web, we bring together a new shopping world that goes beyond traditional eCommerce. It’s the next generation experience for online consumer shopping that provides the ease of eCommerce with the social interaction of the offline shopping world.”

ZeBeDoo is currently seeking to close its seed round investment and plans to use the funds for expanding employee hiring and building out its mobile apps.

About ZeBeDoo
ZeBeDoo (http://zebedoo.com) was founded by Gary Zilk and Gabriel Jakobson in 2011, after Gabriel noticed the extreme disparity between where web technologies have evolved and where traditional eCommerce sites were stuck. ZeBeDoo is seed funded and has five patent applications pending for social eCommerce. Please direct inquiries to inquiry(at)zebedoo(dot)com.

About TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012. TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 (http://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-sf-2012/) is TechCrunch’s sixth annual conference in San Francisco. The format combines top thought-leader discussions with new product and company launches. During morning executive discussions, technology-driven disruptions in many industries will be debated. Afternoons are reserved for the Startup Battlefield, where 30 new companies will launch for the first time on stage, selected to present from more than 1,000 applications received from around the world. The winning company will receive a $50,000 grand prize and the Disrupt Cup at the conclusion of the conference. The conference is Sept. 10-12, 2012, at The Concourse at San Francisco Design Center located at 635 8th St. (at Brannan) in San Francisco’s downtown SOMA district.

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/9/prweb9884042.htm

SOURCE: PRWEB, ZEEBEDOO

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Hearsay Social Powers Primerica on Social Media

10 Sep

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 10, 2012

Primerica, the largest independent financial services marketing company in North America, and Hearsay Social, provider of social sales and marketing software for the enterprise, today announced that Primerica has selected Hearsay Social to power their social networking activities.

Primerica has chosen Hearsay Social to enable its full-time representatives to build relationships and share information on social networks, while maintaining compliance with relevant regulatory requirements. Hearsay Social will enable Primerica’s representatives to engage with their online network of contact via social media, while allowing the company to present a unified brand to the public.

Primerica has the largest sales force in the insurance industry with approximately 90,000 licensed representatives throughout North America.

“During the selection process, we looked at four solutions and found Hearsay Social to have the greatest marketing functionality, combined with a robust compliance platform,” said Chess Britt, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Primerica.

Given the scale of Primerica’s long-term vision for social, Chief Information Officer David Wade realized that Hearsay Social’s API-based architecture was the best possible choice:

“With our independent agent model, we determined very early on that the API-based solution was the only way to go. Single sign-on and the ability to integrate social data with Autonomy, LDAP, and our CRM system were also very important to us from an IT perspective.”

Primerica will be rolling out Hearsay Social to its 4,000 full-time representatives over the coming months, taking full advantage of the award-winning Hearsay Social platform for regulatory and brand protection as well as enhancing their representatives’ presence across every major social network.

“We are delighted to be selected by Primerica to enable their success across social media platforms,” said Hearsay Social CEO Clara Shih. “Primerica is an industry leader and a perfect example of how the financial services industry is leading the way in adopting social media to enhance brand recognition.”

About the Hearsay Social Platform
For enterprises with large sales organizations or store networks, Hearsay Social’s social sales and marketing software will enable your salespeople to increase revenue using social media by acquiring and continuously engaging customers on social platforms. Hearsay Social is the only software that increases revenue, referrals, and renewals by transforming the entire enterprise into a social business, including sales, marketing, compliance, and HR.

● Hearsay Social Compliance Module for FINRA/SEC compliant infraction monitoring, capturing, archiving, and Rogue Page Finder.

● Hearsay Social Sales Module for easy social media page and profile management for non-technical sales users, one-click publishing of content and campaigns provided by corporate marketing teams, and intuitive personal analytics.

● Hearsay Social Marketing Module for the sophisticated needs of social media marketing teams. Manage hundreds of corporate social media pages and review thousands of sales-managed pages. Easily manage thousands of apps and posts per day and suggest engaging content to employees, stores, or branches. Now including Content Exchange to discover, curate, and share content from content partners.

● Hearsay Social Enterprise IT Module including single sign-on (SSO), LDAP directory integration, and integration with CA Siteminder and HP Autonomy to deliver security, compliance, ease of use, and scale.

About Hearsay Social
The world’s largest companies, including AXA Equitable, Northwestern Mutual, Thrivent Financial, Farmers Group, and 24 Hour Fitness, use Hearsay Social’s award-winning technology platform to achieve regulatory compliance, build stronger customer relationships, and bolster their brand across all the major social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and foursquare. Hearsay Social, a SIFMA strategic partner, has raised $21M from Sequoia Capital, NEA, and top executives from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, and YouTube, and is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in New York and Ohio.

Hearsay Social Blog: hearsaysocial.com/blog
Facebook: facebook.com/hearsaysocial
Twitter: @HearsaySocial
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hearsay-social
Google+: plus.google.com/106448408037721525562

About Primerica
Primerica, Inc., headquartered in Duluth, GA, is a leading distributor of financial products to middle-income families in North America. Primerica representatives educate their Main Street clients about how to better prepare for a more secure financial future by assessing their needs and providing appropriate solutions through term life insurance, which we underwrite, and mutual funds, annuities and other financial products, which we distribute primarily on behalf of third parties. In addition, Primerica provides an entrepreneurial full or part-time business opportunity for individuals seeking to earn income by distributing the company’s financial products. We insure more than 4.3 million lives and approximately 2 million clients maintain investment accounts with us. Primerica is a member of the Russell 2000 stock index and is traded on The New York Stock Exchange.http://www.primerica.com

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SOURCE: PRWeb

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Inc. Magazine taps Troy’s SilkRoute Global as one of fastest growing companies in U.S.

24 Aug

TROY, Mich., Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/

A Michigan based software firm led by MIT graduates and industry experts has recently been ranked No. 229 on Inc. 500 Magazine’s list of fastest growing companies in the United States for the year 2012 and has become one of the worldwide leaders in supply chain solutions.

SilkRoute Global, whose customers include some of the largest manufacturers, distributors and retailers in the world, attributes its growth to its talent pool and SkyLight software as a service (SaaS) platform. SkyLight is a complete SaaS solution capable of managing all parts of the wholesale and retail supply chain. From new product launch to demand forecasting and replenishment to returns and markdown management, the SkyLight product suite delivers sophisticated tools that help drive bottom-line results.

“Our core philosophy to stay ahead of the technology curve and invest heavily into our software solution to solve complex problems has benefited our customers tremendously,” said CTO of SilkRoute Adam Moy referring to SkyLight. “We build long lasting relationships with our customers, and we don’t do business unless everyone truly benefits, hence one of our core values 1+1=11 or more.”

SilkRoute Global brought on 6 new software developers during a recent job fair, and plans on hiring 10 additional software professionals over the next eighteen months to support its growth initiatives. The organization is constantly in search of new talent that fits within its agile software development culture.

“Now more than ever, we depend on Inc. 500|5000 companies to spur innovation, provide jobs, and drive the economy forward,” says Inc. magazine Editor Jane Berentson. “Growth companies, not large corporations, are where the action is.”

SilkRoute Global has grown 1,588% in the last three years placing it as the 2nd fastest growing firm in Detroit, and ranking it 19th overall in the software industry nationwide.

SOURCE: SilkRoute Global, PRNewswire

 

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Webinar: The State of SEO and Internet Marketing in 2012

21 Aug

state of seo and internet marketing

Everyone knows that search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the main players in internet marketing. But how has it evolved in the past year? How has the internet marketing industry as a whole changed?

96% of internet marketers say their teams are involved with content creation as a marketing strategy. Social media, SEO,content and analytics lead the charge as the top growth areas in internet marketing. These and other fascinating results emerge from SEOmoz’s new survey on the state of search engine optimization, internet marketing, and the marketing profession.

Take in the full survey results, expertly analyzed by Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOmoz, and Dharmesh Shah, Founder and CTO of HubSpot. Learn how companies are leveraging internet marketing strategies to grow their businesses, and learn it from the best industry thought leaders.

During this 60-minute webinar, you will learn:

  • How to utilize content in your SEO and inbound marketing
  • How to stay competitive in the rapidly evolving internet marketing landscape
  • What the best SEO practices in today’s marketing industry are
  • Data that will help you make smarter marketing decisions

DURATION: 60min

PRESENTERS: Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOmoz, and Dharmesh Shah, CTO of HubSpot.

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Rand Fishkin is the CEO of SEOMoz. He co-authored the Art of SEO from O’Reilly Media, co-founded Inbound.org, and was named on PSBJ’s 40 Under 40 List and BusinessWeek’s 30 Best Tech Entrepreneurs Under 30.

Follow Rand on Twitter: @randfish.

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Dharmesh Shah is the Founder and CTO of HubSpot. He is the co-author of book “Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media and Blogs” published by Wiley in October, 2009. He also authors a blog, On Startups.

Follow Dharmesh on Twitter: @dharmesh.

WHO SHOULD VIEW?

Marketing professionals interested in incorporating SEO into their business decisions. No technical experience necessary.

WEBINAR LINK: http://bit.ly/StateofSEOandIM

SOURCE: HubSpot

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Sony’s New eReader Provides Book Lovers with More Freedom to Read Anytime and Anywhere

20 Aug

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 16, 2012

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Sony introduced today Reader™
(PRS-T2), a light and thin 6″ eReader with an enhanced, intuitive touch screen
optimized for long-term reading and the most natural, immersive reading
experience. Available in three colors – white, red or matte black – Reader
offers new social features and a simplified and intuitively designed home
screen.

The most natural, intuitive eReading experience

The glare-free, E-Ink® Pearl V220 touch screen has been enhanced for optimal
long-term reading. It now features intuitive touch, more paper-like page
turns, improved continuous page turns and a smoother zoom in and out. The new
device features an improved default book layout and makes it easier to
organize and find books. The device has two English language and four
translation dictionaries built-in and provides up to two months battery life
(with wireless off) and 2GB of storage. Readers can swipe a finger to turn a
page, zoom in and out by pinching fingers together or apart or write notes on
the page or highlight text with a finger or the supplied stylus. Users can
also choose from eight font sizes and seven font styles.

Share content wherever you are

The device includes new Facebook® and Evernote® features. Consumers now have
the ability to post a short passage from books purchased from Reader™ Store to
Facebook directly from the device along with the book cover, author and title.

For the first time, Reader is combining features from Evernote to allow users
to save their favorite web content to enjoy any time. Evernote’s Web Clipper
allows saving content with a click, and pages saved with Evernote Clearly are
optimized for Reader’s crisp E-Ink display. Favorite passages can also be
annotated on Reader and saved back to Evernote for viewing later on any
smartphone, tablet or PC.

Books at your fingertips from Reader Store and Public Library System

With built-in Wi-Fi®, Reader PRS-T2 offers consumers more access to books
anytime and anywhere. Sony continues to offer its popular and
critically-acclaimed public library lending feature by offering patrons with a
valid library card the ability to easily and conveniently borrow free e-books
wirelessly from over 15,000 public libraries in the US via an intuitive,
simple-to-use dedicated icon on the device.

Beyond borrowing free books from public libraries, book lovers can also
continue to access and download thousands of e-books, newspapers and magazines
from Reader™ Store directly to the device using a Wi-Fi connection. Reader
Store now offers a web-based Store, giving consumers more freedom to read the
content they love, anytime and anywhere. Reader Store accounts are now
accessible from most web browsers, and sign-in and purchase can be done
without having to install any software to a computer. The web store officially
supports the latest browsers on Windows® and Mac® operating systems, including
Internet Explorer®, Safari®, Chrome™ and Firefox®. Any book purchased via web
browser will be waiting in the user’s Reader library, ready to be read.

As part of Sony’s collaboration with Pottermore and the Pottermore Shop (the
exclusive home of the Harry Potter eBooks), Sony will offer a voucher to
redeem against the first eBook in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and
the Sorcerer’s Stone, for free. The voucher can be redeemed at the Pottermore
Shop following purchase of the matte black Reader PRS-T2.

Reader PRS-T2 is available for order now for about $129 at Sony Stores and
online at http://store.sony.com and other authorized retailers nationwide.
Accessories for Reader include a Cover and a Cover with light, for about $35
and $50 respectively.

For more information please visit http://www.sony.com/news.

SOURCE: Sony Electronics

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Muscle Up Marketing Announces Addition Of Social Media Marketing Services

19 Aug

PRWEB August 18, 2012

Muscle Up Marketing has announced the addition of social media marketing services to its list of marketing strategies and solutions. Specializing in health club, fitness facility and gym marketing, the new Social Media Marketing program marks the latest effort in Muscle Up Marketing’s ongoing commitment to providing innovating marketing solutions that deliver results.

Social media marketing has become a critical component in marketing and advertising campaigns. While it may once have seemed to be a passing fad, it has become a mainstay in successful marketing, and can deliver tremendous benefits. Muscle Up Marketing’s proven social network strategies can boost sales and increase retention while keeping customers engaged, active and excited.

“Social networking can be a powerful way to market to new customers and to keep existing customers excited”, explains Jon Butts, President of Muscle Up Marketing. “We help fitness facilities and health clubs learn how to engage their customers, get a conversation going, and attract new business through the power of social media”.

For more information about Muscle Up Marketing and the new Social Media Marketing program, visit http://www.muscleupmarketing.com.

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Muscle Up Marketing has earned a reputation for providing creative, engaging marketing campaigns for health clubs and gyms across the country. With its customized approach and its one-client-per-market business model, Muscle Up Marketing helps clubs expand their reach and drive new memberships.

For the original version on PRWeb visit: http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2012/8/prweb9783531.htm

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Olympic Social Media Usage

18 Aug

Austin, TX (PRWEB) August 18, 2012

Digital Marketer, the industry leading online marketing firm, has published a blog post reviewing the social media impact on the 2012 London Olympic Games. Josh Loposer, Managing Editor and DM blogger, made the connection between the modern games and modern online technology.

“Each Olympics is a global case study for where digital media is at, and how it differs from nation to nation,” said Loposer.

The blog post makes mention of a recent Pew Research poll that said 76% of Americans approve of NBC’s handling of Olympic coverage. According to the poll, “12% of Americans are following the games on Facebook, Twitter, or other social media platforms. Narrow that down to the 18-29 age group, and the number goes up to 31%.”

Other elements of online-based technology playing a role in the Olympic experience have also come to play.

“Streaming video is also breaking Olympic records. While it’s tracking far behind the conventional sources, 17% of those surveyed said they’ve watched the 2012 games on streaming video. The number of live streams is now at 45 million, tripling the total available in Beijing.”

Information like this is available on a daily basis on the Digital Marketer blog, where the best of the best online marketing gurus share their ideas on trends and news flowing through the Internet. It’s part of DM’s continuing efforts to keep marketers across the globe up to date on what’s affecting their business on every landscape.

Digital Marketer’s blog is available to anyone, but becoming a member of DM Pro gains access to information-packed monthly digital newsletters from the brightest minds in the industry, as well as a collection of Special Reports on how to combine marketing with major Internet players like Apple, Amazon, Google, and YouTube. A DM Labs membership takes things a step further, with split test results, website reviews, and bonus trainings available anytime from any online device.

Digital Marketer releases informational and educational materials to help businesses and entrepreneurs gain insight and information on the trends, data, and strategies that can take them to the top of their industry. Through their RAW Training courses, strategic plans, blogs, newsletters, site reviews, and Special Reports, Digital Marketer supercharges every single marketing campaign it touches. For more information, visit DigitalMarketer.com.

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Digital_Marketer/blog_post/prweb9796296.htm

SOURCE: PRWeb Newswire

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Top LinkedIn Groups for Social Business

14 May

eMarketing Association Network

Largest and most active Marketing Group with 457,000+ members. Managed by the eMarketing Association, the worlds largest Internet marketing association- Open to all interested in Internet Marketing. Focus on Social, eMail, Search, mobile and Web marketing. Special offers for members from the eMA.

Be sure to check out our annual conference, The Power of eMarketing, Providence, 11/24-25, certifications, online ecourses, memberships, social networks, and conferences at our website: http://www.eMarketingAssociation.com.

Social Commerce: Selling With Social Media

First, there was online shopping. Then, social networking. The two are quickly merging to become a dominant force for e-commerce. What is social commerce? How are companies using this new concept to engage consumers with their products and each other to boost sales and brand loyalty?

Join us as we discuss all aspects of social commerce, from group deals and Facebook shopping to social media ROI (Return on Investment).

Inbound Marketers

Online group for marketing professionals.

A community those looking to reach their best customers online through techniques like inbound marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) and social media.

Visit http://www.InboundMarketing.com for more group features and resources.

E-Commerce Network

- Strategy
- IT Governance
- Project & Program Management
- Resource Allocation & Roadmap Management
- E-Commerce & E-Marketing topics (SEO/SEM/Programming/Usability/Web Analytics/Design/Functionalities/Web 2.0)
- Website Development
- KPI / Dashboard Definition
- Jobs / Open Positions

 MarketingProfs

MarketingProfs is a community of marketers centered around smart, quick, and actionable know-how and discussion. More than 360,000 subscribers read our newsletters and blog, attend our events and seminars (both live and virtual), and participate in the MP discussion forum. Join us!

Small Biz Nation

This group is a valuable, exciting and new resource for small businesses looking to maximize their success. Here, the vast and growing LinkedIn community of small- business leaders can collaborate and share ideas, while gaining valuable insight from a variety of industry experts, and technology leaders HP and Intel. With special emphasis on mission-critical issues, this unique forum provides an excellent opportunity to learn helpful tips, tricks and best practices—all to keep your small business moving forward. Get advice. Get answers. Get rewards. Join now.

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