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Watch Bad Ass Demos at BizTechDay

edith — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:07:08 +0000

There were so many amazingly cool, new, bad ass demos at BizTechDay San Francisco this year.

Check out the super cool new things that will revolutionize how entrepreneurs and small businesses work!

Create value in your business- Watch Lisa Gansky speaks

admin — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:30:10 +0000

Lisa Gansky, the cofounder of Ofoto and author of The Mesh, shared her thoughts on building strategic business partnership.

She talked about the art of winning through sharing :

How real money is made among new and trusted brands
How to connect with the right partners and build profitable, sustainable businesses together
The right way to grow your brand, service, community base, and ecosystem around these new business models

Watch an excerpt of Gansky explaining the concept of reverse chain.

Don’t miss out the last chance to meet with the brightest minds (geeks and entrepreneurs) who will gather together at the last Biz Tech Day of the year on Oct 23 in San Francisco. See program details.

Shankman: Two Years From Now, You’ll Be Using One Screen

admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:30:50 +0000

Stop thinking your marketing strategy by channels.

As Peter Shankman, Founder of Help a Reporter Out (HARO) explained at Biz Tech Day New York, within two years we will all be using one screen to consume all kinds of content. It’s time to give up marketing campaigns by channel. Rather, grab your communication and marketing teams and start planning integrated marketing campaigns.

Just as the Web 2.0 world has the PayPal Mafia, the email world has the Email Mafia. Peter Shankman is Founder of Help A Reporter Out (HARO), one of the fastest-growing social media services in North America.

Every day, HARO brings nearly 30,000 reporters and bloggers, over 100,000 news sources and thousands of small businesses together to tell their stories, promote their brands and sell their products and services.

Watch Shankman share his view on how you should update your marketing strategy as technology evolves. Also, get the inside scoop as he shares strategies that allowed him to grow his email list to over 130,000 subscribers in less than 3 years.

How to Get Your Story on TV- Watch Fox’s Clayton Morris speaks

admin — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:34:21 +0000

The media landscape has changed immensely and companies need to approach media coverage more strategically.

There is a real art to giving relevance to your company and your brand by pegging products, services and even company identity to current events and trends.

At Biz Tech Day New York, Clayton Morris, FOX News Anchor spoke about:

How companies should pitch to the media to propel your brand, launch a product, get attention from the media
What you should and should not do when pitching to media outlets
How to craft your stories and soundbites that worth talking about

Watch an excerpt of Clayton sharing tips on how to get attention from TV producers and media

The Art of Building a Passionate Community by the Founder of Meetup

admin — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:30:09 +0000

Building your community is a whole new and different way of looking at the world.

It’s a great way to build your business and engage with your customers.

Learn from Scott Heiferman, Co-founder of Meetup.com.

Understand what makes a community great, how to get a community started, how to engage and build a long-term relationship with your community and how to deal with criticism from your community.

Watch an excerpt of Scott showing you why your community has already formed without you knowing and what you need to do to engage and gather the members together.

Don’t miss the last chance to meet with the brightest minds (geeks and entrepreneurs) who will gather together at the last Biz Tech Day of the year on Oct 23 in San Francisco. See program details.

Interview with Esther Dyson at Biz Tech Day New York

admin — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:25:12 +0000

Edith Yeung, Executive Producer of Biz Tech Day interviewed with Esther Dyson, the Chairman of EDventure and talked about the latest business trends.

Watch an excerpt of Esther’s point of view on what challenges women entrepreneurs face in the 21st century and how that has changed throughout the years.

Don’t miss the last chance to meet with the brightest minds (geeks and entrepreneurs) who will gather together at the last Biz Tech Day of the year on Oct 23 in San Francisco. See program details.

How to build a company with purpose- Watch Simon Sinek speaks

admin — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:31:39 +0000

Why do people buy? How do brands get loyal customers?

Learn from Simon Sinek, the author of Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action and understand:

How to build, inspire and empower your team
How to build a company with true purpose that will inspire action
How to communicate your purpose, cause or belief

Watch a video excerpt of Simon explaining the magic of the Golden Circle and sharing stories of how successful companies inspire their teams and create purposes for their businesses.

Don’t miss the last chance to meet with the brightest minds (geeks and entrepreneurs) who will gather together at the last Biz Tech Day of the year on Oct 23 in San Francisco. See program details.

How to Build a Real Brand on Social Media- Watch Dan Schawbel speaks

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:30:12 +0000

Learn from Dan Schawbel, BusinessWeek columnist and honored by INC Magazine as one of their what? “30 under 30”:

His own story of how he made it happen: Founder of Personal Branding Blog
How to find your passion and continue to stay true and be real on social media
How to build your brand and online empire
How to find and motivate passionate people to help build your community
How to deal with negative feedback and competition online

Watch an excerpt of Dan giving out his best tip on social media and branding strategy.

Don’t miss the last chance to meet with the brightest minds (geeks and entrepreneurs) who will gather together at the last Biz Tech Day of the year on Oct 23 in San Francisco. See program details.

How to compete with the Big Boys?

admin — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:15:01 +0000

Is your business a copy cat, or a market creator?

Whether your business is a brand new idea that will change the world disruptively or whether your business competes within a well-established industry or a broad marketplace, as your business grows, you will compete head-to-head with the Big Boys (the strongest player in your field). What’s your strategy?

Joan Barnes, Founder of Gymboree spoke at Biz Tech Day New York on how to face your competition, big and small.

Watch an excerpt of Joan Barnes sharing many success stories, insights, strategies and best practices.

Don’t miss the last chance to meet with the brightest minds (geeks and entrepreneurs) who will gather together at the last Biz Tech Day of the year on Oct 23 in San Francisco. See program details.

Innovative way to get funding- Watch Dana Mauriello speaks

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:30:26 +0000

How to protect and maintain the relationship when your friends and family are also your investors

87% of financing for all private businesses came from friends and family. We spend a lot of time to make sure our customers are happy. How do we make sure that our primary investors are happy too?

Dana Mauriello, Founder of Profounder, spoke at Biz Tech Day New York on the new and old ways to fund your business.

Learn how to creatively raise funds for your business by:

* Pre-Selling Products
* Selling discounted gift certificates
* Developing Strategic Partnerships
* Crowd funding
* Angel Funding

Watch an excerpt of Dana talking about how to fund your start-up business.

Don’t miss the last chance to meet with the brightest minds (geeks and entrepreneurs) who will gather together at the last Biz Tech Day of the year on Oct 23 in San Francisco. See program details.