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Here’s how to add a ‘Follow me on Meerkat’ button to your site

Mar30
by on March 30, 2015 at 5:04 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Meerkat

Livestreaming app Meerkat has just added a helpful tool to generate a ‘Follow me on Meerkat’ button that you can easily add to your site or blog. Just visit this page, enter your username, choose a button style and copy the code snippet from there. You can then paste it into your site’s CSS template or add it to the footer of your blog, and voilà! Here’s what it looks like on my personal site: Your fans can now follow your livestreams on Meerkat just by clicking the button, provided they’re logged into Twitter on their browser. ➤ Follow button…

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4 ways to improve customer experience with data

Mar29
by on March 29, 2015 at 5:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, customer experience, Data, How-To's, Insider

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Sara Vera is a data scientist at Insightly, a CRM and project management tool. In marketing, data is power. Surveys of marketers across industries suggest that brands of all shapes and sizes have hopped on the big data bandwagon. The Direct Marketing Association found that 84 percent of respondents plan to increase spending in data-driven marketing for 2015. Just the same, an InfoGroup survey found that brands rely on a number of different sources to collect and analyze this data. All of these activities are done in the name of improving customer experience with the type of marketing content and information…

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Why leaving your comfort zone can be so rewarding

Mar29
by on March 29, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, comfort zone, How-To's, LifeHacks, motivation, success

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Ash Read is the founder of Nudge, a Twitter community management and customer service tool. This article first appeared on Medium. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” “Anything you to do to stretch yourself out of your comfort zone will ultimately enable you to take larger risks and grow.” I’m sure we’ve all read plenty of quotes and articles about the importance of escaping your comfort zone. I know I have. But for years, I’d always taken this type of advice with a pinch of salt. That was until I started my own business. Now, doing something new,…

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