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Digital Darwinism: Transforming your business in the #selfie era

Aug04

by Sindy Cator on August 4, 2014 at 5:10 pm

Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur, Investigations, Social Media

Brian Solis is a Principal Analyst at Altimeter Group, a research-based advisory firm that helps companies thrive with disruptive technologies. Digital transformation is about to change the way business is done. That’s not a startup pitch from HBO’s new comedy series “Silicon Valley.” Digital transformation is the latest trend in business where companies invest in new technologies to align with the evolution of customer expectations and behavior. Even though digital transformation implies a technology first approach, it is in fact a much more human process. Everything begins with understanding where and how traditional strategies and models stray from the…

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Google News gets a Publisher Center to let news sites directly update details, section URLs and labels

Aug04

by Sindy Cator on August 4, 2014 at 4:29 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

Google today introduced the Google News Publisher Center, a new tool that lets news publishers keep Google News current on the changes they have made to the structure of their site. In other words, media companies can now directly edit the Google News record of their news site. More specifically, the Publisher Center lets you make the following changes: Update your news site details, including changing your site name and labeling your publication with any relevant source labels (like Blog, Satire, or Opinion). Update your section URLs when you change your site structure (e.g., when you add a new section…

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Google News gets a Publisher Center to let news sites directly update details, section URLs and labels

Aug04

by Sindy Cator on August 4, 2014 at 4:29 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Time and luck: Knowing when your startup should dine and dash

Aug04

by Sindy Cator on August 4, 2014 at 3:46 pm

Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur

George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures, a growth consulting, advisory and executive staffing firm based in Chicago. Timing and luck are key elements for success, but they are the hardest to identify and control. Here are the key drivers to consider when trying to optimize your odds of success: Market timing Market timing is basically the old adage of being in the right place at the right time. As an example, MediaRecall, my past company, had built the fastest, cheapest solution to digitize large archives of film and video content, for publishing on the Web. However, the…

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