Social Media
Combining StitchFix and Instagram, FlipFit ushers in the next phase of social retail
Nooruldeen Agha has been thinking about what’s next for fashion retail for years. The serial entrepreneur behind the Dubai-based online fashion retailer Elabelz and marketing studio Elephant Nation had always wanted to redesign the shopping experience for how customers actually shopped in stores and online. “If it was 1994 and we knew what technology is…
Announcing the Disrupt Berlin 2019 agenda
Disrupt Berlin is right around the corner. And there is plenty to look forward to. Join us December 11 and December 12 to hear from industry leaders, investors and bright stars in the startup world. We’ll sit down with CEOs from big-name companies such as Away, UIPath and Naspers, as well as leading investors from…
In Latin America, the business of trolling threatens Twitter’s disruptive power
Matthew Carpenter-Arévalo Contributor Matthew Carpenter-Arévalo is a former Google and Twitter manager and current CEO of Céntrico Digital, a Latin American-based digital agency. More posts by this contributor In 2012, the emblematic podcast This American Life did a special on politics in Afghanistan. They noted that in order to be a politician in Afghanistan, one…
At the sixth annual Pear Demo Day, weather balloons, branded credit cards, and lots of top degrees
Pear, a Palo Alto-based seed-stage fund that has made its name through early bets on Guardant Health, DoorDash, Memebox and Gusto, hosted its sixth annual demo day this week in what proved to be a scorchingly hot afternoon in Woodside, Calif. — not that invitees were put off by the heat. Hundreds of investors showed…
Make These Changes to Your Social Media Bio and Get More Followers
On social media, as in life, first impressions mean everything. Your social media bio can make or break your ability to grow your following. Image credit: VioletaStoimenova | Getty Images Syed Balkhi Guest Writer Entrepreneur, Growth Hacker and Marketer October 10, 2019 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Social media…
Email Marketing vs. Social Media: Can They Intersect?
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Kobalt’s edge in changing the music industry
The Kobalt EC-1, Part IV Kobalt Music Group is driving the music industry to provide more transparency and faster royalty payments to musicians and challenging the traditional record labels and publishers with its own alternative service offerings that don’t take ownership of copyrights. Competition and market size are headwinds in its future growth, however, and…
Civic Champs app gives nonprofits the tech tools to manage volunteers
Nonprofits employ 10% of the U.S. workforce and generate some $2 trillion in revenue each year and yet, many charitable organizations are still using pen and paper to track their volunteers. Civic Champs, a startup that presented onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, has developed a platform that aims to give non-profits the tech tools they…
TikTok explains its ban on political advertising
Already under fire for advancing Chinese foreign policy by censoring topics like Hong Kong’s protests and pro-LGBT content, the Beijing-based video app TikTok is now further distancing itself from U.S. social media platforms, like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, with a ban on political ads on its app. The company today says it will not allow…
Cracking the code on podcast advertising for customer acquisition
Krystina Rubino & Lindsay Piper Shaw Contributor Krystina Rubino is a marketing executive who leads the offline growth marketing practice at Right Side Up. Lindsay Piper Shaw is an advertising strategist and growth marketer currently consulting on podcast and offline advertising at Right Side Up. Of the various channels available to growth marketers, podcast is…