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The brick wall: No close encounters with Nintendo's indie exec

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The brick wall: No close encounters with Nintendo's indie exec
A lot of smaller games are being funded for less than your average marketing budget, and the positive buzz you get from that kind of story is worth much more than some banner ads on a web site. And in terms of public developer support, well, consider …
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Here's How Businesses Can Turn Pinterest Into An Incredibly Powerful Tool
Do you have a Twitter marketing strategy? I imagine you do. … That's what makes the insights from the Pinterest Business blog so helpful. … Infographics and smaller images command more click-throughs because they're unreadable from the Pinterest site.
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Indie Author Superstar Hugh Howey Has 13 Ideas On How He'd Fix The …

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Indie Author Superstar Hugh Howey Has 13 Ideas On How He'd Fix The …
We've spoken to him in the past about the weirdnesses associated with the present state of publishing, and Howey recently published a blog post that calls attention to the fact that half the authors in Amazon's top 10 sci-fi charts are self-published …
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Top 10 Small Businesses To Start In 2014 – EmpoweredEzine.com
Some of the ideas listed may be quite common when people think of small businesses to start in 2014, while others may not have as much notoriety. These less known business ideas may actually be very good choices for those who are interested in them, …
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Asian Financial Forum Opens with Record Attendance
Hong Kong, Jan 13, 2014 – (ACN Newswire) – Some 2,400 business leaders and senior government officials from around the world are in Hong Kong for the seventh Asian Financial Forum (AFF), which opened today and continues through tomorrow at the Hong …
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Movie crowdsourcing company Mofilm taps Audiosocket's indie music licensing …

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Movie crowdsourcing company Mofilm taps Audiosocket's indie music licensing …
Mofilm is the London-based crowdsourcing agency for aspiring filmmakers, helping to match brands with new movie-making talent. It runs competitions, much in the same way as 99Designs does in the graphic-design space, to give companies a chance to tap …
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7 Hot Stocks on Traders' Radars
Instead, let the crowd do it for you. From hedge funds to individual investors, scores of market participants are turning to social media to figure out which stocks are worth watching. It's a concept that's known as "crowdsourcing", and it uses the …
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Crowd-Powered: Why Doritos Lets Fans Make Its Super Bowl Ads
Crowdsourcing is not a new concept for the world of advertising — focus groups have existed for years, and still do. But crowdsourcing has moved online. The Doritos brand claims that its core mission is to challenge the status quo and hand the power …
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