Toronto-based clinical image and knowledge-sharing healthcare app Figure 1, described as an ‘Instagram for doctors,’ has raised $10 million in funding […]
Instagram Like Healthcare App Allows Doctors To Share Cases Worldwide
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Startup Introduces Brands To User-Generated Content For Marketing
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Creating valuable and click-worthy content for a brand is labor-intensive, time-consuming, and usually quite expensive. Despite these obvious drawbacks to […]
Food Crowdfunding, Helping You Sell Your Startup And Find Funding
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Good news for food entrepreneurs who have amazing ideas for innovation but not the funding or sales-savvy to make them […]
Photography Sites That Actually Look Good (And Sell Photos)
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Isn’t it great how everyone and their grandmother is a photographer these days? How a 12-megapixel smartphone camera and some […]
Anti-Trolling And Suicide Prevention, How Companies Are Fighting Internet Toxicity
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The world wide web is not, nor has it ever been a safe space. From the earliest days of wide […]
Six Social Media Upstarts That Totally Failed
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With Twitter still stumbling, Snapchat riding high after its first day of public trading, and Reddit an ongoing enigma for […]
iOS App Finds You ‘Cousins’ in Different Cities to Curate the Best Local Experiences
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Nowadays, most recommendations we get come from cold, heartless algorithms. If you’ve been down the YouTube ‘Recommended Videos’ rabbit hole, you […]
Happy 13th Birthday Facebook! Let’s Look Back on the Lowlights!
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Facebook (formerly theFacebook) turned 13 last weekend. That’s a big one. Bar/Bat Mitzvah big. Facebook has finally come of […]
The Story Behind Pumpkin, The Instagram Celebrity Raccoon
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Pumpkin the Raccoon’s story of sadness to social media superstardom began when she fell out of a tree into Rosie […]
SnapMunk’s Wishlist for Santa (and whoever he hires for Hanukkah)
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Straight up, 2016 was fucked. You know it, we know it, and Miss Cleo knew it before any of us. What […]
3 Quick Tips For Protecting Your Online Reputation & Tackling Trolls
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Since we launched our Business of Reviews research in 2014 we have been monitoring the need to manage online content […]
Shama Hyder: Instagram Stories and the Future of Twitter
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Instagram stories aim to take back the market share of users nabbed by Snapchat, who have been dominating the instant-sharing […]
Bucket List App BUCKiTDREAM Just Raised $1 Million To Help Us Live Our Lists
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We all have a bucket list of the things we want to do and see before we kick the bucket […]
Facebook Marketplace Is Live, So Far It’s Better Than Craigslist
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Today, Facebook introduced us to Facebook Marketplace, a new Craigslist-style forum where users can buy and sell items with their […]
8 Times Hillary Clinton & Donald Trump Tried Using Social Media to Appear Human
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump finally faced off this past Monday in the first Presidential Debate. I left it feeling […]
UnCorked Founder Interview Season 1 Finale: Uncensored With Justin Wu & Hank Leber of Vytmn
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To wrap up Season 1 of UnCorked Founder Interviews, we have one of our most dynamic, entertaining, interesting and honest […]
Social Media Networks for Music Lovers: What’s Hot, What’s Not
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Launching a social network into an already crowded space is not for the faint of heart, but that is exactly […]
Weekly Snapshot: Tech News To Know August 22-26
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Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep […]
Website Builders Using Artificial Intelligence Could Be Big For Small Business
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“My dream is to really create a small business revolution by empowering ordinary people to set up and run profitable […]
Weekly Snapshot: Tech News To Know August 8-12
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Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep […]
Why Reddit And Anyone Who Isn’t YouTube May Never Pay You For Your Social Media Content
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Last week, Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman announced that the website would allow advertisers to directly sponsor user-generated content. Those […]
Double Dog Dare App Lets You Win Real Money By Completing Dares
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There’s something about hearing the words “I dare you” that brings out the fight in a lot of us. Now there’s […]
Founder Of The Week: Scott Warner of Gigg
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Name: Scott Warner Hometown: Current: Orem, Utah / Grew Up: Los Angeles, California Company Name: GIGG Inc. Company Founding Year: 2013 […]
Why Joining Nextdoor Made Me Afraid of My Spying Neighbors
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After a few weeks on the Nextdoor social networking site, I have a few concerns about the surveillance we’re under. Not from the NSA, but the person down the street. For a social platform about being neighborly, my neighbors sure know how to expect the worst from people.
Weekly Snapshot: Tech News To Know June 27 – July 1
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Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep […]
Score Assured Will Sell Analysis Of Your Social Media Activity to Employers and Landlords
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A UK startup is “Unlocking big data to bring you insightful referencing” … or “sell your social media activity to employers & landlords.” With privacy and discrimination implications, Score Assured and its users may gain insights – or risks.
A Few Cheap Ways To Improve Online Visibility For Your Startup
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As you’re probably well aware, most companies don’t have unlimited marketing budgets. In most cases you need to select just […]
5 Social Media Mistakes Every Startup Should Avoid
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Startups should avoid these five social media mistakes by practicing planning, professionalism and organization for their business social networking.
13 Startups I Need You To Not Start Up
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At any given time, there are good startup ideas and there are bad startup ideas. Here are 13 bad ones. Email, messaging, networking, collaboration and friend finding apps – they’ve been done. And smart toys, foodie apps, and selfie sticks are killing our collective souls. So, when you’re looking for the next great business idea, please pass on these. Please.
Shama Hyder: Facebook Live Video, The Next Game-Changer
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Facebook live video turned a costly process into a free feature accessible to billions. Shama Hyder discusses the affects on you and your business and why this might be the next game changer in social media marketing.
Shama Hyder: 5 Ways to Make Your Facebook Feed Work For You
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Does your Facebook feed suck? Are you seeing more of what you don’t like and less of what you do? […]
How Can Your Product Stand Out When Everything Is Beautiful?
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When it comes to startup technology, apps, and new software, looking good is table stakes. There’s much more to the competition than that. These four things are key for giving your software product a better chance at more distinction and more success among all the cool new tech out there.
TipTalk, The Interact-With-Influencers App, Cool in Theory Not In Practice
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TipTalk is a celebrity messaging app that’s supposed to get you screen time with A-list celebrities and influencers, but without any real stars on the platform yet, it feels more like a lame, expensive Twitstagram.
5 Startup Lessons Learned from Starting a Radio Station
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Having insight into the key drivers behind the launch, growth and success of Moonalice Radio, SnapMunk contributor Gail Barnes (aka Moongirl) offers these five valuable startup lessons.
Introducing Bruce, Your New Social Media Director
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From: Frank Barnhardt To: [email protected] Subject: Welcome Bruce Date: Tues, 15 Mar 2016 9:50 -0800 Hi Team, I wanted to take a moment […]
This App Turns Your Favorite Memories Into Comic Strips
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There are thousands of photography apps that serve a specific editing functionality. Some are great for filters, some are great […]
Flex Connects Cardio-Conscious with Live Streaming Fitness Classes
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March is here, so if you listen real close, you’ll hear the sound of thousands of New Year’s resolutions dying […]
Wakie, The App That Facilitates Random Calls with Strangers
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Are you tired of waking up to the sound of a blaring alarm clock? Need something more reliable than a […]
7 Things I Want From The Next Big Social Media Platform
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With Twitter stumbling, Google+ a complete joke, and Facebook becoming a bloated mass of memes and GIFs, it’s time for […]
Apps for Making Plans Will Never Have Enough Friends
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Technology has come a long way since the days when you had to make plans on a landline hours in […]
The Day Twitter Came Alive Before It Died
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On August 4, 2016, in response to shareholders’ demands for profitability and recovered growth, Twitter installs new AI software on […]
This Augmented Reality App Lets You Leave Secret Messages Anywhere
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WallaMe is kind of a messaging app. But it’s kind of not. It’s mostly a game with some possible extra fun […]
What’s Up With Peach? The Future of Social Networking?
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Facebook is boring. Twitter is in turmoil. It’s times like these that a newcomer traditionally rises from the ashes of […]
When You Wish Upon a Startup: Disney Accelerator Opens Applications for Third Summer Program
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The Walt Disney Co. was a major media and entertainment innovator from its start, and it has successfully retained that […]
Can Brigade Fix Voter Apathy with Gamified Political Debate?
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It’s no secret that citizens of the United States are disengaged from their democracy – the 2014 midterm elections saw […]
Picky 60 Second Video Reviews Platform Challenges Fake and Boring Reviews
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How can you know if a review on Amazon or Yelp is actually real? That it was actually created by […]
Social Radio? Unmute Livestreams Phone Calls and Lets Listeners Join In
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f you’re the kind of person who prefers the leisureliness of messaging to the potential awkwardness of a phone call, […]
Sup App Wants To Connect You With Nearby Friends Without the Creep Factor
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Sup is a hyperlocal mobile app that makes it easier to connect with friends who happen to be close by at […]
Wayfarer Mobile Will Try to Make Online Social Networking an Enriching Experience
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If you haven’t run into a study on the destructive effects of being an active Facebook user, you’re probably not ‘Interneting’ […]
Twitter Sort of Followed in Facebook Footsteps but One of These Things is Not “Like” the Other
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As of this article, both Facebook and Twitter have a “Like” option. Isn’t it just a little weird that the […]
Yik Yak Looking Like A Bust
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Yik Yak, the anonymous instant messaging app, was once all the rage on college campuses. People alleged that it caused […]
Pre-plan your next Instagram campaign with Planogr.am
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With Instagram now being open for ads, highly visual brands can’t afford to ignore the platform any longer. Instagram has […]
Twitter Isn’t Even Close to a Billion Users and It Probably Doesn’t Need to Be
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1 billion is a big number. Also, it’s an important number for services that make money off ads. Google, which […]
Harvard, MIT and Microsoft with TalkLife, A Social Network to Address Mental Health Problems
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Generally speaking, social networks aren’t known for deeply enriching the lives of users. As I wade through my Facebook feed, […]
Instagram Turned 5 This Year, Does It Know What It Wants to Be When It Grows Up?
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At age five, MySpace had hit its peak. When Facebook celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2009, it had caught up […]
Overtime Could Be the New Facebook for Sports Fans and Sports Fans Only
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Let me tell you why I hate Facebook. And believe me, keeping this quick is almost impossible. I hate the […]
5 Facebook Startups That May Supercharge Your Social Media Momentum
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Is Facebook an integral part of your business’ marketing plan? Do you post fresh content to your wall every day […]
Five Technologies You Need to Invest In
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Self-Driving Cars There’s been a lot of talk in the news lately about self-driving cars, and many people are skeptical. […]
Video Chat Sector Exploding – 8 Startups You Need to Discover!
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T-Mobile launched video chatting within smartphone calling. Yahoo rolled out their video chat app to a global audience. Freshdesk purchased […]
Conspire Is A Firm Believer In The Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon
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Have you ever played “Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon”? It works like this. Name a movie star. It can be […]
Influencer Marketing Startups Are Booming
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According to recent statistics from eMarketer and RhythmOne, marketers are seeing increased benefit from their influencer marketing efforts. RhythmOne’s analysis […]
Startups for Students
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Entrepreneurs are building startup companies in a myriad of marketplaces. From on-demand transportation to ecommerce and software-as-a-service, entrepreneurs are pursuing […]
New Tools To Distribute Your Content
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Are you attempting to grow your brand by posting content to social networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Medium? […]
Inside Sean Parker’s New Brigade App
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Sean Parker, one of the most outspoken Facebook co-founders, is at it again. This time he has developed a social […]
Five Ways To Increase Website Traffic
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Whether you’ve got money to spend or not a cent to spare, there are a lot of different ways you […]
Maximizing Your Millennial Workforce
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Understanding generational tendencies of your millennial workers is crucial for continued employee engagement and long-term company commitments. While previous generations […]
Twitter CEO Costolo Steps Down
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Twitter CEO Costolo Steps Down – Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From His Departure On June 11, 2015, Twitter announced CEO […]
Caitlyn Knows How to Launch a Brand
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As Caitlyn Jenner made her debut, the response was immediate, far-reaching, and historic. Are you interested in promoting your business […]
Rookie Marketing Mistakes to Avoid
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There are several glaring marketing mistakes cropping up everywhere, from email campaigns, newsletters, to even social media. Such offenses are […]
Five Tips to Leverage Social Networks
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It would not be an exaggeration to say that we are living in times of social networking and social media […]
Six Things Your Competitors Can Teach You About Marketing
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If you’re a busy small business owner, you may not be thrilled about adding one more thing to your already […]
The Worst Advice We’ve Ever Heard About Social Media Marketing
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Social media marketing has received a lot of attention from businesses wanting to reach out to customers. Sites like Twitter, […]
Startup Funding Roundup – 3/6/15
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It has been yet another impressive week for entrepreneurs raising financial funding to back their endeavors. From mobile app startups […]
Eight Social Media Marketing Mistakes
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Social media is an essential component of any marketing plan. Establishing a social media presence for your business may be […]
Startup Funding Roundup – 2/13/15
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From a nearly $600 million dollar valuation for a pre-launch startup to investments in sectors like solar and life sciences, […]
Maximize The Potential Of Your LinkedIn Networking
• 2 min read
Are you using LinkedIn to connect with potential employment opportunities? Are you hoping to make powerful connections that can help […]
Is Your Startup Growth Guru Doing More Harm Than Good?
• 3 min read
Have you engaged the services of a ‘growth guru for hire’ to boost your startup’s presence? Or given in to […]
Four Ways To Be Featured On LinkedIn
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For those who know how to find them, LinkedIn has many opportunities to reach some of the most important members […]
Five Social Networking Tools
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Are you a startup founder hoping to network with other growth-minded business owners? Or do you long to build your […]
Top Five Collaboration Tools for Entrepreneurs
• 2 min read
Are you a startup founder in need of a technical co-founder? Or an entrepreneur in search of a marketing whiz […]
Top 5 Networks for Entrepreneurs
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Do you dream of starting your own business? Or yearn to become a startup founder but lack industry connections and […]
Ello – The ‘Anti-Facebook’ Social Network
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If you’ve been away from the Internet for the last couple of weeks, you might have missed the news that […]
Facebook Set To Launch Ad Platform
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According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook is expected to launch a new advertising platform at Advertising Week 2014 in […]
The Rise of Silicon Beach
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The startup scene began its ascent in the Los Angeles area in the late 2000s. During that time, MySpace was […]
