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If You Can Only Do One Thing With Social Media, Make It This 

Here's how Dave Kerpen, the CEO of Likeable Local, recommends you get started with Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.  Watch video

Why Freemium Works For Pandora 

Pandora has no plans to grow subscription-based users because it goes against the company's mission.  Watch video

How We Manage Big Data at Pandora 

When you're just starting up, it's important to put the right framework in place for collecting information on your customers. Here's how the founder of Pand...  Watch video

'I Don't Think We've Figured Social Media Out Yet' 

William Cyr, the CEO of Sunny Delight Beverages, talks about how social media has changed marketing to teens.  Watch video

Why Gilt Could Kill Traditional Luxury Retail 

The co-founder of Gilt Groupe on the evolution of retail and the harsh reality of "showrooming."  Watch video

3 Rules of Success in Online Marketing 

How Gilt Groupe uses every and all social media platforms to build the Gilt brand.  Watch video

How to Use Pinterest to Drive Sales 

Likeable Media co-founder Dave Kerpen explains how Etsy and other businesses are already doing e-commerce on Pinterest.  Watch video

Use Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter to Find (and Vet) New Hires 

On social networks, you can learn what prospective candidates are like long before you meet them, says Dave Kerpen, co-founder of Likeable Media.  Watch video

'We Had No Idea What the Numbers Would Look Like' 

To get customers to come back, Wayfair co-founder Niraj Shah had to reorganize his 200 home goods websites.  Watch video

Foursquare's Dennis Crowley: 'Our First Instinct Was That We Broke Something' 

The Foursquare co-founder describes how he adjusted the app in response to the way people used it (differently than he expected).  Watch video

Mashable's Pete Cashmore: 'I Obsessively Looked at the Numbers' 

Pete Cashmore founded Mashable in 2005, when he was 19 and lived in Scotland with his parents. Today, the social media news site is read by millions of peopl...  Watch video

How to Get More Social Media Followers 

Likeable Media founder Dave Kerpen says one group of people is more important--and more readily accessible--than any other.  Watch video

Make Your Employees Love Working for You: 4 Simple Steps 

Amy Buckner Chowdhry explains how she improved employee retention at AnswerLab, the digital experience consultancy she co-founded.  Watch video

Dave Kerpen: 'Heavy-Handed Sales Messaging Just Doesn't Work Any More' 

The trick to generating sales with social media, says Likeable CEO Dave Kerpen, is to use natural human language. Here's how.  Watch video

Ask Questions That Are Easy for Your Community to Answer 

Likeable Media CEO Dave Kerpen gives examples of humorous questions you can ask to inspire responses on social media.  Watch video

Yelp's Jeremy Stoppelman: 'What the Hell Am I Doing?' 

When Yelp launched in 2004, Jeremy Stoppelman and his co-founder thought they were super geniuses. But the site flopped.  Watch video

Yes, There Is a Tech Bubble. Here's How I Know 

The futurist and founder of Infospace and inome analyzes the lunacy of current tech valuations  Watch video

How John Borthwick Tries to Reinvent Digg 

Earlier this year, John Borthwick's Betaworks acquired the lagging social news website Digg. Here he talks about how Digg became a start-up again.  Watch video

Winners & Losers of the Next 10 Years 

The futurist and founder of InfoSpace and inome makes some bold predictions about the landscape of tech 10 years out  Watch video

Don't Delete Negative Comments. Say 'I'm Sorry' 

Dave Kerpen, CEO of Likeable Media, explains how to best handle customer complaints made public on social media.  Watch video

Entertain Your Audience: 3 Essentials of Compelling Videos 

Kevin Daum, author of Video Marketing for Dummies, says a good story is just one aspect of a memorable video.  Watch video

Atavist Almost Pulled the Plug Before It Raised Money From Eric Schmidt & IAC 

Atavist CEO and editor Evan Ratliff explains how Atavist navigated the early years.  Watch video

Secret to Video That Drives Traffic (& Business) 

Don't just produce a video about your company executives, says Alison Provost, founder of video company TouchStorm. Do something else entirely.  Watch video

How to Bring Real-World Experiences Into Your Social Media 

Jen Rubio talks about how Warby Parker, where she's head of social media, enlists customers to post pictures of themselves wearing Warby Parker glasses.  Watch video

Mayra Jimenez: Starting From Scratch 

Mayra Jimenez's swimwear company, The Orchid Boutique, highlights the talents of her native Colombia  Watch video

Guarantee Your Company Turns Up a Lot in Search Results 

Developing online content? Aaron Aders, co-founder of Slingshot SEO, describes what you need to know about search engine optimization.  Watch video

New Technology Opens Up Markets 

How Sir Richard Branson plans to bring down the $200,000-per-ticket price to bring passengers to space.  Watch video

If You Do One Thing on Social Media, Do This 

Aaron Aders, co-founder of Slingshot SEO, explains the first step you need to take on social media before anything else.  Watch video

Double Your Response on Pinterest & Twitter 

Jen Rubio, social media manager for Warby Parker, talks about the power of doing what's not unexpected on social media.  Watch video

Kayak.com Co-Founder: 'I Wanted to Transfer Empathy Directly to the Engineers' 

How Paul English motivates the programmers at his Kayak.com travel site to respond to customer complaints.  Watch video