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Silicon Valley Rocks on December 9

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by Silicon Valley Rocks.

Tech professionals by day, rockers by night – on December 9 at the Great American Music Hall, they’ll pick up their instruments and venture onto the big stage to let their alter egos shine… for a good cause and the love of music.

Silicon Valley Rocks 2009 will bring together the Valley’s tech community – from VCs and entrepreneurs to bloggers and software developers – to raise… Continue Reading

Clean Tech Open Gala

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by Clean Tech Open.

The Clean Tech Open Gala on November 17, 2009 held at the elegant Masonic Center in the heart of San Francisco will be our most brilliant event to date. The Clean Tech Open Gala is the Grand Finale to Clean Tech Open’s year-long clean technology business competition and is designed to showcase the boldest clean technology ideas, the most ambitious entrepreneurs and the brightest, most engaged… Continue Reading

Getting bigger on a budget: look to low-cost office solutions for profitable growth

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by Regus.

Growth is good. But only if it doesn’t cost you more than it’s worth. Some small businesses take steps to add staff and move into a larger office, only to find out later that the overhead and extra expenses drag them under.

What many small business owners don’t realize is that there is a middle ground between doing everything yourself from home and hiring staff to work in a… Continue Reading

Online communities help build customer loyalty

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by PartnerUp and written by Megan Dorn.

In this day of increasing customer acquisition costs and depleting marketing funds, it feels more prudent than ever for businesses to find new ways to hold on tight to the small business customers they have and turn them into true fans. It’s a well-known adage that happy customers are loyal customers. But with tightened budgets, how do companies go about keeping these small… Continue Reading

OEN’s Venture Northwest 2009 conference tomorrow

Editor’s note: This post sponsored by Venture Northwest.

The Northwest’s hottest emerging businesses are on the rise at OEN’s Venture Northwest 2009. Even better, now there are two ways to hear about new investment opportunities: in person and via live online broadcast. OEN’s Venture Northwest is an annual conference that draws institutional investors and investment bankers from across the Western U.S. who are interested in emerging Northwest businesses and the region’s growth segments.

OEN Venture Northwest
Thursday, October… Continue Reading

Comcast, Adobe, Nielsen, MTV and more at NewTeeVee Live 09

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by GigaOm.

Television everywhere is the one of the most important initiatives to date in the TV Industry. Understand what it is and what its impacts are at NewTeeVee Live. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet and learn from the leaders in television. Your exclusive VentureBeat $50 discount on this year’s conference is available now at http://newteeveelive.eventbrite.com/?discount=MPVBEAT50

NewTeeVee Live 09
November 12, 2009
Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA
http://live.newteevee.com

Attend this year… Continue Reading

iPhone app marketing and monetization meetup tonight

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by VSC & AppLaunchPR.

Mobile apps are hot right now. Developers spend a good amount of time in development and through the Apple process but still could use a few tips and tricks on better ways to marketing and monetize their wares. This is why VentureBeat is co-sponsoring the Love and Appiness iPhone Developer’s Meetup taking place at Roe Bar in San Francisco tonight, Thursday, October 22, 2009 from 5pm to… Continue Reading

iPhone app marketing and monetization meetup this Thursday

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by VSC & AppLaunchPR.

Mobile apps are hot right now. Developers spend a good amount of time in development and through the Apple process but still could use a few tips and tricks on better ways to marketing and monetize their wares. This is why VentureBeat is co-sponsoring the Love and Appiness iPhone Developer’s Meetup taking place at Roe Bar in San Francisco this Thursday, October 22, 2009 from 5pm to… Continue Reading

The networked grid: charting the course of the grid’s future

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by Greentech Media.

On November 4, 2009, visionaries from the power, communications and IT industries will converge at the PG&E Auditorium in San Francisco to discuss the future of the smart grid at Greentech Media’s The Networked Grid conference.

The smart grid is rapidly moving beyond the household energy meter to an intelligent, information-rich networked grid. Meanwhile, the electric power industry is in the midst of a transformation to better suit… Continue Reading

Online communities provide measurable ROI

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by PartnerUp.

Most companies can see that social media has exploded as popular marketing tools for business. More and more businesses are integrating them into their marketing plans every day. What many of these companies struggle with, however, is measuring the benefits of their social media efforts.

Online communities are the most measurable of social media tools and can help companies calculate in hard dollars their return on investment (ROI). Exact… Continue Reading

3rd annual Virtual Goods Summit brings together global leaders in the virtual goods ecosystem

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by Virtual Goods Summit.

The 3rd annual Virtual Goods Summit will take place in San Francisco, CA on October 29-30, 2009. The event will bring together thought leaders in this space to talk about what’s changed, what’s working, and the key challenges facing the industry. This year’s lineup features executives from the leading companies in the virtual goods ecosystem, including Tencent, Playfish, DeNa Global, Nexon, Zynga, Playdom, Bigpoint, IMVU, Outspark,… Continue Reading

Getting bigger on a budget: look to low-cost office solutions for profitable growth

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by Regus.

Growth is good. But only if it doesn’t cost you more than it’s worth. Some small businesses take steps to add staff and move into a larger office, only to find out later that the overhead and extra expenses drag them under.

What many small business owners don’t realize is that there is a middle ground between doing everything yourself from home and hiring staff to work in… Continue Reading

Create the most effective social media strategy through balance and integration

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by PartnerUp.

Social media strategies come in all shapes and sizes. Some companies choose one social media tool and stick with it, while others try their hand at everything. Neither route, however, will give you the results that an integrated and well-balanced strategy can provide.

A well-balanced strategy should give you both depth and breadth. The various platforms that you choose to work with should also be distinct. For example, Twitter… Continue Reading

GigaOm Networks presents NewTeeVee Live 09

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by GigaOm Networks.

If you are in the television industry, then there’s a hidden upside to the economic downturn: It looks like people are paying more attention to their TVs and online shows. To make sense of it all, GigaOM Networks presents its NewTeeVee Live 09 conference, where there’s something for everyone who has a professional interest in online television.

NewTeeVee Live will take place on November 12th in San Francisco…. Continue Reading

Take the oDesk Challenge for venture-backed startups

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by oDesk.

Venture-backed startups need to do more with less. We at oDesk know this firsthand, and we keep our core team of 26 employees lean by managing an international team of over 80 remote contractors, all of whom we hire, manage, and pay through our own platform. By doing so, we:

Access talent anywhere in the world
Scale our team of specialists up & down as needed
Save as much… Continue Reading

Plug and Play EXPO Fall 2009

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by Plug and Play.

Don’t miss the upcoming Plug and Play EXPO Fall 2009, this Thursday, October 1st, 2009 in Sunnyvale, Calif. This year’s Expo will feature keynote speaker Matt Murphy, Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who manages KPCB’s iFund focused on iPhone applications for the mobile internet. Murphy’s keynote address signals Plug and Play’s emphasis on iPhone applications and the emerging mobile internet sector.

Plug and Play EXPO… Continue Reading

SDForum Open Innovation and Corporate Research Fair

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by SDForum.

SDForum, Silicon Valley’s leading source of information and education in the technology community announces its Second Annual Open Innovation and Corporate Research Fair to be held September 18, 2009, from 8:30am – 3:00pm at The Techmart in Santa Clara, CA.

Instituting continuous innovation is a daunting challenge at technology companies; however, it is paramount to ongoing success. Attendees will hear key influencers from Silicon Valley’s leading high-tech corporations… Continue Reading

Don’t want to pay an expensive SEO monthly retainer? Try SEO Expert

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by SEO Expert.

SEO Expert, a search engine optimization firm based in Manhattan, is running a new program where instead of charging clients the typical monthly retainer of between $500 and $5000 per month, they’re offering what they think clients really want: SEO advice for a one-time fee.

Paying an SEO firm an ongoing monthly retainer is not only expensive and risky, but it also requires that you give them… Continue Reading