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To Help Your Business Succeed, Find Your Guacamole

Having killer guacamole is a great competitive advantage for Mexican restaurants–here’s how drill down on your company’s biggest differentiator (or, “guacamole”).

Seven Apps Every Fundraiser Must Download Now

Non-profits, charities and companies holding fundraisers, whether the goal is large or small, can leverage mobile technology to make their event a success. You don’t have to be a tech whiz to take advantage of the cutting edge organizational tools available today. All you need is a smartphone and the willingness to give up some of the paper-based processes of yesteryear.

The Major Players Shaking Up Online Education

Learning From Zynga’s “Draw Something” Debacle

The Next Wave of Pinterest Growth is About to Begin

Social Media Leadership: It Takes Channels

Why Startups Should Invent The Next Hot Sauce, Not The Next Instagram

How “Social Discovery” Is The Next Big Thing In New Media

Can Google Kill Search Spammers by the End of 2012?

Lessons Business Leaders Can Learn From The Broken U.S. Tax System

Why Digg’s Rebound Is Significant To Every Social Media Site Today

Connected Cars: The Future Of Communication Or A Plague Of Distraction?

Can Autonomous Cars Really Make Roads Safer?

Why The Facebook Pages Of Local Businesses Are Mostly Worthless

The Psychology Behind Movie Poster Designs

4 Social Startups On Track For A Monster 2012

With one month down in 2012, it’s a good thing we waited until February to put this out. One of the four sites below wasn’t even on our radar until late last month. All four are heading in the right direction in a segment of the Internet that has most saying Facebook has muscled everyone else out.

ManageWP Is The Unified WordPress Dashboard We’ve Needed For Years

Remain Diligent: SOPA And PIPA Must Be Squashed, Not Changed

Open Source Apps that Make Facebook Better