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What Can Emotions Tell You About Yourself And Your Business?
When you?re in business, the lessons seem to come from every direction – it?s true in life as well. In fact, the more we learn and apply, the better our lives can be – and the more quickly we can move our businesses forward. Here are some quick lessons from three of our Small Business Trends experts.
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Upcoming Small Business Conferences, Events, More
Every other week we compile a list of great events to help you with your business. The following Small Business Events Guide is worth a close look:
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July 20-21, 2011, New York City
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The Evolution of Productivity: Paper to Digital
The invention of paper did wonders for mankind's organizational skills. With the invention of papyrus, a thousand things became possible for the Egyptians: hieroglyphic shopping lists (goats, bread, and charcoal eyeliner), 'Things-to-Avoid'... Read more
Source: http://www.businesspundit.com/the-evolution-of-productivity-paper-to-digital/
Why yo daddy won?t use Google+: no noise control
OK, there are a few people giving me heck for using sexist language in my last post. Sorry for pandering to my audience, but when I visit engineering teams at tech companies around the world they are mostly male. At the recent WWDC (Apple’s developer conference) there were so few women in the audience that [...]
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Sunday, July 17, 2011
Getty Images Says Google Plus Terms of Service is "OK"
This week, the lawyers at stock photography leader Getty Images have decided to weigh in on the situation, too, as it relates to the company's�Flickr Collection contributors. Getty's verdict? "We're OK with Google+," it says.
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Getty's Lawyers Look Over Google+ Terms of Service
Members of the private group (note: link only works for members) "Getty Images Contributors" on Flickr were recently informed by a company representative that Getty's lawyers have deemed Google Plus OK for them to use.
"The important thing to watch out for in Terms of Service, and it's the same as we've talked about for contests, is that whatever they do (or allow third parties to do) with the images should be in the context of the service itself, not to re-license or otherwise commercialize the images to other parties (or even the main company itself) outside of the context they're posted for," writes Flickr member Tom W at Getty Images, in a message posted to all group members.
Tom cites specific sections of the Google Plus ToS (11.2 and 11.3) in his post, explaining that their intent is to allow Google to provide copies of the images to third parties "in the context of the service - social networking, photo-sharing, etc." For example, if members wanted to allow their friends to print copies of their photos, like Flickr does with Snapfish. However, says Tom, Google does "not provide for licensing to another party for their own use."
How to Analyze the Google Plus ToS
For professional photographers trying to wade through Terms of Service, not just on Google Plus, but anywhere on the Web, it can be tricky - especially because of the wording, which often takes a law degree to decipher.
But photographer Jim Goldstein has posted some basic tips on his blog, about how he evaluates a ToS for a social media site, Google Plus or otherwise.:
- Is a claim made that the copyright of my work is transferred to Google+ (or company X) upon posting/submission?
- Is a claim made that my copyrighted work will be distributed to sites under a set umbrella of sites and services (ex. Google+, Gmail, Buzz, Google Search, Google Image Search, Google Maps, Google Places, etc.), or far beyond such as a blanket claim to sub-license my shared work to known and unknown companies/services (ex. 3rd party advertisers or image licensing services)?
- Do terms used in relation to any claimed license include ?irrevocable?, ?perpetual license?, ?fully paid?, ?royalty-free? or the classic phrase ?by all means and in any media now known or hereafter developed??
Horrible example often absorbed in boiler-plate ToS:
You agree to grant to ?Company X? a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license, with the right to sub-license, to reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works of, publicly display and publicly perform any materials and other information (including, without limitation, ideas contained therein for new or improved products and services) you submit to any public areas of the Site (such as bulletin boards, forums and newsgroups) or by e-mail to ?Company X? by all means and in any media now known or hereafter developed. You also grant to ?Company X? the right to use your name in connection with the submitted materials and other information as well as in connection with all advertising, marketing and promotional material related thereto. You agree that you shall have no recourse against ?Company X? for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your communications to ?Company X?.
- Can the Terms of Service be terminated by myself and not just Google?
How Does Google Plus Hold Up?
Goldstein then uses that list as a guide to analyze the Google Plus ToS, and finds that, as Getty did, the terms are (basically) OK.
In particular, take note of the section about terminating the ToS (13.1 and 13.2). This was of particular interest to commenters on our previous article. There were questions about how much power Google would have over your images once uploaded - could you ever get your rights back? It appears that Google's ToS does provide users a way to terminate their agreement at any time, by either
a) notifying Google at any time
or
b) closing your accounts for the Google services you use.
That said, there were parts of the ToS that made Goldstein nervous, to which he only gave a "reluctant OK." To review the analysis in more detail, head over to his blog.
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One on One: Rajen Sheth of Google Chrome
Welcome to another in our One on One series of conversations with some of the most thought-provoking entrepreneurs, authors and experts in business today. Rajen Sheth, Group Product Manager for Google Chrome for Business and Education, spoke with Brent Leary in this interview, which has been edited for publication. To hear audio of the full interview, page down to the loudspeaker icon at the end of the post.
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Poll: What Services Do You Use for In-App Purchases?
In addition to the programs provided by platform makers like Apple and Google, there are a number of third parties that offer similar services. In this week's ReadWriteMobile poll, we want to know which programs you've tried, which you use and which you like or dislike.
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In the poll below, we've listed several of the companies offering solutions for implementing in-app purchases within your applications. (Note that this is not a comprehensive list.)
Check off the the services you're using now and then proceed to the comments to share additional thoughts on whether the program is any good, and if you would recommend it to others.�If you've had a bad experience with a company, let us know about that too.
And if we forgot a company, add it to the poll!
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, July 16, 2011
We're always on the lookout for upcoming Web tech events from around world. Know of something taking place that should appear here? Want to get your event included in the calendar? Let us know in the comments below or 
10 Most Momentous Strikes of the 20th Century
Strikes are renowned as the bane of governments and anybody who wants their garbage collected on time, and yet often are the only resort left to workers. They remain a divisive topic on both the left and the right, with their consequences having... Read more
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Netflix is gearing up for European launch
Netflix is planning to expand its online video service into two European countries in the first quarter of 2012, reports Variety.
Top film distributors in Europe stated that Netflix recently closed deals to offer its service in both Spain and …
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11 Dumb Scandals vs. Actual Important Issues
The Internet (and the American public) are never short of scandals. We peddle them like fruits, always calling a new celebrity out on their addiction, affair, private text messages or offensive jokes. While we are busy paying attention to crap... Read more
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MBA Mondays Is On Vacation
Happy July 4th Everyone I'm taking a break to celebrate the July 4th holdiday with friends and family. We'll be back next Monday with the next topic in our Financing Options For Startups series: Convertible Debt.
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Friday, July 15, 2011
Grocery Chain's Facebook Strategy Gets It 100 Friends/Minute
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Like you would expect, the page has coupons and deals and their own recipe section, but where they get this so very right is in their community practices.
Commenting Guidelines
These are spot on. Short and written in real language, these guidelines don't go into many details but paint a picture of what they want their community page to contain. They even take time to promote their brand here by reminding people that "treating each other with dignity and respect is part of (their) mission." Well done!
We know we aren't perfect and sometimes you may be upset with us. We do not plan on removing your comment unless it includes vulgarity, racial comments, personal attacks an associate or customer, is a third-party solicitation, or goes against Facebook's terms and conditions. Anything contrary to our company values may be removed.
Employee Social Guidelines
Attached to employee pay stubs last week, according to Mark Wilhelm, their social media guidelines (image) are short, but cover the basics. They don't specifically tell employees not to speak negatively about Publix but they do remind them to think before they comment. "If you would not say something at work in front of a customer, it is probably best not to say it online." For questions, employees are pointed towards the Media section in their handbook and to a full social media guidelines document on their internal website.
Answering Tough Questions
They could lighten up a bit on the PR-speak, but they're answering even the tough questions. This one that would have gone unanswered on most brand's pages gets an syrupy, but honest, answer.
Apparently they're not looking at all to Twitter for community outreach because their Twitter account is still private and appears to be a placeholder. It appears that they're focusing fully on Facebook now, which makes sense considering their target audience. According to Abisay Hererra, who manages a Facebook page in the grocery industry, brand loyalty is very strong in the grocery sector. He pointed out that groceries are purchased often and are a necessity, so getting someone to choose your store over competitors is important. He did wonder though, why was Publix so late to the game?
Whether the relationship you have with your grocery store is good or bad, it very much affects your purchasing decision and has direct impact to the bottom line. The potential to show real social media ROI here is huge.
Tip to Michelle LeBlanc for pointing this out in the Social Media and Community 2.0 Group on Linkedin.
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