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24th September 2013

Former Cisco Executive Joins HootSuite As Vice President Of Community

HootSuiteHootSuite has named Jeanette Gibson as Vice President of Community. Gibson, a digital marketing executive and social media leader who excels in social media strategy and campaign execution, will lead the company’s Community team and drive strategy and global outreach for the rapidly growing communities of HootSuite’s Free, Pro and Enterprise users. Read the rest of this entry »

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19th September 2013

MailChimp And HootSuite Integration Enhances Email Campaigns With Social Media

HootSuiteUS-based MailChimp has announced a new and enhanced integration with social relationship platform HootSuite, making it even easier for marketing teams who use HootSuite and MailChimp to manage their social and email campaigns all from one dashboard. Read the rest of this entry »

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18th September 2013

PlentyOfFish Acquires FastLife

plentyoffishOnline dating site PlentyOfFish is acquiring speed dating and singles event company FastLife. By combining PlentyOfFish’s major influence in the online dating space with FastLife’s current operations in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK, this strategic acquisition is positioned to drastically change the future of the online dating industry. Read the rest of this entry »

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16th September 2013

Calgary Startup Dissolve Launches With $5 Million In Funding

dissolveCalgary-based Dissolve is a new stock video marketplace created to simplify the stock video purchase experience. Launching in beta, the venture is backed by $5 million in funding from several former co-founders of Veer and iStockphoto, with participation from iNovia Capital, Dissolve challenges leaders like Getty Images on quality and price. An average HD clip at Dissolve costs $5, where the exact same clip can sell for as much as $450 on Getty Images. Read the rest of this entry »

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5th September 2013

HootSuite Expands Social Media Security And Compliance Offering With Nexgate Partnership

HootSuiteSocial relationship management platform HootSuite, announces a new partnership with Nexgate, a leader in enterprise social media security, to protect brands and address the increasing compliance and policy management requirements facing social media practitioners. This new partnership provides HootSuite Enterprise customers with a comprehensive compliance solution that protects their brand and secures their organization’s social media network environments from employee misuse, hackers, spam, hate, and malware. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th September 2013

HootSuite Welcomes Gmail And Pinterest App ViralTag To App Directory

HootSuiteHootSuite has announced that four new apps have been added to its App Directory, including two of the most popular user requested apps for Gmail and ViralTag for Pinterest to its . The social relationship platform now boasts 65 social networks and tools used by today’s social business. ViralTag brings Pinterest functionality into the HootSuite dashboard, while the Gmail app makes monitoring email alongside real-time social streams easy. The latest release also includes apps video success platform Vidcaster, and selling tool Shopseen. Social media practitioners no longer have to leave the HootSuite dashboard to access their popular social tools, increasing productivity and efficiency. Read the rest of this entry »

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29th August 2013

HootSuite Empowers Sales And Customer Service Teams With SugarCRM App Integration

HootSuiteHootSuite, makers of the most widely adopted social relationship platform, has expanded its App Directory with the addition of SugarCRM, the company that makes every user a customer expert. SugarCRM, the customer relationship management tool who recently received $40 million in private equity funding from Goldman Sachs, helps organizations by increasing efficiency and control of the sales and customer service pipeline. SugarCRM joins HootSuite’s existing enterprise-focused apps such as Salesforce and Yammer, to help companies manage social marketing, social customer service, and social selling and is available immediately to HootSuite’s seven million users; and is free for all HootSuite Enterprise clients. Read the rest of this entry »

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2nd August 2013

HootSuite Raises $165 Million To Fuel Growth And Innovation

HootSuiteHootSuite announced yesterday that it has secured an additional $165 million US in capital for its Series B Financing round, in order to continue meteoric growth and dominance as a social relationship platform. The latest deal, representing one of the largest rounds of global venture capital funding, is a co-investment led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from Accel Partners and existing investor, OMERS Ventures. Recently celebrating its 4th birthday, HootSuite pioneered the category of social media management. Today, HootSuite has more than 7 million users in nearly every country around the world who use its secure, social relationship platform for social media management, social marketing, social customer service, and social selling. Read the rest of this entry »

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26th July 2013

In The Chat Launches New Level Of Social Media Sales And Service

in the chatIn the Chat Communications Inc., a Waterloo-based provider of social media sales, insight and customer service solutions, has announced the launch of ITC Express, a publicly available cloud-based platform that facilitates fast and easy connections between companies and social media consumers. In the Chat’s Express solution brings together advanced text analytics and a true contact center platform to enable companies to deliver instant support for consumers seeking sales and service information in real-time, through social media. Read the rest of this entry »

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19th July 2013

Georges Laraque Cofounds New Website Showcasing Talent With An Anti-Bullying Message

mini-orbyFormer NHL player Georges Laraque is pleased to announce his involvement with 321 Fame, a newly established website promoting talented individuals from all over the world in the context of an anti-bullying forum. As a father and someone who was bullied as a youth, Laraque sees the value of a showcase for talent that is free from bullying. Read the rest of this entry »

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