FastPivot’s Director of Social Media Communications, Jonathan Poston, presented on “Social Media Marketing” for Blue Ridge Mountain Host‘s monthly board meeting today. In attendance were officers of the board and a number of guests from the general membership. According to their website, Blue Ridge Mountain Host has over 190 business members from the following NC
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FastPivot Team Fits in a Bowl
When FastPivot held its annual bowling party in Asheville NC last weekend, the normally all-virtual team sprinted for the chance to meet up with the team in person. Remote teams have their virtues, but there’s no substitute for a face-to-face celebration. Naturally, the first order of business at any bowling party is to pick up
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FastPivot Employees Serve Local Community on MLK Day
On Martin Luther King Day, January 17th, 2011, FastPivot gave employees the opportunity to participate in FastPivot’s 2nd Annual Service Day, which entailed giving back to the local community by volunteering in a non-profit service project. For the second year in a row, Daphne Kirkwood, Director of Human Resources at FastPivot, and her children, volunteered
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FastPivot Designs World Class Yahoo! Stores Despite View That Platform Is Limited
Yahoo! Stores make it easy and affordable for new merchants to break ground on the construction of their new Yahoo! Stores, but many established ecommerce merchants remain dubious. For good reason too–they want to ensure the platform is one that is scalable and flexible. Two of the most popular questions established merchants ask FastPivot when
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Top Five Social Media Challenges For Large Organizations
Social media has been a blockbuster for small businesses, but what about for large organizations like universities, NGOs, etc.? Well, yes and no. The ones with more horizontal organizational charts are going for it, as these organizations are, in some ways, fashioned after small businesses where time is of the essence. They are built to
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FastPivot Sponsors Local Triathlon Team & Its Cause
FastPivot is proud to announce its support for Daphne Kirkwood, our HR Director, as she begins her new journey with the prestigious Hearn’s Cycling and Fitness Triathlon Race Team. Even more impressive is the team’s ultimate goal of eliminating childhood obesity through its awareness campaign. Below is an excerpt of the official press release announcing
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Our Top Ten Ecommerce & Social Media Blogs of 2010
2010 was a great year for FastPivot. As can be seen by our “Top Ten Ecommerce & Social Media Blogs” below, the most popular interests driving traffic to the FastPivot Ecommerce Blog can be summarized by these hash tags: #Google vs. #Bing #Yahoo! #Facebook #Twitter, #FastPivot #Social-Media-Roadmapping #Seminar #Duke-University, #Social-Media-Map-for-Ecommerce, #Organizational-Chart-for-Social-Media, #Ecommerce #SEO, #How-to-add-Facebook-Splash-Page, #International-Ecommerce
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What's the Best Ecommerce System?
Six months ago, a member of Linkedin’s E-commerce network group posed this discussion question: “What ecommerce system are you using or what do you like best?” To date over 500 comments have been logged. The latest comment was made yesterday by FastPivot’s CEO & Co-Founder, Matthew Ledford: Matthew Ledford • I agree with Arturas and
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Silicon Valley Vet, Ken Lubeck, On Location Based Strategies & Predictions For Physical Stores
By Ken Lubeck, FastPivot Software Product Manager I have been recieving Groupon emails for months but nothing tickled my fancy until I saw a $15 oil change and check-up that regularly sells for about $100. I grabbed it. I then watched as a local seven-location auto shop racked up over 720 sales. Granted these are
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FastPivot Wishes Everyone a Happy New Year!
As we start this new year, we at FastPivot, wish you all peace, joy, and prosperity throughout 2011. We would also like to take a moment to express our appreciation for each and every one of you, because at FastPivot, our clients are family! As 2011 unfolds, all of us at FastPivot look forward to
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