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" As technology has improved, our digital lives have only grown more tangled and cluttered. "
Ryan Holmes
Technology
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Digital
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" For anyone who devours the web on a daily basis, the biggest problem is too much of a good thing. There's so much extraordinary content - from articles to images, videos and Tweets - that it's almost impossible to keep track of it. "
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" Certification programs for social media are blossoming as a response to the demand for more social media training. Both industry professionals and recent graduates are tapping into tactical training programs to help them stay up to date as the industry grows. "
Ryan Holmes
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" Although the tech industry is very open to change, many people still have a closed-off mentality where, in the interest of protecting their ideas, they keep them hidden in dark caves. "
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" HootSuite never had a big launch. We were lucky to even have office space. "
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Never
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Space
" Don't be scared to try new things, but remember to hold on to the vision of your company and the initial successes that defined your brand. "
Ryan Holmes
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" The growing role of enterprise social media, plus the growing budgets and authority of CMOs entrusted with choosing the best platforms, translates into an exciting future for apps that harness social potential for large companies. "
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" Hammer down product fundamentals first. Make sure you've got something that works before doubling down on promotion and marketing. Create a groundswell of organic support, and only then leverage PR and advertising to spread the word. "
Ryan Holmes
You
Advertising
Create
" Email is familiar. It's comfortable. It's easy to use. But it might just be the biggest killer of time and productivity in the office today. "
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Comfortable
Easy
Today
" One of the ironies of a conference dedicated to all things digital and virtual is that the best ways to connect with people are surprisingly old-school. Social media tools can improve the odds of a serendipitous encounter at SXSW, but old-fashioned hustle, palm-pressing and - above all - creativity go a long way. "
Ryan Holmes
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Creativity
Best
" Anyone working at HootSuite will tell you that I don't sugarcoat my opinions. I heavily encourage feedback and suggestions - partly because I'm blunt about offering the same in return. "
Ryan Holmes
Feedback
Tell
Opinions
" While consumer social like Facebook and Twitter gets the headlines, perhaps the greatest untapped potential for social networking lies in business applications. "
Ryan Holmes
Like
Potential
Networking
" As social is where consumers' eyeballs are, businesses must take ownership of their online company profiles. By providing their customers with a place to share content, social media managers can monitor and track content which directly relates to their brand. "
Ryan Holmes
Brand
Track
Social Media
" Working with lots of old media clients, I've had a front-row seat on the ascension of new social players and the decline of traditional news outlets. And it's clear to me that old media has an awful lot to learn from social media, in particular in five key areas: relevance, distribution, velocity, monetization, and user experience. "
Ryan Holmes
Social Media
Experience
Key
" The decision to leave a company you founded and move on to a new project is never an easy one. "
Ryan Holmes
Company
Move On
You
" You can run a sprint or your can run a marathon, but you can't sprint a marathon. "
Ryan Holmes
You
Marathon
Run
" Providing better computer science education in public schools to kids, and encouraging girls to participate, is the only way to rewrite stereotypes about tech and really break open the old-boys' club. "
Ryan Holmes
Education
Stereotypes
Science
" By allowing multiple partners to contribute, an open platform can nurture an entire ecosystem of developers and apps. Good products integrate and become great products. Users get a one-stop solution for social needs. "
Ryan Holmes
Open
Solution
Good
" As an entrepreneur, the pressures of a startup can be enormous, but it's rarely life or death. "
Ryan Holmes
Death
Life
Entrepreneur
" Social media, for all of its limitations, is rarely irrelevant. The stream of updates on your Facebook page, for instance, is algorithmically engineered to be darn-near irresistible. "
Ryan Holmes
Media
Page
Social Media
" Social media is the most disruptive form of communication humankind has seen since the last disruptive form of communications, email. "
Ryan Holmes
Communication
Last
Social Media
" Tech companies have a finite lifespan: For the successful ones, an IPO or exit is never more than a few years off. But by recruiting locally and developing homegrown talent, companies can build something that remains after they're gone. People, skills and a culture of innovation persist. "
Ryan Holmes
Culture
Talent
People
" When you think of technology that gets people excited - long lines at stores, enthusiastic reviews in the blogosphere, passionate evangelists - the first thing to come to mind probably isn't thermostats. Then, along came Nest. "
Ryan Holmes
Mind
Long
Technology
" Customer service teams at many companies have already embraced social media, often out of necessity. "
Ryan Holmes
Customer
Social Media
Service
" For an older generation of employees, social media often remains misunderstood and underutilized. "
Ryan Holmes
Media
Employees
Social Media
" Workflow and usability are not afterthoughts; they impact the core of any project and dictate how it should be engineered. "
Ryan Holmes
Project
Core
Any
" South America's most populous country, Brazil, is also emerging as one of the region's most social-media savvy. "
Ryan Holmes
Brazil
America
Savvy
" For everybody in their busy lives, you need to invest in sharpening your tools, and you need to invest in longevity. "
Ryan Holmes
Busy
Your
You
" By monitoring the activity taking place on social networks, retailers can amplify successful marketing and sales strategies and avoid weak tactics which can later be tied back to organizational objectives. "
Ryan Holmes
Weak
Back
Successful
" Social media listening tools make it easy to track brand references and mentions, and these functions can still be handled ably by a small, dedicated team. "
Ryan Holmes
Team
Small
Listening
" We've all been inundated with so many ingenious, must-have, time-saving apps and tools that we really don't have a second left to spare. "
Ryan Holmes
Tools
Left
Many