Botify, a search engine optimization company that works with customers like Expedia and Nike, announced today that it has raised $20 million in Series B funding. Co-founder and CEO Adrien Menard said that the opportunity in SEO is “even bigger now than in the past,” and that the problem is a much broader problem than […]
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by Staff Dream Local Digital, a fast-growing digital marketing company based in Rockland, completed a $725,000 Series A round of financing in an oversubscribed round co-led by CEI Ventures with Maine Venture Fund, Maine Technology Institute, Bangor Angels and other individual investors from Maine Angels. The investment will enable the woman-led company to expand into
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CLICK HERE FOR THE 2018 SALARY SURVEY PREMIUM EDITION This past November, amid a very tight U.S. labor market, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.1% nationally and to historic lows in some states. However, that hasn’t translated into sizable wage increases for the 1,053 comms pros that took the 2018 PRWeek/Bloom, Gross & Associates Salary
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Sprout Social, a leading provider of social media marketing, analytics and advocacy solutions for business, today announced $40.5 million in new funding from Goldman Sachs, New Enterprise Associates and led by Future Fund. This latest round of investment brings its total capital raised to $103.5 million and underscores Sprout’s momentum and foothold within the social
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Nike’s latest flagship store has arrived on New York’s Fifth Avenue, and with it comes a glimpse into the future of retail. An oft-trotted expression maybe, but the ‘Nike House of Innovation 000’ (its official title) is deserving. The sheer size is audacious, 68,000 square feet, especially given that it is essentially ‘Nike ID’ (the
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A new Google Mail feature has caused the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to raise concerns about users’ privacy and security. According to reports, Gmail’s new “Confidential Mode” can be used to instigate scams like phishing. In April, Google revamped Gmail’s look. Along with a sleek, new user interface, the company also introduced several new
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? Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Small Business. This is where I look at the week that was in small business news as it appeared on Small Business Trends and offer some more insight. Online Sales Tax Ruling And this week, it’s hard to ignore the Supreme Court ruling that now
American fintech company Brex has just launched a new corporate credit card designed specifically to assist startups. The news of this unique credit card also comes on the heels of Brex’s recently concluded Series B funding round. The company was able to raise $57 million courtesy of investors like PayPal co-founders Max Levchin and Peter
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Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) recently announced a fee increase which for the first time will also include shipping costs. But the blow might be somewhat softened by the announcement of two new features designed to help small businesses market their products on the platform. Etsy Raises Sellers Fees Per Transaction The increase takes the transaction charged
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Ecommerce giant Amazon had a blockbuster first quarter. The period from January 1 through March 31, 2018 easily surpassed analysts’ predictions. Revenue jumped 43 percent to $51 billion, compared with $35.7 billion in the first quarter of 2017. Net income more than doubled to $1.6 billion compared with $724 million in the same quarter of
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