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![Hootsuite grabs $60M, buys social telephony startup Zeetl, & preps new ad tools](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/8377910170_004d5531b5_k.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Nimble Launches Android Smart Contacts App to Intelligently Build and Nurture Social Selling Relationships
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Funding Daily: It just Stax up
![Hootsuite reportedy scores $35M as it buys social campaigner Brightkit](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hootsuite.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Hootsuite reportedy scores $35M as it buys social campaigner Brightkit
![Study shows 99% of organic social posts create almost no engagement](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/social-posts-engagement.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Study shows 99% of organic social posts create almost no engagement
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Social-media management startup Sprinklr bolsters its IPO push with TBG Digital buy
![HootSuite, Get Satisfaction: Make brand fans, lots of them](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/growthbeat-hootsuite-get-satisfaction.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
HootSuite, Get Satisfaction: Make brand fans, lots of them
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Final speaker lineup announced! GrowthBeat on Tuesday and Wednesday
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Contest: Win free tickets to GrowthBeat
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Here's how one e-commerce company increased purchase conversions by 20%
![Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share strategies on how to keep customers coming back](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/customer-service-image-on-blackboard-e1406326796779.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share strategies on how to keep customers coming back
![Cutting-edge marketers, here's why you don't want to miss GrowthBeat](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/online-marketing-tools1.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Cutting-edge marketers, here's why you don't want to miss GrowthBeat
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Marketing automation for sales: CallidusCloud inserts 'mini-Hootsuite' into Gmail
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This summer, don't miss GrowthBeat & GROW Conference
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Marketing rockstars from Facebook, Walmart, Zappos, & more join GrowthBeat lineup
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How Meshfire is making social media human again … through artificial intelligence
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Facebook accepts 62 percent of applicants into FbStart developer program
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Pulling in an army of investors has more perks than you think
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Funding Daily: Hope you like food delivery startups
![HelloFresh's $50M round shows that all these food-delivery startups are onto something](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hellofresh-box.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
HelloFresh's $50M round shows that all these food-delivery startups are onto something
![Buy-via-hashtag startup Chirpify has acquired analytics company Measureful](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/chirpify-instagram-sale.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Buy-via-hashtag startup Chirpify has acquired analytics company Measureful
![With $22M, Brandwatch will listen to the social web — like every company in 2009](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/social-media-monitoring.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
With $22M, Brandwatch will listen to the social web — like every company in 2009
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Big data, what have you done for me lately?
![HootSuite CEO to Salesforce: Social Studio is an out-of-date copycat](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ryan-holmes-with-dog.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
HootSuite CEO to Salesforce: Social Studio is an out-of-date copycat
![Salesforce unleashes an enterprise social juggernaut, Social Studio (watch out, HootSuite)](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2997304852_bcb03846d1_o.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Salesforce unleashes an enterprise social juggernaut, Social Studio (watch out, HootSuite)
![Hootsuite takes social media data to a visual level on desktop & mobile](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hootsuite-meeting-room.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Hootsuite takes social media data to a visual level on desktop & mobile
![Social management platform Sprinklr nets $40 million it ‘didn’t need’](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/screen-shot-2014-01-08-at-3-43-51-pm.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Social management platform Sprinklr nets $40 million it ‘didn’t need’
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Argyle Social is no longer in fashion: Startup shuts down (exclusive)
![AppDirect’s app store for enterprise grabs $35M to grow, grow, grow](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/app-store.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
AppDirect’s app store for enterprise grabs $35M to grow, grow, grow
![Alignable takes what's old — cross-promotion — and makes it new with $4M in the bank](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ss-marketing-concept.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Alignable takes what's old — cross-promotion — and makes it new with $4M in the bank
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Data for dummies: SugarCRM just got stupid-simple business data
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Twitter goes down — and there’s no place now for the Internet to freak out
![HootSuite uses part of its massive $165M round to form a skunkworks (exclusive)](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hootsuite-workspace.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
HootSuite uses part of its massive $165M round to form a skunkworks (exclusive)
![Microsoft unifies almost everything in new Dynamics: CRM, marketing automation, social, and more](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/64190834_03d87366a5_o.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Microsoft unifies almost everything in new Dynamics: CRM, marketing automation, social, and more
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Why Canada is where smart VC money is going in 2014
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20 tips for indie game developers using social media
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Funding Daily: Sports tech
![Intercom grabs $23M to treat Internet customers more like coffee shop patrons](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/intercom-cofounders.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Intercom grabs $23M to treat Internet customers more like coffee shop patrons
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Because zombies: DayZ’s standalone version tops 1 million in sales in 4 weeks
![Spredfast lands $32.5M to court the social enterprise](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/spredfast-funding.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)