A behind the scenes look at how MailChimp does their own email marketing

This post from the MailChimp Blog is a must-read for anyone that is involved in email marketing. It is a behind the scenes look at the whats and whys of all the edits that were made to a recent email campaign they sent out to their customers.

Struggling Cities See Startups as Saviors

From BusinessWeek, a look at how some once-thriving cities are looking to entrepreneurs to help them get their mojo back: While the bulk of venture capital dollars go to Silicon Valley and New England, cities little heralded for their tech scenes have been successfully coaxing technology entrepreneurs to set up shop in recent years. That …read the full article

A Look At The State of Technology Venture Funding in St. Louis

If you were knee-deep in snow all day yesterday, you may have missed St. Louis’ capital gap has shrunk, but its entrepreneurs still have big money needs from David Nicklaus. The article takes a look at the state of venture funding for technology in the St. Louis area, and where it is heading. It’s a …read the full article

The St. Louis Blues and Ameren Are Hosting a Tweet-Up

Ameren Missouri and the St. Louis Blues are hosting a Tweet-Up at the downtown Pi Pizzeria this Wednesday, March 27, from 5 to 8 p.m. According to Blues blog Frozen Notes, the event will be attended by Kelly Chase, Darren Pang and St. Louis defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk. The event is free, but space is running …read the full article

The St. Louis Social Media & Tech Report’s Weekend Roundup; March 23rd Edition

Here’s a few St. Louis social media or tech related stories making news that we didn’t get a chance to talk about this week. Here are the links for March 23, 2013: Local startup Click With Me Now is flying high after Cinderella experience at SXSWi A few hundred St. Louisans who gathered earlier this …read the full article

7 Things You Didn't Know About Twitter, on Their 7th Birthday

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Twitter, on Its 7th Birthday

Twitter turns 7 today, and in that time it has grown to over 200 million users, and become an indispensable part of many people’s daily routine. To mark the occasion I thought I would share a list of 7 things you may not know about it that I found on CNBC.com. Did you know? >> …read the full article

Hump Day iPhone Home screen showcase

Hump Day Home Screen – Chris Reimer Edition

[Welcome to the first edition of our new 'Hump Day Home Screen' series where St. Louis iPhone users show off their home screen and talk about of a few of their favorite apps. If you would like to participate, please send over an email.] To many iPhone users, the home screen is an intensely personal …read the full article

Peter Shankman to speak at Webster U in St. Louis in April 2013

HARO Founder Peter Shankman To Speak at Webster U

This one almost got under my radar, so I wanted to make sure the same does not happen to you. Peter Shankman is coming to Webster University on April 2 as part of their Walker Speaker Series. Mr. Shankman’s speech is title “Everyone is An Expert at Something” and will start at 6 p.m. in …read the full article

Feedly is a good replacement for Google Reader

Need a New RSS Reader? Feedly is The Way To Go.

By now you probably know that Google is killing off its popular RSS reader app, Google Reader, on July 1st. The announcement filled the internet with loud criticism of the decision, and online petitions popped up aiming to convince Google to reconsider, but it won’t happen.The clock is now ticking for people that have come …read the full article

Jack Dorsey On How Twitter Came To Be, This Week On 60 Minutes

Jack Dorsey On How Twitter Came To Be, This Week On 60 Minutes

This Sunday on 60 Minutes, St. Louis native and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will talk about the ideas that came to be Twitter, now a part of life for people across the globe. Dorsey tells 60 Minutes that seeds of the idea came from a childhood fascination with trains and emergency transmissions heard over a …read the full article

The St. Louis Social Media & Tech Report’s Weekend Roundup

The St. Louis Social Media & Tech Report’s Weekend Roundup

Here’s a few St. Louis social media or tech-related stories making news this week that we didn’t get a chance to post about. The links for March 16, 2013: ShipWorks — the most interesting St. Louis startup you’ve probably never heard of Amir Kurtovic of the St. Louis Business Journal has a great look at …read the full article