Yo! Go see what SF Intercom, Advocate Interactive, Six3 Video Messenger, Changemakers Publishing and Writing, mention, and nerd stalker had to say last night.  Click here.

What Is PointBurst?

Much like HootSuite, TweetDeck, Seeismic, Etc, PointBurst is a social media syndication platform that allows its users to post to multiple platforms. The BIG difference with Pointburst is, “Organizations can also rapidly share every asset they create with their franchisees/resellers/affiliates/partners (“affiliate”) multiplying their reach, ensuring brand consistency, and providing valuable content to support the affiliates’ social media efforts.”

A great example of the above mentioned description is as follows: Lets say brand “X “isn’t great with social media (like most brands), so they have “X” amount of affiliates, and/or brand partners, who each have their own accounts to mange. When brand “X” posts one update, it then reaches out to each “affiliate”, who then is notified, and then decides if they would like to allow to publish to each one of their accounts, should they choose to do so (awesome sauce).

Who Is PointBurst’s Target Audience?

Any organization(s), with any amount of affiliates, trying to reach the masses or be more effective with their marketing. So, pretty much you, me, anyone trying to effectively brand themselves or company with a simple post. Time is money, and most people simply don’t have the time to post on everything, all day. With PointBurst you don’t have to worry about all that time.

What Social Sites Does PointBurst Publish To?

Currently, you can publish to FaceBook, Twitter and LinkedIn (waiting on Google+ and Pinterest API’s). Between you, me and the interwebbs, Flickr, MySpace, Instagram and WordPress will be the next sites to hit PointBurst within the next three months, so be ready for said awesome-ness.

If you are as convinced as we are, why not try them out for a free thirty day trial? After that pricing will depend number of affiliates and modules you choose to use.

Side note: If you want the 411 on PointBurst in full, may I suggest you attend our event next week. Word on the street is you will get more than thirty days, but I wont tell you how much more unless you show up (see what we did there?).

Also … this just in for attendees of the event on 4/11:

PointBurst is offering a FREE, 3 month subscription for an upgraded Publisher Account with library sharing privileges.  With an upgraded Publisher Account you have the ability to publish through the social media sites of your affiliates as if they published it themselves.  You can exponentially expand your audience with the click of single button.  No longer will you have to hope your affiliates are maintaining a social media presence and no more worrying about keeping your brand consistent!  With library sharing you can seamlessly share assets of your choice from your library with your selected affiliates.  This is a special offer for SF New Tech attendees only and you can register on location at the PointBurst table.  All of those who register will be eligible for the raffle of a new iPod Shuffle!

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Mark ‘em down!

SF New Tech will commence on the following evenings …

4/11 – What’s the 411? with Storify, Planwise, PointBurst, AskOwls, Placeme, Mingly, inbenta, Vidcaster, and more
4/25 – Japan Night IV
5/9 – Details Coming Soon!  – Apply to demo!
5/23 – Details Coming Soon! – Apply to demo!
6/6 – Best of the French Tech Tour!
6/20 – Details Coming Soon! – Apply to demo!
7/11 - Details Coming Soon – Apply to demo!
7/25 - Details Coming Soon – Apply to demo!

Of course, we’ll be showcasing new tech from great entrepreneurs at all these events and may even announce a theme or two along the way.

Stay tuned!

It’s t-minus two weeks and counting until our next event scheduled for April 11th.  That’s 411, baby…  and we’ve got a KILLER lineup y’all to revel in.  Demos on tap include Storify, Planwise, PointBurst, AskOwls, Placeme, Mingly, inbenta, Vidcaster & more.  Whoa.

Tickets are on sale now and you can certainly pay full price (hey, I’ve got two kids to feed!).  But you’re also welcome to try any of the below promo codes to ease the dent in your wallet a bit.   Give it a shot — never know how lucky you can be!  But, you’ll need to act fast as these codes — over 100 of ‘em — tend to go VERY quickly.

Ready? Set? GO!

Discount Codes for 4/11:
411-isnoozed = 10% off (25 available)
411-whatadeal = 25% off (25 available)
411-yeahbaby = 50% (25 available)
411-seeyouthere = 100% off (30 available)

Register @ http://sfnt041112.eventbrite.com/

Cheers!

 

Xavier Damman, CEO
Create stories by curating social media and bringing together Tweets, YouTube videos, Instagram photos and more into a story. Subscribe to stories created by Oprah, The Washington Post, The White House, Mashable, Twitter, SF New Tech and many more Storify users.  2012 SxSW Interactive Award winner in the Social Media category.  http://www.storify.com // @storify (SFNT ALUMNI)

Vincent Turner, Founder
Planwise, see how the plans you make today, affect your finance in the future, so you can make better decisions.  http://www.planwise.com // @getplanwise

Mick Twomey, Co-Founder
The PointBurst Social Media Syndication platform enables organizations to syndicate social media through not only their own networks but also those of their affiliates as if the affiliates posted it themselves. This allows multiplication of reach, ensured brand consistency and the providing of valuable content to support both the organizations and their affiliates social media activities.  http://www.pointburst.com // @thepointburst

Bisera Ferrero, Co-Founder
Learn something new – Teach what you know. AskOwls brings down the geographical barriers in the world of education by enabling students and teachers to meet in virtual classrooms. Expert teachers offer lessons to a global audience, while students benefit from wealth of peer-reviewed teachers.  http://www.AskOwls.com Enter “sfnewtech” to get in on the beta!!

Mike Goos, VP of Products
Placeme is a free app for android and iphone that always remembers the places you visit without requiring any check-ins.  Placeme does this privately and securely. Also, it’s a showcase app of the Alohar Mobile Ambient Location Analytics Platform https://www.placemeapp.com // @placeme

Tyler Koblasa, CEO & Founder
Mingly is a cloud-based service that brings together one’s complete network and reduces the pain of building and maintaining relationships. Mingly keeps track of new connections, alerts users before they fall out of touch with important contacts, and notifies them about key events in their contacts’ lives to help build meaningful relationships.  http://getmingly.com // @getmingly

   
Jordi Torras, CEO  
How Semantic Search helps increase website traffic and conversion  — and therefore revenue.  http://inbenta.com // @inbenta

Kieran Farr, CEO & Founder
VidCaster is an online video platform — but unlike complicated “player only” platforms, VidCaster gives non-technical users the power to very easily create complete video websites. In the same way that companies use platforms like WordPress and Tumblr to power their blogs, companies like Airbnb, Zendesk, and Turnstone Furniture are using VidCaster to power their own branded video websites.      http://www.vidcaster.com // @vidcaster

 

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FOR THE FIRST 150 PEOPLE IN THE DOOR!!

 

 

 

Most marketers lack the resources to keep their existing social media presence vibrant, much less the time to build out strategies that create broader, viral online experiences. Founded in March 2010, PointBurst solves the pains of traditional social media broadcasting with an innovative cloud-based platform that streamlines every part of social media marketing and communication.

PointBurst transforms every post into meaningful conversation, making it easier to engage and maintain active online communities. From one platform PointBurst enables syndication, monitoring, and analysis of social media activities. Organizations can also rapidly share every asset they create with their franchisees/resellers/affiliates/partners (“affiliate”) multiplying their reach, ensuring brand consistency, and providing valuable content to support the affiliates’ social media efforts.  http://www.pointburst.com

 

 

 

	CALinnovates.org is a statewide coalition focused on championing the conversation about the future of California’s critical technology sector. CALinnovates.org brings together industry experts, thought leaders, tech innovators, policy makers and consumers in a non-partisan mission to promote innovation, create new jobs, spur investment and support tech-friendly policies. CALinnovates.org not only provides a medium for educating policy makers and for companies to network, but helps to connect the ideas of today for an economy of tomorrow.
	Our good friend Eric Ferraro is back! As a Shareholder at the law firm of LeClairRyan, Eric focuses his practice on the representation of private and public emerging and growth companies in the technology and digital media sectors as well as investors and financial services firms that focus on those industries. LeClairRyan is well-known as an entrepreneurial law firm that provides business counsel and client representation in matters of corporate law and high-stakes litigation. If you’re in need of counsel for your startup call Eric first.
	btrax, Inc. is a San Francisco based creative agency serving global markets for over 6 years. Our team has a wide range of experience from handling UI Design, User Experience Consulting, Social Media Marketing, Branding and Identity, Startup Prototypes, Mobile development, to website localization for the Asian market. We are proud to be a Platinum sponsor of SF New Tech and serving them as their creative partner.

Mylermedia: We’re the ones behind this shindig!

 

 
MEDIA SPONSORS

 Join us at the 3rd Future of Money & Technology Summit on April 23rd, 2012! The Summit brings together the best and brightest thinkers in the financial ecosystem, including visionaries, entrepreneurial business people, developers, press, investors, authors, solution providers, service providers, and organizations who work with them at the convergence of cash and commerce. We meet to discuss money and technology in a proactive, conducive to dealmaking environment.

Some of our featured speakers include Antonio Benjamin from Citigroup, Ben Milne from Dwolla, Heather Schlegel from Swift, Bill Clerico from WePay, Bill Tai from Charles River Ventures, a keynote from Harshul Sanghi from American Express Ventures, and many more!

Future of Money & Technology Summit

Monday, April 23, 2012

9:00am – 6pm + Cocktail Parties!
Hotel Kabuki


San Francisco, CA 94115

http://futureofmoney.com/

Register for your tickets here today: http://futureofmoney.com/ and get 10% off with the discount code “zsfnewtech“.

Under the Radar: Consumerization of IT – Join us!
April 25-26, 2012
Mt. View

The rise of webscale businesses like Google, Facebook and Linkedin have permanently changed consumer expectations in the workplace. As business units are demanding real-time data on customers, IT needs to transition from an operations role to a hybrid like Dev/Ops or App/Ops to manage petabyte size data sets, create scalable infrastructures, and enable rapid application development. As we enter a new era of IT disruption, early adopters that are quick to capitalize on disruptive technologies will lead the market. The question remains: Which technologies will emerge as the new standards?

At Under the Radar we select a handful of the industry’s most compelling emerging startups that provide cutting edge solutions. Our companies present to top IT executives looking to partner with and acquire new technologies. Want to get the edge on your competition? Join us on April 25-26, 2012 to learn about the latest innovations and meet leading executives from the enterprise for a day of discovery, networking and deal flow.

Enter the promo code “sfnt” when checking out to receive $50 off!

Register @ http://bit.ly/xYtIUi

Visit us online for the scoop at sfnewtech.com

 

Become a “Me+1″ annual member and you and a buddy get into events for free!

http://www.sfnewtech.com/membership

 

Become a Friend of SF New Tech!
See how friends with benefits takes on a whole new meaning!

http://www.sfnewtech.com/friends

 

Get a job! Hire a pro!

http://jobs.sfnewtech.com

 

Interested in being considered for a demo?

Apply here: http://www.sfnewtech.com/demo

As we gear up for what is going to be the 4th SF New Tech Japan Night on April 25th, one of the Japan Night alums caught the eye of many at SxSW. What Americans think of Japanese culture is quite interesting. From Sumo wrestlers, Sony Playstations and Samurais, our view of the Japanese come from books, games and movies.

So, on flip side, it is interesting to see how the Japanese App makers want to market themselves here in the US.

Read more…

Yep. It’s that time again…. it’s when the quick get lucky!

Here are the Discount Codes for our Spring Fling! With Fundly, Breezi, Getwear, Vevo, VersionEye, UpOut & more on 3.21:
0321-isnoozed = 10% off (25 available)
0321-whatadeal = 25% off (25 available)
0321-yeahbaby = 50% (25 available)
0321-seeyouthere = 100% off (26 available)

Register @ http://sfnt-springfling.eventbrite.com/

Go!

 

 

Fundly
Dave Boyce, CEO
Fundly is the world’s largest social fundraising platform that is fast transforming the way causes, campaigns and individuals raise cash through online crowdsourcing.  See how anyone – individuals, groups, schools, sports teams, political campaigns and nonprofits of any size – can quickly and easily launch a fundraising campaign on Fundly and leverage their social networks for fundraising success. http://www.fundly.com // @fundly

Breezi
Chris Anderson, Co-Founder   
Breezi is a website editor with ultra fine controls. You can easily create, style, and add content to get your website just the way you’d like, down to the pixel level.   http://www.breezi.com // @breeziapp 

Getwear
Tatyana Kanzaveli, CEO   
Getwear provides a unique online platform for anyone to design their own jeans: fabric, style, embroidery, sizes and more! In addition people who post their designs online can make money each time others purchase jeans based on their design.  http://www.getwear.com // @getwear

Vevo
Michael Cerda, SVP, Product   
We all love and enjoy music videos. VEVO has re-imagined the music video experience across web, mobiles and connected devices. VEVO has recently built a personalized, social and continuous viewing experience, which will be demonstrated at SF New Tech!  http://www.vevo.com // @vevo

   

VersionEye
Robert Reiz, CEO
VersionEye is a software update tracker and online community for developers. Follow your Software Libraries and VersionEye will notify you as soon the next version of your Lib. is out.  You can also rate and comment Software Libs. VersionEye is the Twitter + Yelp for Software Libs.      http://versioneye.com // @VersionEye

UpOut
Martin Shen, Co-founder + UX Guy
UpOut Events is a free app that helps people discover awesome events happening near + now. http://www.upout.com // @up_out

 

*Mighty is a 21+ venue.

 

 

 

 

 

	CALinnovates.org is a statewide coalition focused on championing the conversation about the future of California’s critical technology sector. CALinnovates.org brings together industry experts, thought leaders, tech innovators, policy makers and consumers in a non-partisan mission to promote innovation, create new jobs, spur investment and support tech-friendly policies. CALinnovates.org not only provides a medium for educating policy makers and for companies to network, but helps to connect the ideas of today for an economy of tomorrow.
	Our good friend Eric Ferraro is back! As a Shareholder at the law firm of LeClairRyan, Eric focuses his practice on the representation of private and public emerging and growth companies in the technology and digital media sectors as well as investors and financial services firms that focus on those industries. LeClairRyan is well-known as an entrepreneurial law firm that provides business counsel and client representation in matters of corporate law and high-stakes litigation. If you’re in need of counsel for your startup call Eric first.
	btrax, Inc. is a San Francisco based creative agency serving global markets for over 6 years. Our team has a wide range of experience from handling UI Design, User Experience Consulting, Social Media Marketing, Branding and Identity, Startup Prototypes, Mobile development, to website localization for the Asian market. We are proud to be a Platinum sponsor of SF New Tech and serving them as their creative partner.

Mylermedia: We’re the ones behind this shindig!

 

 
MEDIA SPONSORS

Under the Radar: Consumerization of IT – Join us!
April 25-26, 2012
Mt. View

The rise of webscale businesses like Google, Facebook and Linkedin have permanently changed consumer expectations in the workplace. As business units are demanding real-time data on customers, IT needs to transition from an operations role to a hybrid like Dev/Ops or App/Ops to manage petabyte size data sets, create scalable infrastructures, and enable rapid application development. As we enter a new era of IT disruption, early adopters that are quick to capitalize on disruptive technologies will lead the market. The question remains: Which technologies will emerge as the new standards?

At Under the Radar we select a handful of the industry’s most compelling emerging startups that provide cutting edge solutions. Our companies present to top IT executives looking to partner with and acquire new technologies. Want to get the edge on your competition? Join us on April 25-26, 2012 to learn about the latest innovations and meet leading executives from the enterprise for a day of discovery, networking and deal flow.

Enter the promo code “sfnt” when checking out to receive $50 off!

Register @ http://bit.ly/xYtIUi

Visit us online for the scoop at sfnewtech.com

Become a “Me+1″ annual member and you and a buddy get into events for free!

http://www.sfnewtech.com/membership

Become a Friend of SF New Tech!
See how friends with benefits takes on a whole new meaning!

http://www.sfnewtech.com/friends

Get a job! Hire a pro!

http://jobs.sfnewtech.com

Interested in being considered for a demo?