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Watch Jimmy Winter’s VoterTide “postmortem” at 1MC Omaha
1 Million Cups Omaha-Lincoln has posted the video of Jimmy Winter’s “postmortem” presentation on VoterTide. The 13-minute talk was one of the most well-received since 1MC Omaha-Lincoln’s inception last October, said organizer Danny Schreiber…
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1MC Omaha takes new approach with VoterTide “postmortem”
1 Million Cups Omaha-Lincoln took an unconventional approach to its usual weekly presentation and networking event on Wednesday. Instead of presenting a new, upcoming startup, organizers invited Jimmy Winter of VoterTide to share a “post-mortem” of what he learned through the social media analytics tool for political campaigns. VoterTide was acquired by MindMixer last February.…
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MindMixer acquires VoterTide to add social media tools, tech team
One Omaha Gov 2.0 startup has purchased another. MindMixer today announced it has acquired VoterTide, a social media analytics startup that gives politicians and special interest groups insight into their online audience. As a result, VoterTide’s technology will be integrated into MindMixer’s online …
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VoterTide to team with Washington Post for convention coverage
When we last checked in on VoterTide in late July, the Omaha startup, which makes social media monitoring and intelligence software for politics, had begun to find success selling its product to media outlets. Now, with less than a week remaining before the …
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Journalists and news outlets find a new tool in VoterTide
VoterTide, a tool used by politicians to monitor social media activity, is now receiving recognition as a tool for journalists and media outlets as well. The Omaha-based startup has been cited over the past few months as a source for several mainstream media outlets, including Adweek, PBS News Hour, Businessweek (above) and, more locally, the…
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VoterTide Alerts goes live, with free updates for up to three candidates
VoterTide, an Omaha-based social media monitoring and intelligence company for politics, today announced the release of VoterTide Alerts (left), a free mobile alerts service designed to notify users of news as it’s breaking in social media. VoterTide tracks some 1,800 political candidates and officer holders, and users can receive free updates on up to three…
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PrairieCast video: VoterTide and the Fast Company ‘Most Innovative’
This week we were joined by two guests, old friend Chris Burns of West Des Moines-based Shift and PrairieCast first-timer Jimmy Winter of Omaha’s VoterTide. We discussed recent news related to VoterTide as well as Fast Company’s “Most Innovative” list which included two startups with Silicon Prairie ties, Dwolla and Zaarly. This week on the…
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Watch live: PrairieCast at 2 p.m. with Jimmy Winter and Chris Burns
Tune in today at 2 p.m. for Episode 75 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Silicon Prairie News office in downtown Des Moines. We’ll be joined by guests Jimmy Winter of VoterTide and Chris Burns. This week we’ll talk with Winter about VoterTide’s recent news as well as look into the Silicon Prairie companies that…
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VoterTide closes seed round, readies its ‘Google Alerts for social media’
VoterTide, a social media monitoring and analysis app focused on politics, announced Tuesday that it closed a “significant seed round” led by Optimas Group, an Omaha investment company. Also participating in the round was Gordon Whitten, who was the Omaha startup’s first investor. Behind Optimas’ investment …
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SOPA and social media: Protests lead constituents to ‘like’ congress
(This is a guest post by Jimmy Winter.) Well internet, you’ve really done it this time. You didn’t just like a friend’s Facebook post and add a ribbon to your Twitter avatar, but you did some good old fashioned, hi-tech reaching out to your elected representatives. The effort to stop the advancement of the Stop…