Sophia Perl of Wisdom

AUGUST 27, 2011

A notable site is FaceSmash which sold for $30k the week the movie Social Network came out. Even Perez Hilton blogged about Flippa because of its relationship to FaceSmash and Social Network. The main difference is that they were able to leverage their distribution channel.

EC2 53

EC2 Social Network Distribution Demand 53

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. They seem so reachable.

Developer 366

Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

Lead capture forms made sense in an era when phone and email were the dominant communication channels. True, some companies experimented with social media as a sales channel as well. Messenger (1998), and MSN/Windows Live Messenger (1999). billion MAUs for the top four social networks. Image Source.

Lead Generation 91

Lead Generation Channel IP Conversion 91

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

That was in 1999 – we were in fact one of the first food companies to offer e-commerce to consumers. While we’ve run ads on television and in magazines in the past, social media is our primary tool for communicating with our customers.

Social Media 86

Social Media eCommerce Social Network Cloud 86

David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

Given how much data PE firms can gather about other investors and companies through social media, It is understandable that they are wary of making too much of their own information available through those channels. 16% of visitors came from the blog or social networking sites.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Social Media Equity Media 114

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Do the big gigantic numbers imply that your business should use these social media channels? I believe that it was erroneous not to answer the two questions above, it was erroneous to be tempted by the Big Numbers and not understand how Social Media channels actually worked (streams, home pages, personalization, rankings and more).

Social Media 60

Social Media Media B2C B2B 60

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2016

It might be fun to spend two hours daily on Facebook or Twitter hunting for customers, but the more important question you should be asking is whether your prospective customers are looking for you on those social networks. You can also look to see what’s working and what isn’t in specific marketing channels.

Small Business 48

Small Business Churn Rate Advertising Social Media 48