Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! The Exit Problem.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 17, 2011

SMS may never really be that effective as a pure lead generation tool, like email or direct mail, but it is a very effective and convenient delivery mechanism for customers and prospects seeking specific actions and information. Related Posts: Are Small Private Social Networks the Next Layer? 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Frankly, I just dont buy the notion that making an investment is akin to throwing a dart in the dark. Worse, I think its a dangerous idea to promote." I'm sensitive to the combative tone some have tried to take the conversation, which isn't an accurate reflection of what I said. startupcto

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

To help website owners take full advantage of the most important online marketing opportunities, here are 3 things small businesses can do to attract and engage new customers. Tips, articles, videos and experts interviews provide customers with the information they need to buy and refer to others. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2019

And if you had a blog back in 2005 2006 you probably were blogging on blogger.com on Blogspot. So if you think about the difference between direct marketing and brand marketing, direct marketing is I show you an advertisement and you immediately buy it. So I think of direct sales. John Jantsch: Yeah. Did you know that 1.3

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Chris Andrasick, CEO of Tacit Knowledge , believes that the mom-and-pop advantage extends beyond customer loyalty, and that there is in fact a logistical advantage, as well. “Ads and offers will appear on other pages the potential customer is viewing.”. Image courtesy of iStockphoto , iPandastudio , logorilla.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out. Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started!

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

What’s the first thing you want a customer to think in regard to your business? After all, what good is word-of-mouth if your customer tells a friend, “You really should look up my caterer for your next event. Adding this qualifier instantly tells potential customers what your business is all about. Set the tone.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. But with so many investors still licking their wounds from the dot-com bust, many focused on proven business models, such as advertising or e-commerce. This is mostly a mistake slide because customer slides are more appropriate for enterprise pitches.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

While the aforementioned example may not fit every startup, regardless, you need to have an actionable, scalable business model with measurable metrics (downloads, customers, etc.) With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market. in place before you expand.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

Hacked Zappos Customers: Beware Phishing Scams. My company’s CEO, Patrick Salyer, explains why multiple online personas make it imperative that companies offer social logins beyond Facebook Connect.). The only way to accurately find out which of these networks and identity providers should be offered is through testing.

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

LevelUp uses payment as a checkin, presenting merchants the opportunity to reward loyal customers. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Advertising. Social Good. Social Media. social networking. ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

Having their own office space really enables the various departments to communicate and work together to improve zozi and the customer experience. With more than 50 million monthly pageviews and 4 million followers across social media, Mashable has one of the most engaged online news communities.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

They worry about solving every problem instead of focusing on problems that actually have customers willing to pay them money (today). The flow should be build something small, get a customer, and repeat until you hit your final target. We also provide custom campaigns for companies looking for something a bit more expansive.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Customize Your Pitches. When you want a particular person to cover your story, customize your pitch to be relevant to his coverage area and audience. Take the extra time to craft custom emails for a small list of journalists that you really want to cover your story. Instead, stick with custom emails. Social Media Lists.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

If you can name drop big customers, do that too — you want your profile to look impressive. How many customers have signed up to your service? Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Advertising. Social Good. Social Media.

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Twitter List Directory Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable!

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

LaunchRock gives startups a turnkey solution for a custom coming soon page that allows users to sign up for updates and share the fact that they did so. But Socially sharing through the multitude of networks is another way of getting to the customers to sign up for your launch. I think this strategy works. link] Sign up!

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 18, 2010

Starting in 2005 with 300 attendees from a variety of backgrounds (research, academia and entrepreneurs), this past conference had 1200 attendees from large enterprises, government and a lot more startups and entrepreneurs. The social web isn’t just for the marketing department anymore. Zach Richardson – Locus.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

The strategy was brilliant: get loads of people using your product and eventually turn them into paying customers. Plenty of advertising systems work well on 0.8%. #4 Do paid and free customers have very different needs/priorities? Asking for the credit card up front is a good way to vet customers. Watson on 08.18.10

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Spencer Fry

MAY 11, 2011

This is an everyday occurrence for social network services such as Twitter, Facebook, About.me, Flickr, and LinkedIn, but what about sites without social networking components? We don't have to plaster a garish advertisement on their portfolio alerting the viewer to our services. How do you do that?

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable!

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

In other words, it isn’t just about choosing native apps or choosing the mobile web — it’s also about looking at who your customers are and what devices they use. Mobile websites that aren’t optimized for touch or for larger screens can make customers confused, and again, unlikely to purchase.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? In January 2006, Google acquired advertising company dMarc Broadcasting for $102 million. The company helped Google improve its mobile advertising solutions. For many startups, the transition isn’t a hard sell.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

You’ve probably already used this trick when a username is taken on one of the big social networking sites. link] Full story here: [link] Sometimes, we just need to listen to our customers and be nimble enough to act quickly. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking.

Naming 104

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

AtlasCT – (Atlas Cartographic Technologies LTD) offers a wide range of products for LBS applications and services, with the ability to provide a complete solution, adjusted to the customer needs, for all types of platforms, with remote or standalone. We provide our customers with a combination of sophisticated data analytics techniques.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

By 2015 we see more than 50 million femtocells being shipped annually with WCDMA femtocells making up the bulk of the market,&# Aditya Kaul, of Mobile Networks, ABI Research, said. YAHOO BUYS ISRAELI WEB ADVERTISING FIRM DAPPER. In 2009 it boasted revenue of $4.49 QUALCOMM BUYS MOBILE WEB COMPANY ISKOOT.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. If you want to serve enterprise customers,NET is one of the best ways to do that and do it well. They’ve tried everything. Everything, that is, but.NET. lorf: NET supports JAVA.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Our startup creates custom vertical search and decision making engines for people or businesses with structured data. of Web Users Meet Singles on Social Networks [STUDY] Want to Highlight Your New Facebook Pictures? Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking.

Naming 84

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mashable.com

JUNE 30, 2012

From these examples we can see the following: An API may expose business data such as customer data in apps only intended for internal sales staff use. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Advertising. Social Good. Social Media. Photo Lists.

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API Cloud Web Social Media 68

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The strategies are: understand your buyers and create great content to reach those buyers, and reach them in real time using social networks and things like newsjacking. So the first edition was funny, I wrote the first edition in 2005 and 2006. What is new are pretty much the tools. DMS: Yeah, that’s right. Disappeared.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Customer service. Google Custom Search Engine. Customer Relationship Management. Seed Startups. Updated Business tools for Startups. Codeacademy.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). Jonah was working on his masters thesis and he asked Nike to produce a customized shoe with the word “Sweatshop” on it.

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