2011, Advertising, Community and Software Review

The State of the Crowdsourcing Union, 2011

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 11, 2011

Examples of the tasks performed by the Turk community include translation, transcription, image tagging and even searches for missing persons. A company looking to place ads on search networks posts their campaign through Trada and their community of SEO experts contributes keywords and terms to the campaign. JJ’s List.

Software Review

Software Review Africa Technical Review United States

Twitter Link Roundup #81 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 7, 2011

How to Create Compeling Advertising – [link]. 100 Guerrilla Marketing Advertisements for your Inspiration – [link]. Why would people “save&# ads to review later? You need to be HUMAN, not amateur, when building communities. Well thought out points on building a web design community – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #115 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

The image above is taken in Takotna, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 9, 2011. More phenomenal photos from 2011 are in the Other section below. Five Tips To Improve Employee Performance Reviews – [link]. Radio Still Good Advertising Option for Small Business – [link]. – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #77 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Good post about the pitfalls of code refactoring for startups – [link]. Good post about the pitfalls of code refactoring for startups – [link]. Joint PR/Ad study finds PR getting higher marks in social media compared to Advertising [link]. Brilliant and Clever Food Advertisements – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Build it and they won’t come: How and why growth hacking came to be

The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Why has growth hacking so strongly resonated with the startup community? Growth hacking has resonated in the startup community due to today’s growth challenges: new channel creation, channel saturation, the “best product” fallacy and “product-growth” fit. Paid advertising channels follow the same pattern.

Technical Review

Technical Review Software Review Distribution San Francisco

Twitter Link Roundup #66 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Look in the OTHER section below for an excellent review of the movie with a superb discussion of why the sequel missed an opportunity to do what the original Tron movie did – introduce innovative ideas about technology. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #68 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2011

The 2011 Trends Driving Rural Small Business, my annual look ahead: [link]. Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness) – [link]. An open letter to the Chicago entrepreneurial community – [link]. 4 Predictions for Web Design in 2011 – [link]. Need a Logo? A better Post-It – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #82 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2011

The image above is an outdoor advertisement for Hot Wheels toy cars. You’ll find more creative outdoor advertising in the Social Media & Marketing section below. 30 Very Clever Outdoor Advertisements – [link]. 2011 edition) – data on crowdSPRING’s community – [link]. Who are we?

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #64 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Useful reminder about importance of saying “No&# when building software – [link]. Fundry – Crowdfunding software development – [link]. Useful reminder about importance of saying “No&# when building software – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #57 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Why You Should Start Marketing the Day You Start Coding – [link]. From Prototype to Community: Forrst Founder Kyle Bragger Shares His Startup Journey – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

May 26, 2011. The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. We’re a how-to site and community for small business on marketing. . Is it a case of just design it, code it, build it, deploy it, trademark it, copywright it and then go for funding? .

Term Sheet

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network

Twitter Link Roundup #62 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

5 Design Trends That Small Businesses Can Use in 2011 – [link]. Building Great Software: Less is More – [link]. Building Great Software: Less is More – [link]. The future of advertising isn’t advertising says Made by Many – [link]. Need a logo? – [link]. Need a logo?

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #78 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

Is This The Future of Advertising? Advertise on smaller sites. Motion Graphics In Advertisements – 30 Cool Examples – [link]. 5 Tips for Better Advertising in Mobile Apps – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #97 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 11, 2011

Effective Tips on How to Design Billboard Advertisements – [link]. 40 Vintage Advertisements for Design Inspiration – [link]. 40 Vintage Advertisements for Design Inspiration – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Argentina

The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back)

www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

Online Communities. Community Management. One of the most compelling case studies of this shift away from apps and back to websites came earlier this week from Jason Pontin , the Editor-in-Chief and publisher of Technology Review. Technology Review sold just 353 subscriptions through the iPad. advertising.

HTML

HTML Technical Review Software Review Semantic

Twitter Link Roundup #113 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2011

50 Fresh and Beautiful Free Fonts from 2011 – [link]. Using Retro Style Images And Banners For Advertising – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. 50 Fresh and Beautiful Free Fonts from 2011 – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #70 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 19, 2011

Startup Advertising Spend Calculator – [link]. Advertising people continue to exodus, joining the likes of Google and Apple – [link]. 42 Fresh PS Tutorials In Early 2011 – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

HOW TO: Connect with Other Entrepreneurs Online

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Anyone in the community can edit posts and frequent users are allowed to vote irrelevant questions off the site. PartnerUp If you have a question that can be expressed in fewer than 140 characters, the PartnerUp community will likely have an answer.

Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network

After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. Hyperlinks and images must be manually coded using html mark-up. HTC One Review. 2011 Holiday. Your guide for the best gadget gifts of 2011. → Learn More. Trending Stories.

SEC

SEC Accredited Investor San Diego New York City

@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). It’s a dating website that is free for users and makes money from advertising. The servers are in the cloud, his advertising sales is with Google, etc. Advertising.

Software Review

Software Review Offshore Startup Boston

How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

I’m a huge fan of William and his writing as you can see from my review of his book Avogadro Corp. There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. By day he works on web and social media for HP. Take a look – and take your time.

Artificial Inteligence

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Bandwidth Software Review

Twitter Link Roundup #112 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Facebook Is Using Minors To Advertise Alcohol – [link]. 25 Creative Advertisements – [link]. The Future of Advertising: Everything’s Going Mobile – [link]. Five campaigns changing the game of mobile advertising – [link]. 25 Creative Advertisements – [link]. – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #75 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

90+ creative advertising & design from January-February 2011 – [link]. Creative And Smart Ideas of Advertising For Inspirations – [link]. 8 Tested Guidelines for Creative Advertising – [link]. Creative And Smart Ideas of Advertising For Inspirations – [link]. 1 – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The product or website (be it software, e-commerce, or a service) might be awesome , but if it puts itself in front of the wrong market, or packages itself so the right market can’t figure out why it’s awesome, the startup will fail. Most startups fail. There was however, one area that seemed to do well – Group buying.

Customer Development

Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer

Twitter Link Roundup #67 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. My hope for 2011: Companies just decide to stop sucking – [link]. 4 Social Media Marketing Predictions for 2011 – [link]. Good WSJ summary of the mobile industry in 2010 and what’s to come in 2011 – [link]. Focus on Enterprise or SMB Accounts?

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Join our community. Advertising. Business Software. The 2011 Inc. The 2011 Top Lists. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. Email Address: ); ADVERTISEMENT.

Arizona

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital

Twitter Link Roundup #94 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2011

The 7 Restaurant Industry Trends of 2011 – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. The 7 Restaurant Industry Trends of 2011 – [link]. Marketing 101: Branding your business in a competitive environment – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #92 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 1, 2011

40 Fresh Illustrator Tutorials From 2011 – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. An Awesome Collection Of 80 Photoshop Typography Tutorials – [link]. A Graphic Design Primer, Part 3: Basics of Composition – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea

www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Community Resources. Benjamin Kuker May 17, 2011 Tweet I have a feeling I might step on a few toes with this article, but finding a technical cofounder for an online business idea is a topic that I’ve seen come up often across a number of business community websites. Research the cost of advertising your product.

Technical Cofounder

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review NDA

It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

Venture Capital

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile

In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Create a profile for me in the Journal Community. Journal Community. Please register to gain free access to WSJ tools. An account already exists for the email address entered. Forgot your username or password? Please try again later. another account. Why Register?

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review

An Extensive Guide To Web Form Usability

uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

November 8th, 2011. Advertisement. As Luke Wroblewski states in his book Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks , every form exists for one of three main reasons: commerce, community or productivity. Louis Community College. Learn more on Coding: JavaScript & jQuery. Advertising. November 8th, 2011.

Web

Web Software Review Design HTML

The unimportance of product names

37signals.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Over 1 million people use 37signals simple web-based software to collaborate on projects, track contacts, and organize their business with an intranet. I was initially unfamiliar with project management software, and the name helped me understand why exactly I should give basecamp a shot. Web-Based Software by 37signals.

Product Name

Product Name Naming Product Software Review

The State Of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012

uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Advertisement. This has lead to a massive checkout database with 508 checkout steps reviewed, 975 screenshots, and 3,000+ examples of adherences and violations of the checkout usability guidelines. This matches the test subject’s behavior we observed during the checkout usability test back in 2011. Newsletter. JavaScript.

Design

Design Software Review HTML Technical Review

How to Raise Prices for Existing Customers

ConversionXL

JANUARY 23, 2019

Price Intelligently recommends one to two price changes each year : The companies we’ve seen with the most success with revenue and adoption are reviewing pricing at least once per quarter and making tweaks or changes every 6 to 9 months. In 2011, Netflix screwed up. 5 signs that it’s time to raise prices. Six months have passed.

Customer

Customer Technical Review Software Review Revenue

What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Other people were in the online community called “ The Well &# (founded in 1985). We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). And so it goes with social networking. And then came AOL.

Social Network

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review

Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Their code base had diverged and it was extremely slow and costly for Microsoft to be implementing Word separately for each platform: Windows, DOS and Mac. It also meant that there was great pressure to get the release out so they could start to gain the efficiencies of a single code base. In 1993, Word 6.0

Product

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer

The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Advertising. Computer Software. NAME Verizon Communications. Management. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. NAME Comcast.

Venture Capital

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota

Twitter Link Roundup #111 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The video above is a fun look at the obsession people have with cats in online videos and advertising. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. 5 rules of small business advertising success – [link]. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

10 Essential PR Tips for Startups

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

October 10, 2011 by Erica Swallow. For example, here is how a few of my favorite startups describe themselves: “ Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover and book unique spaces around the world online or from an iPhone.” October 10, 2011 14:07:23. October 10, 2011 14:10:15.

PR

PR Startup Social Media Technical Review

It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem

conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The product or website (be it software, e-commerce, or a service) might be awesome , but if it puts itself in front of the wrong market, or packages itself so the right market can’t figure out why it’s awesome, the startup will fail. Most startups fail. There was however, one area that seemed to do well – Group buying.

Customer Development

Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer

How To Close The Books on Your Startup

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

This is particularly true in the fast-paced high-tech and software world, where only a small percentage of startups mature. If you’ve been operating as an LLC, review the dissolution requirements in your state’s LLCA (Limited Liability Company Act). By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C.

LLC

LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup

Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Content providers and owners facing diminishing revenues from their SD sales, due to increasing demand for HD content, can now restore the full economic value of their vast archives, by transforming them to True HD. Jinni is powered by the Movie Genome, a big, ongoing project with the Jinni community to describe video more complexly.

Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review

Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Don’t wait to fill the void before letting him go (but obviously get all the code / usernames / password). Sometimes I use Balsamiq, sometimes I code a prototype, doesn’t matter – just create something, then tell the world. I think quick, do something, then review what I’ve learned. How I can find the right investor (software)?

Technical Review

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review

The State of the Crowdsourcing Union, 2011

Twitter Link Roundup #81 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Trending Sources

Twitter Link Roundup #115 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Twitter Link Roundup #77 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Build it and they won’t come: How and why growth hacking came to be

Twitter Link Roundup #66 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Twitter Link Roundup #64 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Twitter Link Roundup #57 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Twitter Link Roundup #62 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Twitter Link Roundup #78 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Twitter Link Roundup #97 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back)

Twitter Link Roundup #113 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Twitter Link Roundup #70 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

HOW TO: Connect with Other Entrepreneurs Online

After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

How To Predict The Future

Twitter Link Roundup #112 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem

Twitter Link Roundup #67 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

Twitter Link Roundup #94 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea

It’s Morning in Venture Capital

In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

An Extensive Guide To Web Form Usability

The unimportance of product names

The State Of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012

How to Raise Prices for Existing Customers

What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Behind Every Great Product

The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

Twitter Link Roundup #111 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

10 Essential PR Tips for Startups

It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem

How To Close The Books on Your Startup

Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

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