crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

SaaS products aren’t viral – [link]. 1 out of 5 new Facebook fans now comes from mobile–a 280% increase from May to August - [link]. Internet Ad Revenues Rise to Historic $17 Billion in First Half 2012, Up 14% Over Half-Year 2011, According to IAB – [link]. Want to get a job at a startup? Show them WHY.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

We launched the larger channel back in 2012 and the smaller channel in 2019. For viral growth, you want most of your traffic coming from “Browse features,” which consist of YouTube’s home screen, subscriptions, and other browsing features. Beardbrand currently has two different YouTube channels, one with 1.6 Don’t overthink it.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2016

In 2012 alone, more than half a million new businesses were started. Its “Community” area allows anyone with a free Buzzfeed account to publish content, and pushes great stories to its front page, where it can receive even more facetime and potentially go viral. And that number shows no sign of slowing down. Start a Program.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 27, 2012

January 27, 2012. I think one of the key takeaways is that the exponential growth of Internet connected devices along with the strong viral loops of Facebook and Twitter have served as accelerants for these high growth companies. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

No wonder they won the Crunchie for Fastest Rising Startup of 2012. Here’s the secret sauce to Snapchat’s viral growth: its group messaging functionality. The virality of a messaging platform equals its emotion-friction ratio, and the Snapchat paradigm maximizes this virality coefficient. Low Emotion. High Friction.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 11, 2012

Or the new viral. Or, “what’s next” You want to know what you should focus on in 2012? Think its more Facebook, or mobile, or some kind of NFC something or other?Nope.It’s Design is the new black.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2014

Infographics offer the unique ability to go viral and get your brand in front of millions of online visitors in a single day. Here are five tips for creating an infographic that will go viral and global: 1. The key is to create a viral infographic campaign that has mass appeal, is timely and innovative.

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

July 10, 2012 by Curt Finch. Mobile devices are fast becoming the preferred method of accessing the web. According to Think Mobile with Google : 81% of smartphone users access the Internet on their mobile devices. However, there is a “dark side” for physical stores when it comes to mobile devices. Like Tweet.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

In fact, 54% of users said they may actually leave a website and go to another rather than complete an individual registration form, according to a 2012 survey conducted by Blue Research. For more social media marketing don’ts, check out Mashable’s 11 Biggest Social Media Disasters of 2012. Just look at Blackberry and Nokia.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 14, 2013

What came next was a host of candid moments caught by camcorders, surveillance cameras or mobile phones – a wave that virtually guarantees that one day just about everything will be digitally captured. Here’s how Voyeurgasm will reshape your future, including business ideas and career opportunities: 1-3. Streaming Media.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. January 16, 2012 by Nellie Akalp. January 16, 2012 14:04:54. January 16, 2012 14:10:08. January 16, 2012 14:24:44. January 16, 2012 16:40:38. January 16, 2012 20:26:07. January 17, 2012 06:37:33. Abstract or dead simple?

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Five characteristics of a viral product – crowdspring.co/1aa5ZGk. Five characteristics of a viral product – crowdspring.co/1aa5ZGk. Worldwide Ad Growth Buoyed by Digital, Mobile Adoption | eMarketer – crowdspring.co/15u5zHF. Five characteristics of a viral product – crowdspring.co/1aa5ZGk.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join. In our case, Alignable members can decide to ask questions publicly or privately in groups and can post from their computer or their mobile if they’re on-the-go.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

MediaNext 2012. 07/25/2012. Curalate allows us to see how the content we pin to our boards is performing, as well as the content people are organically pinning from our sites, and more importantly how viral those actions are, since it’s reported that 80 percent of Pinterest activity comes from repins.” Mobile Content.

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Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Word of mouth, referrals, virality – these are all amazingly powerful customer acquisition techniques that hold the promise of scale, but they require you to have a great product, not just a great marketing plan, and a product that is elegantly design for virality. Churn rates are another metric that can get harder with scale.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. Social Networking is Becoming Mobile: FourSquare and Skout. The trend that is unfolding before our eyes is that Social Networking is now becoming mobile and that adds new dimensions to how we use social networks. The Past (1985-2002).

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mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. January 21, 2012 by Nellie Akalp. The Most-Shared 2012 Super Bowl Ad Teasers So Far [VIDEOS]. January 21, 2012 17:53:09. January 21, 2012 19:11:24. January 22, 2012 07:43:33. January 22, 2012 12:58:54. Trending Stories.

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

February 9, 2012 by Ann Smarty. February 9, 2012 14:28:44. February 9, 2012 14:46:14. February 9, 2012 15:20:40. February 9, 2012 14:56:25. February 9, 2012 15:20:12. February 9, 2012 15:00:23. February 9, 2012 15:05:56. February 9, 2012 15:19:24. February 9, 2012 15:17:45.

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Facebook 2012: What the Future Holds for the Social Media Powerhouse. As the innovation engines of the economy, what startups figured out in 2011 will likely appear on other sectors’ trend lists in 2012. This year, mobile phones, GPS and services like Craigslist combined to make real-time and location-based history.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. January 13, 2012 by Brian Sullivan. Meme Machine: ‘Hitler’ Skewers Google’s Social Search Plus 4 More Viral Topics. Let #Gigya drop some knowledge on you: January 13, 2012 15:15:23. January 13, 2012 15:51:33. Trending Stories.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

I'm immensely excited about how completely mobile platforms impact our lives. I'm a lot less excited when I think about the imagination that we've brought to bear on mobile platforms and business/marketing. I'll share two examples of companies that are doing something non-normal when it comes to mobile marketing.

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gigaom.com

JUNE 18, 2012

17, 2012, 10:48am PT. The best publishers are getting even more savvy and looking at the virality of individual stories to judge success. And then extracting the viral characteristics of successful stories to make editorial decisions that hopefully continue to tickle reader curiosity and keep them coming back. Collaboration.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 24, 2018

Avoid Making Your Own Mobile Apps. With all the hype about consumers using mobile devices for information, I. A fully mobile responsive website can be more beneficial in many cases by ultimately offering a better experience for the end-user, and higher conversion for the business. Avoid Trying To Go Viral.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. The time to start thinking mobile first vs. web first was 6 months ago. Keep at it. 1 billion people use Facebook.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 10, 2013

Avoid Making Your Own Mobile Apps. With all the hype about consumers using mobile devices for information, I. A fully mobile responsive website can be more beneficial in many cases by ultimately offering a better experience for the end-user, and higher conversion for the business. Avoid Trying To Go Viral.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 10, 2007

blackberry, goodlink or exchange) and neither RIM, nor Microsoft nor Motorola has any interest in pushing the Apple mobile platform. blackberry, goodlink or exchange) and neither RIM, nor Microsoft nor Motorola has any interest in pushing the Apple mobile platform. ► 2012. (1). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing.

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mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

July 3, 2012 by Erin Everhart. Penguin : Released April 2012, this algorithm put tighter guidelines on website optimization and adjusted a number of web spam factors, including keyword stuffing, cloaking, unnatural links and content spinning. July 3, 2012 09:22:07. Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable!

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

July 18, 2012 by Chris Taylor. And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? In November 2009 Google acquired mobile ad company AdMob for $750 million. The company helped Google improve its mobile advertising solutions. Motorola Mobility. Like Tweet.

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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! Have an account?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 14, 2017

Kickoff Labs, a viral marketing company, points out: A great coming soon landing page, focuses on one primary objective: getting people to sign up before launch. Nearly one fifth of all page views in 2012 lasted fewer than four seconds. Make sure to include fields for the customer’s name and email address, at a minimum.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

October 4, 2012 by Cezary Pietrzak. October 4, 2012 12:16:07. October 4, 2012 15:00:22. October 4, 2012 14:29:24. October 4, 2012 14:51:35. October 4, 2012 15:29:36. October 4, 2012 16:44:17. October 5, 2012 07:12:06. Today in Mobile. IKEA Furniture Replaces Women on Tumblr. Like Tweet.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2012

The Illustrated Anatomy of a Viral Pinterest Scam – [link]. 120+ Creative, Unique, & Fresh Booklet & Catalog Design Inspiration – Best (so far) of 2012 – [link]. Finger-Friendly Design: Ideal Mobile Touchscreen Target Sizes – [link]. Ten Lessons I Learned from Shark Tank – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Can enterprise SaaS products be viral? Opera users click on the most ads, followed by Safari Mobile, Internet Explorer, and Android | The Next Web – [link]. 40+ Adobe Illustrator Tutorials Released in October 2012 | DezineGuide – [link]. How To Hire Hackers: A Realistic Guide For Startups | OnStartups – [link].

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marketingland.com

JULY 11, 2012

Jul 11, 2012 at 9:19am ET by Chris Studabaker. Further, with a media query we’re likely focusing on a single breakpoint around 480-500px, which results in two layout states — large/desktop screen (1024+px wide) and small/mobile screen (480-px wide). Social Media |. Search Marketing |. Display Advertising |. Analytics |.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

October 3, 2012 by Cezary Pietrzak. October 3, 2012 14:52:37. October 3, 2012 15:28:03. October 3, 2012 20:30:29. October 4, 2012 04:53:23. October 5, 2012 13:46:19. Today in Mobile. Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! IKEA Furniture Replaces Women on Tumblr. Like Tweet.

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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. And if you’re doing Windows Mobile 7 apps (which the stats suggest you aren’t), it’s your only choice. 65% versus about Windows mobile (dot.net?) net implementation.

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