Up and Running

JUNE 18, 2012

It’s the dream of every business to have a social media campaign that goes viral. The 30 minute Kony 2012 video has been viewed over 100 million times in 200-plus countries, garnering 3.5 So, how can you get your Tweets to go viral too? According to a paper she co-authored, emotions are a key factor in the “virality” of tweets.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Compensating the sales force is a difficult task and the key is usually to keep things simple, so that each sales rep knows what he needs to optimize to make more money at the end of the quarter. which is very close to the typical 8% paid for sales commissions.

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mashable.com

JUNE 30, 2012

Heart-Stopping Photos of Attempted Hijacking in China Go Viral. June 29, 2012 by David Schoenbach. There he heads product definition, marketing, and sales of the Tiggzi , a platform for mobile development. Apple Gets Judge to Block Sale of Nexus, Android’s Only Jelly Bean Phone. viral video. viral videos.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 10, 2008

Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of SaaS companies. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. a new entrant trying to gain awareness in the marketplace investing in various mktg programs and sales to get the lead-gen engine flywheel started)? sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). at 8:58 PM.

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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. January 16, 2012 14:27:11.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

It all begins right after Thanksgiving, with the Black Friday sales beginning at midnight, followed by tons of sales for online shoppers on Cyber Monday. Giving Tuesday was created when the 92 nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation came together in October 2012 to get the “giving season” off to a good start.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

October 3, 2012 by Cezary Pietrzak. Generally speaking, a name is more valuable to a B2C (marketing-driven) company than a B2B (sales-driven) counterpart, so allocate your efforts accordingly. October 3, 2012 14:52:37. October 3, 2012 15:28:03. October 3, 2012 20:30:29. October 4, 2012 04:53:23. viral video.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Monday, January 16, 2012. sales and marketing. (10). ▼ 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. internet. (6).

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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. SMBs account for 54% of all US sales. SMBs represent 55% of jobs and 66% of all net new jobs since the 1970s. How do you create an infinite loop?

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Tiny, unknown apps can suddenly go viral and, seemingly overnight, grow to millions of users. By the time Instagram was purchased by Facebook in April of 2012, the app had more than 40 million users, but only a 13-person team. On average, every employee—including the CEO—supported more than 3,000,000 users.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

Customers go there to check on the details of your offerings and verify that you are not a scam, investors look there to check out your management and sales approach, and suppliers expect to find contact information. Finalizing the web site validates your product plan and sales strategy. Viral marketing needs a website.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2013

Berger explains why people talk about certain produces and ideas more than others, why some stories have a greater tendency towards a viral effect and why some rumors are simply more infectious than others. Which of the following was true of mobile usage in 2012? Not to mention merch. Oh yea, the merch.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

The sales productivity ratio (measured with the Customer Acquisition Cost or CAC ratio) are also fairly similar for the two groups (except for a small cap dip in Q4 09) and therefore do not explain the difference Why is scale so much rewarded by public markets? sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1).

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1).

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 23, 2013

Marketo filed for IPO with impressive 80% year-over-year growth in 2012, with almost $60m in revenue. of revenue, force-feeding sales pipelines with an unprofitable product. I know the argument: The pay-back period on sales, marketing, and up-start costs is long, but there’s a profitable result at the end of the tunnel.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2011

Thanks to credit crunches and slow sales, experts say the key to budgeting for 2012 is being prepared for the worst. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!). But some observers believe that the tough times may be increasing interest in social ventures.”. Running a business.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1).

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 24, 2018

Outsourcing without having both solid marketing and sales plans mean you have hired someone to be Your Captain Wing It and his or her actions may cost you more business than you ever anticipated. Avoid Trying To Go Viral. You can’t architect a viral success. Thanks to Leanne Hoagland-Smith , ADVANCED SYSTEMS.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 28, 2014

Even though the video may contain some of these elements, an explainer video is NOT specifically: A Viral video. Neil Patel, co-founder of CrazyEgg says that even though the video below brought in an extra $21,000/ month back in 2012, it was the script that was really responsible for such incredible growth. A Tutorial. image source.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Watch out for local sales force requirements. Look at how large Groupon and Living Social’s sales forces are, and they are still struggling to maintain profitability. If the sales force is too large, the site will probably not prosper. Maybe it’s selling local tours and taking a cut of the revenue. Look for new ways to sell.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 23, 2008

This video is a very smart viral marketing initiative from Cardo Systems , a provider of bluetooth headsets and it reached more than 6m eyeballs (this number includes the different versions of the video as well as the videos of people trying the experience to show it is a scam!). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1).

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leananalyticsbook.com

AUGUST 19, 2012

August 7, 2012 by Alistair. Viral coefficient (how well your users become your marketers.). Later, many of these KPIs become accounting inputs—stuff like sales, margins, and so on. 14 Aug 2012. 26 Jul 2012. 23 Jul 2012. 31 Jul 2012. 7 Aug 2012. Copyright © 2012 Lean Analytics Book.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This is my recap of what stood out to me this year and what I’m looking forward to in 2012 — we are only in the beginning of many revolutions. The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience. What’s Next in 2012…. And Beyond….

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2010

sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1).

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Brandanew

JUNE 15, 2015

Storytelling as a Content Marketing technique that was introduced in 2012 by the co-founder of Contently, Shane Snow. Storytelling is the art of convincing your target audience to buy your products and services without actually giving them a sales pitch. Viral marketing. Growth hacking. Snackable content.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing productivity. However, if the SaaS & Cloud computing industry is doing relatively well in this downturn, the recession has severely impacted the sales&marketing productivity of these companies, with longer sales cycle, smaller deal size and limited upsells opportunity.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 1, 2019

John Lee Dumas: I have a couple friends in the City of Portland, Maine where I was born and raised and actually launched EOFire back in 2012 in Portland, Maine that are doing really cool regional podcast that are being listened to because people want to know what’s happening in Portland, not just in the world. I love him for it.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1).

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 7, 2009

sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1).

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Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 27, 2008

sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1).

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Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

The SaaS growth recovery does not seem to take a "V" shape 2) Sales productivity is ramping up: bottom was hit in the first half of 2009 However, the sales and productivity of the group, measured by the median "Customer Acquisition Cost ratio" or "CAC ratio", seems to be recovering more steeply. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Labels: Cloud Computing , SaaS , sales and marketing. sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 10, 2009

sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1).

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Cracking the Code

MAY 25, 2010

One of his secret: "Incentivize your marketing team on sales not leads" Jeff Jordan, CEO of OpenTable speaking about his IPO process: " Build relationships with key public investors 2-3 years before going public (Morgan Stanley, Fidelity and T. Labels: design , internet , sales and marketing. sales and marketing. (10).

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1).

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Recently, however, we have seen the rapid emergence of hyper-growth businesses in the PaaS and IaaS markets demonstrating that these will soon be independent, multi-billion dollar segments in their own rights with the potential for massive sales volume and attractive cash flow characteristics. sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012.

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