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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

Channel-level expertise: An understanding of how the channels work (e.g., SEO, email marketing, Facebook advertising). Where Airbnb recognized the value in another platform, Dropbox doubled down on the strength of its product as a distribution channel. Focus on the channels that offer the best ROI.

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How to create a sustainable social media strategy for your startup

The Next Web

With an innovative product in the consumer payment space, the company had viral-ready content. Its social media and editorial advertising strategy clearly put the product first. Take good care of them, and organic, viral sharing may welcome your product to the marketplace. Target influencers. Startup Example: Sprout It.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

Traditional video had very high costs of distribution due to limited time slots of broadcast TV (we only had enough spectrum to support 3-4 channels). The number of channels grew with cable & satellite TV but we still have limitations that makes distributing content high. Not so fast. Content goes global (of Maker Studios 4.4

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The rise of native advertising: Fine or farce?

The Next Web

This is native advertising in real life, on a real website, acting as a key player in the race for the strongest, viral, engaging content. Native advertising evokes an organic experience – one that pays tribute to the design and UX which has and continues to advance the Web. Native advertising is not new. Native to what?

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Summer Business Books: What to Read Now

crowdSPRING Blog

I must have been channeling someone else for a moment there. Jonah Berger describes for us the modern way of influence, and it has little to do with advertising. People no longer listen to advertisers, they listen to people they know – their peers. It is now 2013 and we can definitively say that Rock and Roll is here to stay.

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4 New Strategies For Your 2013 Marketing Plan

Growthink Blog

And importantly, your marketing plan covers the "channels" you will use to get new customers (known as your "promotions strategy"). These channels include, among others: Billboards Blogs, Podcasts, etc. After that, any message you send them is free advertising! Four such strategies are detailed below.

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Some Brands Made Famous By Instagram

YoungUpstarts

A good campaign to get a message across costs just a fraction of old-fashioned billboard and TV advertising. Founder Filip Tysander prefers to use social media and word of mouth to promote his company, rather than pay for traditional advertising. It puts its fans at the centre of what it does.