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How to Build an Audience with Social Media Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

Founded in 2015, revenue intelligence startup Gong is now valued at $7.25 They’ve grown to attract big-name clients like LinkedIn, PayPal, and Shopify, mostly through social media channels rather than organic search. Why social media is one of the best approaches to building your brand.

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How Does Content Marketing Help Your Social Media Strategy

Brandanew

The importance of social media is the writing on the wall. Social media is not only the easiest way of knowing the consumer but also a fantastic channel to offer services and find new leads. Increased usage of social media allows business and brands to create value by building a community of loyal followers.

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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

Up and Running

As CEO of Quintessence Group, Melinda educates entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies on subjects including small business startup, business development, and social media marketing. Social media is no longer an option, you must be a social media expert, too, or have some budget to hire somebody to help you.

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How to Make the Perfect Startup Pitch

The Startup Magazine

Startup activity in the United States increased in 2016, continuing an upward trend that began in 2015 , according to the Kauffman Foundation. You also need to understand your audience. Describe and/or quantify the problem to help your audience understand that a change needs to happen. Also show potential entrants in that space.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

In fact, SaaS industry revenue is projected to grow from $49 billion in 2015 to $67 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of approximately eight percent. You might also be giving investors too much equity early on, as the risk is extremely high for them in the beginning stages of growing a SaaS company.”.

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19 Psychological Tactics for Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

ConversionXL

Narratives help overcome resistance in two ways : They reduce the audience’s tendency to counterargue your message. Your audience identifies with the characters in the narrative, relating the message to their own life. Savary, Goldsmith, and Dhar (2015) were collecting donations in a field experiment. So proceed with caution.

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How Crowdsourcing Can Function as Marketing

crowdSPRING Blog

In 2015, for instance, researchers Drogosch and Stanke published their findings after analyzing consumer responses to a crowdsourcing initiative performed by McDonalds , writing: [B]rand awareness and brand loyalty proved to be the dimensions which were significantly linked to crowdsourcing.