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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Ask a technical founder about his startup, and he'll proudly describe his stunning software — simple, compelling, useful, fun. Great," I always exclaim, sharing the thrill of modern software development, "so how will people find out about this brilliant website?". We're going to get reviews on blogs.".

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Twitter Link Roundup #122 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 9, 2012

Tips On Surviving Technical Due Diligence – [link]. Google’s Rules of Acquisition: How to Be an Android, Not an Aardvark – [link]. The Collapse of Print Advertising in 1 Graph – [link]. This is a good resource for email subject lines: [link]. Selling or Funding A Startup? – [link].

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Book Review: Finding a New Career that Values Your IT Knowledge

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 11, 2008

Blog Blazers: 40 Top Bloggers Share Their Secrets → Book Review: Finding a New Career that Values Your IT Knowledge Software Development If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. sent) October 11th, 2008 | Software Development Building your startup? Check out my book Like this post?

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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. An entrepreneur tells us how he screwed up his Google acquisition – [link]. – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #130 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

Six Myths of Product Development – [link]. Building It Is Not Enough: 5 Practical Tips On User Acquisition – [link]. So what exactly is a tech company? Building It Is Not Enough: 5 Practical Tips On User Acquisition – [link]. Building It Is Not Enough: 5 Practical Tips On User Acquisition – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #151 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2012

crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Simply Smart Tech – [link]. The economic logic behind tech and talent acquisitions – Chris Dixon – [link]. The Surprising Secret to Selling Yourself | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Some advice from Jeff Bezos – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #169 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

The Ultimate Guide to Customer Acquisition | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. Why Aren’t More Women Entrepreneurs in Tech Accelerators? Glaser-Harvard Business Review – [link]. The Ultimate Guide to Customer Acquisition | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. Rafi Mohammed-Harvard Business Review – [link].

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Join My Online Split Testing Class on May 11th

Software By Rob

APRIL 22, 2010

Due to technical difficulties I will be re-teaching this class at 10am PST on Tuesday May 11th. Next Tuesday I get my chance, as I take the reins of an online class on split testing (aka A/B testing). The class is at 10am PST on Tuesday April 27th and 32 people have signed up so far.

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Work Less, Get More Done, Convenient Open Source, What a Startup.

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2009

If you make something where the challenges are mostly technical, you can rely on word of mouth, like Google did…but with other types of startups you may win less by features and more by deals and marketing. CrossLoop – Mom calling you for tech support? Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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Late Stage Co-Founder Wanted, Screencasting Handbook Released.

Software By Rob

MAY 24, 2010

Triumph of the Nerds on DVD – An awesome tech documentary, and I recently discovered it’s on DVD. May 24th, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? There are a bunch of reviews linked on the homepage for anyone who needs to read more, along with the first 20 pages or so. Many 100%+ improvements.

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Transitioning from Developer to Software Entrepreneur

Software By Rob

JULY 24, 2009

Startup Marketing Advice, “Failure,&# Things I Learned the Hard Way, and more… → Transitioning from Developer to Software Entrepreneur Micropreneurship , Startups If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. at 9:57 pm [.]

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Highlights from the 2009 Business of Software Conference

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business of Software is a conference organized by Neil Davidson and Joel Spolsky , and was held this year in San Francisco. Geoffrey Moore Author of Crossing the Chasm and four other books, Geoffrey Moore has been thinking about high-tech product development longer than most of have been doing anything on a computer.

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Why A Link from TechCrunch Will Not Make You Rich | Software by Rob

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

When we launched the first version of our product a few years back, we got great write ups on a number of top tier tech news sites. Small business owners rarely read tech news… #4 Adam Wride on 01.19.10 And we got crazy, mad traffic. But sign ups were less than 0.01%. Techies are not our customers. Small business owners are.

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Paying the Price of Success

Software By Rob

MARCH 17, 2010

It’s highly recommendable for people wanting to be micropreneurs, and gives an inside look on what starting a tech company looks like. #2 For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page. 3 comments ↓ #1 Tommy on 03.18.10 2 Rob on 03.18.10 at 5:09 pm Great book.

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My Report on StackOverflow DevDays

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? I sit in front of my laptop for days, nay weeks on end and never see another person who is remotely interested in technology. at 5:05 pm [.]

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The Impact of Community

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

Lloyed explores the intricate art of harnessing the community’s strength as your ultimate acquisition channe l, brand differentiator, feedback source, retention lever, and catalyst for transformative change. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Would you support that idea? I'm an engineer.

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Startup Marketing: The Nine Levels of Traffic Quality

Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

As I was looking at traffic stats I noticed a huge increase in mid-November due to a number of write-ups on startup and web-2.0 Is it so low because it’s advertising? Targeted advertising, but advertising nonetheless I suppose. #6 Is it so low because it’s advertising? That completely makes sense to me.

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Here is My Glimpse of the Future

Software By Rob

MARCH 9, 2009

It’s OK If You Don’t Like Your Job If you’re like the hundreds of software developers I’ve talked to over the past few years you’re not thrilled with your job. But the time has come…today I lay everything on the table. In the end, you need something more than a 9 to 9 can offer.

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Passion as a Competitive Advantage

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

They hadn’t sealed a roof jack correctly, and had left the flange outside of the [insert technical sounding word here] so they had to seal it with [hot something or other] and it was a complete kludge. November 19th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Software Development , Startups Building your startup? My roof is leaking.

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8 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Programming Career

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

No manager in their right mind would fire the technical lead of a big software project. Show Up Early, Leave Late I’ve talked about how crunch time should be the exception in software projects. The most exciting thing about this is that these are the types of innovative companies that developers thrive in!

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I Need Your Help! Which Book Would You Be Most Likely to Buy?

Software By Rob

APRIL 15, 2010

In terms of tech I use e-books, pdf (for the search). #2 For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page. 12 comments ↓ #1 Martin on 04.15.10 at 5:53 am ? would have clarified the questions. I answered paper/big publisher because this is what I choose in terms of fiction books. 2 -e on 04.15.10 3 Eric on 04.15.10

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Problems (For the Most Part) Resolved with wordpress and dreamhost

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 3, 2008

I’ll probably never know… Update: An awesome DreamHost tech support rep named Mike M. They advertise ridiculous bandwidth/disk space for the price and the way they provide it is by recycling or killing apps during peak hours. DreamHost? For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page.

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A Micropreneur's Perspective: Selling Physical Products vs.

Software By Rob

MAY 4, 2009

The dropshippers are not very high-tech and don’t have a way to integrate programatically with their ordering system so every order has to be placed manually. 5 iWeb Blog » iWeb Tech News Highlights: web marketing, F.lux, micropreneurs on 05.05.09 at 8:00 am [.] at 9:58 am [.] 6 Jannik on 05.06.09

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Crowdsourcing Your Product Name

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 29, 2009

More than half had an interest in speed reading 21% volunteered to beta test and provided their email 20% asked to be notified when the app was available and provided their email Obviously the population taking the survey was skewed towards a younger, technology savvy audience. Product naming is hard. Check out my book Like this post?

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Twitter Link Roundup #204 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2013

The video above (22 minutes) is a very good explanation (parts are technical) of how Bitcoin works. How To Become A Customer Acquisition Expert - buff.ly/1aWRqqY. How To Become A Customer Acquisition Expert - buff.ly/1aWRqqY. When Marketing Is Strategy | Harvard Business Review - crowdspring.co/1jtztSC. 1hZytdu.

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

The Differentiators The areas that kill the most time when consuming open source software are: Installation process Documentation Support Usability I’m sure we can all point out a handful of open source projects that have decent documentation and decent usability. The vast majority do not. at 11:07 am [.] 10 Silas Marner on 08.11.09

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester. .

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The Beginner’s Guide to Mobile App Analytics

ConversionXL

APRIL 25, 2016

Any technical issues? Here are just a few promotion and measurement tools… AdWords : Advertise your app on Google search page results and on the Google Display Network (GDN). AdMob : Advertise your app in other apps. Use the Android Studio to help with development. Acquisition and Segmentation. UX problems?

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

7:52] Was there competition that you had to buy up, and/or what type of acquisitions did you feel like you had to make? [9:19] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! But the restaurants liked it at first cause it tracked how effective their advertising was. More About Mike Evans: Hangry: A Startup Journey.

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You Should Probably Send More Email Than You Do

www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. You might have heard the old advertising saw that someone needs to hear about your brand seven times before they buy. This is not some kind of scam that “works” on the technology-challenged.

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

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I have the knowledge in tech to implement it. If you’re looking for technical talent – go to the dev meetups. what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project?

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Twitter Link Roundup #56 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Acquisitions: Pulling Back the Covers – [link]. 40 Creative Advertisement for Inspiration – [link]. Internet Advertising Hits New Revenue Record – [link]. Crowdsourcing Effective Advertising – [link]. Keynote Speech Scott Klososky Social Technologies 12 Step Process – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #35 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

. “These results suggest that [developers rely] on stereotype & instinct to understanding user needs&# – [link]. 90 Creative Advertisements You Will Listen To – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #35 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

. “These results suggest that [developers rely] on stereotype & instinct to understanding user needs&# – [link]. 90 Creative Advertisements You Will Listen To – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #174 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 12, 2013

Bonnstetter-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Bonnstetter-Harvard Business Review – [link]. An acquisition is always a failure | by Jake Lodwick – [link]. Good short post by Chris Dixon on the challenges of predicting how technology will impact us – [link]. – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #123 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

Twitter’s Secret History As the World’s Worst Tech or Media Business – [link]. Secrets of the acquisition process from EA and Zynga – [link]. 5 New Spots for Chicago Tech Entrepreneurs – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #210 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

A special report from The Economist on Tech Startups. Amazon is surprisingly quiet/inactive when it comes to acquisitions | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1dhwOrm. Three Long-Held Concepts Every Marketer Should Rethink | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/M5TsNZ. You Can’t Beat Habit – crowdspring.co/1dlSylX.

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Twitter Link Roundup #50 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

Optimizing your Customer Acquisition Funnel – [link]. Why software startups decide to patent … or not – [link]. Optimizing your Customer Acquisition Funnel – [link]. Why An MBA Could Kill Your Chance To Become A Great Tech Entrepreneur – [link]. Rethinking “F@#$ You Money” – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #98 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 19, 2011

The evolution of Apple advertising - [link]. 100 Incredible Advertisements to Refresh Your Mind - [link]. Fees, Lies and Advertising - [link]. Report: The Rise of the Social Advertising - [link]. 100 Incredible Advertisements to Refresh Your Mind - [link]. Top Approaches for e-Commerce Product Videos - [link].

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Why You Should Start Marketing the Day You Start Coding

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 14, 2010

No, these days even technical execution is mostly trivial (with a few exceptions for apps built around unique algorithms). The feedback that came be gained in those 2 hours is guaranteed to save countless hours of development time. #17 It’s certainly not true for 90+ of business apps, where technical execution is HARD. #18

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microisvs, Software Products and Startups: My Most Popular Posts.

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Consider this the Year in Review for Software by Rob. The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer “This advice is intended for someone looking to become a freelance software developer or web designer (or looking to start a small web design/development/consulting firm).

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Ten Things I Will Never Have to Do Again

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

You don’t have to play IT manager, which you often have to do with even very technical people. So with a sigh of relief I present to you a list of ten things that confirm Micropreneurship was indeed the right choice for me. But just like in most things in life, I have seen probably more people who are pushed by working with people.

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Micropreneur Spotlight Episode 2: Design Proposal Software Bidsketch

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 3, 2009

While you’re technically working on your application, you’re getting distracted by things that aren’t going to get you any closer to launching. Later in the development process, I was fighting fatigue. So at the time I was finalizing development, launching a product, and working through an acquisition.

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What is the Micropreneur Academy?

Software By Rob

MARCH 10, 2009

If I pick up a technology or online marketing book that’s published in 2007 a good portion of it will be out of date. I talked a bit in the report about how blogs aren’t able to cover this material in enough depth. And it’s not a book. The problem with books is they fall out of date far too quickly.

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If you build it, they won't come, unless.

Twitter Link Roundup #122 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Book Review: Finding a New Career that Values Your IT Knowledge

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Join My Online Split Testing Class on May 11th

Work Less, Get More Done, Convenient Open Source, What a Startup.

Late Stage Co-Founder Wanted, Screencasting Handbook Released.

Transitioning from Developer to Software Entrepreneur

Highlights from the 2009 Business of Software Conference

Why A Link from TechCrunch Will Not Make You Rich | Software by Rob

Paying the Price of Success

My Report on StackOverflow DevDays

The Impact of Community

Startup Marketing: The Nine Levels of Traffic Quality

Here is My Glimpse of the Future

Passion as a Competitive Advantage

8 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Programming Career

I Need Your Help! Which Book Would You Be Most Likely to Buy?

Problems (For the Most Part) Resolved with wordpress and dreamhost

A Micropreneur's Perspective: Selling Physical Products vs.

Crowdsourcing Your Product Name

Twitter Link Roundup #204 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

The Beginner’s Guide to Mobile App Analytics

A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

You Should Probably Send More Email Than You Do

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

Twitter Link Roundup #56 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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