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Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 26, 2020
Don’t let your passion convince you that word-of-mouth and viral marketing will suffice against well-funded competitors and ever more demanding customers. Set specific targets on the sales channels and marketing initiatives you need, including the use of social media, brand building, franchising, trade shows, affiliates, and distributors.
ConversionXL
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Neither would have achieved virality had customers not received something tangible for their efforts. Acquisition. For each potential channel, look at: Customer acquisition cost How many customers you can reach Whether the channel reaches the right audience. Instead, they could simply click a link and enter an email address.
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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
OCTOBER 11, 2010
We're going to use an affiliate program so our customers sell it for us.". We're putting a 'Retweet' button inside the product to encourage viral growth.". This is the viral step: Having trialed the tool, the stranger might use it herself, then more people find out about it, and so forth. "We're going to get reviews on blogs.".
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 4, 2015
The greatest challenge of the social media age isn’t to grow the largest fan or follower base. Nor to achieve the greatest “virality” in our digital campaigns. Rather, it is this: “How can we better reach prospects, convert them to customers, and serve their interests through social media?”. 23 ways to use Social CRM.
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 5, 2022
4- Increase media coverage. My number one goal for 2022 is to increase media coverage. Specifically, I plan on putting out one study per quarter that I'll send out to reporters and hopefully get viral coverage on social media. 17- Earn from affiliate marketing. Thanks to Justin Caldwell, All Home Robotics ! #4-
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Growth Hacking isn’t viral marketing (although viral marketing is part of it). and answers with A/B tests, landing pages, viral factor, email deliverability, and Open Graph. If a startup is pre-product/market fit, growth hackers can make sure virality is embedded at the core of a product. like/+1/follow?
ConversionXL
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
In my daily work with ecommerce brands, I see two types of companies: The first type focuses on acquisition and conversion. Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. Cohort analysis can be done for revenue, churn, viral word of mouth, support costs, or any other metric you care about.
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