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. Advertising ??

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Software Review Technical Review Viral Software Developers 261

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2016

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing. Email marketing.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 28, 2022

I intend to release one study every three months, which I'll send to journalists in the hopes of generating viral attention on social media. I believe that if I can have one piece of content go viral every three months, not only will I be able to develop more links but also raise my brand's recognition. 7- Improve customer experience.

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Social Media Entrepreneur Retention Finance 119

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2020

It is no secret that the marketing and advertising industries foster some of society’s most interesting and innovative talents. Japan is one of the top countries spending the most on advertising. As you can imagine, this also makes Japan one of the most competitive markets in the world with advertisers striving to be the most creative.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

For instance, it can help you see what advertising and PR techniques you can apply to shine in your niche. Incentives help in attracting customers. It costs much less to build loyalty programs than to hunt for new customers. Loyalty programs are perks that bring customers back to your brand. Focus on Customer Experience.

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Social Media SEO Programming Technical Review 156

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Creating a viral video can be a big deal for a brand. There’s just one problem with going viral: No one really knows how it happens. Even content creators who are known for publishing regular viral content only experience success a fraction of the time. Follow These 4 Steps to Make Going Viral More Likely.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 14, 2009 Business ecology and the four customer currencies Lately, I’ve been rethinking the concept of “business model&# for startups, in favor of something I call “business ecology.&# Let’s begin with the four customer currencies. And this is true outside of games.

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Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers?

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Generally speaking, there are two ways (and only two ways) to scale a business to hit that $100 million threshold: Your business has a high Life Time Value (LTV) per user, giving you the freedom to spend a significant amount of money in customer acquisition. High LTV can usually be found in transactional or subscription businesses.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2024

Uncover diversified monetization strategies, including advertising, consulting, and info products, ensuring a sustainable and profitable newsletter business. 20:36] Do you feel like you have a different relationship as an advertiser because of the relationship with your readers?? [21:34] For me, advertising can be kind of seasonal.

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Revenue Advertising Email ChatGPT 79

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2023

20:20] Do you feel like you have a different relationship as an advertiser because of the relationship with your readers? [21:34] It does it for me, advertising can be kind of seasonal. And so yeah, it's advertising, it's consulting and some info products like courses and so John Jantsch (12:12): Forth. Like this show?

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ChatGPT Advertising Email Viral 92

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

Customers will be even more comfortable with the introduction of voice commerce, another unicorn of the online shopping experience. Sustainability is the Queen In 2023, customers have become even more environmentally conscious, as recent statistics prove. TikTok and Influencers One viral video on TikTok can reach 1.5

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eCommerce Technical Review Software Review Analytics 185

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

For businesses, these are now prime sources of business networking, customer service, and client leads. Viral marketing. Viral marketing costs real money, but is often worth it. This is how you make money from advertising – someone else runs ads on your site or your blog, and you get paid for everyone who clicks on the ad.

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Internet SEM Wiki Viral 239

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

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. Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer. Viral marketing needs a website.

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Web Viral Naming Internet 349

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

These are necessary to attract customers, investors, and give you a line of defense with competitors. Test your plan to get feedback from real customers. Use social media or reward target customers to volunteer for a feedback session. I can’t emphasize enough how important a name can be.

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Intellectual Property Social Media Angel Investor Metrics 245

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

They had a viral promotional technique that encouraged your friends to download their app to watch a video they posted and a channel (Facebook) that was trying to grow its video audience. I was talking with a colleague once about how videos go viral. Look at Viddy & SocialCast. But it wasn’t to be. Underbelly.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 11, 2011

I recently had the pleasure of spending an hour with Jon Steinberg, president of Buzzfeed , a company who focuses on helping media companies make their content go viral. But of course we also focused on making content go viral. It is absolutely MVP of advertising. I guess this video won’t go viral, then!

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Here are five key ones to celebrate: Enjoy the feedback from every satisfied customer. Talking to real customers is the best way to keep your inspiration alive, as well as the best way keep on track with changing trends and future innovation ideas. Increasing customer focus and loyalty.

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Sweat Equity Startup Salary Viral 296

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2011

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Innovative marketing starts with customer insights culled from painstaking research into who your customers are, and how they use digital media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It highlights the story of how United Airlines paid no attention to social media while Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world. Customers today trust those they know and those they see others trusting. Increase customer leads and conversion. Maximize customer retention.

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Social Media Media Reputation Viral 355

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Some make big mistakes, such as Webvan expanding too fast with a huge infrastructure, and Pets.com , trying to grow the business with a negative margin, under the mistaken assumption that winning customers is more important than making a profit. Actively listen to customer feedback, and don’t be a one-trick pony.

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Startup Social Media Metrics Viral 335

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

Some business successes can be attributed to luck, timing, or available funding, but in this case most agree that Gary was simply a marketing genius and he created his own market through creative advertising, emotional appeal and exclusivity. Similarly, mentioning viral marketing without specifics won’t assure fundability.

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Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence Angel Investor 134

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2017

How Social Media Can Bring The Right Customers For Your Business Using Word Of Mouth written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Word-of-mouth has been both King of Advertising and a marketer’s best friend for ages – and I mean literally, ages. Get creative with viral techniques and create a buzz.

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Social Media Media Customer Viral 56

Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Nielsen Consumer Trust Index shows that 92% of buyers trust organic UGC than paid advertising or brand content. Thus, advertisers need a creatively good mixture of content types to find the right blend that helps brands’ marketing strategies succeed. User-generated videos have enormous potential for sharing and to go viral.

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Software Review Social Media New Zealand Silicon Valley 94

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

They became popular for socializing, but now are prime sources of business networking, customer service, and client leads. This is how you make money from advertising – someone else runs ads on your site or your blog, and you get paid for everyone who clicks on the ad. Viral marketing. Social networks. Pay per click (PPC).

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Internet SEM Wiki Entrepreneur 224

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how to build a powerful ecommerce marketing strategy using customer research and messaging development, and how to use it to determine which marketing tactics will best reach your target audience. Use referral programs to attract new customers and reward your current ones 7. Both are critical.

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eCommerce Marketing Social Media Retention 129

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Great marketing is required to generate revenue and grow every business, especially new businesses which have no brand recognition nor loyal customer base. Yet, as a business consultant, I still find many of you business leaders relying primarily on your technology, word-of-mouth , or location to attract necessary customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. Maybe it’s that first customer testimonial, or that first congratulations from someone you respect, or seeing your story in the newspaper. Word of mouth advertising and viral marketing cost big bucks these days so budget for it. A business model that works.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

If you’re hoping to generate more customers within your business, it might help to take a step back and reevaluate it. This generation has a keen eye for authenticity, and of course, they have a knack for viral content, too; basically, they’re the ones that can catapult brands to fame (or infamy) with a single tweet or TikTok video.

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Social Media Advertising Viral Small Business 110

ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

You’re undoubtedly familiar with paid acquisition, as it’s the digital equivalent of traditional advertising. Though, increasingly, you can target with great granularity (especially on social) and set up custom audiences to create a holistic full-funnel paid strategy. Paid Acquisition. billion searches per day and 1.2

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Channel Marketing Viral SEO 118

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Innovative marketing starts with customer insights culled from painstaking research into who your customers are, and how they use digital media.

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Customer Marketing Viral Demand 250

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets, or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. A healthy business, ready to scale, has been doing this for a year or more, with an existing customer set generating a non-trivial and growing revenue stream. Martin Zwilling

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2018

A strong brand identity can help attract curious customers. With high levels of competition online and offline, it can be hard to get customers to notice your logo. Customers can’t pay attention to your logo if they can’t see it. To get your logo in front of customer’s eyes, use following ways to display your company logo.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2021

Shawn immediately said the name I had given the four steps was confusing – I had called it market development – he suggested that I call it Customer Development – and the name stuck. It bears repeating: an early-stage startup must focus on making one customer group excited by a mission-aligned product.

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Product Viral Channel San Francisco 436

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

Here are five key ones to celebrate: Enjoy the feedback from every satisfied customer. Talking to real customers is the best way to keep your inspiration alive, as well as the best way keep on track with changing trends and future innovation ideas. Increasing customer focus and loyalty.

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Sweat Equity Salary Viral Leadership 435

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets, or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. A healthy business, ready to scale, has been doing this for a year or more, with an existing customer set generating a non-trivial and growing revenue stream. Martin Zwilling.

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Revenue Valuation Viral Retention 434

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive.

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Social Media Media Startup Analytics 315