crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 22, 2013

The Fundamental Challenge of Your Startup’s First Hire: Leading and Learning at the Same Time – [link]. A third of all venture backed companies that went public in the last six years had at least one immigrant founder – [link]. The Impact of Gmail’s New Tabs Feature on Email Read Rates | MarketingProfs – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

What’s the Best Time to Send Email Newsletters? What’s the Best Time to Send Email Newsletters? This Invaluable Lesson Will Keep You From Making Catastrophic Hiring Mistakes - crowdspring.co/XeV4JS. Hiring startup engineers? What’s the Best Time to Send Email Newsletters?

Social Media 94

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Email Design Best Practices For Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Small Business Marketing Tip: Send Email Campaigns At Night To Increase Revenue | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. 4 Reasons People Subscribe to — and Open — Email – [link]. Top 6 Crowdsourcing Websites | ichitect – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

If your small business or startup sends email newsletters or other email marketing campaigns, what is the best time of day to send those emails? Small Business Marketing: Best Times And Days To Send Email For Opens And Click-Throughs – [link]. Startups should look to hire from agencies | Technori- [link].

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

You’re undoubtedly familiar with paid acquisition, as it’s the digital equivalent of traditional advertising. For instance, you can advertise on specific subreddits, which are sometimes incredibly cohesive tribes: If you can make the math work on paid advertising, it’s in infinitely scalable channel.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Why Your Startup Shouldn’t Hire a Marketer from Microsoft – [link]. Why Your Startup Shouldn’t Hire a Marketer from Microsoft – [link]. email obsolete? 56 Fresh And Intelligent Print Advertisements – [link]. 56 Fresh And Intelligent Print Advertisements – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 97

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Rembrandt Communications

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The only problem is… you have a very tiny budget for marketing and advertising. Make a list of contacts with their addresses, emails and phone numbers. This is positive media that provides third-party credibility you simply can’t buy via advertising. It’s February. How are sales going? Get referrals. Don’t have an event?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

But my favorite was when the public relations manager said, “we’re here to write press releases and answer the phone in case the press calls.” We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.), We hired union laborers to do that. The same was true for PR.

Silicon Valley 263

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! All rights reserved.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! All rights reserved.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! and CityPages. All rights reserved.

Small Business 66

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Rembrandt Communications

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The only problem is… you have a very tiny budget for marketing and advertising. Make a list of contacts with their addresses, emails and phone numbers. This is positive media that provides third-party credibility you simply can’t buy via advertising. It’s February. How are sales going? Get referrals. Don’t have an event?

Sales 100

Sales PR Audience Public Relations 100

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! All rights reserved.

Small Business 60

Small Business Marketing Social Media Software Review 60

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 24, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! All rights reserved.

Small Business 67

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Not only do they leverage the site to make critical hires, but they also use LinkedIn Groups like “mini conferences” where they can learn more about various subjects like advertising and public relations. Have you received a glowing email about your exemplary service or revolutionary product?

Small Business 176

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 9, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! All rights reserved.

Social Media 59

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! All rights reserved.

Customer 66

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

For example, it still heavily relies on print advertising (bridal magazines) and brides were limited to only shopping in brick and mortar stores to find their wedding attire. When I began practicing law I was hired by a firm where billable hours and collected fees were the only considerations for advancement. Image Credit: Beth Tucker.

Entrepreneur 91

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 10, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The tool I currently use for everything described above is called Customer Thermometer. All rights reserved.

Small Business 59

Small Business Marketing Software Review Social Media 59

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! All rights reserved.

Marketing 54

Marketing Social Media Software Review Small Business 54

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! Make customers aware of the review page via: Business cards – on the back: “Love our service?

Web 47

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Many small business owners feel like creating a public relations presence isn’t quite worth the investment. They assume it either requires a costly partnership with an outside agency or an expensive internal hire (or perhaps that it’s something only big companies with national clientele would truly benefit from).

PR 60

PR Social Media Public Relations Hosting 60

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! All rights reserved.

Small Business 72

Small Business Marketing Arkansas Social Media 72

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! For a blog, lots of comments means someone is reading and engaged; for an email, clicks means someone is interested.

Small Business 41

Small Business Social Media Engineer Matching 41

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

Why Email Marketing is King – [link]. Why Email Marketing is King – [link]. Building a company’s culture and hiring – [link]. What The Highest Converting Websites Do Differently – [link]. Customers Don’t Want More Features – [link]. Are You Sure You’re Not a Bad Boss? – [link].

Social Media 92

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 12, 2018

When I was freelancing as a web designer – the company name was Tim B Design, but as I started to hire I recognized the limitations of the name very quickly and went out searching for something short and memorable. Our creative and fresh take on advertising has a one-of-a kind style. 12- Went for a simple and memorable name.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 29, 2015

Robo-Hiring: How An Automated Headhunter Is Finding Hidden Tech Talent For Wall Street crowdspring.co/1HhWNkq. How To Email Authors for New Comments on WordPress crowdspring.co/1A7znOO. Reid Hoffman on the biggest lie employers tell employees – buff.ly/1LNtOpF. Nine Behaviors That Drive Innovation crowdspring.co/1PKEGWi.

Small Business 48

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 3, 2015

How to Make Custom Images for Your Blog Posts Without Hiring a Designer crowdspring.co/1fmph3l. Things I’ve Learned About Building & Coding HTML Email Templates crowdspring.co/1GWfkE4. Brian Clark and the Power of Content Marketing crowdspring.co/1JTwDXs. 13 Things NOT to Do on Facebook crowdspring.co/1MWspyg. 1GHx9a4.

Small Business 48

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

For example, some startup sales execs believe hiring the core sales team is a key objective. Some think that hiring a PR agency, starting the buzz and getting coverage in hot blogs or on the cover of magazines at launch are objectives. What kind of objectives would a startup want or need for sales and marketing?

Customer Development 220

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Advertising consulting. To help businesses with their online and offline advertising campaigns. Many small businesses can’t afford to hire full-time HR staff. Public relations consulting. We just emailed the guide to you. Email address. A few reasons why you should be hired.

Small Business Administration 86

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The above ad from Apple in the 1984 Super Bowl helped make Super Bowl advertising must-see TV and redefined how companies leverage the Super Bowl to promote their products. Lean Business Tips: Hiring Contractors for Fun and Profit(ability) – [link]. Obvious but Hard Lessons in Small Business Advertising – [link].

Social Media 109

Social Media Small Business North America Design 109

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

If you simply update your résumé and (e)mail it off to a hiring manager, you’ll probably be left twiddling your thumbs for a long, long time while other applicants get all the interviews. For instance, here are some headline turn-offs: • “Call me to hear why I’m the last branding consultant you’ll ever need to hire.”

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Search Los Angeles Social Media Social Network 198

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 3, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The key to the effectiveness of this approach resides in building the organic side first. All rights reserved.

Small Business 62

Small Business PPC Social Media Public Relations 62

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 12, 2013

It’s what makes email marketing work and it’s what drives effective advertising. Any decision on what to do on Facebook comes with content, SEO, email and advertising implications as well. Integration is what makes social media work. View it that way and you’ll never wonder about ROI again. More on this. More on this.

Marketing 71

Marketing Lead Generation Advertising Small Business 71

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

Even The Onion has joined the game by launching a parody site – Clickhole – that on the one hand, pokes fun at click-bait, but ultimately, runs monetizes through advertising, just like every other click-bait site. Astonishing that so many email co’s still don’t support – crowdspring.co/1kDohs5.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2016

Michelle Garrett of Garrett Public Relations says: Small business owners need to do more networking to make more contacts, not only for possible referrals, but as resources and even as friends you can turn to when you have a question or problem related to your business. Casual attire only, please, he said.

Networking 48

Networking Lean Public Relations Small Business 48

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! My answer is always the same – nothing is dead – but the ways we use them have changed. All rights reserved.

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Small Business Lead Generation Social Media Advertising 68