crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

One of the least expensive and most effective ways that small businesses can grow is through the strategic application of public relations. You should determine exactly what it is you are trying to accomplish through public relations efforts and then measure your progress towards that goal. 2,500 Twitter followers?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Being Kind To Your Prospective Customers Is Good Business – (Lean Business: Do Unto Others) – [link]. Being Kind To Your Prospective Customers Is Good Business – (Lean Business: Do Unto Others) – [link]. 7 reasons for entrepreneurs to avoid tranched investments | VentureBeat – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2014

These 44 Apps Will Make Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners More Productive – crowdspring.co/YGV8Dp. These 44 Apps Will Make Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners More Productive – crowdspring.co/YGV8Dp. David vs. Goliath: Lean Startup Advantages | OpenView Blog – crowdspring.co/1x2JFtG.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Paradoxical Traits of an Entrepreneur | by Jody Porowski – crowdspring.co/1piN6X6. Busting the Lean-Startup Myth – crowdspring.co/1ozOXHA. The 3 Myths Most Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves About Marketing | by Dharmesh Shah – crowdspring.co/1uyrQ4U. | WordStream – crowdspring.co/1tOs1vg.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 3, 2012

Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media - [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media - [link]. The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur - [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media - [link]. Traditional Advertising is Truly Dead - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 21, 2013

Lean Business: Save Money, Save the Environment – [link]. Lean Business: Save Money, Save the Environment – [link]. Mobile Isn’t Just a Screen or Device, It’s About Behavior | Advertising Age – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! Forget the coasts.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 19, 2011

Lean Marketing 101: Setting Goals – [link]. Traveling lean: tips for small businesses and entrepreneurs – [link]. Lean Marketing 101: Setting Goals – [link]. Skype Founder, Niklas Zennström – words for young entrepreneurs – [link]. Startup Advertising Spend Calculator – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Business plans for entrepreneurs: the three ‘Rs’ – Part I – [link]. Business plans for entrepreneurs: the three ‘Rs’ – Part I – [link]. Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups – [link]. 9 in 10 young adults trust advertising (aieee!) – [link]. 40 Extremely Shocking Advertisements – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

How a 1-Page Business Model Will – and Won’t–Help Your Lean Startup | by Kevin Dewalt – [link]. The Start-up Hall of Shame (America’s 10 Worst States for Entrepreneurs) – [link]. Newspapers need to stop lying to themselves — and to advertisers — about their circulation – [link]. ” – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Top 5 myths about the lean startup – [link]. Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Entrepreneurs Need to Find the Best ‘Curators’ – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Outstanding, candid post for entrepreneurs on a failed fundraising effort – by @randfish of @seomoz [link]. Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition – [link]. Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition – [link]. 20 Fresh Examples Of Printed Advertisements – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. 50 More Humorous Print Advertisements to Make You Smile – [link]. Who’s Next?

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

5 Essential Web Apps for the Lean Small Business – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. An entrepreneur tells us how he screwed up his Google acquisition – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur – Lara Miller – [link]. What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur – @GrubHub – [link]. Joint PR/Ad study finds PR getting higher marks in social media compared to Advertising [link]. Brilliant and Clever Food Advertisements – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

7 Habits of Highly Effective and Successful Entrepreneurs – [link]. 12 Must Watch TED Talks for Entrepreneurs – [link]. Small Business and Startups: The True “Lean” Movement – [link]. 7 Habits of Highly Effective and Successful Entrepreneurs – [link]. Convertible Debt - [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

3 mistakes I made as a young entrepreneur – [link]. 7 tactics lean startups need to build great products | Gigaom – [link]. Study: Reach of Organic Facebook Posts Down, Engagement Up | Advertising Age - [link]. 20 Delicious Examples of Coffee Advertisements – [link]. Entrepreneurshit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. As a result, being an entrepreneur in now within the financial reach of almost everyone. Best of all, it’s even considered “ultra-cool” these days to be a lean startup. Sales and marketing costs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 8, 2011

6 great athlete-entrepreneurs and what they accomplished – [link]. It’s not easy being lean – [link]. 37 Creative Shoes Advertisements – [link]. . “By the time you are betting the company, it means you haven’t invented for too long.&# -Jeff Bezos [link]. You don’t know the basics.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Fatherpreneurship: How to be a Successful Father and Entrepreneur - [link]. Lean Marketing: How to Run Your Marketing Team Like a Startup – [link]. 8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs – [link]. Lean Marketing: How to Run Your Marketing Team Like a Startup – [link]. Show them WHY.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

An Entrepreneur’s Guide To Patents: How To Determine Whether They Are Right For Your Company | TechCrunch – [link]. The problem with a Lean Startup: the Minimum Viable Product | Paul Kortman – [link]. Real-Time Marketing is Upon Us–Here’s How Advertising Needs To Adapt | Co.Create – [link].

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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.), The same was true for PR.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

crowdSPRING’s latest small biz newsletter: lean marketing, social media, crowdsourcing & more – [link]. Celebrities in Advertising Are Almost Always a Big Waste of Money – [link]. 60 Pixel Perfect Examples of Advertising Banners – [link]. Her fascinating story is in the Other section below.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. Over its lifetime a Lean Startup may spend less money than a traditional startup.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 7, 2011

Lean Marketing: Don’t Believe Your Own Press Releases – [link]. How to Create Compeling Advertising – [link]. 100 Guerrilla Marketing Advertisements for your Inspiration – [link]. How To Find Your First Customers And Grow Your Business – [link]. Product design at GitHub [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. As a result, being an entrepreneur in now within the financial reach of almost everyone. Best of all, it’s even considered “ultra-cool” these days to be a lean startup. Sales and marketing costs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

Related posts: Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups. Lean Marketing 101: Giving good interview, or how to get a reporter to eat from your hand. Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition. Hey if your pet can have one, why not your biz card?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

Publicity Stunts: When Good Ideas Go Bad | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. The Skinny on Using Crowdsourcing for Your Business | The Frugal Entrepreneur – [link]. Women Entrepreneurs Out Earn Men By 14% | Forbes – [link]. The Skinny on Using Crowdsourcing for Your Business | The Frugal Entrepreneur – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2011

Lean Marketing: Five Cheap Ways To Market Your Startup – [link]. Lean Marketing: Five Cheap Ways To Market Your Startup – [link]. Good post by @micah with tips for entrepreneurs demoing a product/service to investors – [link]. image credit: EpicV27. The Best 10 Solutions For Email Marketing – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Lean vs. Mean – Small Business and Responsibility – [link]. 13 Entrepreneur Blogs that Educate, Enlighten and Inspire | Mavenlink Blog – [link]. Good (short) video interview with Kevin Willer about the value 1871 Chicago offers entrepreneurs – [link]. The link is in the Other section below.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 24, 2011

Lean Marketing 101: Giving good interview, or how to get a reporter to eat from your hand – [link]. Lean Marketing 101: Giving good interview, or how to get a reporter to eat from your hand – [link]. More funny commercials in the Random Fun section below. Website Traffic or Conversions: Which Is More Important?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 19, 2013

Marketing is simple: spend $100 advertising your product or service and earn back $110 for your efforts. Especially for small business, traditional print, radio, and television advertising is out of their reach financially. Online advertising such as keyword search, CPC/PPC, and display ad placement is, quite simply, a waste of money.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. 10 random online resources for Entrepreneurs (2010 version) – [link]. Sleepless In Startupville: 23 Questions That Keep Entrepreneurs Up – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. “The Wisdom Manifesto&# – [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2011

While the word lean might conjure up notions of cheap, it’s really about taking a scientific approach to innovating, measuring and responding in ways that stop companies from wasting time and money. The basis of the concept, as applied to startups, comes from the Lean manufacturing world popularized by Toyota.

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Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. As a result, being an entrepreneur in now within the financial reach of almost everyone. Best of all, it’s even considered “ultra-cool” these days to be a lean startup. Sales and marketing costs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Last week I wrote about some ways that not-for-profits could leverage the concepts of lean marketing. The non-profit benefits from increased promotion to a larger audience, and the small business can benefit from positive public relations, stronger audience engagement, and marketing opportunities that they might now otherwise have.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 26, 2017

It doesn’t matter if it has been said before and repeated numerous times, quotes can give you the fire you need to be a better entrepreneur or learn how to handle a difficult situation. Below are some of those quotes sent in by entrepreneurs throughout the country. #1 Thanks to Ken Schaefer, Schaefer Advertising ! #2

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View from Seed

MARCH 8, 2016

Jay: How should a tech entrepreneur frame “brand” as an idea in the first place? What are some common, early mistakes entrepreneurs make when developing their company’s brand identity and message? Can you still operate in some kind of lean or scrappy way and launch a brand that resonates with the market?

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