crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

A few weeks ago Nicer had 6 Twitter followers and no products to their name. As soon as Apple confirmed the removal of the headphone jack, Nicer’s team used their personal accounts to share the link to ApplePlugs.com on social networks and any site that could contribute to traffic for free. It was a viral hit.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Facebook has an incredible audience, 950 million strong and counting. This audience is immensely attractive to Brands and Marketers around the world. We've seen explosive growth in brand pages, types of advertising and other fun ways to monetize this audience. You are not rushing the audience to your digital existence.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 26, 2022

TikTok has evolved from a platform known for viral dance moves to a place of rapid product discovery. The New York Times named this urge to buy something the “TikTok Feta Effect,” after a viral recipe for baked feta pasta resulted in the cheese selling out nationwide in the U.S. The remaining 11% of the user base is over 50.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. These founders need a reality check on what recognized brand names have spent to reach that threshold, and how long it is likely to take. Figure out what is valuable to your audience. Establish partners and referrals.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

When I think, of a “disruptor,” the first name that comes to mind is Elon Musk. The platform offers low subscription prices, HD quality, and a new perspective to audiences with respect to TV shows and movies. Cryptocurrency is going to really disrupt banking by taking over one of its essential services, namely, secured payments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. These founders need a reality check on what recognized brand names have spent to reach that threshold, and how long it is likely to take. Figure out what is valuable to your audience. Establish partners and referrals.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Our only viral gaming app on the list, we asked DJ Saul , the CMO of the DC-based iStrategy Labs , a DC-based digital agency that has built products like Grandstand and Social Machines for clients like The Washington Redskins and Nickelodeon , for input. Design & Dev Entrepreneur Social Media Analysis and Opinion Investigations'

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media. 6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. 12/11/2009 – Slight tweak: Now you use our tools to control your social media.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 8, 2021

No years of birth, names of universities and dates of employment. A short description on the social network (Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram). Create a page “about us” on the site or account in social networks Before writing a text, you need to determine where you are going to place it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. These founders need a reality check on what recognized brand names have spent to reach that threshold, and how long it is likely to take. Figure out what is valuable to your audience. Establish partners and referrals.

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Gust

MARCH 9, 2014

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. These founders need a reality check on what recognized brand names have spent to reach that threshold, and how long it is likely to take. Figure out what is valuable to your audience. Establish partners and referrals.

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ConversionXL

JULY 7, 2020

And yet, Pinterest is the third-most popular social network, with over 322 million monthly active users, nearly 50% of whom are in the United States. Instead, think of Pinterest as a way to build an audience or an additional distribution channel for your content. Pinterest, for most, does not.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

Look at your existing network and business relationships to help you promote your show. Ask them to help share your social media posts to reach a much wider audience. Collect email addresses so you can follow-up with links to the pictures tagged with their names on your social media. Display Your Boats.

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View from Seed

MARCH 8, 2016

Jesse recently sat down with NextView (I assume he was sitting anyway — we spoke on the phone) to talk seed-stage company branding, building a startup identity, and some of the most common mistakes founders make when establishing a name for their companies. Unfortunately, too many startups come to us way too late.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

If you are considering including social login in your marketing strategy, take a look at my top nine things every marketer should know about it. So, combined with the right product and services, social login can help users become loyal and habitual users, in turn boosting your customer lifetime value (LTV).

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

How to Pick the Right Name for Your Business. There are endless paths to take when brainstorming your new business name. But for many small business owners and entrepreneurs, the naming process is fraught with uncertainty and doubt. Your business name sets the tone for all that follows. Opt for a descriptive name.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Your audience will flock to brands with a strong reputation because they don’t associate you with their need. Brand recognition happens when your target audience recognizes your brand when they see it (even if they’ve never used your solution). Canva doesn’t have the household name status of Adobe. And the wheel keeps turning.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 20, 2012

No doubt you’re knee-deep in social media marketing these days, spending a good chunk of time engaging with customers within social networks and creating compelling content that attracts followers. However, to do true “social video marketing,” you need to go beyond simple YouTube posting. Include a call to action.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Over 60% of small business owners are using social media to attract new customers, over 75% of these companies have Facebook pages;,and almost half of small businesses are successfully acquiring new customers through online social networks! Brand names matter (as do eyeballs).

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2013

We connect them to hundreds of thousands of potential new customers using email marketing, social networks, and display ad campaigns. Viral aspect of the campaign: The more sharing, the more points, and the greater the chances of winning in both the weekly and main prize (luxury all-inclusive weekend in Vihula Manor) draws.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 29, 2023

Through narrative interviews, Jay Klaus explores how creators like Tim Urban James Clear, Tory Dunlap and Cody Sanchez are building their audiences today. In a recent episode, they talked with Kevin Perry about how he goes viral on every single platform. It's a sh basically restricts how much time kids can spend on social networks.

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Technical Review Technology China Business Model 79

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

While these designs are definitely quirky, geeky and cool, beware using them for a general audience; not everyone feels the same nostalgia we do for an 8-bit, pixelated graphic of a mushroom. Color-Coordinated Compound Words Web startup names and logos are inextricably linked. This trick is one of the oldest in the book.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

It’s about building relationships and networking, not selling, although that does come as a result. Business owners with a brick and mortar store need to reach out to a bigger audience online. Social media isn’t new. Social media is about doing that online. Get a Twitter account in your business name. Be visible!

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Small Business Marketing PR Social Media 167

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

While these designs are definitely quirky, geeky and cool, beware using them for a general audience; not everyone feels the same nostalgia we do for an 8-bit, pixelated graphic of a mushroom. Color-Coordinated Compound Words Web startup names and logos are inextricably linked. This trick is one of the oldest in the book.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media Software Review 111

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. First, understand your audience. For example, if I were pitching LinkedIn’s Series B today with what I now know about successful pitches, the investment thesis would be: Massively valuable properties will be built off networks.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

So, lots of content combined with an engaged audience (contributing and participating in consumption), driving great branding and real world revenue. Some have experimented with virality ( Pepsi Test Drive or Dove Beauty , etc.), It is a social network (like Facebook). Audiences, Relationships, and You(Tube).

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 2, 2011

In regard to the above statement, I have to explain, I’m not an expert in social media, and my computer skills are questionable. I don’t have huge numbers of followers on Twitter or friends on Facebook , and none of my YouTube videos have gone viral. These are individuals I consider to be the best in the world in my field.

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Social Media Media Viral Video 75

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

One is find yourself an audience and a marketplace and that’s something you can start doing within a week. You’re going to tell Jason and Bob just the name of your URL, nothing else, and see if Jason can figure out what it is. It does a lot more than that now, but that’s where the name came from. Jason: Chext?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Kyle Dunn, CEO, Meyler Capital , says, “Investors should focus on building a large audience within a CRM system (having the ability to categorize your different constituents); communicate consistently to that audience; and implement an automation platform that can leverage lead score to profile interest. 2) Market .

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

All I see is a name, an icon, a price, the developers name, and a review star-rating. On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. Those companies who have learned to build apps that optimize the viral loop dominate in every category where they compete. And what distinguishes a good app? I cant really tell.

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gigaom.com

JUNE 18, 2012

Though the explosion of social won’t directly convert these users, it does give publishers a whole new way to build engaged audiences that can translate to a decrease in fly-bys in the long run. Instead, it’s about understanding how your social audience is engaging with your content on and off your property.

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Viral Technical Review Social Network SEO 50

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

Providing more choices increases the chances that your audience will be able to use one of these to authenticate. If the person isn’t a member of any of these or doesn’t want your site to know about them on these social sites, then you still need your own authentication mechanism. Do I believe I’ll get more registrants?

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Brandanew

JULY 2, 2015

It may or may not click with your audience. Nevertheless, the unpredictability of social media hasn’t discouraged marketers across the world to try different antics every time a product or service is launched and some of them aren’t just successful, but highly inspiring. Viral Vine’s #TurnUpForWhat or #TurnipForWhat.

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conversionxl.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Surely, what’s “appeals” to a 54 year old mother of 5 who goes online to check Facebook and Metafilter will be vastly different from a Google Glass wearing, 27 year old power-user of social networks you haven’t even heard of yet. Sidetrack: What Are The Elements of a Viral Pre-Launch Page? SoundCloud’s primary audience is: Male.

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Analytics Software Review Conversion Video 98

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Why should my audience care?” Understand a Journalist’s Coverage Area & Audience. When you want a particular person to cover your story, customize your pitch to be relevant to his coverage area and audience. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking.

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

In addition, Facebook allows you to look at the demographic of your audience and pinpoint which days/times they are active. Working in a B2B field, LinkedIn’s analytics are sensitive enough to track your audience by industry, seniority, function, and company size. Are you reaching the right audience? Tool 4: Buffer.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Thats because a marketing launch is a one-time event, and rarely translates into renewable audiences. If the viral coefficient is 0.9, Who doesnt want to see their name in print? Now that were beginning our first marketing, the key partners we need have heard our name long enough to trust us. keep iterating until its 1.1

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