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Quickly Unpacking Spotify’s Acquisition Of Gimlet Media

Haystack

And three, I was an early employee of Swell Radio, a “Pandora for podcast” app which personalized spoken-word audio streams for users — Swell was ultimately acquired by a “large consumer technology company” and eventually retired as an app. 2/ Big Consumer Tech Cares About Audio. 3/ Audio As A Feature Of Streaming Services.

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[Review] Return On Influence

YoungUpstarts

Widespread global availability of free or low-cost web access, easy-to-use social tools, and algorithms by companies like Klout and PeerIndex have also resulted in an “influence revolution” According to Schaefer, the rules of online influence are affected by several factors: 1. Providing compelling content – Content is king.

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, September 18, 2008 How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of iPhone-related companies lately. There are other models, in other distribution channels. On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. I havent found any yet.

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, October 7, 2008 The App Store after the gold rush I wrote earlier about the issue of distribution advantage on the iPhone. I think its helpful to think about two kinds of competition for distribution: acquisition competition and retention competition. So what can you do?

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113 of the Best Lead Generation Tools and Resources

Duct Tape Marketing

Referral Marketing– This includes intentional word of mouth activities, viral tactics as well as intentional referral generation. PRNewswire – Press release distribution service. Online Advertising– This includes the use of pay-per-click platforms, social networks, display ads and retargeting. Further Reading.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Skype and Zoom are useful for video/audio conferences. The self-assessment methodology, pioneered by Village Capital, is called VIRAL, for “Venture Investment Readiness and Awareness Levels.” .

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How to Use Social Media Strategically in 2021

Duct Tape Marketing

I can tell you that brand awareness and community engagement and content distribution are the biggest reasons that people use social media today. Twitter makes it easy to distribute your content. There are a ton of reasons to choose to use Twitter as one of your social media channels.