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YouTube Strategy Lessons from a Channel with 1.6 Million Subscribers

ConversionXL

We’re a bootstrapped company that started with more time than money. For viral growth, you want most of your traffic coming from “Browse features,” which consist of YouTube’s home screen, subscriptions, and other browsing features. As a bootstrapped company, profitability is one of the highest priorities for our paid marketing.

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Dissection of a viral launch | iubenda blog

www.iubenda.com

Dissection of a viral launch. Many of you asked, so I decided to write this blog post, dissecting the launch of iubenda and the viral system we invented. The viral system. We built our custom viral system based on the best examples out there, adding some further fresh ideas we had during the process. iubenda blog.

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The Year’s 10 Best Movies for Entrepreneurs

Up and Running

Jon Favreau (who also wrote and directed the film) stars as Carl Casper, a head chef who is fired after a video of his spat with a food critic goes viral. It endearingly represents the ingenuity and collaboration required to bootstrap a project. Chef (May 2014); Open Road Films.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: QRazy Panda

crowdSPRING Blog

So much so, it seems almost impossible that any company could differentiate themselves. It has been very challenging bootstrapping this venture with my financial aid from grad school. We live in a society where the sentence: “I’ve got a Groupon for that!” makes sense. Daily deal websites are par for the course.

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Can Paid Customer Acquisition Work With Freemium?

Software By Rob

I’ll admit up front: I’m not a fan of using freemium in a bootstrapped business. I don’t know of any bootstrapped business that have used freemium successfully (though I’d love to hear about them in the comments), and I know of many funded businesses that have not used it successfully. My Thoughts.

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Twitter Link Roundup #123 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Competitive Differentiation that Matters – [link] 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. Competitive Differentiation that Matters – [link]. 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. Marketing the Viral Effect and Not-for-Profit Gold – [link]. – [link].

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Step 3: Brand and differentiate yourself. Whether you’re looking to stand out in an already-crowded marketplace, or to simply be a memorable company, figuring out how to brand and differentiate yourself is key. However, we have been able to differentiate [ourselves] and also excel by making enterprise software fun and enjoyable.