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Blood, sweat, and tears: How we got from 0 to 500K downloads on a budget

The Next Web

We launched a week before demo day and were able to generate a good media buzz (I’ll get more specific later) by piggybacking Pinterest and reach a go-to market that was highly relevant for us at the time. Brazil, with a population of 200M and Mexico with 120M are now in our top 5 download countries. Next: A one-woman PR team.

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Twitter Link Roundup #177 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! For the full post, look in the Social Media & Marketing section below. 12 Questions: Meet Moisés Ferreira (Brazil) – [link]. 10 brilliant poster designs – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #42 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 2014 Brazil World Cup logo gets a slap in the face [link]. Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing.

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Twitter Link Roundup #57 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Native Indians of Brazil use urucum seeds to make red pigment. Social Media Insights From The Big Lebowski – [link]. Why You’re a Social Media Douche – [link].

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I grew up in Minas Gerais, Brazil and my mother was a cleaner in my home town. At that time, I had built my own social media following into the thousands (before the days of all the countless blogs on social media were created). Thanks to Dana Humphrey, Whitegate PR ! #17 Thanks to Rashmi Melgiri, CoverWallet ! #5

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Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers

crowdSPRING Blog

Diogenes Herminio works for us as a Software Engineer, but does it from his home in Brazil. Amanda Werner is a freaking Valedictorian of her college class and helps out around here with marketing and PR. He is strongly opinionated, but in such a sweet and non-confrontational way that you wouldn’t even know it was the case.

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Small Business Soirees: How To Hold A Spectacular Corporate Event

YoungUpstarts

Do it right and you can build on some fantastic in-house PR by acting creatively and catching the eye of prospective clients. If you work in travel, this could be a particular destination such as Brazil or Mexico. Use the powers of social media to spread the word.