ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). What does a thoughtful campaign look like?

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

Are you trying to build buzz, but don’t have the cash to launch a full-fledged PR campaign? I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. In other words, you should focus first on a great product/service, and only after you’ve achieved that worry about PR.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Crowd funding part 2: Creating a successful campaign – [link]. Facebook comments: Pros and cons for business – [link]. Bizarre to see agencies blaming clients for agencies’ failure to evolve their business models – [link]. What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur – @GrubHub – [link].

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2018

So, it’s time to fix the traditional business plan and replace it with a planning process that works. Lean Planning is a faster and better business plan solution. Lean Planning is a 4-step process that helps you discover a business model that works and manage a company successfully. Your business strategy.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 25, 2010

40 of the Most Interesting and Creative Guerrilla and Ambient Advertising Campaigns – [link]. Selling UX to small business – [link]. Micropayments and Subscriptions: How Business Models for Startups are Shifting – [link]. 5 thoughts for small business on delivering efficiency – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 25, 2010

40 of the Most Interesting and Creative Guerrilla and Ambient Advertising Campaigns – [link]. Selling UX to small business – [link]. Micropayments and Subscriptions: How Business Models for Startups are Shifting – [link]. 5 thoughts for small business on delivering efficiency – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

What is the best time to send email campaigns? What is the best time to send email campaigns? Always use data, not feelings, to make business decisions – [link]. The Growing Power of Women in Business | by Daniel Burrus – [link]. “sometimes you have the right product but the wrong business model.”

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2020

At what point in your business trajectory is it worth revisiting your brand and putting resources into a rebrand? Your business model, target audience, or goals have changed. Or you describe your company differently in every campaign. At ARTA, Meredith oversees all aspects of marketing, PR, and partnerships.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

For awhile, that channel was a share option on all our blog posts, and we tried paying for stumbles for some campaigns. NVV: Lots of marketers are under pressure to come in and generate demand right away, whether because sales is asking for leads or founders are demanding PR or user growth.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Instead, I’ve seen the odd campaign warning people about the dangers of online shopping—but that doesn’t solve customers’ problems. campaign about the dangers of online shopping). They applied a community-powered business model to the mobile sector, similar to that of Wikipedia, hence the name “giffgaff,” which means “mutual giving.”.

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Customer Community Revenue Software Review 85

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Even if you must launch to your customers, avoid the urge to also launch in extra places, just because your PR firm can do it at the same time. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help.

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San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2010

Business Models: Users vs. Customers – [link]. Business Models: Users vs. Customers – [link]. Weigh the legal & business risks – [link]. Cisco outlines how they’re knocking off Old Spice SM campaign - [link]. How Often Do You Ask Why? – [link]. – [link]. Copycat fail.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2010

Business Models: Users vs. Customers – [link]. Business Models: Users vs. Customers – [link]. Weigh the legal & business risks – [link]. Cisco outlines how they’re knocking off Old Spice SM campaign - [link]. How Often Do You Ask Why? – [link]. – [link]. Copycat fail.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Small Business and Startups: The Trends for 2014 (Pt II) - crowdspring.co/1atXci8. Amazon and the “profitless business model” fallacy – crowdspring.co/1aQZQ04. Entrepreneur PSA – Advertising Businesses are Hard | Seth’s Blog - crowdspring.co/1aHHgHS. Free Subtle Grunge Brushes – crowdspring.co/1ccIhdq.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2017

Now, we can share our proven business model with people everywhere. I became a business owner because I could. I started my business in San Diego in 2007. I was working full time for a company called Muttropolis and started consulting part time as Whitegate PR. Thanks to Dana Humphrey, Whitegate PR ! #17

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

With a different business model, we wanted a name that didn’t sound like areal estate brokerage. On the way north from the Chicago suburbs to Wisconsin, I thought it would be a great idea to have my own PR firm. Basically we charge 1% per side on a transaction instead of the normal 2.5% I just love the word.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2016

1 – Business Model. Our business is unique because our business model addresses 2 major shifts in the fashion industry today: 1) the rise of fast fashion and its affect on major more traditional fashion companies like Gap, J. Photo Credit: Stefanie Tacata. crew, Aeropostale, etc.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Harvest Portfolio 92

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

You Can’t Be a Wimp—Make the Tough Calls | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/H4gLnT. The Future of Business Models Will Be Centered on Crowds - crowdspring.co/16aTTiD. “Investing early & often in customer success is essential to keeping a fast-growing SaaS business’s momentum.”

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Start With a Business Model, Not a Business Plan | WSJ – [link]. The danger of waiting to long to find a business model? Campaigns | NYT FiveThirtyEight – [link]. Campaigns | NYT FiveThirtyEight – [link]. The ABCs of MVPs: How to Get the RIGHT Product out Faster – [link].

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

We decided to ask them what their best business accomplishments as we head into the fall: #1 – Busy Season. It was a busy summer for MAGENTA! Beauty brands relay on social media strategy as much as traditional PR! It was by far the most successful marketing campaign we have ever completed.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Good read about how Aviary changed its business model | The Verge - [link]. 30 Clever Examples of Park Bench Advertising Campaigns – [link]. 30 Embossed Business Cards - [link]. 30 Clever Examples of Park Bench Advertising Campaigns – [link]. Fab’s 2nd Pivot | betashop – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 100

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when). Do your own PR.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

– Mike [link] Reply Jeff Skinner , on May 24, 2010 at 9:28 am said: Steve, you don’t know me though I use your ‘Customer Development process’ video in my classes (Entrepreneurship at London Business School). Jeff skinner Faculty, London Business School. Can we touch base on this.

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

I love Duct Tape Marketing , Seth Godin , Chris Brogan and the rest, but give my company coverage in an article in Forbes or BusinessWeek or the New York Times for the greatest impact, the largest audience, and the most meaningful value for our PR dollar spent. In PR placements, ‘place’ matters. Leverage your friends.

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Small Business Public Relations Social Media New York 88

The Next Web

AUGUST 17, 2013

Sangeet Paul Choudary analyzes business models for Internet startups at his blog Platform Thinking. When the success of a marketing campaign is determined by number of commitments, the incentives to get users on board need to encourage users towards commitment , not just download. It’s never been easier to build an app.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

But in that one discussion, I talk about HR; I talk about inventory management; I talk about local marketing campaigns. Edwin: Oh sorry, so the business model. Edwin: The business model is that the organizer has to pay. Do you think that’s a good business model? Is that what they’re doing?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2017

You can always say that it’s an early beta and even make some interesting marketing campaigns around it. By accepting that you can move your business forward much faster and stress free. Thanks to Bryanne Lawless, BLND PR ! #17 Validate as early as possible and keep improving the product / solution. – Seth Godin.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

One time, we ran a bunch of tests on our drip email campaigns over a five-month period. Our new email subscribers would receive email campaigns for different products. We were optimizing revenue from these campaigns by testing different versions. Suddenly, our revenue from these campaigns dropped by 50%.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

Yair Margolin: I always come back from a conference with 400 business cards, but only end up doing something with two. It’s usually hard to figure out who to meet and there’s a range of events within the events, entertainment cocktails, Pr events in restaurants nearby, but there’s no easy way to find out about them.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

The first year of working capital you also have to come up with because guys, banks do not loan money to startup businesses. Again you want to make sure you are going into a business and industry that is growing and not one that is shrinking. How do you advise [crosstalk 00:55:44]. I love Indiegogo.

Social Media 60

Social Media Small Business Software Review Technical Review 60

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 8, 2015

Online Courses Accelerate Any Business Model bit.ly/1InOB3Z. Brilliant Video Marketing Campaigns You’ll Actually Enjoy Watching crowdspring.co/1HRwXF7. Valuation As A Scorecard – buff.ly/1F0CUyC. Tech Startup Viddler is a Hometown Success Story crowdspring.co/1PYXpiM. 1PYFIjm.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

as well as what drove the success of the campaigns. Tune into the show – we get into a long discussion of eCPMs on YouTube, his history of ad / revenue shares and why he believes it isn’t the right model for JibJab. How did the Introduction of YouTube affect your business? How did you go viral initially?

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

However, the individual above was adamant that we should have a PR campaign to let the entrepreneurial community know that we dont participate or support this practice. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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Angel Investor Due Diligence San Jose Silicon Valley 35

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Microsofts originalplan was to make money selling programming languages, of all things.Their current business model didnt occur to them until IBM droppedit in their lap five years later. And fewif any Web businesses are so undifferentiated. Theyre not something you couldhand to someone else to execute.

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Transformify

JUNE 6, 2019

It may be the wrong marketing channel, inadequate optimization of digital marketing and social media campaigns that end up targeting irrelevant audience, a brand statement that actually results in annoying the users and losing their trust, product flaws, technology setbacks and much more.

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Lean Management Technical Review Software Review 56

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 25, 2019

All the important SEO tools that you need for pay traffic, social media, PR and of course, SEO. John Jantsch: I actually spent the first couple years of my business doing a lot of political work, marketing for political campaigns. Check it out at semrush.com/partner/ducttapemarketing. We’ll have that in the show notes.

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