crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 17, 2010

100% buyer guarantee & designer “kill fee&# in every project - [link]. It was Woody, not Buzz! RT @imjustcreative : 1 of 10 students in UK think 1st man on moon was Buzz Lightyear - [link]. SXSWi: Drowning in the Sea of Change - [link]. crowdSPRING continues to innovate. crowdSPRING on WGN news - [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

Image via Pixabay As a mentor to many small business owners, I always caution them that you can never relax completely, just because your initial solution or product set appears to be getting traction, and the market buzz is positive. Tight margins may get you in business, but no margin will kill you.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 1, 2013

a) hangovers, (b) vomiting, (c) messed up sleep, (d) doing something regretful, (e) kill brain cells, (f) expensive. Now realize: maintaining a steady buzz gets you 100% of the good stuff and 0% of the bad stuff. Going past “buzzed” is dumb. Good, that counteracts the ones you killed with Jågermeister.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Not surprising, cellphones hit the top of the list when it comes to distractions that kill workplace productivity. There’s no greater workplace buzz-kill than favoritism. Here are six steps business owners and managers can take to boost productivity in the workplace. Down With Distractions. Don’t Play Favorites.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Anyone who works in the venture business or frankly just lives in Silicon Valley will be used to hearing a buzz word rise up out of nowhere to capture the technology zeitgeist and find its way into every entrepreneur’s product development plan or every aspiring entrepreneur’s pitch deck. And of course – badges.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. When the masses start all running one way without questioning “why?&# – and when it defies any logic I can figure out in my head – I call bullshit.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 19, 2022

It’ll capture additional attention, serving to you generate another buzz around your event and providing the attendees with one thing partaking. It will grab the attention of your eventees or event attendees, increase the buzz around your event, and acquire leads for your future events. Go Live on Social Media.

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swombat.com

JULY 15, 2012

It gives you the buzz of learning stuff, absorbing new information, adding to your growing skill set. Its a bit like grinding in MMOs - killing wild boar after wild boar, accumulating XP until youre finally ready to make it to the next level. We all know it. Unfortunately, the real world doesnt work like that.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2013

to provide their sign-off for such crucial roles—in essence giving others who have limited experience hiring for this role the ability to “kill a hire.” Every candidate walking out of those meetings should be “fired up” on the company’s prospects and add to the buzz on the company. This results in a “watered down” hire.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

At times, it can be responsible for taking down the whole company due to killing it’s brand. While to you (a budding entrepreneur) it may not seem there is a connection between Google Buzz (the “failed&# Google social media service) and your new blog – there is.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

John Jantsch: I have seen the future of marketing, and it is killing me. That’s not really true, but in this episode of The Duct Tape Marketing podcast I do speak with Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose, authors of Killing Marketing: How Innovative Businesses are Turning Marketing Costs into Profit. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Empty vessel names generate buzz in how different they are from the norm,&# says Beckhardt. Nothing kills a name faster than finding out someone else already has it — and in the online hunt for domain names, it sometimes seems like every possible option is taken. Will It Work Online?

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Mike Michalowicz

JULY 16, 2014

But before you throw your efforts into building a buzz on the social media bandwagon, you may want to re-think your efforts, and here’s why! Social media, with its constant stream of updates, kills efficiency and productivity. The post Why Social Media Is Killing Your Business appeared first on Mike Michalowicz.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 7, 2013

Delay kills the reward buzz. When somebody on your team presents you with some surprise good news, the results of a job done well, or a task accomplished with extra merit, you really need to react quickly, and well. Here’s what I recommend you do when somebody on your team does an unusually good job at something. Do it fast.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 8, 2010

at 7:44 am Subscribed and off to buzz it now! I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page. 4 comments ↓ #1 Martin on 04.08.10 Great job in 4 hours, congrats! #2 2 Simone on 04.08.10

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VC Adventure

MARCH 25, 2014

While a whole lot less sexy and certainly not as buzz-worthy, NOT raising a large amount of capital very often makes as much (or more) sense than raising “as much as you can.” I’ve watched this literally kill a company. The world is littered with companies that raised too much, then spent too much.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 18, 2011

With so much buzz about social media marketing these days I can’t help but wonder how many people think manufacturing fake word of mouth is a good marketing technique. Wouldn’t that kind of marketing cut into long-term business health by killing your credibility? People trust objective recommendations, so maybe this works.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Nobody wants to be a buzz-kill. Unfortunately, when it comes to business, friends and family members don’t always give the best advice. This is especially true at the birth of a business. No one wants to tell an entrepreneur their idea is bad, or their location stinks, or anything else negative.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

On the other hand, a microsite does have the possibility of generating buzz and being passed around via social media channels: A good microsite is focused, pithy and maybe even takes some risks. Instead, you may want to consider building a microsite to drive traffic to your main site and to create some noise of your own out there. .

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Up and Running

JUNE 24, 2014

Missing deadlines can create a nagging feeling in the minds of donors that you’re never going to finish your project, which will kill any buzz you’ve built up. If you do choose to set deadlines, make sure you create ones you know you are capable of reaching. Remain Professional.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 18, 2018

It was effective at generating buzz and got me to start watching the show, but I left the Wild West town feeling like I missed the punchline. #SXSW [link]  —  @JoshuaBaer The @readyplayerone house was lots of fun and beautifully designed with awesome swag and interesting panels.

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Up and Running

MAY 9, 2011

I realize that this little nugget of information is probably a buzz kill for most of you, but small business ain’t for the faint of heart. Quickly you check the numbers to see where it all went and, for the first time, you realize that your secretary makes more money than you do.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 13, 2010

The temperature of the media buzz around you is white hot—but it’s fueled by very little information whatsoever about what you’re building, what your intentions are, who you are, etc. Sure, the buzz is nice for raising money, but it’s going to make things very difficult for you to concentrate and actually get all the work done you want.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 24, 2010

of startups are injured or killed each day due to Unsynergy. Subscribe to The Buzz Newsletter. Unsynergy – where the whole is less than the sum of the parts. Often caused through too many features aimed at too many people with too much information. Please help us stamp it out once and for all. Thanks, Mick Liubinskas.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Top 7 Mistakes That Kill Your Ads Conversion in 2017 written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Yet, one assured method exists to generate lots of buzz about your business and advertising. People notice marketing mistakes right along, discussing and criticizing brands for them. Give users a reason to choose you.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 18, 2011

Tweet With so much buzz about social media marketing these days I can’t help but wonder how many people think manufacturing fake word of mouth is a good marketing technique. Wouldn’t that kind of marketing cut into long-term business health by killing your credibility?

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Even if, especially if, so doing is buzz-killing and / or depressing. Speak Little, Listen Much : Managers and owners of emerging companies are often also the lead salespeople, the lead “evangelists” for their companies. As a result, their default mode is to always be selling, always be pied-pipering their incredibly bright futures.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 25, 2014

While a whole lot less sexy and certainly not as buzz-worthy, NOT raising a large amount of capital very often makes as much (or more) sense than raising “as much as you can.” I’ve watched this literally kill a company. The world is littered with companies that raised too much, then spent too much.

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adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

But too much money can kill just as easily. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz 3comments: Madhusudan G S said. The ones that are spending money on large booths at conferences, television ads, or huge launch parties might be fun to work at, but they likely wont be around in 6 months too. especially the last one!

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2015

You already know your marketing efforts need to be out of the box and really create some buzz. Events may not seem “necessary” to your sales and marketing strategy, but the reality is that they kill multiple birds with one stone. This way, you are working smarter, not harder.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 4, 2011

Even if, especially if, so doing is buzz-killing and / or depressing. This is natural and good, but in a strategic planning session it is of equal importance that the challenges , the obstacles , the concerning risk factors be sat and grappled with long and hard.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 12, 2023

Thanks to these two factors, ChatGPT created a great deal of buzz. There’s fears arising from movies like Terminator and Ex Machina – expressing fears about future SciFi machines competing, dominating, or killing human beings. Second: it showed how a chat – or agent – interface made this magic broadly accessible.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The Scene Will Kill You - Brad Hargreaves , November 7, 2010 If you’ve taken a deep dive into tech startups, you know about the scene. The scene will kill you. Remember those buzz words? Small Business Jobs Act Includes Short-Term Full Exclusion from Gross Income of Gain from QSBS - Recent Buzzes - VC Experts, Inc.

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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? If you don’t have a good product that you can represent authentically, more PR will just kill your company faster. I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

They saw the potential for emerging technologies to disrupt an existing market and built a successful business around doing so, all but killing the old video rental store model in the process. Then Carter appointed Kahn to the CAB, and he killed it. When I think a company is limiting invites to generate buzz, it totally turns me off.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

I know you were on with probably with the Zen of Social Media Marketing, but I actually asked you to be on the show because it was marked by a post you did on LinkedIn where you talked about a topic that I think it's starting to get more buzz, but it's still a fairly relatively new term. It was five years ago, we were killing it.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 22, 2011

Customer Lifetime Value ROI, Buzz Monitoring, Click Fraud. Kill Useless Web Metrics: Apply The "Three Layers Of So What" Test. Five "Ecosystem" Challenges for Web Analytics Practitioners. Is Real-Time Analytics Really Relevant? Seven Steps to Creating a Data Driven Decision Making Culture.

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