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How to create a sustainable social media strategy for your startup

The Next Web

Zappos has found great success by keeping social media responsibilities horizontal and flexible. Zappos assumes everyone in the company is on social media and trusts them to participate in growing the brand. Prioritize social networks. Ignore these pioneering risk-takers, and say goodbye to social channels of conversion.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

We’re clearly in the early stages on Twitter monetization but let me offer some views on why we find Ad.ly We’ve run enough campaigns to known that users have been tolerant of authentic ads. People mistook the fact that these text advertisements worked in Google to say they would work in social networks.

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IGNITE! pitch event at Microsoft – September 4

David Teten

a pitch event featuring ten early stage tech startups, Tuesday night , September 4 at Microsoft’s midtown office at 1290 Avenue of the Americas. Smaller advertisers can buy ads, benchmark themselves against their peers, improve and expand their campaigns – all in one place. I’ll be a judge for IGNITE!, geekli.st.

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How to help your startup turn a profit in 4 simple steps

The Next Web

This post is about choosing the right sales strategy and channels for your startup from the start. Being an engineer, I built myself a kind of algorithm that helps determine an earlystage startup’s sales channels, and that’s what I’m sharing with you today. Step 2: Choose your sales channels.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

The sooner you understand that the sooner you can plan your campaign. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. And trust me, if you’re early stage you DO want to meet Bryce. Meet early. Not so much.

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Why Your Startup's Name Matters

mashable.com

Naming can be one of the most difficult challenges in the early stages of a startup. ” The name is important for discoverability , whether in Google searches (10% to 50%+ of site traffic, depending on the category), the App Store (especially painful in iOS6) and other text-based discovery channels. Contributors.

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How to Use Growth Hacking to Increase Revenue 20x in Just 12 Months

Up and Running

Your customer acquisition cost and lifetime value are the two magical numbers you need to calculate for each one of your campaigns. Cost of Acquisition (CAC): The total cost of acquiring a user through a given channel. If the CAC is above the LTV, but not too much—there’s some potential in this channel.

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