Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

Entrepreneur Prerna Gupta believes that there’s a billion-dollar opportunity in bringing “Lean” principles to the development and distribution of mass-market fiction, and in presenting stories as a mobile-first experience. As part of this process, the company’s CMO Rishi Dave, is encouraging teams to launch campaigns faster.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2013

It seems that everyone is running some type of online campaign nowadays. Here is our guide to running an effective and legal sweepstakes campaign online. First off, let’s define what a sweepstakes campaign is. Appsumo is an daily deals website for the coolest web apps and other digitally distributed goods.

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Campaign Estonia Social Media Viral 95

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 19, 2018

These changes lead me to believe that they’re aiming to make Google My Business like a social network for businesses. Build campaigns that really train them, events that are experiences that surprise and delight, and a referral process that provides true incentive for them to pass your name along to others.

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Marketing Technical Review Software Review Retention 72

The Startup Magazine

MAY 30, 2019

Challenger brands, new entrants and start-ups don’t need expensive press, magazine and TV advertising campaigns that take a PhD to calculate the results for – they need cut-through, they need to build audience fast and they need to see quick return on their investment.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 30, 2015

Are Paid Content Distribution Platforms Cost Effective? Buffer, a popular social media sharing tool, leveraged a guest network to generate millions in revenues. Paid Content Platforms: A Distribution Alternative? The following are some of the most popular distribution platforms on the market. CPC: $0.25–$0.30.

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Distribution Cost Social Media Viral 28

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

For what they bring to the table, startups are indeed changing the economic landscape in ways that extend to job generation, innovation of products and services, and equal distribution of opportunities among businesses. Professional Social Networking Sites. Things You Need to Know About Starting a Startup Business.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I believe that many social networks confused this idea. We have run very successful campaigns by brands such as Sony, NBC, Microsoft, Universal, Clicker and others. We have an analytics platform that helps advertisers discover information about the demographics of the follower base and the effectiveness of their campaigns.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive.

Hockey Stick 130

Hockey Stick Guerilla Acquisition Revenue 130

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Your customer acquisition cost and lifetime value are the two magical numbers you need to calculate for each one of your campaigns. Most campaigns can be optimized to increase conversion rates and lower costs. Intercom allows you to build drip email campaigns based on specific actions users take on your site. Video ads: Fail.

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ConversionXL

JULY 7, 2020

And yet, Pinterest is the third-most popular social network, with over 322 million monthly active users, nearly 50% of whom are in the United States. Instead, think of Pinterest as a way to build an audience or an additional distribution channel for your content. Pinterest, for most, does not. Design engaging pins.

Marketing 114

Marketing Viral Campaign Search 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup. Proposal content is too short to be meaningful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive.

Hockey Stick 120

Hockey Stick Guerilla Startup Acquisition 120

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Consumers can come across your brand through a variety of different means – whether online, through a social network, by an email as well as the more traditional forms of advertising. In 2017, brands will embed videos into their email to enhance their email marketing campaign CTR, by distributing videos amongst their customers.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 26, 2019

Creating value-based content for your niche market and sub-niche markets and categories and then distributing this content effectively across social media and other channels. These channels could include Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Blog sites, email distribution, chatbot distribution and more.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 9, 2018

LinkedIn is the oldest social network. While she speaks specifically to LinkedIn today, the principles behind her advice can be applied across all other social networks. Status updates on LinkedIn are very similar to updates on other social networks. Why is LinkedIn Important? Status Updates.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

This not only destroys your chances for getting your content distributed, it also minimizes your ability to use social media channels to gather unfiltered feedback from customers, fans of your brand, and the market at large (more on this later). Distribution stops once they run out of social networks to publish to.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

This not only destroys your chances for getting your content distributed, it also minimizes your ability to use social media channels to gather unfiltered feedback from customers, fans of your brand, and the market at large (more on this later). Distribution stops once they run out of social networks to publish to.

Social Media 127

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

This not only destroys your chances for getting your content distributed, it also minimizes your ability to use social media channels to gather unfiltered feedback from customers, fans of your brand, and the market at large (more on this later). Distribution stops once they run out of social networks to publish to.

Social Media 126

Social Media Media Marketing Database 126

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2010

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup. Proposal content is too short to be meaningful.

Non-disclosure Agreement 149

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Startup Social Media 149

Up and Running

APRIL 25, 2013

Using this distribution method can increase productivity and decrease mail handling and paper costs. Combining a direct mail marketing piece with a digital marketing campaign is a good 1-2 marketing punch for many SMBs. Identify your target audience and how you’ll measure the campaign’s success before you begin.

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Direct Marketing Database Marketing Campaign 81

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Nor is the knowledge loss limited to technical knowledge: It is not simply losing someone’s knowledge if they retire or leave the organization, it is also losing their social network, if you will, in terms of who they seek out for answers to questions in their domain. Internal social networks. The decision-making process.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

After Mosaic, even Marc and his co-founder Jim Clark originally planned a business for video distribution to run on top of the proprietary Information Super Highway , not the Internet. In 1996, there was no social networking, no video, no search that worked, no RSS, and no Twitter to name a few.

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CTO Internet Illinois Cofounder 78

Up and Running

JANUARY 31, 2017

Make sure to keep an eye on analytics to see how your ads are doing so you can adjust campaigns accordingly. Floating Social Bar. Social networks are now an important channel to distribute website content. Without content distribution, the search engines won’t take your pages seriously.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 23, 2014

I’ve been using a framework I call The Marketing Hourglass for years now as it perfectly orchestrates the stages of know, like, trust, try, buy, repeat and refer as way to view brand building and marketing campaign development. To wade into various social networks without intention is to almost guarantee wasted time and effort.

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Sales Cycle Social Network Aggregator Campaign 72

ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

This not only destroys your chances for getting your content distributed, it also minimizes your ability to use social media channels to gather unfiltered feedback from customers, fans of your brand, and the market at large (more on this later). Distribution stops once they run out of social networks to publish to.

Social Media 79

Social Media Media Database Channel 79

ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

This not only destroys your chances for getting your content distributed, it also minimizes your ability to use social media channels to gather unfiltered feedback from customers, fans of your brand, and the market at large (more on this later). Distribution stops once they run out of social networks to publish to.

Social Media 69

Social Media Media Marketing Database 69

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 29, 2010

One thing that Chris Fralic and I have been tossing around is the lack of a retailer centric play—where individual retailers can run their own group buys, manage discounts across various sites, run local campaigns across Foursquare, Facebook fan pages, etc. All of the current sites revolve around a centralized curation and sales function.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

After analyzing your focus, a quick look at your numbers can give you an idea on the effectiveness of your current campaign. By Mickie Kennedy, founder of eReleases , the online leader in affordable PR distribution since 1998. Facebook for Professionals As social media and social network sites such as Facebook.

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Social Media PR Social Network Media 69

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

eBay recently launched an aggressive campaign attacking Amazon’s rate table on a vertical-by-vertical basis ( those percentages can be found here ). The distribution power of their pervasive platform proved a remarkable vehicle for many companies; particularly games companies. Let’s start with Facebook.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 29, 2012

Network fragmentation. Social networks should be incredibly robust because of network effects. Social advertising can be pretty compelling, but intent is pretty low, much like display advertising. Do you remember any really impactful brand campaigns this year that were deeply integrated with Facebook?

Advertising 59

Advertising Mobile Aggregator Distribution 59

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

For much of the past five years academics, journalists, bloggers, and assorted mass-media-tag-alongs have been heralding the “ death of newspapers ,” the downfall of the publishing industry and the collapse of information distribution as we know it. Brand names matter (as do eyeballs).

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Small Business Public Relations Social Media New York 88

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2020

Because in the end … This type of marketing is widely practiced on social networks, especially on Facebook , where the capacity for dissemination and viralization of recommendations is brutal. Social networks, in this case, are used, above all, to disseminate and publicize these Sponsorships. Affiliate Marketing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2016

PRNewswire – Press release distribution service. Online Advertising– This includes the use of pay-per-click platforms, social networks, display ads and retargeting. Online Advertising– This includes the use of pay-per-click platforms, social networks, display ads and retargeting. Further Reading. Further Reading.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

We're very glad our work is effective for them, but this means we do ourselves out of a job for a while once a major campaign is done! Is social media having much of an impact on what you do? Then 6 months later the client comes back for more, but meanwhile. Absolutely.

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Early Stage Southern California Los Angeles Marketing 150

Venture Chronicles

MARCH 5, 2013

" let me stop you know and point out that video relies on 2 core strengths in addition to the creation skillset, which is the ability to drive distribution and more significantly instrument video for data collection that enables refinement of creation and distribution.

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Social Media Video Distribution Forecast 62