SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What channels will you use (e.g., Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? How will we address these without significant cost?

Developer 396

Developer Founder Viral Oauth 396

YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2011

Peer-To-Peer Referral Network. It was during this time, while working with artists, Koutonin thought about a solution that would allow them to focus on cultural and artistic expressions instead of the stresses and high cost of marketing and promotion. – to promote their campaigns.

Togo 222

Togo Africa Advisory Board Campaign 222

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What channels will you use (e.g., Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? How will we address these without significant cost?

Developer 384

Developer Founder Viral Oauth 384

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2017

The term ‘networking’ can sometimes feel like a curse word, with most people dreading the idea of actively engaging in busy face-to-face events. However, in the modern age, networking can be essential – particularly for small businesses who are looking to get the ‘word out’ and make contacts in their industry. Get social.

Networking 168

Networking Social Media Social Network Channel 168

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Your business has a high viral co-efficient (or perhaps even a network effect) that lets you amass users cheaply without worrying too much about the monetization per user or spending money on paid acquisition. Even more interesting are businesses that create network effects like marketplaces or social networks.

Churn Rate 168

Churn Rate Viral Acquisition Cofounder 168

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter? Leveraging network effects. Network effects are the phenomenon whereby a good or service becomes more valuable when more people use it, so there is a relentless focus on building as large a network as possible. What’s the hottest trend in business right now?

Japan 100

Japan Global Asia API 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Engaging in social media and blogging on a regular basis is a low-cost way to achieve visibility, and become the “go-to” person for that topic and the voice that people trust in your industry. Courting them with ongoing updates and special offers through their social networks is a natural way to keep their loyalty.

Social Media 355

Social Media Media Reputation Viral 355

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

In today’s fast moving marketplace, needs, competitors, and costs change rapidly, so even if you were right, two years later the wave has moved on. Find customers, partners and channels early. Use social networking to start the wave. Equally likely, your first target was wrong, and you will need to adjust.

Agile 120

Agile Startup Social Network Software Development 120

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

He told me in some combinations of device / OS / network they are crashing 4 times per 100. All applications crash and this is especially true in the nascent mobile world where dealing with device types, OS’s & networks adds one hell of a configuration management problem. Now you can two levels to get your cost-to-acquire down.

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2018

You can the right candidates from places like job aggregators a place where recruiters post jobs and professional networks like LinkedIn. Help to eliminate costs of travel which is unnecessary. It is a social networking platform for professionals. Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Candidate Assessment and Testing tools.

Management 100

Management Software Review Software Technical Review 100

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2021

SimilarWeb can give some basics on traffic to a site including the breakdown of traffic channels and similar websites. It identifies the major design, SEO, security, and performance issues that cost businesses money. Along with the email addresses, you can get the names, job titles, social networks, and phone numbers.

Marketing 100

Marketing SEO Video Web 100

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2016

Ask them if they wouldn’t mind sharing positive feedback on your website, newsletter, social media channels, or an online review site. By asking them to take just one of those actions, you’ll get a lot of mileage out of their feedback as you amplify it in email and social media. But what really works?

Revenue 100

Revenue Small Business Social Media Technical Review 100

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

First, I encourage business owners to create resources on your website or social network feeds for clients to better understand the products that are provided. 8- Reduce our cost. It will allow us to avoid paying labor costs along with employee benefits. Thanks to Avinash Chandra, BrandLoom ! #6- 6- Two strategies.

Technical Review 83

Technical Review Technology Entrepreneur Artificial Inteligence 83

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

As the former CEO of a professional expert network , I’m a firm believer in the value of speedy access to relevant experts. I was excited to see that GLG (formerly Gerson Lehrman Group), the industry leader, is now offering a professional network service geared to the needs of the startup community: GLG Share.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2014

It’s just that content marketing and social network participation are (collectively) more important. We are on the front line of small biz SEO – we have dozens of SEO clients and have seen first-hand how client companies with both active blogs and social media networks handily outperformed their competitors in 2013.

SEO 77

SEO Small Business Kansas City Offshore 77

Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

Startups, are not about executing a plan where the product, customers, channel are known. Agora’s selling points are its ability to reduce users’ IT infrastructure cost and enhance revenue for service providers. Veritas is making a low cost, residential wind turbine.

Lean 307

Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 307

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Companies like Chatfuel target bigger, more enterprise-level customers (and as a result, are more complex to use and cost more). This was historically easy and cheap to do on Facebook, but in the past several years, Facebook’s organic reach has eroded while ad costs have increased. What’s your most valuable content?

Marketing 87

Marketing Software Review Campaign Widget 87

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. This provides yet another channel for you to identify hot leads and connect with your fans. You should be using video across channels, too. This serves local business owners well.

Marketing 75

Marketing Technical Review Software Review Retention 75

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 31, 2014

billion users, spending 700 billion minutes on the network every month. In the United States, 58% of the population use at least one social network, and that number leaps to 98% for those aged 18 to 24 years old. And yet, I still have organizations or consultants tell me, “my customers aren’t really on social media.”.

Social Media 40

Social Media Media Social Network Cloud 40

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2020

2. Find out about the different channels. There are plenty of channels where you can look for potential recruits. LinkedIn is the largest social networking platform where you can connect with different members from the entire world. Depending on what you need, the rest of your job posting journey will follow.

Social Network 103

Social Network Social Media Advertising Channel 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2019

Engaging in social media and blogging on a regular basis is a low-cost way to achieve visibility, and become the “go-to” person for that topic and the voice that people trust in your industry. Courting them with ongoing updates and special offers through their social networks is a natural way to keep their loyalty.

Social Media 246

Social Media Media Reputation Viral 246

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. To offset these costs, you need to earn more repeat purchases from existing customers. That means better margins, more profitability, and cost-efficient scaling. Or you lowered shipping costs in a country and won new business.

Retention 126

Retention Analytics Campaign eCommerce 126

View from Seed

APRIL 24, 2019

Instead they limit what channels they actually pay attention to. On the commercial side, increasingly ecommerce retailers have started to use SMS as a two-way communications channel with their customers. A SMS interaction which is deeply emotional, and feels personal, because of the intimacy of the channel. They don’t.

SMS 207

SMS San Francisco Channel Dilution 207

Version One Ventures

JULY 27, 2015

We love these platforms for many reasons, but the primary one is the power of their network effects and how they create a high degree of defensibility for startups. What are network effects? Network effects” is a frequently used term and it is sometimes confused with having a large customer base. Direct Network Effects.

Networking 60

Networking Community Viral Social Network 60

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Only 3% were online when I started AOL.

San Francisco 105

San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

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. 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.

Revenue 60

Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Determining which of these methods of staffing software development projects is right for your company can be a challenging endeavor, and three opposing characteristics of business need to be considered: cost, risk and convenience. Below is an overview of what you need to consider and the pros and cons of each option for IT staffing.

Software Developers 79

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2021

Yet, these days, I am seeing overwhelming evidence that customer buying decisions, especially with consumers, are often based on emotional and psychological factors , including passions from others, your experience, and social relationships. Nurture relationships with popular social influencers.

Customer 432

Customer Social Media Dividend Technical Review 432

The Startup Magazine

MAY 30, 2019

A new kind of company, built to leverage new technologies, new media channels, new working practices and new consumer markets, Crowdify is agile, adaptive, responsive and forward thinking — but also grounded and focused on product and brand strategy and return on marketing investment.

Marketing 74

Marketing Agile Social Network Valuation 74

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Costs of product on YouTube content is literally 99% cheaper than traditional TV and; Distribution of content can now go viral and can predictably distributed via social networks. Now the largest network on YouTube according to ComScore. Eventually other networks will emerge. Come on, Mark. Crushed, I say!

Silicon Valley 374

Silicon Valley Los Angeles Distribution Java 374

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. When making technical hires, we always reach out to our network of programmer friends and ask them to sit in on interviews and review resumes with us. Jesse Davis , Entrustet.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

plus it's faster and costs half as much ), it ranks first in the world for number of blogs per Internet user, and has a formidable market of Internet consumers who spent €5.5 Startups can submit their projects to Fing, which provides support to over 200 projects a year through events, programs, and access to a large network of resources.

France 163

France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

There are also tons of tools for creating your own microsites, Facebook apps, social networks, blogs and more. You can also get great recommendations from your existing network; just be sure to research portfolios, websites and references thoroughly before making a decision to work with a particular developer.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

Brandanew

OCTOBER 6, 2015

So, you have your social media team in place. You have a strict schedule to regularly publish on all major channels. How do you know that your social channels are actually giving you leads? Is social media working for your business? This is why it is important to measure the ROI of your social investments.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Analytics Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

This combination will almost certainly get your plan tossed by potential investors, who understand all too well the need and cost for marketing in today’s environment. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Get exposure for your expertise. Marty Zwilling.

Marketing 257

Marketing SEM Viral Social Media 257