YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Some social media platforms allow people to follow hashtags. Niche hashtags for existing communities, fields and industries are great choices. If your business serves a unique niche community, follow popular influencers in that community and track what hashtags they use. What is hashtag marketing?

Small Business 191

Small Business Marketing Social Media Social Network 191

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Tim O’Reilly, CEO, O’Reilly Media, argues , “Blitzscaling isn’t really a recipe for success but rather survivorship bias masquerading as a strategy.” Lower level of community familiarity. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised from angels.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 13, 2017

Social Media is often touted as a fix-all marketing wonder channel. Justin Sachs of the Young Entrepreneur Council points out: One of the best features social media marketing has for businesses today is its low barrier to entry. But, like any other channel, social media is only as useful as the strategy behind it.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media Small Business Marketing 60

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

Hunter Walk: I know you started Dogster, one of the seminal early online communities, but I don’t know Dogster’s founding story. When I completed my term at Say Media (10 years to the month after I started working on Dogster), my research led me seek out a mission-driven for-profit with deep social impact.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Cofounder SMS 48

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

The very best analysts distill, rather than dilute. For example, Salesforce spends tons of people/money on social media posting/activity and you can see this on display on their Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other presence. You’ll see my pet peeves about what media entities don’t measure in this cluster of recommendations….

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 24, 2009 Marching through quicksand I have been spending a lot of time lately talking to people in various media companies: editors and agents, executives, journalists, producers and directors. For established media empires, this is a scary fact.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

And what can we – as the entrepreneurial community learn from that? Is your crappy little 12-person company really worth they and their shareholders diluting by 2% given more than a decade they’ve put in building one of the Internet’s most solid business social networks? Was this a good thing? Hang on, Mark.

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Valuation Balance Sheet Dilution Term Sheet 316

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

He is currently CEO of Bubbly , a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO. As I touched on before, China and India have the most mature VC communities. Finding the right partner is a much bigger win than the extra cash or minimizing dilution. Finally, don’t over-optimize on valuation.

Asia 132

Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

It’s always better to be earn money, not just raise it, as money you earn doesn’t dilute your ownership and reassures your investors. In today’s world, you can sell through blogs, podcasts, video, eBooks, newsletters, whitepapers, SEO, social media marketing, and other forms of content marketing.

Belarus 137

Belarus Viral Channel Startup 137

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Hashtags make it easy for people to find your social media content, increase social media engagement, and help to attract new customers. And, some social media platforms allow people to follow hashtags. Niche hashtags for existing communities, fields and industries are great choices. Social media justice will be swift.

Small Business 80

Small Business Social Media Marketing Social Network 80

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2015

Here are a few examples of keywords: Short-tail keywords – Marketing, SEO, Social Media, Content Creation (usually one or two words, not very targeted). However, when you do this, you sacrifice your credibility and dilute your link authority. 2) Don’t write content for the search engines.

SEO 28

SEO Technical Review Illinois Reputation 28

YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2012

I learned that most juices of exotic “superfruits” like pomegranate or cranberry are often diluted with “fillers” like apple, pear or grape juice. The sections on POM Wonderful, the billion dollar global business focused on 100% pomegranate juice, were especially enlightening.

Ruby 159

Ruby Fiji America Dilution 159

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Help is only a community board away. Even as the site has grown, Etsy has maintained an engaged, passionate, and inherently helpful community of sellers. Should you have any questions—whether they concern set up, marketing, or anything else—on the community boards you’re likely to find a fellow seller willing to help you out.

SEO 130

SEO Social Media Web Design 130

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 5, 2013

I’ve been asked to speak at three different social media related events over the next few months and in each case I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the future of social media. I don’t plan to talk about social media – not much at least. Communities don’t generally form around, products, services or companies.

Channel 66

Channel Kansas City Kansas Social Media 66

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2012

Companies that aren’t embracing social media today are missing out on huge opportunities to capitalize on the voices of their customers. Tell happy customers to go ahead and be social about their great experiences and encourage unhappy customers to come to you via social media so that you can make it right and improve your overall service.

Customer 157

Customer Social Media Singapore Media 157

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

The classes got too big and quality was diluted because, by PG''s own admission, YC " grew too fast.". You could see that conversation happening: "Hey, let''s reach out to the community. The media needs to do it''s part, too. That''s less than 10%. The invitees were a who''s who of the NYC tech scene--all the most visible folks.

Venture Capital 164

Venture Capital Cofounder IRR Dilution 164

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 14, 2013

Too often, in an effort to make communication via facebook more “personal” and “expressive”, people and businesses rely on using emoticons (aka smiley faces, etc.). Identify the top three social media sites your customers go to interact with businesses like yours and that’s where you need to be.

PR 167

PR Audience Social Media Dilution 167

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Before there was Fab there was fabulis, a social network meets places guide targeted to the gay community. Your customer is growing up on social media. A couple of dilution points here or there wont matter in the long run but working with the right people will.? Don’t skimp on fundraising because of dilution fears.?.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 27, 2010

Kinda seems like that sometimes, right—that the venture capital community seems to chase after the bright shiny object of the moment in droves and then just as quickly moves on to the next new new thing. Good luck trying that *before* Facebook pissed off a lot of influential users and sent the media and even the government into a tizzy.

Venture Capital 75

Venture Capital Dilution Partner PR 75

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 27, 2010

Kinda seems like that sometimes, right—that the venture capital community seems to chase after the bright shiny object of the moment in droves and then just as quickly moves on to the next new new thing. Good luck trying that *before* Facebook pissed off a lot of influential users and sent the media and even the government into a tizzy.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Dilution Partner PR 60

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 7, 2015

The average small business owner uses multiple social media channels, along with any combination of email marketing, blogging, podcasting, video, search engine optimization, and the list goes on and on. The reality is that few of us can do all of these things well, and we’re diluting our results when we’re spread too thin across strategies.

Marketing 28

Marketing Dilution Small Business PR 28