Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Don’t use the same message on Twitter you developed for email blasts and postcard blitzes. Social media demands two-way communication, rather than outbound only. Read everything you can about viral marketing. It’s not free, so budget appropriately, but not excessively. Start social networking with peers.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

What do their email campaigns look like? How often do you check your email inbox? Segment and personalize email marketing efforts. Ecommerce email marketing isn’t a “send to all” affair. Marketing automation is important, particularly as your email list grows, but segmentation is key. Their offers and promotions.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

“How do we design and build a world-class mobile experience that not only satisfies the needs of our users, but fuels growth and inspires more people to join the Airbnb global community? Myth #2: You can bolt on community, once the commerce engine is going. It all starts with culture. “By

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2018

More and more each year, the online community is becoming populated by a generation of tech-savvy individuals. When the Google Arts and Culture app released a feature in January that matches a selfie to a famous work of art, it didn’t take long for the doppelganger game to go viral. Customers Demand SSL Reassurance.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 22, 2020

I want to reach out to see who has been affected by the Coronavirus / COVID-19 and let everyone know how the Capital Factory community is rising to the challenge. If a member of our community has the virus or has been exposed to it, we want to know about it and we want to help. We are entrepreneurs!

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

SEO, email marketing, Facebook advertising). Whenever someone listed their accommodation on Craigslist, Airbnb emailed them to ask if they wanted to also post listings on its platform: Image source. Instead, they could simply click a link and enter an email address. Revival messaging.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

In his early career he realized the importance of email lists. He would do anything he could to capture people’s email addresses because he knew that they served as a valuable tool for future marketing purposes. His email list became his power. He would occasionally give away free music in exchange for email addresses.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Mashable made the public announcement, and Giving Tuesday quickly went viral. People are receiving emails, postcards and social media ads from lots of nonprofits in the weeks around Thanksgiving. New donors from community. Let your board know that you can provide sample content for email requests and social media posts.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2011

Rustin Banks is today the CEO of BlogFrog , a web-based platform that turns blogs into interest-based communities. Banks was an old hand at online communities, after all – at age 12, he’d host computer Bulletin Board Systems right out of his parent’s closet. Facilitating Blog Interaction. Just Do It.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 22, 2020

Email Marketing. More importantly, they also help you gauge what makes your target audience “tick” through the power of high-bandwidth communication. Incorporating referral links into your communications and incentivizing folks to share them facilitates “viral lopping” and organic growth. Email Marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

” Sean later went on to found the community GrowthHackers.com amongst other businesses. We spend a lot of time trying to get people focused on building products that have viral components and why that has to be measured and constantly tested. Why do I Like the term Growth Hacking?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

The first step is to collect data on how businesses are affecting their communities and the environment. In digital marketing, you can now automate your content tasks, social media tasks, email newsletters, lead generation tasks, and SEO tasks. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Thanks to Tomek Mlodzki, PhotoAiD !

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VC Cafe

MAY 13, 2014

Proactively approach top tech publications with a finished article and a concise, one sentence email pitch. Email Your Targets Using Rapportive. Email is still a great way to reach potential targets. Many tech publications determine feature placement through community voting. Viral Projects. Guest Posting.

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www.clickz.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

B2C Email Marketing Email Marketing Optimization Advanced Email Marketing Email Marketing Best Practices Email Marketing. Social Media Community Management Social Commerce Social Integration Social Media Smarts. Show your emotional side to increase virality. Email a friend. More Categories.

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View from Seed

JULY 11, 2018

Activities range from a night out at SF’s best Secret Bar , to an exclusive “Date Night at the SF Ballet ,” to the top day hikes suggested by the Nudge community. In contrast, email doesn’t catch consumers or invite response like a simple text message does.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

After going viral with one of my personals posts, a growing community of Web designers pointed fingers at my site because I was using an aggressive pop-up to grab emails. Patrick McKenzie and Nathan Barry – among others – have talked widely about the benefits on growing up an email list that can help to target your audience.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Whereas a blog post needs just a computer to type, a video requires an understanding of lighting, audio, storytelling, editing, and community building. If you’re creating videos only for your own content, then it might make sense to host it on Vimeo and drive people to a landing page (or product pages), and not try to build a community.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

You can conduct quick usability tests with internal experts and customers on prototyped marketing content: emails, landing pages, ads, etc.,” The initial 12,000 followers generated during that campaign have since grown to an email list of 20,000. Some people don’t like emails, some will respond to LinkedIn or Facebook.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

As a result: They’re converted via email. Cohort analysis can be done for revenue, churn, viral word of mouth, support costs, or any other metric you care about. You’ll be able to craft specific content to share with each group, and user-generated content will help foster a real community. Understand purchasing habits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Create new online communities of interest, rather than joining existing ones. Viral is an outcome, not a strategy. Don’t just join the conversation, spark it.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 7, 2014

Top 50 Startups To Work For After College | Business 2 Community – crowdspring.co/1kJbIIh. 7 Things Marketers Can Learn From 2,616 Viral Headlines. Be extra smart when you respond or send an email. Failure is Opportunity: It Was Good That Shaun White Lost in Sochi | by Barry Moltz - crowdspring.co/1gMg1js.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Blablacar is one such example of innovation: with a fast growing community of 1.6m Zimride , Ridejoy ), they have not yet seen the explosive growth that the service has observed in Europe with more than 1 Billion miles shared by the community and more than 8m passengers transported ! Subscribe via email. Older Post.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2013

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Create new online communities of interest, rather than joining existing ones. Viral is an outcome, not a strategy. Don’t just join the conversation, spark it.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

I strongly believe that the first few hires of a startup should belong to the growth department, whether they’re marketers, community managers, or salespeople (selling your product is the best way to learn how to improve it). Jun-15: Community Manager (growth team). 1x hacker in charge of product/development. Big press (cheap or free).

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

At the launch of the company, the core email community (people with a lot of technical understanding) was our target audience. 250ok,” the receiver-SMTP response for an accepted message, is a term known by all email nerds. 10- One email. I put out a call to my community to ask for their help. Grids and Graffiti.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Other marketers recommend that small businesses and startups build a website or optimize their existing website , develop email lists, start blogging, and develop newsletters. Build a community, support them, leverage them. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!). So what can they do?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Join the conversation with Community Forums. The registration process to join can give you a very targeted email list. These are regular updates, usually monthly, via website and email that help with customer retention, and remind your customers that you are the expert in your industry. Curation, the most efficient content.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Create new online communities and customer forums , rather than joining existing ones. Viral is an outcome, not a strategy. Remember Hollywood secrets.

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Marketing Viral Demand Channel 120

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 20, 2017

Having an email arrive regularly in your customer’s inbox with content created by you and your business is invaluable. Don’t try too hard to “go viral” and above all, obey the law. The goal here is to foster and grow your relationship with the greater community. Use your employee’s email signatures more effectively.

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Small Business Marketing Technical Review Audience 48

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 20, 2017

Having an email arrive regularly in your customer’s inbox with content created by you and your business is invaluable. Don’t try too hard to “go viral” and above all, obey the law. The goal here is to foster and grow your relationship with the greater community. Use your employee’s email signatures more effectively.

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Small Business Marketing Technical Review Audience 48

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 11, 2013

However, when your industry is super specific– like, say, sustainability– it can be a struggle to connect in a meaningful way outside of cold calling and sending hundreds of unreturned emails. Our website is for professionals working on very specific issues, so that created a challenge in getting the campaign to go viral.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2013

This front line team, often called community managers, are the “voice” of your company, and must have authority to make and carry out decisions that can make or break a customer’s experience. If these three million see no timely response, your problem can go viral (like United Breaks Guitars ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2012

This front line team, often called community managers, are the “voice” of your company, and must have authority to make and carry out decisions that can make or break a customer’s experience. If these three million see no timely response, your problem can go viral (like United Breaks Guitars ). Marty Zwilling.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Exactly where they need to be, on their smart screens scrolling some viral internet discussion. 4: Find out where the community hangs out. Social listening enables you to see where your current community members spend time and carry their conversations—Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, comments on posts or any other platform.

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Brandanew

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Stage 3 Relationship –Building relationships via follow-up emails to get them to visit your store, website or business. Stage 4 Sales – Converting your email leads to a paying customer and creating loyalty ( more ). Almost in parallel with content you need to connect with a community and establish your network. Be interactive.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Anyone in the community can edit posts and frequent users are allowed to vote irrelevant questions off the site. PartnerUp If you have a question that can be expressed in fewer than 140 characters, the PartnerUp community will likely have an answer. Has anybody else used this site yet? I have been so focused on traditional mediums.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Join the conversation with Community Forums. The registration process to join can give you a very targeted email list. These are regular updates, usually monthly, via website and email that help with customer retention, and remind your customers that you are the expert in your industry. Curation, the most efficient content.

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