Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. These founders need a reality check on what recognized brand names have spent to reach that threshold, and how long it is likely to take. Establish partners and referrals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. These founders need a reality check on what recognized brand names have spent to reach that threshold, and how long it is likely to take. Establish partners and referrals.

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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. The directory of other entrepreneurs, browsable by industry and name, is also helpful for locating someone who might be helpful regarding a specific issue. You also have the option to create your own private group.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

And that involves processes, structures, feedback loops, analytics and a community.”. With Vine, you’re building a backend system that stores video and a front-end that is a simple viewer and an easy way to share content out to social networks,” says Thadd Selden, Worry Free’s CTO. 8) Angry Birds.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

AUGUST 27, 2011

Hahaha, I laugh because later in his talk he mentions another website with a long name. A notable site is FaceSmash which sold for $30k the week the movie Social Network came out. Even Perez Hilton blogged about Flippa because of its relationship to FaceSmash and Social Network. Alright back to the talk.

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EC2 Social Network Distribution Demand 53

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 26, 2022

TikTok has evolved from a platform known for viral dance moves to a place of rapid product discovery. The New York Times named this urge to buy something the “TikTok Feta Effect,” after a viral recipe for baked feta pasta resulted in the cheese selling out nationwide in the U.S. via Shopify ]. Look at your customer data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. These founders need a reality check on what recognized brand names have spent to reach that threshold, and how long it is likely to take. Establish partners and referrals.

Marketing 235

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Gust

MARCH 9, 2014

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. These founders need a reality check on what recognized brand names have spent to reach that threshold, and how long it is likely to take. Establish partners and referrals.

Marketing 146

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

It is an “ online community of passionate boaters and expert service providers ”. Collect email addresses so you can follow-up with links to the pictures tagged with their names on your social media. Use these photos to build out your photo gallery on your website and social networks.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Cohort analysis can be done for revenue, churn, viral word of mouth, support costs, or any other metric you care about. Companies with a high LTV have a strong brand image , earn word-of-mouth and organic referrals, and enjoy “search monopolies”—conversions by brand name search. If they trust social networks, blogs, magazines, etc.,

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

How to Pick the Right Name for Your Business. There are endless paths to take when brainstorming your new business name. But for many small business owners and entrepreneurs, the naming process is fraught with uncertainty and doubt. Your business name sets the tone for all that follows. Opt for a descriptive name.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It happens when a customer can name your brand when reminded of what you sell (aided recall) or without that reminder (unaided recall). Brand awareness marketing aims to make your brand the name people think of first and trust above all others. Canva doesn’t have the household name status of Adobe. And the wheel keeps turning.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2013

We connect them to hundreds of thousands of potential new customers using email marketing, social networks, and display ad campaigns. Create a new community channel for customer interaction, provide updates, and generate news. It might not go very viral even if you’re a relatively well-known person. 6600+ new fans.

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Campaign Estonia Social Media Viral 95

Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

The name of the last part? First, just to provide a foundation here, Bazaarvoice was named after Chapter 4 of “The Cluetrain Manifesto” (available for free online), “ Markets Are Conversations ”. And the Blockbuster name became synonymous with late fees. Netflix vs. Blockbuster: Round Four (Lights Out?)”

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 29, 2023

In a recent episode, they talked with Kevin Perry about how he goes viral on every single platform. They're, for the last year, there have been multiple parents actually youth class actions suing social networks for addicting kids and affecting their mental health. Is it medical communities? , John Jantsch (20:31): Yeah.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. There is no sector of the economy that isn’t being transformed by the online community that is now voraciously consuming media, applications, communications and buying global products.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

People have always gathered to talk about business, life and community events. Social media is about doing that online. Create an interactive, regularly updated site or blog , or by build informative yet informal profiles on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter. Get a Twitter account in your business name.

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Small Business Marketing PR Social Media 167

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Slab serif fonts — if they’re unique fonts — are still a viable alternative to been-there-done-that sans serifs in logos, and the web community still enjoys them. Color-Coordinated Compound Words Web startup names and logos are inextricably linked. If it’s well-executed, it’s a powerful statement to make.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Slab serif fonts — if they’re unique fonts — are still a viable alternative to been-there-done-that sans serifs in logos, and the web community still enjoys them. Color-Coordinated Compound Words Web startup names and logos are inextricably linked. If it’s well-executed, it’s a powerful statement to make.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media Software Review 111

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. For example, if I were pitching LinkedIn’s Series B today with what I now know about successful pitches, the investment thesis would be: Massively valuable properties will be built off networks. There will be different networks for different domains.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. – angel investor networks ( AngelList , FundersClub , OurCrowd , Republic *, SeedInvest ). .

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

What Startups Can Learn From Watching “The Social Network” – [link]. What is holding back social media investment? Social media critics keep getting it wrong – [link]. 12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn) – [link]. You Name It: The Biggest [Blanks] in the World!

Social Media 90

Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

I feel like the bar has been raised so much in the last five years in the start up community and I’ve been busy working for a distinctly non-start up company. You’re going to tell Jason and Bob just the name of your URL, nothing else, and see if Jason can figure out what it is. Well I appreciate that. Jason: Chext?

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Cofounder Technical Review Software Review Differentiation 208

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

And if you have been using a fictitious business name, you’ll need to file an abandonment form. How to Register Your New Business Name. 9 Digital Ways to Become a Social Good Hero in 2012. 10 Inspiring Social Networks for Writers. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media.

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LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

(My company’s CEO, Patrick Salyer, explains why multiple online personas make it imperative that companies offer social logins beyond Facebook Connect.). Sure, Facebook will almost always be the dominant player in share-of-logins, but we’ve seen the other players account for up to a combined 60% share of social logins.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Some have experimented with virality ( Pepsi Test Drive or Dove Beauty , etc.), It is a social network (like Facebook). Put the company name on the stadium? Another small effort… create videos about your company charity efforts, your community/social responsibility efforts. They do TV? Newspapers?

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Analytics Marketing Audience Channel 149

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

AngelList is an online community that matches startups with investors to streamline the fundraising process. If you can name drop big customers, do that too — you want your profile to look impressive. What is your viral coefficient? Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media.

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Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Anyone can easily run a search for his or her brand name and see how actively it’s being discussed in social media. Try using a few search Google operators, for example: ["brand name" -intitle:"brand name"] to find in-text brand mentions you are most likely to have missed. Social Media Lists. Social Media.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

For example, here is how a few of my favorite startups describe themselves: “ Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover and book unique spaces around the world online or from an iPhone.” ” “ Skillshare is a community marketplace to learn anything from anyone.” Social Media.

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PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

conversionxl.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Surely, what’s “appeals” to a 54 year old mother of 5 who goes online to check Facebook and Metafilter will be vastly different from a Google Glass wearing, 27 year old power-user of social networks you haven’t even heard of yet. It’s about connecting with the viewer and communicating value as quickly as possible. Your Name *.

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Analytics Software Review Conversion Video 98

Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Most small business and Startup founders are talking about customer engagement and social presence beyond the customary likes and one-post-a-month schedules. Brands that will stand-out in 2016 will leverage the power of the community and create a strong ROI based on measurable data-backed decisions. Tool 8: KeyHole.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 1, 2016

Referral Marketing – This includes intentional word of mouth activities, viral tactics as well as intentional referral generation. Online Advertising – This includes the use of pay-per-click platforms, social networks, display ads and retargeting. Allow them to co-brand the information and use it freely.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 15, 2016

Inbound.org is self-described as “the internet’s smartest marketing community” Everything Inbound marketing is discussed there. Needless to say, encouraging a new user to become an active, engaged member of a community is not an easy task. “You should use your full name so that your teammates recognize you.”).

Mobile 48

Mobile Retention Email Software Review 48

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2014

By now you’ve probably started to hear rumblings about a new social network called Ello. Ello is a simple, ad-free, social network created in part as a response to the current business model of most networks like Facebook, which rely on users to sell advertising. Social Media Diaspora Ello WhatsApp'

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Iowa Social Network Social Media Viral 66

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 12, 2010

My very first newsletter, the blog traffic tips newsletter branded under the blog traffic king name (which I ended up retiring because I got sick of the jokes from my friends), started off well enough. These people are “members&# of your community, not leads. My First Newsletter. Yaro Starak. List Builder.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 18, 2016

But don’t write the social network off if your business doesn’t fall into those industry categories. Of all the social networks, Pinterest is perhaps the most clearly skewed in one demographic direction: Pinterest is most commonly used by women ages 19 to 29, who have graduated college and make over $75,000 annually.

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Small Business Marketing Social Media Curation 60

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

16 Tips for Picking the Perfect Startup Name. This article is the second in a three-part series about naming your startup; on Wednesday, we discussed why your startup’s name matters , and on Friday, we’ll discuss testing and buying domains. But how do you actually create a name? Like Tweet. Like Tweet.

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