A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 22, 2011

I can lecture you about how blogging success is about content and time rather than looks and plugins , but I still wrote my own plugin to manage exactly how the “retweet&# link behaves in the RSS feed. Sign up for AppSumo 's daily deals specifically for web geeks & entrepreneurs. Stoke your motor. Tweet. -->.

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Software By Rob

JUNE 23, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. We judged based on a number of criteria, which can be seen at the bottom of this page , but they include things like usefulness, demo, UI, and differentiation. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Teams had 59 days to create a killer app.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. The key take-away is that product differentiation is how you make money, and neutralization (keeping up with your competition) is how you stay in the game. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Check out my book Like this post? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

” Be sure to differentiate your company from ones that the journalist has already covered, however. RSS Feed 550,078+ Subscribers. Web Video Roundup. Programming and Web Development Lists. Web Design. Follow @mashable. More subscription options » Mashable News In Your Inbox. Top Stories. All Stories.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. A better approach is to focus on your strengths and from there determine the method(s) that will work best to differentiate yourself from every other the freelance developers around the world. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Check out my book Like this post?

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Software By Rob

JULY 15, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. I too found the need to differentiate urgent tasks from important tasks, which is something many people never realize.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

APRIL 27, 2010

Actually, all the to-do list applications I have tried claim to be simple, it is not a differentiator anymore. Why on earth would I use their product when I already use Google Analytics (99% of the web developers do too)? The most obvious example is the Tada List from 37 Signals.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

” Introduced a few months ago as an Austin event, I’m now doing this live audio advice column to the web, taking phone calls from startups around the country. You can listen by subscribing to my podcast on iTunes , or it’s enclosed in this blog’s RSS feed , or you can just download the mp3 of the first hour.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Web Design. Your product must solve an actual need, have a profitable market size, differentiate itself from the competition, generate sufficient interest from your target market, be cost-effective to produce in a timely manner, and have a clear marketing path. MooTools Plugins. Businesses. Business Articles. Accounting. Social Media.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

You can listen by subscribing to my podcast on iTunes , or it’s enclosed in this blog’s RSS feed , or you can just download the mp3 of the first hour. How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market (and when perhaps you shouldn’t try). Just take it out of the RSS reader. Why listen? And thanks Bob and Jason.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

With that implicit assumption, startups hire a VP of Sales with a great rolodex and call on established mainstream companies while marketing creates a brand and buzz to create demand and drive it into the sales channel (web, direct salesforce, etc.) They never understood Market Type. End result? To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print!

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn YouTube Tumblr Vimeo Apple SoundCloud Instagram Paypal Spotify Google Play Medium Snapchat RSS. ” This is my favorite business quote because it illustrates the primary factor that differentiates successful entrepreneurs from the rest of the pack. Visit our Web Shop. Search for.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Quite early on, you will be able to differentiate yourself – and having competitors help you grow the market can actually be a good thing. bruce – i’m not saying you should publish your idea on the web (which is what my describing them on my site would amount to). cdixon.org - chris dixons blog. Follow @cdixon.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. I’ve been a web developer for 10 years and I cringe when I see that I need a module that’s not included…there goes two hours of my day searching, configuring and installing dependencies. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? at 9:05 am [.] . #9

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 13, 2007

The web has brought simplicity and transparency in a world of complexity and opacity, empowering a new generation of public software companies like Salesforce.com, NetSuite, Webex and WebSideStory who learned how to take advantage of it. And this human touch is necessary even if you have a free demo on available on the web. 5:59 PM.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Pluggio is a Freemium Twitter web app created by Justin Vincent. About the Author Ruben Gamez is the founder of Bidsketch , web based proposal software for designers. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Check out my book Like this post?

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Very hard to do, but it’s what differentiates great companies from good companies. The time to start thinking mobile first vs. web first was 6 months ago. Fab.com Fab Feed Bradfords Blog. 90 Things I’ve Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies. Could they present to investors or reporters about Fab??. Think 5 steps ahead.

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www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Rather than needing to do capacity planning, gather data internally, and then use a custom-built web application to determine your pricing, you can just read the grid and make a decision in 30 seconds. Speaking of custom-built web applications to determine pricing, the best product with the worse pricing strategy is Heroku.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Sitelinks appear below the main link for a “navigational” query , or “one in which the user is looking for a specific web site, rather than information from a web page.” Confusingly, Major League Soccer’s website has three sitelinks with a “news” label, including their RSS feed. How do search engines choose sitelinks?

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Spencer Fry

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

You’re constantly refreshing Twitter and wherever else your product is mentioned on the Web. Neat idea though I''m having trouble differentiating it from Mixergy.". Launch Day was a whirlwind of activity, as everyone knows who has ever launched a product. What are people saying about it? Are they sharing it with their friends?

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 22, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! I’ll often ask audiences I speak with to raise their hands if they provide good service.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed , follow me on Twitter , connect with me on Quora. John is currently a partner at Rincon Venture Partners , a venture capital firm investing in early stage web-based businesses, and is a Co-Founder of RevUpNet , a performance-based online marketing agency. infoChachkie.

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ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2017

For example, I could listen to Spotify’s web app all day every day. Content” is used to differentiate between multiple content versions in a campaign (as in A/B testing messaging). Missing manual tags in emails and newsletters & RSS, social, Google products, Google News. Image Source. URL fracturing in behavior reports.

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www.iubenda.com

OCTOBER 25, 2011

If you are not a web designer and you dont even know what a Privacy Policy actually is, you dont signup there, and thats what we want, since your signup would be worthless and confuse both metrics and the way we think the product launch is perceived. Web Designer by the age of 10. Follow this blog via RSS Feed. Gioia Pistola.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 10, 2007

So, you can listen to music, watch videos, take pictures, look at pictures and slide shows, make calls, browse e-mails and calendar, send pictures, access Google map and weather information, and browse the web. To make it successful, Apple will need to upgrade the quality of its content and start differentiating mobile and home video content.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The web rocks!]. Very often when you run branding campaigns your goal is simply to introduce your business (like we are trying to do with Market Motive , our start up that provides certification courses in Web Analytics, SEO, PPC, PR etc etc). Traffic Differentials. Web Analytics. If it did not, why not?

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

Make a list of the 5 most popular blogs in your niche and subscribe to their RSS feeds. (I I recommend Google Reader to read and subscribe to the RSS feeds). Grey hat: Twitter allows you to have an animated avatar which allows to differentiate yourself from the other followers of a popular twitter account. Use Facebook.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

KissMetrics is all about funnel conversion, which any web analytics tool already offers and having to add yet another script on your page isn’t justified by having pretty conversion graphs. MixPanel is about tracking events and cohorts in your web application (in real time).

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

KissMetrics is all about funnel conversion, which any web analytics tool already offers and having to add yet another script on your page isn’t justified by having pretty conversion graphs. MixPanel is about tracking events and cohorts in your web application (in real time).

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

methodologies - in other words, dont invest in travel and in-person sales, but try to close as many deals as possible by phone and the Web. (On I asked her not to spray and pray, and focus on her core, differentiated products - stretch mark and c-section mark removal creams for new mothers. process in detail. This is her core market.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

methodologies - in other words, dont invest in travel and in-person sales, but try to close as many deals as possible by phone and the Web. (On I asked her not to spray and pray, and focus on her core, differentiated products - stretch mark and c-section mark removal creams for new mothers. process in detail. This is her core market.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

Make a list of the 5 most popular blogs in your niche and subscribe to their RSS feeds. (I I recommend Google Reader to read and subscribe to the RSS feeds). Grey hat: Twitter allows you to have an animated avatar which allows to differentiate yourself from the other followers of a popular twitter account. Use Facebook.

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www.rocketwatcher.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Differentiated – Have a look at other companies in and around the space you will be playing in. Then Web 2.0 You can sign up for email updates, subscribe via RSS or follow me on Twitter. Trackback URL | Comments RSS Feed. Then we started calling our companies sort of arty one-word names like Oracle and Apple.

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