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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

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It seems that four different models of "discussion creation" have occurred: Organice Discussion - someone posts something interesting, lots of bloggers post on the topic, distributed discussion ensues. Tag Memes - Someone posts a question and "Tags" five people to give their response. See Five Things Meme as an example.

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Startup Metrics

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R : Revenue - can you monetize any of this behavior? channels (search, social, viral, new media), cost-efficient distribution He also points a fair bit to Eric Ries – The lean startup. A : Activation - what % have a "happy" initial experience? R : Retention - do they come back & re-visit over time? Great stuff.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

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5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!) - crowdSPRING Blog , September 13, 2010 At crowdSPRING we talk a great deal about how we can leverage our limited marketing resources to drive traffic and revenues and build strong community. Except they won’t be called Product Managers. That crazy chicken.