Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Get exposure for your expertise.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Johnson also says that search engine issues have affected the style of names. Amidst all the search engine and domain name drama, consider that names are memorable when they sound good. 3) Check the social network username site www.knowem.com to see who else is using something similar. He says that intentional Web 2.0

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Download our free apps for Android , Mac , iPhone and iPad. Our startup creates custom vertical search and decision making engines for people or businesses with structured data. of Web Users Meet Singles on Social Networks [STUDY] Want to Highlight Your New Facebook Pictures? Social Media Lists. Social Media.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution. While the aforementioned example may not fit every startup, regardless, you need to have an actionable, scalable business model with measurable metrics (downloads, customers, etc.) BonitaSoft has offices in France, the U.S. in place before you expand.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. 5 Google's Secret Social Initiative Delayed Until. Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). 2 What Would Facebook and Twitter Sneakers Look L.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Sourcebits has engineered over 200 apps to date, with plenty more to come. May 23, 2011 17:45:54 Reply 0 Flag this comment HD1080i Follow +1 DITTO ON THAT … counting app downloads vs use-case metrics shows that the native app gets lost in its own sea of icons. Plus.how many download it and then never update it?

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

While all of these factors are true to an extent, the truth of the matter is that the reduced costs of hardware and software are easily offset by the expense of engineers and experienced business people. Nearly all of your costs will be headcount, primarily in the engineering department. Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started!

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

They need to be able to communicate as a peer to engineers and management. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! They need to to be able to see a business objective in terms of a technology solution and a technology solution in terms of business objectives.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Pinterest is probably the best tool for this, given its robust database of high-quality images, but you can also use e-commerce sites like Etsy or a simple image search on one of the major search engines. You’ve probably already used this trick when a username is taken on one of the big social networking sites. Social Media.

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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. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Get exposure for your expertise.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

As I ask questions to understand the thinking, what usually comes out is something vague along the lines of web marketing, and/or viral growth with no numbers attached. A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. Those companies who have learned to build apps that optimize the viral loop dominate in every category where they compete. So far, I dont see any apps that have much in the way of viral distribution. Labels: iPhone , search engine marketing 3comments: Blake Engel said.

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Gust

MARCH 9, 2014

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Get exposure for your expertise.

Marketing 146

Marketing SEM Viral Social Media 146

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

As the innovation engines of the economy, what startups figured out in 2011 will likely appear on other sectors’ trend lists in 2012. Meanwhile, some of the web’s best-known companies increased their presence in New York City — likely bringing investor money and capable engineers with them. Social Media Lists.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

Facebook, Twitter Engineers Tweak Google’s Social Search [VIDEO]. Download our free apps for Android , Mac , iPhone and iPad. 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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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

On a more serious note, Gordon has a laundry list of founder qualities or experiences that will pique his curiosity: “Have a resume I envy and admire; make a significant contribution at a company I am fascinated by; write a great book or make a great game or TV show; [develop] significant software engineering experience and/or education.&#

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Let me highlight each in turn: Embrace Being a Publisher In the social and digital age, the barriers of entry to publishing has been obliterated. We can now reach our potential buyers directly by publishing via blogs, videos, podcasts, forums, and social networks with relatively little cost. What keeps them up at night?

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

Download our free apps for Android , Mac , iPhone and iPad. The name I chose is scovry and the website ( [link] ) that it goes to is a social media based search engine that displays results in a “spy” type format. Social Networks etc. Google Offers Free Wi-Fi in India to Access Social Networks.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Create an interactive, regularly updated site or blog , or by build informative yet informal profiles on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter. A great offer goes a long way quickly…especially through our favorite social networking sites! They are the first thing people see on search engines. Be visible!

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Citrus – An online billing website that allows your customers to view, download and pay their invoices by credit card or direct debit. ScheduleOnce – Scheduling engine to get everyone who needs to meet together at one time. Ximdesk – Collaboration and social networking platform for enterprise.

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Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Twitter’s significance stems from the fact that it is a real time, open, asymmetric, social, viral referral network that is often location aware and provides both explicit and implicit interests and preferences. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric. Twitter is inherently viral.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 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. Do you feel like the more users you have it helps accelerate, is there some kind of, maybe not necessarily viral, but that people just tell their friends at all. Why listen?

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sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

While there are a huge number of intricacies with search engine optimisation, the basics are to find the right key phrases to target, to include those terms on the page naturally and within the page title and, of absolutely massive importance, to get other sites to link to you. For everyone that helped – thanks very much!

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. Before there was Fab there was fabulis, a social network meets places guide targeted to the gay community.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2014

According to the survey done by Search Engine Land and SurveyMonkey , it is the fourth most important deciding factor, coming in after brand name, promos and discounts offered, and free delivery. You can easily download these to your computer and use it when designing your content.

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Media Marketing Social Media SEO 71

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. Listen to Brian on a recent Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.). Not too shabby.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. If your app has strong word-of-mouth or viral components, your retention drives new acquisition, and its not so important to have good placement in the store. Labels: iPhone , search engine marketing 3comments: Th.Khangs said.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2016

Referral Marketing– This includes intentional word of mouth activities, viral tactics as well as intentional referral generation. The Referral Engine – John Jantsch – Yep, I wrote a book on the subject! Online Advertising– This includes the use of pay-per-click platforms, social networks, display ads and retargeting.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. I am the VP of Engineering at a cutting-edge startup that sells software built on the.NET platform. Hey, David, where can I download that.Net language from? How about ABAPer?

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