Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

These days, if your startup does not have an Internet home base up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. There should be no doubt that an Internet presence is as basic to success in business today, as brick and mortar was a hundred years ago. Here are a few: Register domain name and set up hosting.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

How to Pick the Right Name for Your Business. Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. 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. Abstract or dead simple?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

He launched a business called Unsubscribe, which helped consumers deal with the deluge of email lists that one gets signed up to and get rid of them all. Viral Adoption / Group Use Cases Jamie didn’t want to stop at a single household. They could have owned 10% for $700k. If you want to see the original episode it’s here ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

These days, if your startup does not have an Internet home base up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. There should be no doubt that an Internet presence is as basic to success in business today, as brick and mortar was a hundred years ago. Here are a few: Register domain name and set up hosting.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 22, 2020

Email Marketing. Within your image alt texts and file names, as appropriate. In fact, by 2021, internet traffic will be comprised of 82% video content. Beyond getting backlinks to your site, other off-page strategies include guest posting and increasing your business listings across the internet in relevant places.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 17, 2020

If you’re in the early stages of promoting your startup , you’ve probably thought about trying every possible marketing tactic out there: emails, blog posts, targeted ads on social media — you name it. Videos are viral in nature, and within the right marketing strategy, they can spread through the internet like wildfire.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 28, 2024

They ran one of the most successful viral video agencies in the world for nearly a decade before solely focusing on speaking at events for companies like Walmart, Pepsi, Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Cirque du Soleil and Saks Fifth Avenue when they need help navigating their way through the landscape of business disruption. I found it. You have me.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

Discord is a great example of a company going viral mostly from word of mouth. From its start in 2015, the number of registered users has “suddenly” climbed from 45 million in 2017 to a reported 300 million by the end of 2020. Soon, Discord could become dominant, even before an entire generation of millennials even knows the name.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads – you name it. We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet: AOL. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

His early experience was at LogMeIn and then he went on to help Xobni, DropBox, LookOut and EventBrite to name a few companies I’m sure you’ve heard of. 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. Doesn’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

It sort of reminds me of the new generation of innovation that is happening around user-controlled terrestrial & Internet station Jelli.]. In his early career he realized the importance of email lists. His email list became his power. He would occasionally give away free music in exchange for email addresses.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2020

A web host will be the server rent provider you choose to put your developed project on in order for others to have internet access to your site. It gives companies the opportunity to get their business out into the public and make a name for themselves and create an online presence for a lower investment.

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www.buzzfeed.com

AUGUST 16, 2012

Viral On The Web. User Name. + Viral Dashboard. Welcome To The New Internet: Simple Design, Short Names, No Ads. A flood of minimalist sites and services hints at a stripped down future for the internet. Welcome To The New Internet: Simple Design. What’s Hot. Top 20 On BuzzFeed. Badge Winners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

These days, if your startup does not have an Internet home base up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. There should be no doubt that an Internet presence is as basic to success in business today, as brick and mortar was a hundred years ago. Here are a few: Register domain name and set up hosting.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 28, 2021

Channel: Finding out which sources, such as email, organic search, and email, are used to calculate website traffic is another way to do so. Long-tail keywords do not account for the bulk of internet searches. The days of “only” using desktop computers to browse the internet are long gone.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. This attention is valuable to yet another set of people: namely, the traditional businesses (see above) who are using marketing to grow, and are looking to advertise to new prospects. Let’s look at a viral growth company, like Facebook.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 6, 2021

Since the internet is the dominant force in every industry, startups need to conquer many challenges to succeed these days. Name Your Business and Register It. While many fresh business owners think that naming their operations is easy, it’s quite the opposite. Once you’ve named your brand, you’ll need to register it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In today’s world of constant change and information overload via the Internet, content marketing and branding are often more important to success than product quality or technology. Contrary to a popular myth, word-of-mouth and viral marketing are not a substitute for more basic branding activities.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 17, 2023

The first edition of Bullseye Marketing was named One of the Best Marketing Plan Books of All Time by Book Authority. Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Creative Elements hosted by Jay Klaus. Like this show?

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Establishing a presence on the Internet even if you have a physical store, is critical. Every time you post with your business ID, your business name (and web page link) you’re putting yourself out there in front of potential customers. Get a Twitter account in your business name. Social media isn’t new. including the stamp.

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Spencer Fry

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

It's not enough to simply provide an email address nowadays. Write all email copy: Another pet peeve of mine is when the emails from a new service I've signed up for are too cryptic to understand. Record the names and email addresses of likely users in a file and check them off after you've reached out to them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

These days, if your startup does not have an Internet web site up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. There is absolutely no doubt that the Internet is the answer to the small businessman's prayer. Here are a few: Register domain name and set up hosting. Viral marketing needs a website.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Exactly where they need to be, on their smart screens scrolling some viral internet discussion. Social Media Listening, as the name says, is a technique through which you can listen (analyse) the social media platforms to gauze what people are talking about your brand, your products and most importantly, your competitors.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 23, 2023

Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Creative Elements hosted by Jay Klaus. In a recent episode, they talked with Kevin Perry about how he goes viral on every single platform. And one easy way to test is through email marketing.

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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. Viral is an outcome, not a strategy. This strategy made AFP a household name and engaged countless people to participate. Keep it real, social, and events-based.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Finally the day came, we unleashed the landing page, emailed our existing customers, and started advertising online. So, if youre interested in helping avoid mistakes like that, here are the steps: Get a domain name. It doesnt have to be the worlds catchiest name, just pick something reasonably descriptive.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Home Social Media Business Entertainment Tech Web Video Dev & Design Apple Mobile Social Good Jobs Web Design Web Development Now Trending : Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman After 30 Years September 28, 2010 Jolie ODell View Comments 11 Trends in Web Logo Design: The Good, the Bad and the Overused email share email share Do you like this story?

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Home Social Media Business Entertainment Tech Web Video Dev & Design Apple Mobile Social Good Jobs Web Design Web Development Now Trending : Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman After 30 Years September 28, 2010 Jolie ODell View Comments 11 Trends in Web Logo Design: The Good, the Bad and the Overused email share email share Do you like this story?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 12, 2010

Back in 2006 I decided it was time to build my first email list. I had been blogging for just over a year at that point, and had over five years experience running websites already under my belt, yet I had never created an email newsletter or list of any kind. My First Newsletter. Slowly but surely my list grew.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I began asking around who the smartest people in the online media industry were and two names came up again and again — Jonah Peretti (social & viral content) and Ze Frank (social video). I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru. Back then there were “email forwards.” Video is the new HTML.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John (00:00): Welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. So it's understanding what constraint is and how to manage that, I suppose was, John (05:27): Yeah, of course, it's so cliche now, but I like to tell even 30 year olds about a dialup internet and things of that nature.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It shouldn’t be confused with newswriting, sending an email to a colleague, RFP copy or the many other types of writing a business may need to use. Since then, our online lives have only gotten busier as we’re bombarded daily with personal messages, cat gifs, marketing messages, viral videos, political messages… You get the idea.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

How to Maximize Email Lead Capture written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Despite the reports coming out of some corners of social media, email as a marketing tool is very much alive. In fact, email marketing still produces the highest return on investment of any form of marketing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

This is a common problem that results from viral-loop optimization. By copying the exact same registration flow as every other successful viral app, many viral apps completely lose their positioning. A few days ago, I received a great email from Warhammer Online. And yet, WoW never sends me emails.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 29, 2023

Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Creative Elements hosted by Jay Klaus. In a recent episode, they talked with Kevin Perry about how he goes viral on every single platform. Like this show? And we get Gmail for free.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

To further diversify, consider strategies to drive viewers to join an email newsletter or Facebook community. For viral growth, you want most of your traffic coming from “Browse features,” which consist of YouTube’s home screen, subscriptions, and other browsing features. This part is the hardest. Your organic YouTube strategy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

All I see is a name, an icon, a price, the developers name, and a review star-rating. 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. And what distinguishes a good app? I cant really tell.

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