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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?” Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)? Targets Are you developing a native app and/or a web app? Are you targeting desktop, tablet, or mobile? Can you do a hybrid web/native application? What about other kinds of viral outreach?

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[Review] Gamification By Design: Implementing Game Mechanics In Web And Mobile Apps

YoungUpstarts

The trouble with a book titled “ Gamification by Design: Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps ” is that most people will assume it’s meant for games – or at the very most, application – designers.

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Viral, Social, Sentiment, Mobile: 4 Delightful Web Analytics Solutions

Occam's Razor

That's not including others I actively seek out around the web. Remember I am the creator of the 10/90 rule of investment in web analytics. Let's go look at some tools… Measuring "Invisible Virality": Tynt. Goes viral. Invisible Virality. Simple right? And that's on purpose.

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4 Common Misconceptions About Web Design & Development

The Startup Magazine

However, many entrepreneurs have a fair share of beliefs and misconceptions about web design and development. These misconceptions are a result of a lack of understanding and knowledge about how web design and development work. Web design and development isn’t an easy job. Web development isn’t a once-and-done activity.

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Marketers Focus More Attention on Mobile Gaming

YoungUpstarts

Those stereotypes have quickly been shattering, however, with the emergence and immense popularity of mobile gaming. In 2013, there were 909 million mobile gamers worldwide, nearly half of which resided in the Asia Pacific region, and 146 million of which came from North America. Exponential Growth of Mobile Gamers.

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7 Ways To Improve Return On Your Marketing Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing. Display advertising.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks?

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