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[Review] The Social Customer

YoungUpstarts

The greatest challenge of our “social age” isn’t to grow the largest fan or follower base. Neither is it to achieve the greatest reach or “virality” in one’s digital campaign. b) Brand Reputation (usually provided by social sentiment firms).

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

www.forentrepreneurs.com

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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Great Products Are Not Just the Product Guy's Job

SVPG

Although their engineered virality was brilliant, it misses that people refer clients, parents and friends to Dropbox regardless of whether or not they benefit from it. 3) Too often, the product solution to marketing is adding a ‘share’ button, social media integration, or enabling referrals. Be realistic.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. Ask situational questions that reveal their true colors and do extensive background checks and reference checks. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Adam Witty , Advantage Media Group.

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5 of the most famous (and effective) growth hacks of all time

The Next Web

If a big corporation is pushing a new product, you might expect them to take out TV ads, online ads, maybe hire a PR agency and set up big distribution partnerships. Rely on cheaper forms of marketing : Blogging, email, viral tactics etc. Back when Facebook was still just for schools, some schools already had their own social networks.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

Then hit the reference materials; scan lists of synonyms and etymologies for more options. 3) Check the social network username site www.knowem.com to see who else is using something similar. Friends are useful, too — find the best Scrabble player in your circle and get her involved. And Good luck!

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Facebook Advertising / Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value

Occam's Razor

The number of PR people you can now fire because your Facebook page is such an awesome PR platform – not. Revenue per Facebook-referred visitor (staying with last click attribution for now). Except for Engaged Users and Virality all other metrics suffer from the fatal flaw of not answering the "so what" question.

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