Master of 500 Hats A blog about Geeks, Entrepreneurs, & Startups in Silicon Valley, by Dave McClure. er, Underdogs) Facebook Big Pimpin: Using Social Networks & Platforms to Drive Distribution Startup Metrics for Pirates: AARRR! GeeksOnaPlane East Asia 2010: Startups Are Global. Why NOT to do a Startup -- becuz yer Gonna FAIL. MORE >>

Unless you can afford to buy users, you’ll have to grow virally. Below are 9 ways your start-up can grow virally: Get Your Users to Spread the Word. While this isn’t traditionally thought of as a viral growth strategy, it’s very important. Get users to tell others about your app simply by using it. Tumblr.  MORE >>

Master of 500 Hats A blog about Geeks, Entrepreneurs, & Startups in Silicon Valley, by Dave McClure. er, Underdogs) Facebook Big Pimpin: Using Social Networks & Platforms to Drive Distribution Startup Metrics for Pirates: AARRR! GeeksOnaPlane East Asia 2010: Startups Are Global. Why NOT to do a Startup -- becuz yer Gonna FAIL. MORE >>

Finally, we work hard to create marketing value in the social media space and work to engender word-of-mouth and the viral effect. In April of 2004 Burger King and their agency, Crispin Porter + Bogusky had an insight that led to what was, at the time, the most successful viral effort ever launched by a business: the Subservient Chicken. MORE >>

I recently had the pleasure of spending an hour with Jon Steinberg, president of Buzzfeed , a company who focuses on helping media companies make their content go viral. But of course we also focused on making content go viral. guess this video won’t go viral, then! Good comment community = viral blog. MORE >>