VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2021

The iOS app store officially launched on July 10 2008 with 500 apps. The challenge is that there are millions of micro influencers and still no standard way of booking these campaigns in a programatic approach in the same way that can be achieved with ads. Almost overnight, a huge new industry was created around mobile.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

From big brands creating campaigns on Facebook to group buying sites like Groupon to subscription services such as Birchbox and Shoedazzle to highly curated specialty sites such as Fab.com , 2011 saw large increases in consumers buying online. eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In 2008, Seth Godin published a list of things that “every good marketer knows” Among that list was: “Anticipated, personal, and relevant advertising always does better than unsolicited junk.” Promotional emails are strategically sent to promote a specific marketing initiative or campaign. Tweet It!].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2012

In 2008, Nokia was the world’s ninth most valuable brand. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!). Fourth , reaching the top doesn’t guarantee success. Last year, Nokia was ranked 81st and this year, it fell even further. Most Valuable Brand In The World: Google.

Small Business 98

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

For instance, between 1995 and 2008 the market for cellular subscribers grew from 25 million to over 298. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!). Illustration, Flickr: Joeri Poesen. Related posts: Small business and startup issues: paperwork galore.

.Net 48

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Engagement loops: beyond viral Theres a great and growing corpus of writing about viral loops, the step-by-step optimizations you can use to encourage maximum growth of online products by having customers invite each other to join.

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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. Let’s look at a viral growth company, like Facebook. If you are building a large, viral, ad-support consumer internet property, you just want to go big! They’re off to cross the chasm. As soon as possible!&#

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

2008 FOLIO Award Winners. Curalate allows us to see how the content we pin to our boards is performing, as well as the content people are organically pinning from our sites, and more importantly how viral those actions are, since it’s reported that 80 percent of Pinterest activity comes from repins.” FOLIO: Staff. --> Suppliers.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2020

Further still are the discussions that we may eventually be stuck–similar to the Great Recession of 2008–in a recovery that excludes jobs as we emerge from this cluster. With established websites, large corporations can immediately push harder on SEO campaigns, thereby seeing more rapid results in shorter periods.

Startup 120

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2020

While the quality of content your company creates and distributes is important, most brands treat content marketing as a one-off campaign instead of an always-on effort. Political campaigns are relentless when it comes to testing their content. An ad campaign amplified the message to professionals in the building trade.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. If the viral coefficient is 0.9, Start with a five-dollar-a-day SEM campaign. Is it 1) a PR campaign where were actively seeking press or 2) people blogging about us even though were not talking to them or encouraging them to do so?

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

And just as Groupon unleashed a frenzy of daily deal sites after its launch in 2008, Birchbox helped make 2011 a year filled with new subscription services for just about everything. How to Launch a Social Ambassador Campaign. Hyundai’s Super Bowl Blog Campaign a Lesson to Marketers. viral video. 13 Comments.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

A Y-Combinator startup itself, Optimizely was used by the groundbreaking online Obama campaign in 2008. Step-by-step guides to using popular websites, reviews of mobile applications, breaking news about whats happening on the web, the best viral videos, tips for marketing your businesses online and much much more!

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

The revenue from that product grew incrementally until 2008 when I started acquiring and building more products instead of trying to optimize what I was already working on. Or any of the other approaches I would use to grow an app with a higher LTV ($150+).

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

The revenue from that product grew incrementally until 2008 when I started acquiring and building more products instead of trying to optimize what I was already working on. Or any of the other approaches I would use to grow an app with a higher LTV ($150+).

Bootstrapping 36

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 36

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

The revenue from that product grew incrementally until 2008 when I started acquiring and building more products instead of trying to optimize what I was already working on. Or any of the other approaches I would use to grow an app with a higher LTV ($150+).

Bootstrapping 27

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 27

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

In a separate study done by viral content agency Fractl , they showed participants 30 of the top 100 images on Reddit, asking them to look at the image, then to the corresponding emotion on Robert Plutchik’s Wheel Of Emotion. Overall, the campaign would involve a lot of text. image sources. image source. image source.

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Sales B2B Campaign Video 126

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

IFM Campaign Manager – A Web-based email list management and marketing tool. Synergymail – Online email marketing app that includes campaign tracking. Shoutlet – Distribute and track viral marketing campaigns across social media outlets. What will you find here? Join the 2.3

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

It made this site very sticky and it grew organically through viral word-of-mouth as a result of doing that. In the Magic site’s case it was a forum that would grow virally by itself. You can add some sort of content generation mechanism like a forum, and that can help it become a viral content generation strategy.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

Brandanew

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Disclaimer: This post is only analyzing a small set of sample emails sent by Hillary’s campaign to readers. Use of social media in political campaigns is no longer new. But the reason Obama’s campaign is discussed here is because he was the first major leader to use it effectively. Engagement, engagement, engagement!

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Brandanew

MARCH 11, 2016

Use of social media in political campaigns is no longer new. But the reason Obama’s campaign is discussed here is because he was the first major leader to use it effectively. In fact they scored the opposite when their controversial statements were made viral by Obama supporters, leading to complete negative publicity.

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Social Media Campaign Media Viral 100

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 9, 2017

Hope and pray people will be amazed by the post and start sharing it like crazy so the content piece goes “viral”. Here’s one more example of a recently published post about email drip campaigns that uses this type of content that’s starting to naturally pick up organic traffic, comments, and shares. About the Author.

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HTML Email Search SEO 69

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

About the company and the CEO: “David Barrett founded Expensify in May 2008; Witold Stankiewicz joined him in August 2008, and together they launched an Alpha product at TechCrunch 50, taking home the “DemoPit 2nd Place” prize. Working for or started something in 2008 that may or may not make it. Serdar IRMAK.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

Thursday, May 15, 2008. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Unfortunately, John Doeer was not in the panel this year, but Tony said he could not believe anymore in Johns forecasts after his support of Hillarys presidential campaign. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ▼ 2008. (11). Happy New Year 2008!

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review San Jose Venture Capital 48

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.

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