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The Crazy Marketing Campaigns That Actually Worked

YoungUpstarts

Unusual, unique and eye-catching marketing campaigns are often pursued in an attempt to become separate from the herd. Here are five crazy marketing campaigns that paid off for start-ups and new businesses: Uber. The press, bloggers and social media went crazy for the stunt which combined just enough silliness with a serious message.

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50+ Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

“Integrate” is part of the company name, but is also meaningful to how the agency works and approaches all client campaigns. The name of my business is Simon Says Social Media. I also thought Simon Says was a good tie-in with social media since social media is about conversations. We had may ideas.

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Out of the Crisis #22: Ron Klain on pandemic response and preparedness, entrepreneurship, and rebuilding trust in institutions

Startup Lessons Learned

At the time, he was advising the campaign while also serving as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Revolution, a DC-based VC firm created to fund startups led by diverse founders all over the country. The media, our leaders, people on social media keep mentioning this idea, as if we've never seen anything like this before.