The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Why has growth hacking so strongly resonated with the startup community? One explanation is that “growth hacking” is just a catchy way to rebrand marketers, but this begs the question as to why “growth hacking” went viral in the first place. Channel instability. Channel saturation. Market leaders may be left behind.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Software Review Distribution San Francisco 150

The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

When you travel, you are constantly on the go, so being connected to your mobile device might be your only digital lens into the world,” says Shaun Modi , designer at Airbnb. By focusing on designing our internal culture, it seamlessly translates to the experience we create, both online and offline. It all starts with culture. “By

Mobile 136

Mobile Silicon Valley Viral Technical Review 136

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Nor to achieve the greatest “virality” in our digital campaigns. While Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have found ways to monetise their platforms, many are still figuring out ways to connect one’s communities on social media with the corporate wallet. In other words, a company is viewed more as a peer rather than an institution.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2011

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Then it’s time to innovate through the channels or platforms that are relevant. Digital quite simply is not for repurposing content that exists in other channels.

Viral 228

Viral Marketing Startup Demand 228

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2018

An SSL certificate – short for Secure Sockets Layer – designates a safe connection between a user’s server and your website. If your company contributes to the 75% of websites lacking this important safety designation – the time is now to change that. Get Your Website SSL Certified Already! Customers Demand SSL Reassurance.

Customer 200

Customer Technical Review Security Internet 200

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2021

What are the main channels for app marketing and distribution today? App discovery today: Word of mouth – family and friends remain the #1 channel for new app discovery. Ads – targeted advertising is perhaps THE most reliable channel to market and distribute a consumer app. Several startups, like Copy.ai

Mobile 190

Mobile Social Media Distribution PR 190

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2018

Use design thinking to be an innovator in your market. Design thinking sounds like its meant exclusively for creative thinkers, but anyone can take advantage of its straightforward process. Or, as I learned to think of it when I was getting my degree in design: The Process. Design matters. Be an innovator. Check it out!

Marketing 90

Marketing Social Media Cofounder Design 90

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Lean startup principles promote creating rapid prototypes of your products and services designed to test your assumptions about the market and then to rely on feedback from customers to enhance those products and services. But there’s no one right marketing channel for all businesses. Test your marketing ideas in small batches.

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Lean Small Business Marketing Startup 129

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Successful product launch campaigns have a strong value proposition, multi-channel distribution, supporting content, and other trappings common to every marketing campaign. The SaaS test balloons helped gauge the potential traction on social media and other channels. Product launches are one phase in the product lifecycle.

Product 110

Product Campaign Acquisition Social Media 110

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Choosing the Right Marketing Channels for Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. As of October 2017, there are roughly sixteen marketing channels available to us. Businesses need to get very, very good at getting clients in just a few of these channels.

Channel 57

Channel Marketing SEO Social Media 57

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Businesses require an equally elegant business model, with the right price, messaging and delivery channel to the right target customers to keep the dream alive and growing. Defining the right business model requires the same diligence as designing the right product, but the approach and skills required are different.

Technical Review 220

Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review Business Model 220

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Just for reference, Slidebean is a SaaS presentation software where users can add content, and a finished presentation is designed automatically. Jun-15: Community Manager (growth team). Nov-15: Graphic Designer (growth/product). Cost of Acquisition (CAC): The total cost of acquiring a user through a given channel.

Revenue 60

Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2013

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Then it’s time to innovate through the channels or platforms that are relevant. Digital quite simply is not for repurposing content that exists in other channels.

Marketing 260

Marketing Viral Demand Channel 260

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Then it’s time to innovate through the channels or platforms that are relevant. Digital quite simply is not for repurposing content that exists in other channels.

Customer 250

Customer Marketing Viral Demand 250

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2021

Businesses require an equally elegant business model, with the right price, messaging and delivery channel to the right target customers to keep the dream alive and growing. Defining the right business model requires the same diligence as designing the right product, but the approach and skills required are different.

Technical Review 399

Technical Review Product Advisory Board Business Model 399

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Then it’s time to innovate through the channels or platforms that are relevant. Digital quite simply is not for repurposing content that exists in other channels.

Marketing 120

Marketing Viral Demand Channel 120

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

AUGUST 27, 2011

Organically, graphic design competitions were happening with no money involved. Soon people from like coffeeshops and non-tech businesses were finding their way to his SitePoint site to post design contests. The design contests were buried in the forums so Mickiewicz knows that he was onto something.

EC2 53

EC2 Social Network Distribution Demand 53

Cracking the Code

MARCH 24, 2015

It is not very polished but was designed for a fast read. gathered at the event.

API 48

API Fractional CTO CTO Hire San Francisco 48

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Anyone in the community can edit posts and frequent users are allowed to vote irrelevant questions off the site. PartnerUp If you have a question that can be expressed in fewer than 140 characters, the PartnerUp community will likely have an answer. Has anybody else used this site yet? I have been so focused on traditional mediums.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

ConversionXL

JANUARY 31, 2014

All of this is to inform a landing page design that’s in-line with your target market expectations which plays a huge role in reducing the amount of friction it takes for them to convert. Landing page design isn’t a game where you flex your own aesthetic prowess. Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things.

Analytics 134

Analytics Video Matching Conversion 134

Brandanew

JUNE 3, 2016

Since 1996 when this statement was made by one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, the three words have gone really, really viral. You content will not miraculously get viral or have a strong reach. You can do that by: Joining or building a community. Broadcasting your content across all social media channels.

Campaign 100

Campaign Marketing Viral SEO 100

YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2018

Use them to direct event attendees direct to a YouTube channel with snippets of songs or performances of stars featured in your event. It can also work with community events too. QR codes can promote social media for sponsors, as well as help to create a viral online campaign. Performance events. Points of information.

Marketing 113

Marketing Social Media Mobile Viral 113

mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

There’s also a searchable service section with advice on logo design, website development and a service request board if you prefer that providers come to you. Pros: There’s no registration required, and the site maintains a sizable community of experienced coders who are up for side projects. Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa.

Coder 60

Coder Technical Review Social Media Technical Cofounder 60

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2010

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Then it’s time to innovate through the channels or platforms that are relevant. Digital quite simply is not for repurposing content that exists in other channels.

Marketing 137

Marketing Startup Viral Demand 137

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

I’ve taken a major risk (both financially & mentally) and surrendered my 15 year career in architecture & design, but my heart and mind are in this project every waking moment. 11 – Entrepreneur Community. Essentially, being an entrepreneur allows me to be the designer of my career destiny and build the life I want.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Fresno LLC Community 48

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Dev & Design Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Designing and critiquing logos for web-based companies and startups is a pursuit of endless fascination for many of us. Learn more here. See also: Wet floor effect.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media Software Review 111

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Dev & Design Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Designing and critiquing logos for web-based companies and startups is a pursuit of endless fascination for many of us. Learn more here. See also: Wet floor effect.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media PHP 111

The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

This post is about choosing the right sales strategy and channels for your startup from the start. Being an engineer, I built myself a kind of algorithm that helps determine an early-­stage startup’s sales channels, and that’s what I’m sharing with you today. Step 2: Choose your sales channels. Direct sales: Selling one-to-one.

Belarus 137

Belarus Viral Channel Startup 137

Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

You can have a fantastic website, well-designed, and full of great content, but if it is not SEO-worthy, it will not be found on search engines and will not get leads and conversions. User-generated videos have enormous potential for sharing and to go viral. We belong to a digital community where sharing has become the norm.

Software Review 94

Software Review Social Media New Zealand Silicon Valley 94

ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2013

This is what they say about themselves: We are an distribution channel for companies that help entrepreneurs start, grow, optimize, and scale their businesses. Create a new community channel for customer interaction, provide updates, and generate news. 12% created account on the Online Design Tool. 6600+ new fans.

Campaign 95

Campaign Estonia Social Media Viral 95

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Take Canva , a graphic design tool that offers similar features to Adobe InDesign and Illustrator, Figma, and Sketch. It’s a platform that empowers non-designers to make visually impressive designs without any training or technical expertise. Identify the channels where your audience is most active and double-down.

Audience 122

Audience Technical Review Social Media Campaign 122

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

It other words, it’s a team of designers and engineers. We had a designer, a front-end engineer, and a data scientist. Then, I evolved it into a growth team by hiring a designer and two engineers. Every team included a mix of designers, engineers, marketers, and copywriters. The growth teams that I’ve built.

Conversion 133

Conversion Technical Review Channel Engineer 133

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

TikTok even has its own viral hashtag: #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt , which is a one-stop shop for the weird and wonderful products brands sell on the platform. Branded Hashtag Challenges invite the TikTok community to engage with your brand. Simmons achieved virality for three reasons: The task was fun and simple. Everyone has a bed.

Customer 102

Customer Viral Audience Campaign 102

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

Businesses require an equally elegant business model, with the right price, messaging and delivery channel to the right target customers to keep the dream alive and growing. Defining the right business model requires the same diligence as designing the right product, but the approach and skills required are different.

Business Model 120

Business Model Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review 120

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 25, 2015

Explore potential marketing channels. Explore potential marketing channels. I believe that there are 16 marketing channels available to us today. The real job for any business, depending upon where they are in terms of their growth goals, is to get very, very good at getting clients in just a few of these channels.

Marketing 28

Marketing Channel Viral Public Relations 28

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2019

Open communication is a cornerstone of any relationship. Engage with them on social media and through other channels. Standing for something and being an active participant in the community are excellent ways to live your values. For example, Apple is synonymous with beautiful design that is easy to use.

Social Media 79

Social Media Advertising Stock Media 79

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2016

I know, monster list posts are so last year, but I wanted to put together a resource that could be a bit of a guide as you navigate all of the various platforms, networks, and channels available today. Referral Marketing– This includes intentional word of mouth activities, viral tactics as well as intentional referral generation.

Lead Generation 28

Lead Generation Social Media Public Relations Channel 28