This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2013

When I was in college, at Fordham''s scenic Rose Hill campus in the Bronx, I deeply rooted into my community. Being intensely involved in community life there made the campus seem small and familiar. It was a time before the widespread use of social networks, obviously. If we had 15 people with us, it was a lot.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Un-Social Networking: Martin Lindstrom of Brand Sense says we are suffering a little from digital emptiness. Unlike previous generations young Australians are participating in community activity, many of which do not involve any economic incentives. People are doing small scale, networked and highly responsive activities.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

While big ticket products might carry longer and more complex sales cycles, high-end buyers are just as lazy as the rest of us, so they use the same methods: Google, social media, and yes, their inboxes. When it comes to social selling, the trust advantage you enter with will produce results superior to almost any other strategy.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Taylor was the co-founder of Google Maps, CEO of the ill-fated social network FriendFeed, and former Facebook CTO. That year, it was voted the Best Desktop App that year by the community on Product Hunt, an influential site for new product launches. Gibbs was the founder of Google’s App Engine. One of the best is Notion.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The 10 companies span multiple industries and countries of origin, and will undergo three months of intensive hands-on mentorship, networking and coaching, culminating in a Demo Day taking place March 4, 2020, where the class will showcase to the public. Large companies make connections with the best startups to future-proof their business.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Present a yummy spreadsheet that quantifies the cost of inaction , how much money you’ll lose by not delivering a 25% improvement every week. Below is a collection of nudges, curated from my global experiences, influenced by research and data I’ve access to. Social cues to the rescue. Got social nudges? In-stock status.

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ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2014

Even with a limited budget, this ad was able to win an advertising award , massively increase job inquires for the Australian Airforce, and reduce the average cost per enlistment. It got attention (and probably some clicks) but at what cost? Google+ Communities. Upon inspecting the source code, visitors would find the following.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Slab serif fonts — if they’re unique fonts — are still a viable alternative to been-there-done-that sans serifs in logos, and the web community still enjoys them. a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re.

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

Pros: There’s no registration required, and the site maintains a sizable community of experienced coders who are up for side projects. Auto-Tune the News" Curates: Our Fav. Coders can create anonymous profiles and accept solicitations to work on projects or join a team. Entrepreneurs can browse coders by skill or location.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2016

You will see the website pages on the left that get the most social shares and on the right, the amount of shares on each social network. . If you want to grow the amount of people that follow you on social media, it’s important to share content regularly, even if it is not your own.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Slab serif fonts — if they’re unique fonts — are still a viable alternative to been-there-done-that sans serifs in logos, and the web community still enjoys them. Auto-Tune the News" Curates: Our Fav. In fact, it’s more of an epoch than a traditional Gregorian year at this point.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

Curated Commerce: How Retail Brands Can Cash in on the Latest Craze. A year ago I was involved in setting up a new social media marketing company and I wanted a name that was simple descriptive, easy to remember and wasn’t going to cost a fortune. Social Networks etc. International Journalists Network.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

And while we feel a bit uncomfortable, we still engage because the cost of non participation is currently higher than the price of privacy. And one startup – Brickstarter – has decided to take it to the another level and design a system that allows communities to build their own sustainable and improvement projects.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 6, 2013

So, for example, if you’re reading your favorite newspaper and see an interesting article you’d like to share with someone – or across a social network – you just need to scan the paper with the app and it will launch the digital version for sharing. Consider it as a bit like Shazam for print.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 17, 2017

Whether you create content or curate it, you have to ensure that it serves a purpose. Content saturation is a real thing, which is evident from these numbers provided in an infographic by Adweek : An average social network user processes – 63% text content and 37% media content. Why Linkable Content Wins and How To Create It?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2017

In an increasingly competitive and noisy market, companies are more pressed than ever to carefully curate and create a recognizable identity – whether online or in the real world. The access to customers also comes with a cost: customers on Instagram, for example, can easily pinpoint a company’s brand identity, or aesthetic.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 18, 2016

But don’t write the social network off if your business doesn’t fall into those industry categories. Of all the social networks, Pinterest is perhaps the most clearly skewed in one demographic direction: Pinterest is most commonly used by women ages 19 to 29, who have graduated college and make over $75,000 annually.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 31, 2010

Entrepreneur, investor and blogger Gabriel Weinberg has an excellent list of "traction verticals" that he curated earlier this year based on the dozens of interviews with fellow startup founders. Other examples include creating events, speaking at conferences, social networking, search engine optimization and publicity stunts.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

I enjoy finding and using these new tools and I’ve noticed a trend in these tools over the last year or so, they’ve become more social. In other words, they seem to be taking clues from social networks and the pattern of sharing, liking and commenting they have fostered to create social collaboration as a central theme.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2015

However, the next evolution of the subscription commerce will become the curated subscription business model. This essentially forces you to forgo 3PL’s due to the high cost of the logistics, and the technology behind recommendation engines aren’t reliable enough to automate the process. 8) Give Back to my Community.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

When you look at most social media wisdom, it essentially boils down to a handful of main points. Fair enough, and I genuinely believe this is the cost of entry for social media marketing, but let’s look at two other forms of media that relied on similar tactics to get readers & attention: Newspapers. Post Frequently.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

When you look at most social media wisdom, it essentially boils down to a handful of main points. Fair enough, and I genuinely believe this is the cost of entry for social media marketing, but let’s look at two other forms of media that relied on similar tactics to get readers & attention: Newspapers. Post Frequently.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

When you look at most social media wisdom, it essentially boils down to a handful of main points. Fair enough, and I genuinely believe this is the cost of entry for social media marketing, but let’s look at two other forms of media that relied on similar tactics to get readers & attention: Newspapers. Post Frequently.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 29, 2010

All of the current sites revolve around a centralized curation and sales function. Community is one solution I had in mind. A good example is the Etsy seller community which does a lot for new sellers to help them get up and running—sharing best practices about taking photos, copy, pricing, etc.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 23, 2012

With over 25 million users globally and 31% of mobile users active on social networks using Foursquare, it has an engaged community and a passionate user base. Foursquare’s main strength comes from its users, the power of personal recommendation and sharing on different social media sites.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

When you look at most social media wisdom, it essentially boils down to a handful of main points. Fair enough, and I genuinely believe this is the cost of entry for social media marketing, but let’s look at two other forms of media that relied on similar tactics to get readers & attention: Newspapers. Post Frequently.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

When you look at most social media wisdom, it essentially boils down to a handful of main points. Fair enough, and I genuinely believe this is the cost of entry for social media marketing, but let’s look at two other forms of media that relied on similar tactics to get readers & attention: Newspapers. Post Frequently.

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Social Media Media Marketing Database 69

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. I have a proposal written up including full cost and revenue projections. I become obsessed with the industry. It’s what I use.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

Building shipping costs into a purchase. To run this experiment, Airbnb created what Lean Startup calls a curated minimum viable product. Circle of Friends was a social community built atop Facebook that launched in 2007. This is where you get creative. Experiments come in all shapes and sizes: A marketing campaign.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

I feel like the bar has been raised so much in the last five years in the start up community and I’ve been busy working for a distinctly non-start up company. I think you’d find yourself, you’re going to drop a lot of people when you instantly mention, ‘This costs money.’ Well I appreciate that.

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