crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Apple’s Problem: Google Is Getting Better At Design | Business Insider – [link]. How PRWeb Helps Distribute Crap Into Google & News Sites – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Facebook distribution dilemma – [link]. 50 New Creative Business Card Designs For Your Inspiration – [link]. The 70/20/10 Rule – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2021

What are the main channels for app marketing and distribution today? Blogs/ press – to get consumers to learn about your new app, PR remains a viable source, especially when it comes to buzzy/social apps. Ads – targeted advertising is perhaps THE most reliable channel to market and distribute a consumer app.

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Mobile Social Media Distribution PR 190

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 25, 2011

The issue was that for the last two weeks in August, there were no VCs around to pitch, no distribution partners to meet with for biz dev deals, and seemingly no one else around actually working for me, the non-technical co-founder to push ahead toward milestones. Get your PR pitches out. Get a designer to class up all your materials.

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Technical Review Software Review PR Cofounder 121

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

When Sloan arrived at GM in 1920 he realized that the traditional centralized management structures organized by function (sales, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing) were a poor fit for managing GM’s diverse product lines. He’s also the founder at The Boring Company (the tunneling company) and co-founder and chairman of OpenAI.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Strategic alliances with other brands to develop offerings or leverage each others’ distribution channels. Design a marketing growth strategy that increases market share and revenue. SEO , SEM, paid advertising , content marketing, social media, email marketing, strategic partnerships with other brands, PR; Activation.

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Marketing Framework Metrics Channel 115

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

dominated by a few very large incumbents who control much of the distribution or are you going into a market that is “fragmented” where nobody controls the industry. That marketing can be PR or SEO or influencer distribution or other forms of “unpaid” marketing.

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Startup Seed Money DC Software Review 150

Hearpreneur

JULY 3, 2020

Now, data is pulsing through customer experience, conversation, distribution, claims and inspections in insurance, and more. Though there are existing solutions, namely smart contracts in a distributed public ledger, this is still the least mature of all the enabling factors available. Data is dormant in old-world businesses.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review Artificial Inteligence 143

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Later stage companies have some additional concerns: What favorable impact could IP have for PR, marketing and investor relations purposes, or as an attraction to potential acquirors? It’s often possible to “ design around ” a patent to operate a business that achieves similar results in different ways.) Easier said than done!)

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Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Survey design. Everything You Need To Know About Designing Valuable Customer Surveys Survey Design 101: Choosing Survey Response Scales A Guide to Open-Ended Questions in Marketing Research Good Survey Questions: Master the Art of the Ask Leading Questions: Great for Marketing, Terrible for Research.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

Thanks to Kevin Burke, Extension PR ! #7- Video marketing will also allow small businesses to distribute the same video content across many platforms, allowing them to serve a wide spectrum of clients at the same time. Thanks to Oliver Andrews, OA Design Services ! #19- 7- 6G will rule. Photo Credit: Anjelica Rivera.

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 122

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Gretel Perera , Director of PR at Roku and Co-Founder of Latinas in Tech , said there’s been a huge shift in the workplace over the past five years. Blended Sense matches the right creative teams to the right projects so they can produce and distribute content, like photos and videos, quickly. Josh Alballero with IOOGO.

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Technical Review Cofounder Dallas LLC 51

YoungUpstarts

JULY 2, 2020

It is the equal distribution of efforts among production and sales that leads to success. A high-calibre beauty salon can boast with a favourable location and stylish interior design as well as the stylists and technicians with the international certificates. Elvira Gavrilova — a business expert, marketing expert, and PR strategist.

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Bankruptcy Sales Distribution Global 173

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2016

With an interest in the social media / PR space, Untitled Startup Inc. After receiving $4 million in seed funding, the company launched their first product in 2015, a handheld app-connected device designed to detect gluten levels in your food titled Nima. When Untitled Startup Inc. started, the company had no specific product in mind.

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Naming Startup Marketing Technical Review 48

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. In stead of doing my typical big long post with 10 PR tips (like I did there), I’m going to break them up into individual (I hope more digestible) chunks.

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Startup PR Merger Dividend 355

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Build systems and processes that enable your team to create and distribute content seamlessly. They’re a great example of employee advocacy because their content is often shared and retweeted by their colleagues, like their Digital PR Lead. Infuse your workplace culture with your brand.

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Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2022

Todd is the CEO of Blubrry Podcasting – a podcast media company that represents 105,000 Audio and Video podcasters in which his company provides advertising opportunities, media distribution/hosting, podcast media statistics, and other services. That's 100% designed for your online business. So intimate. And I agree.

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Audio SMS Technical Review Advertising 62

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 8, 2016

PR & eCommerce: A Match Made in Heaven and How to Leverage It to Help Your Business Grow written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. For instance, many believe PR is separate from affiliate marketing. In short, PR is the ideal tool not only to inform and guide buyers but also to engage them in the best possible ways.

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PR eCommerce Matching Social Media 37

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 11, 2014

With partially and fully distributed teams on the rise—but few established standards for running them well—we see an opportunity to bring people together for a rich exchange. This will be an intimate event designed to make it easy to meet other people and have high-quality, targeted discussions. Office Optional.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Distribution 166

Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

SuperMac sold our graphic boards for the Macintosh through multiple distribution channels: direct sales to major accounts, national chains, independent rep firms, etc. The design was actually a negative drag on selling anything off a retail shelf. From grumbling skeptics, they all became packaging design converts.

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Sales Silicon Valley RSS Las Vegas 120

Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2016

The future is here it’s just distributed unevenly – Silicon Valley view of tech adoption. The threat is here it’s just distributed unevenly – A2/AD and the aircraft carrier. It’s designed to project power – and when needed, violence. It’s clear that the public affairs office has a finely tuned PR machine.

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Silicon Valley PR Offshore Engineer 120

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Klyati Trehan , a design student from India created a phenomenally impressive project, combining science and typography to visually represent 26 inventions that have changed the world.

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. For Neopets, its simply a side-effect of their game-like product design. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

We combined three tactics: extensive use of free software, an open platform for user-generated content, and leveraged distribution channels. Making UGC work requires good tools, open standards, and proper incentive design. Leveraged distribution channels. In the end, I believe they co-created our product with us. Great post!

Product Development 88

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 88

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The goal was to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share – because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits. In the new bubble PR may be your new best friend, so invest in it.

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 335

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

PR can be executed on a modest budget, and the awareness and word-of-mouth that can be attained is priceless for a small company. A couple of weeks ago, Ross wrote about setting goals for your company , and this is critical in your approach to PR. Create a budget. Have a plan. Be a resource.

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Public Relations Small Business Lean PR 130

techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Designer – Good design can make or break a product so make sure you have someone who can think about and drive all design aspects of your business – from brand/logos, the appearance of the product and marketing materials. Accountant – Someone needs to pay attention to the money.

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San Francisco Startup PHP San Diego 44

Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The company launched six months ago and so far has grown to 110 subscribers, with all customer acquisition coming from PR and referrals. Ruck Pack makes a peak performance nutrition shot, designed and tested by members of the Marine Special Forces. Most of their ties retail at the $80-90 range. But the sharks disagreed.

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Pre-Money Valuation Alabama Valuation Churn Rate 166

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

It’s no coincidence we designed 500 Startups with these evolutions in mind, altho none of the required strategies have been easy to execute and we are still refining our approach. but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either). and no, we didn’t. Rise of Y Combinator, 1st Branded Entrepreneur Guild.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

While one could argue that a trade show is just another demand creation activity akin to advertising or PR, trade shows are the closest eyeball-to-eyeball contact you’re company is going to have with customers, competitors and partners. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. One of them is a loser. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Silicon Valley RSS California Customer Development 136

Brandanew

JULY 9, 2015

They may also engage with large PR houses to get the distribution going. These are several different skills, and club in writing and design talent to it, makes it even more complicated. There are plenty of big brands they have forayed into the business of content.

Marketing 100

Marketing SEO Metrics Agile 100

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Everyone was using a road map that was designed for a very different location, yet they are surprised when they end up lost. After that there’s a discussion of how the product will reach the customer and the potential distribution channel. The distribution discussion also leads to some assumptions about pricing.

Silicon Valley 269

Silicon Valley Product Startup Product Development 269

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Find More Customers for Your B2B SaaS Product with These 5 Distribution Hacks – [link]. 10 Photoshop mistakes to avoid | Design Reviver – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 5, 2012

On the list you’ll find entries for customer targeting, CRM, email marketing, graphics and design, content creation, SEO, advertising, PR, video tools, social media, WordPress, web hosting, web tools, customer service, tracking, virtual assistance, online communications tools, finance and project management.

Affiliate 61

Affiliate Social Media PR SEO 61

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Downfalls of Distributed Startups – [link]. 70 Awesome Illustrator Tutorials That Every Designer Should See | Designrfix – [link]. ” – [link].

Social Media 90

Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. For this reason, we’ve partnered with Guild members who have experience across different kinds of customers, business models, and distribution channels. Some of our portfolio companies will rely on great design to create loyal usage like Sunrise Calendar.

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Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 177

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Far more common is a need to acquire customers through a series of steps like SEO, SEM, PR, Social Marketing, direct sales, channel sales, etc. In addition to distribution power, these kinds of relationships solve the “safe choice” concern of many buyers, and can transform your business. petercohen Excellent observations, David.

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Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103