crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

and tips for buyers looking for logo design. Today, we’ll cover web design marketing best practices and tips for small business. Most businesses, from one person start-ups to small and mid-size businesses to international conglomerates, need to have a presence on the Web. Showscase your products and services.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Differences Between Good Designers and Great Designers – [link]. An Amazing Round Up of Illustrations in Website Designs – [link]. 25+ Free Vector World Maps (.ai,eps

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 88

Up and Running

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Thankfully, there are a number of great tools for tracking your web metrics (both free and paid) that can help you get a better understanding of what your users are doing on your site and even how your competitors are faring in their own online efforts. What is web analytics? MOZ [$99/month and up]. SEMrush [$69.95/month month and up].

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Metrics Web Analytics Advertising 89

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 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! Finally, make sure that your website is functional and optimized for excellent, fast, cross-browser performance before you commit to testing. What is A/B Testing, Exactly?

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Developer Software Review PHP Social Media 73

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! When a potential customer visits a website and then leaves without making a purchase, companies can ‘follow’ them on the Internet,” says Melissa Chelist, owner of Storkgifts , an online children’s store. More Stories in Apps & Software. Print Story.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2011

We reside in Northridge, a suburb of Los Angeles and I do all of my designing from the comforts of my home studio/Kids play room. On top of that I also spend a good 30-40% of my day creating designs for our clients. My website is www.4-8designs.com. How did you become interested in design? 4-8designs.com.

Software Review 74

Software Review Los Angeles Design Community 74

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Research, Web prototyping, Testing and Building Tools Lists of Tools from Others HBS Startup Tribe Tools List – from Tom Eisenmann at HBS PBworks startup tools List Startup Foundry tools list Small Business tools list Groups Lean Startup Circle – Google Group for startup advice Startup Weekend – Launch a Startup in 54 hours The Lean (..)

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! There are also tons of tools for creating your own microsites, Facebook apps, social networks, blogs and more. Do a web search to find platform-specific tools.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! EFactor The authors of business networking book The N Factor venture up the alphabet a little bit to bring you the EFactor. Thankfully responses aren’t restricted with a character limit.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Twitter List Directory Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable!

Developer 93

Developer HTML API Ruby 93

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

This is particularly true in the fast-paced high-tech and software world, where only a small percentage of startups mature. If you’ve been operating as an LLC, review the dissolution requirements in your state’s LLCA (Limited Liability Company Act). Latest Social Media News. Web Video Roundup. Dev & Design Highlights.

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LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

When making technical hires, we always reach out to our network of programmer friends and ask them to sit in on interviews and review resumes with us. From a technical standpoint, in addition to being a skilled programmer, the CTO should have a background in architecture and database design. Have an account?

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

My company’s CEO, Patrick Salyer, explains why multiple online personas make it imperative that companies offer social logins beyond Facebook Connect.). Sure, Facebook will almost always be the dominant player in share-of-logins, but we’ve seen the other players account for up to a combined 60% share of social logins.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! More Stories in Apps & Software. Get people who know about IP address, HTML and its impact on ranking, QR codes, NFC and other 21st Century marketing tools. Latest Social Media News. Web Video Roundup. Dev & Design Highlights. Design Lists.

Algorithm 93

Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. Website/Blogging. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013).

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re. Visit [link] / for more information.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Parrot AR Drone Review [VIDEO] View More » Web Video Local FOX Station Airs Hilarious Soci. View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

I’ve reviewed hundreds of startup pitches and I can tell you that everyone makes the same types of errors. Ignoring Your Faults You might have all sorts of shortcomings — it’s your first startup, you’re inexperienced, ignorant about how “sales&# works, you have buggy software, etc. It’s OK.

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Kayserian sees what he calls “angel developing&# as a way for entrepreneurs to accomplish the same end — a product — without giving up control of their companies in the process. Kayweb is named for its majority owner, the design and development firm Kayserian founded in Australia seven years ago.

Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 17, 2013

And many of them, like the DirecTV application, are simply designed better. Many will argue that there is a safe middle ground where you can “have your cake and eat it too” — the HTML5 based “mobile web.” A recent Compuware survey found that 85% of users favor apps over the mobile web. Design takes on a greater role.

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Mobile SEM SEO Technical Review 96

Up and Running

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Bplans and Palo Alto Software are strong supporters of entrepreneurs and small business owners. There are metrics to review. Social networks come and go, but people always have an inbox—and they want to be connected with people who bring them value. Building a list and setting up email templates and campaigns takes time.

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Email Small Business Marketing Campaign 60

mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! 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.

Coder 60

Coder Technical Review Social Media Technical Cofounder 60

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Parrot AR Drone Review [VIDEO] View More » Web Video Local FOX Station Airs Hilarious Soci. View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable.

LLC 75

LLC Social Media Startup Philadelphia 75

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Parrot AR Drone Review [VIDEO] View More » Web Video Local FOX Station Airs Hilarious Soci. View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable.

LLC 75

LLC Ruby Social Media Startup 75

mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Most of the scripts that run the spreadsheets are “public,” meaning you can access them from the Tools + Script Gallery menu (this also means they were reviewed and approved by Google Spreadsheets team). Social media. Social media analytics. More Stories in Apps & Software. Latest Social Media News.

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Social Media Analytics Media API 108

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. For most businesses, that means making a choice of creating an optimized mobile commerce website or a native mobile application. Sourcebits offers design and development services for iPhone , Android and more.

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! 3) Check the social network username site www.knowem.com to see who else is using something similar. View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable.

Naming 94

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Kapor is the original designer of Lotus 1-2-3 and former CEO of Lotus Development. The Investors In researching this post, we solicited the advice of a number of investors.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

They log in to translate the documents, one at a time, marking each finished when done, which sends the file back to the company for review.” Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Decline bids from providers without many great reviews. The translator rejects or approves.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

But Socially sharing through the multitude of networks is another way of getting to the customers to sign up for your launch. Another way is get behind the power blogs such as mashable, techcrunch and get them to write a review or do an interview for your solution. Have an account?

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Pakistan Social Media Startup Stealth 94

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. Citrus – An online billing website that allows your customers to view, download and pay their invoices by credit card or direct debit. Gliffy gliffy – Online diagramming and charting software.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. Because.NET is designed to extend, not disrupt. They’ve tried everything.

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

An Extensive Guide To Web Form Usability. The ISO 9241 standard defines website usability as the “effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which specified users achieve specified goals in particular environments.” When using a website, users have a particular goal. The Six Components Of Web Forms. Designinformer.

Web 102

Web Software Review Design HTML 102

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Facebook Timeline: 10 Stunning Designs [PICS]. For example, a lot of press releases and pitches that I receive around key holidays try to make the enclosed news sound more relevant due to the upcoming holiday. Latest Social Media News. Web Video Roundup. Dev & Design Highlights. The Social Good Brief.

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PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

From Strategy to Development Whether you are out-sourcing or developing in-house there are two ways to build a system: Give your developers a rough idea of what to build and keep iterating the design as they build it; Give your developers detailed documentation of what to build.

Web 40

Web AJAX Software Review Development Team Review 40

thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Community and Social Sites I don’t know how easily you can make money in this line of business (the fact that Facebook isn’t profitable is probably a good warning sign) but creating online communities certainly is possible. Out of the four of us, we had two web designers, one graphic designer and a physicist!

Web 40

Web Technical Review Developer Cofounder 40

www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Here is the original post: Early Stage Web Application Start-Up Seeking Developer/Designer. What We’re Doing: We’re currently setting the groundwork for an innovative educational web application that will eventually fuse with social networking. We are implementing the innovative web 2.0

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40