crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Good insight from Len Kendall on the challenges of marketing for startups and SMBs – crowdspring.co/17tjW2E. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 9 Twitter Chats on Marketing | Heroic Search – crowdspring.co/XuWOyO. Kevin Spacey’s Top 3 Tips For Better Storytelling (in marketing) – crowdspring.co/1mlpPJt.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Fantastic essay by @abbymyles on the current obsession with design/designers & market realities – crowdspring.co/1lWpMjT. 1mAl75N. . ” – crowdspring.co/1j0HTod.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 12 free email marketing templates for small businesses | Econsultancy – crowdspring.co/1nSfwgB. Best Practices for Mobile SEO | Mobile Marketing – crowdspring.co/ZvOJfc.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 17, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! What are key strategies to acquire first 100k users with zero marketing budget? Startup PR Tip: To Get Press, Don’t Pitch Your Product – [link]. Quora – [link].

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 28, 2018

Things get even more difficult for people who are not tech-savvy and often have to depend on third-party web developers and designers as these service usually come with a big price tag. So what to do when you have many other (more important) start-up costs to cover and are unable to afford a web developer? Source: Openvine.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

One of the most frequent questions entrepreneurs ask about when they raise a little bit of money or are getting close to launching their first product is whether they should hire a PR firm. PR is a process, not an event - For starters let me say that you shouldn’t do PR around milestones.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. I often tell people that in some ways it’s easier to build great companies in down markets.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 16, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How Much Can You Really Spend on Marketing? How To Use Portfolio Theory At Your Startup | by Chris Yeh – crowdspring.co/1jkfmFu. How Much Can You Really Spend on Marketing?

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lookalike audiences: the next big thing in marketing? Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

I need to give credit for the topic to PR Malloy who Tweeted me this question. I must admit I discuss this very frequently with portfolio companies but hadn’t thought to write about it. PR Malloy (@diddly_do_indy) June 13, 2015. Why Exclusivity Matters to Your Customers or Business Development Partners.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Is Small Business Marketing On Facebook A Complete Failure? 7 Ways to Make Your Business Card Your Best Marketing Tool – entm.ag/12oQZzW. Failure Is Overrated – fi.co/posts/2441.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Empower Your Small Business: 4 keys to success, 2014 trends, content marketing – crowdspring.co/19PV71E. Marketing Automation has big promise, but also big holes - crowdspring.co/16aWGYX.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

SEO marketing vs. social marketing. Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. I would call their portfolio companies and ask how helpful or not they’ve been. look at their portfolio list.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

The invite-only event was attended by 300 of the area’s best tech leaders, founders, product managers, designers, developers, investors, engineers, salesmen and women, and more, all of whom are hard at work in consumer tech. Some say it’s a marketing and story-telling problem. Half our portfolio is consumer.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. Market Size. MakeSpace provides physical storage.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 15 Beautiful and Awesome Examples of Portfolio Designs | Silky Designs – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Are you cynical about their chances in the market just because they seem to be hot in the press and that bugs you? If you think it’s all a marketing gimmick [I don't] then let’s discuss how we could be better at marketing in the way that they have. I hear views like this all the time. The VCs snickered a bit.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! You’ll find more creative outdoor advertising in the Social Media & Marketing section below. 10 Tips To Improve Email Marketing – [link].

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 12, 2018

One of our portfolio companies recently engaged with an industry analyst for the first time with a very disappointing outcome. Rather than be pissed off about it, our feedback was to use this as a learning moment in the development of the company, figure out why this happened, and determine what could be done differently in the future.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on. When you hire a VP of Marketing who has three direct reports and then tell the people reporting to your VP Marketing what to do, you usurp the power and authority of your VP.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 16, 2020

2- Make our marketing more efficient. My number one goal for 2020 is to get our marketing flywheel to a state of complete efficiency. 2020 was a huge year for me in terms of growth, learning, and development as an entrepreneur. Investments are essential since it will enable you to test any changes in the market.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly. High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. . 1) Market fund.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 4, 2023

These fees are charged to cover the costs of operating the crowdfunding platform, including marketing, payment processing, and customer support. Additionally, some crowdfunding platforms may charge additional fees for certain services, including offering marketing and admin support. Inbar Madar , Founder and Business Consultant, M.I.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? 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? Is there anything we can do about it? Easier said than done!)

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 26, 2015

We just love sharing articles about fonts, logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! What I Learned About Content Marketing by Analyzing 614 Posts crowdspring.co/1MGoipK. Get Discovered With a Knockout Portfolio crowdspring.co/1IYi7Pw.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Market – [link]. Common portfolio mistakes (and how to fix them) – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

The second goal is related to personal and professional development. We’ll do this through a variety of ways like introducing new products and features to our website, and focusing on a variety of marketing strategies to grow and engage our community. Both these areas are key to sustaining and growing our business.

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Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

QUESTION: Should I send out market research surveys prior to approaching an investor? They’re the PR and the security. According to business development consultant, Wyn Lydecker , both investors and venture capitalists are looking to invest in businesses and industries that they can understand. We have market share.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

My last job prior to starting my own business was in medical device sales within the aesthetic space.This led me to start a digital marketing firm specializing in the aesthetic industry. 2 – Advertising Agency & Boutique PR and Advertising Agencies. Thanks to Natalie Harper, Harper PR. #3 Image Credit: Tom La Vecchia.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. So they develop short-hand ways to qualify things better.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. And given your stage of development you sure better at least know what your goal is. Usually you have a catch-all bucket for “direct” or similar that often came through PR or word-of-mouth. Is it 4/1,000?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

In addition to the name’s market fit, the simplicity found in “250ok” lent itself to a mantra we repeat across the organization: avoid unnecessary complication. I came up with my business name Aging Youthful when the network marketing company I am involved with came out with a product for youthful aging. PR and Prose.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

As Techcrunch announced earlier today, Accel led a $10m round in the company to help them develop their service across all Europe. Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

Fred has basically always been a VC, Mike was a reporter, and Jim worked in product marketing and management consulting. Not being an investor for a long time doesn't necessarily mean you shouldn't have developed an investment thesis of some kind. Of course, that would eliminate people like Fred Wilson, Mike Moritz, and Jim Breyer.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

Then from the mid 2000s, value add began moving beyond the partner to the firm as VCs began employing people who’s full time job was helping their portfolio. The most common strategies are to provide networking services and content to portfolio leaders so they can be more effective in their jobs. . Building platforms. Applied Venture.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 26, 2011

This is just a theory, but it feels to me that there's a talent gap in the marketing space--or a few of them. Fab.com (First Round portfolio company) just announced a new round of funding and that they reached 350,000 subscribers. Secondly, agencies and big companies seem to have caused a management gap on the marketing side as well.

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