Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Many of the businesses and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their interest is not e-commerce. If you have heard the lingo, but most of these are not in your startup business plan, you are already in jeopardy as an entrepreneur: Blogging. Viral marketing.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

"We're better than everyone else at SEO.". "A We're putting a 'Retweet' button inside the product to encourage viral growth.". This is the viral step: Having trialed the tool, the stranger might use it herself, then more people find out about it, and so forth. I know of no companies who have " gone viral " because of buttons.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff. How did you transition to entrepreneur? This time I'm getting to know Mark Geller ( LinkedIn , @markgeller ). Tell me a bit about your background.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Many successful entrepreneurs learned how to run a business as they built one, and they had the educational benefit of being able to make mistakes and learn from them as they went along. These nine websites will help you track down the appropriate entrepreneurs. Small Business Administration, SCORE gives free advice to entrepreneurs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I break the answer to that question down into three engines: Viral - this is the business model identified in the presentation as "Get Users." Here, the key metrics are Acquisition and Referral, combined into the now-famous viral coefficient. If the coefficient is > 1.0 , you generally have a viral hit on your hands.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. In today’s world, you can sell through blogs, podcasts, video, eBooks, newsletters, whitepapers, SEO, social media marketing, and other forms of content marketing. Well, then you’ve got to go viral. Well, then you’ve got to go viral.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Mayfield recently hosted a Mobile Marketplaces dinner with leading entrepreneurs, which yielded several insights. Growth hacking” or the mentality of “try every viral trick, every channel as quickly as possible in order to get ahead in the land grab” is a hot topic. Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion'

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

How many adds came through organic SEO? Measuring viral adoption is obviously important. For example, if you have developers, content people or SEO folks working on SEO programs you’ll need to allocate their time / costs to this effort. SEO is seldom “free.”. How many through affiliate deals? How many through SEM?

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The Next Web

JANUARY 15, 2014

It went viral shortly after, but let’s back up. There’s never a guarantee that something will go viral, but there are ways to stack the deck so the chances increase. Also it’s hard to ignore all the wonderful SEO juice we squeezed which will help us in the long run. Design & Dev Entrepreneur How-To''s'

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 26, 2021

Staples has developed a reputation in the marketing industry for being a creator of viral content. Ben Shapiro got his start at eBay, where he served as their manager of business development and SEO. Seth Godin is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker. Biggest takeaway: Today everybody has a megaphone.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Key Takeaways In this insightful episode, Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba, renowned authors and entrepreneurs, introduce the transformative concept of unfair advantages in the entrepreneurial journey. 10:02] How do you respond to the notion of creating your own luck as an entrepreneur? [13:20] They're award-winning authors and entrepreneurs.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2020

Amazon Product SEO and Launches: Increase your visibility on Amazon to grab the attention of maximum shoppers. Viral Launch. For Amazon sellers, Viral Launch is a useful tool. Viral launch enables you to access different tools to search the best and profitable products to sell on the eCommerce giant.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Company names are uber important for two main reasons: determines how easy prospects will remember your brand name AND improves the SEO of your site if you use keywords that relate to that industry. But for entrepreneurs, there are practical implications to naming their business. #12- From services I offer to clients.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Then I realized what that qualifies me to be: an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs have to wear a hundred different hats, be good at dozens of skills. Armchair philosophy aside, I truly believe that people with diverse skills, people who are well-rounded and good-but-not-great in many areas can make perfect entrepreneurs.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Viral marketing. An entrepreneur just starting out in the business world may find these insights particularly helpful as they choose media channels and refine digital marketing campaigns. Many entrepreneurs jump into businesses blindly without a clear marketing plan or course of action. Infomercials.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

As I look at more and more start-ups predicated on viral growth, and at the use of social marketing, its becoming simultaneously easier to understand some aspects of viral growth and still a gap in understanding whats going to be that "hook" that will grab people at the end of the day.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Very useful guide for small businesses & startups – New SEO Starter Guide From Google - [link]. Very useful guide for small businesses & startups – New SEO Starter Guide From Google - [link]. Are Entrepreneurs Being Commoditized? - [link]. 256 Must-Read Content For All Tech Entrepreneurs - [link].

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The Next Web

JULY 20, 2013

Try what I call the “the viral reality check” or “bar test”: show your bar buddies your new app. A website will also allow you to use old-school marketing techniques of site promotion like banners, SEO and link exchanges. Entrepreneur Insider How-To''s' Those are not the apps that get featured.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

If you’re an entrepreneur and you’re not using video to grow your brand then you are leaving a lot of money on the table. Nowadays five-second videos and even less often take off and become viral. Boost Your SEO One of the things you may not know about videos is that they can actually boost your SEO.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

They both are award-winning authors and entrepreneurs. 11:41] Some people are purely lucky, but I would say a lot of entrepreneurs have come to the realization that they make their own luck, and that’s something that is earned as opposed to something that’s an unfair advantage. How would you respond to that notion?

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gigaom.com

JUNE 18, 2012

Social is the new SEO. SEO is still a major traffic driver for publishers, but search is search is slowly losing its grip — constituting less than 50 percent of traffic sent to publishers — to an exploding number of social referrers. Alternative slugs for SEO testing. Follow us on Twitter. -->. 17, 2012, 10:48am PT.

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The Next Web

MAY 5, 2013

Growth hackers also don’t have to use viral loops: would you say that the Groupon guys didn’t use growth hacking to grow to 180 million users? Anyone who figured out how to game Google’s algorithm (aka SEO) was leveraging both creativity and analytics to rapidly grow their company. Gagan is an entrepreneur and growth hacker.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2020

But, as any founding entrepreneur will tell you, starting a business in a good economy is tough enough. With millions of displaced workers struggling without a paycheck and unemployment benefits drying up, entrepreneurs often emerge to complete tasks as contractors during periods of economic uncertainty. Become a viral success.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 3, 2010

Is SEO Copywriting Just Good Copywriting? RT @armano: Fake BP Public Relations Twitter Account a Viral Hit [INTERVIEW] – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. – @copyblogger shares his thoughts on Duct Tape Podcast – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The Most Effective SEO Content Strategy | Duct Tape Marketing - [link]. 10 Must-See Documentaries for Entrepreneurs | CNBC – [link]. The Most Effective SEO Content Strategy | Duct Tape Marketing - [link]. What Startup Life is Really Like; Entrepreneurs Share Candid Stories | Tech Cocktail - [link].

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 24, 2019

There are plenty of ways to “hack” online visibility and attempt to generate viral content. But we aren’t going to focus on “going viral.” As you know, SEO is the secret to standing out in the search engines and driving organic traffic to your website. 3 Ways Startups Can Increase Visibility. Invest in Link Building.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Can enterprise SaaS products be viral? The vital stats on successful entrepreneurs – [link]. How Color Affects Search Engine Optimization (SEO) | Search Engine Land – [link]. How To Hire Hackers: A Realistic Guide For Startups | OnStartups – [link]. – [link].

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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. Mistake #2: You didn’t do your best in SEO. Don’t take SEO for granted. Many blogs failed to get their content acknowledged just because of lack of good SEO techniques.

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Brandanew

MAY 27, 2016

The term “growth hacker” was coined in 2010 by Sean Ellis, an entrepreneur who enabled many companies to achieve massive growth. Some examples of these tools are the viral and paid acquisitions, call centers and sales teams, e-mail marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), A/B testing and analytics.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 5, 2014

Yesterday Kissmetrics blogged A recipe of viral features used by the fastest growing startups. However, the paragraph that caught my eye though was about the nature of virality rather than how to generate it: Virality is not a single feature. In other words virality is science not art. Who wouldn’t want that?

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

My apps range from an SEO keyword tool , an ASP.NET invoicing system , a web application for creating wedding websites , and a few handful of others. In the top 3 was the following problem: entrepreneurs need more organic search traffic to their websites. That phrase may sound exciting to you, or it may be a complete snooze-fest.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

SEO, email marketing, Facebook advertising). Neither would have achieved virality had customers not received something tangible for their efforts. 500 Startups founder and entrepreneur Dave McClure created this model as a way for growth hackers to optimize the speed of their sales and marketing efforts in generating results.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

Between this blog, my podcast , MicroConf and the TinySeed , I’ve had the privilege of watching hundreds of entrepreneurs launch products over the past decade (even into the thousands, depending on how you count). In my case, that meant getting good at SEO with my first project, instead of trying to learn SEO, Adwords, Facebook ads, etc.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

Between this blog, my podcast , MicroConf and the Micropreneur Academy , I’ve had the privilege of watching hundreds of entrepreneurs launch products over the past decade (even into the thousands, depending on how you count). Getting those initial early sales is a big win. all at once. Lifetime value.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. Those companies who have learned to build apps that optimize the viral loop dominate in every category where they compete. If you sell an online service that solves a defined problem, you can compete in SEO or SEM. There are other models, in other distribution channels.

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