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Challenge of Predicting Winners

SoCal CTO

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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10 Ideas For Creative Guerrilla Marketing Campaigns

YoungUpstarts

However, the biggest names in business are now turning to similar disruptive modes of marketing – from flash mobs to some spray paint. Flash mobs. T-mobile used this famously in Liverpool – Beyonce also had a go at a flash mob in London. Samsung managed this brilliantly in London and enjoyed viral attention of Twitter.

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8 Ways to Help Your Tweets Go Viral

Up and Running

It’s the dream of every business to have a social media campaign that goes viral. Everyone wants to have that retweetable quality that spreads across the Internet in a flash. So, how can you get your Tweets to go viral too? According to a paper she co-authored, emotions are a key factor in the “virality” of tweets.

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6 Guerrilla Marketing Tactics For New Businesses

YoungUpstarts

Flash mobs. There’s no better way to capture the attention of a great number of people at the same time than staging a flash mob. These public performances have been used for different purposes such as marriage proposals, raising awareness for various social causes, or simply as a form of artistic expression. Social media.

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6 Holiday Marketing Tips And Ideas For Small Businesses

YoungUpstarts

Whether the campaigns are small and involve dressing up a company’s logo , or campaigns that manage to go viral, many businesses are keenly aware of the opportunity to take advantage of the spending season and find ways to market to enthusiastic customers. Social Media posts. Give your site a festive, holiday feel.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. There are three “megatrends” as he puts it – real time data, the social web and flash marketing. Around fifteen investments have now been closed in the new fund.

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A butterfly flaps its wings and you make a sale

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Or Dave McClure releases a silent-but-deadly outside a Menlo Park Starbucks and a social media company gets funded in Boston. A small favor you do on Twitter results in a viral post seven months later. Tags: Essays advertising branding design marketing philosophy strategy viral. What are your thoughts?