crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The biggest trend in marketing in 2016 has been the idea of “agile marketing.” In a survey conducted by Workfront and Marketing Profs, roughly 30% of marketers are already using an agile methodology in their departments. Although undeniably useful, Scrum was originally created for software development.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 13, 2016

Scrum methodology. Scrum was developed for the software world since it is all about adapting to altering parameters and productivity. Lewis Robinson is a business consultant specializing in social media marketing, CRM, and sales. Transparent communication and creative leadership are indispensable to every project.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2015

You may have also noticed that agile methodology — which was once thought to be only for software developers — is now being used just about everywhere, from construction to marketing, human resources, manufacturing, and even wedding planning. The “customer” in some cases can also be a collective market environment.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 13, 2017

Agile marketing may not be a phrase you hear often, but it’s becoming increasingly popular and important. Traditionally associated with development and product management, agile is a lightweight and, well, agile framework for software development and bringing features and products to market. sourced from the Scrum Guide.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2018

The traditional advantages of small businesses over corporations are personalized service and an inventory of niche products tailored to their local market. If SMBs don’t also embrace and maximize data, these large companies could steal their client base and market share. This also creates a place for hosting all of your data.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2020

We have over 1,000+ different productivity tools that can optimize every task from HR to the marketing department. To do lists, Scrum tools, power bi and many more tools , which can optimize processes and ultimately create the most productive and efficient company that will generate growth for your company. Data is the oil of our age.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Reaching out to new markets and opportunities requires skills, experience, and networks that are usually developed by those who have studied abroad. According to the fund chairman, Ronnie Osumba, the start-up market is yet to be explored. Scrum, Agile, Product Management. Sales & Marketing/ Writing.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2020

by Andrea Fryrear, author of “ Mastering Marketing Agility “ The profound transformations in the world over the past 3 months have led to a radical and rapid fire transformation of consumers’ preferences and needs. That means in order to maintain a connection, marketers have to get to know their customers all over again.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

In our market today, successful teams are those that adapt, grow, and thrive in the rapidly changing tech scape. Scrum is the most popular Agile methodology, with Jira, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Project, being the most popular tool to be used in Agile project management. Agile is here to stay.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2013

Social media marketing is probably the most heavily written management topic on the planet. Providing a methodical framework covering strategy, organisation, execution and measurement, the book provides a step by step process to managing the social media marketing function. An example is seen below: Courtesy of DragonSearch Marketing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

XP and Scrum don’t have much to say - they punt. What’s worse is that as you grow you’ve probably developed some pretty bad habits as far as setting priorities and strategy: like thinking you’re a genius - just because you got funded - and that genius is what allows you to *know* what the market wants.

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Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 12, 2012

I had never tried a spontaneous scrum like this before and it was great fun.

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The Next Web

MARCH 6, 2014

At Red Branch, we stress that employees’ skills have distinct market values. As an agency, that market value increases when we pool those skills to create an implementable strategy for our clients. Systems such as Scrum can help separate departments communicate effectively, and that is an absolute necessity. Adjust the Workflow.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 19, 2011

TheLadders is an eight-year-old company based out of New York City focusing on the $100k+ employment market (both jobseekers and recruiters). Levels of Agile adoption span the full spectrum across our 6 Scrum teams. The role of scrum master has become less relevant as each team member owns their own accountability.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Being a digital marketing company, our world is being constantly changed by the changes happening in the world of the internet. I started a global branding and digital marketing firm 19 years ago. Thanks to Paul Lewis, Scrum Explainer ! #10- Thanks to Adam Rowles, Inbound Marketing Agency ! #16- 7- Three ways.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Marketing , a multi-channel lifestyle agency specializing in experiential and promotional services. Talking scrum to creative won’t work as well as to developers. Christian Jurinka is Chief Engagement Officer and Co-founder of Attack! Ideation may not resonate the same way with those tech members as with the creatives.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Putting the product/service on the market early. Most startups are tiny which makes them perfectly suitable for the agile approach, even if we’re talking Scrum which (recommends) limits the number of team members to 9. Improved adaptability. Adding to product/service in small, frequent iterations. Constant evolution and improvement.

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

One commonly used approach is to identify widely felt “pain points” in the target market; build a workable solution to address them using particularly effective or efficient means; and if the business model pencils out, work like crazy to execute, execute, execute. Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.)

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

We see a lot of great entrepreneurs with incredible market vision, loyal customers, and flawless execution who simply do not yet speak the same language as the typical Valley entrepreneur and executive. Oftentimes they see a market need and simply want to serve those customers. That number in the Valley might be closer to 10%.

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SVPG

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

from Scrum to Kanban), or a "pivot" of a dedicated product team to work on something else (I guess this is supposed to make the team feel better about the new assignment, because pivots are something cool teams do). In other words, there is no real market. It is often used as a synonym for "change." Discovery Pivots.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Marketing tools. With drag-and-drop features, dozens of free templates, and the ability to send drip email campaigns, this tool with revolutionize your marketing. mailchimp.com. Ever wanted to send professional email newsletters to an entire list? It’s the easiest email tool out there. linkedin.com.

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SVPG

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Scrum teams can actually be forced into Big Bang releases too. Sometimes marketing wants to do a big launch event so they think nobody can see it until they’re ready. This is when a team works for several months on a project with the intention of pushing it live in one big product creation event. Why is this a problem?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

My belief is that these lean startups will achieve dramatically lower development costs, faster time to market, and higher quality products in the years to come. I would add -- think of your development and running your business like a PM/Developer uses Agile or Scrum in software development. No more, no less.

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SVPG

OCTOBER 24, 2012

With the continuous discovery and delivery trends, many teams are finding that Scrum as a process can be limiting, and that Kanban tends to fit this continuous discovery and delivery model better. Even short of moving to Kanban, I have found many Scrum teams that have adapted Scrum in a Kanban direction for exactly this reason.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 21, 2015

Discipline enables you to get the small stuff right so the business scales well and is optimised in areas like marketing and supply chain. Flair gives you the big vision, a great story, the ability to close big deals, to woo employees and to get great press.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 14, 2020

speaking to customers); Customer requests; Strategically, to attack a market. JTBD follows 5 steps: Identify the focus market; Find core and side jobs customers try to get done; Categorize the jobs; Create job statements; Prioritize opportunities depending on how well they’re served at the moment (over-served, served right, underserved).

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Guy Nirpaz

MAY 1, 2016

It is written in similar style to the Scrum book I’ve used to learn how to become a successful engineering leader. I started my journey in Customer Success seven years ago, and from the start one of the biggest challenges has been showing how Customer Success is different — from sales, customer support, marketing, etc.

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Scalable Startup

JANUARY 15, 2015

Tom Nora Startup Whisperer, Web Market Development. I’m a startup growth consultant who started a digital marketing + web development agency due to such high demand from my startup clients. Our strategy was to move to a distributed model where the entire scrum team works together offshore. web development projects.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

There are several ways to make progress evident - the Scrum team model is my current favorite. If you have a true cross-functional team, empowered (a la Scrum) to do whatever it takes to succeed its likely they will converge on the result quickly. When its receding, we rescope. Do you have a spec?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

But I have a special sympathy for the "product manager" in a startup that is bringing a new product to a new market, and doing their work in large batches. Eventually, I hope to get them on a full agile diet, with TDD, scrums, sprints, pair programming, and more.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 19, 2016

6 Tools We Use at Typeform to Amplify Our Marketing Productivity written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Working in marketing can be very demanding. Perhaps SCRUM methodologies work best for you, or maybe you’re perfectly fine with a good ol’ checklist. photo credit: Unsplash.

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ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organization. Achieving 2X in Speed To Market Using Agile Platfo. Dear Product Manager, Think Markets Before Product. Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organi. No Scrum Master? Twitter Profile. Business Exchange Profile. My TripConnect Profile. Family Travelers.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 2, 2011

You can pay at or above market rate, which is already pretty high right now. You have development practices in place (Agile, Scrum, test driven, etc). You have clear product goals in relationship to who you want to be in your market. You're working on a technically interesting problem. See the Joel Test.

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SVPG

MARCH 10, 2016

For many years, as teams move to Agile methods (they usually start with Scrum), many companies decide to contract with or hire an Agile Coach. The main difference is that Lean Startup Coaches often focus on helping a team to discover not only their product, but also their business model, and their sales and marketing strategy.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 31, 2016

Perhaps offer some specific “high flying” ideas and examples applicable right away to companies in slower growth industries and markets?" Jay, loved the post and agree with the sentiment, but can you make it a bit more actionable? Most companies in high flying industries raise money (and a lot of it!)

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

At IMVU , we called this person a Producer (revealing our games background); in Scrum , they are called the Product Owner. I believe its important that product teams be cross-functional, no matter what other job function the product champion does.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 24, 2021

The competitive, oversaturated market pushes companies to seek better ways to manage workload and optimize the working process to strive for continuous improvement and client satisfaction. It is executed through practices of Kanban , Scrum, XP. At the same time, leaders are also looking towards acquiring that entrepreneur Agility.

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