Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

I still remember my disappointment the first time I published my website, did an immediate Google search on the name, and it said my company didn’t exist. Here are a few: Register domain name and set up hosting. Viral marketing needs a website. But word-of-mouth and viral marketing doesn’t work without a web site.

Web 349

Web Viral Naming Internet 349

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! Anyone who has sat stymied with their cursor blinking in a “username” field knows that coming up with a name is harder than you’d think. How Do I Start? Ask yourself: 2. Does It Mean Something?

Naming 94

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

The cost of entry has never been lower, with new tools to create your own website , and free social media to get your message out everywhere. Pick a name, location, and marketing strategy early. Names and taglines are critical to success. I can’t emphasize enough how important a name can be.

Intellectual Property 245

Intellectual Property Social Media Angel Investor Metrics 245

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As soon as you have 2-3 months' worth of sales data to work with, use a formula to calculate stock reorder levels to ensure you always have stock ready to go, especially if you're promoting your products on platforms known for viral content, like TikTok. The first step is to have a domain name that matches your business name.

eCommerce 130

eCommerce Omaha Entrepreneur SEO 130

Occam's Razor

JULY 12, 2010

Let's go look at some tools… Measuring "Invisible Virality": Tynt. Goes viral. The rarest of the rarest of the rare who are on social media. I can measure the "invisible virality" / "spread" by this big huge non-commenting, non-tweeting audience. Invisible Virality.

Analytics 96

Analytics Viral Web Mobile 96

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2017

How Social Media Can Bring The Right Customers For Your Business Using Word Of Mouth written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Here’s how social media word-of-mouth can help: Social Media & the Wonderful World of WOMM. If you’re clever and lucky enough, you may even break into viral territory.

Social Media 56

Social Media Media Customer Viral 56

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Where do you stand on your brand, name, logo, positioning? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Any other kind of viral outreach? See Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups. Do you need to process user-contributed media? Refer a friend?

Developer 396

Developer Founder Viral Oauth 396

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Social media marketing. Viral marketing. Viral marketing costs real money, but is often worth it. This is a variation on Internet radio, named from iPods and broadcasting. Business blogs are an extension of your website and can effectively communicate the value of your business. Streaming video. Podcasting.

Internet 239

Internet SEM Wiki Viral 239

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Where do you stand on your brand, name, logo, positioning? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Any other kind of viral outreach? See Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups. Do you need to process user-contributed media? Refer a friend?

Developer 384

Developer Founder Viral Oauth 384

The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

With a viral approach to marketing and customer-friendly pricing, Hawkers today is sold primarily online and in 50 countries. It also has a considerable online presence on key social media platforms. Betancourt Lopez understood the value of viral marketing, especially for a key demographic — young people. Humble Beginnings.

Viral 78

Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 78

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2013

Social media can also be an important and useful part of your marketing campaign, particularly if your business exists only online. These things should be reflected by your physical location, your online presence, and any and all print media, such as business cards and newsprint ads.

Marketing 153

Marketing Startup Technical Review Viral 153

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Exactly where they need to be, on their smart screens scrolling some viral internet discussion. Social Media Listening, as the name says, is a technique through which you can listen (analyse) the social media platforms to gauze what people are talking about your brand, your products and most importantly, your competitors.

Social Media 200

Social Media Media Marketing Viral 200

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2015

The greatest challenge of the social media age isn’t to grow the largest fan or follower base. Nor to achieve the greatest “virality” in our digital campaigns. Rather, it is this: “How can we better reach prospects, convert them to customers, and serve their interests through social media?”. 23 ways to use Social CRM.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 100

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Neither is it to achieve the greatest reach or “virality” in one’s digital campaign. These activities can be visualized by Chess Media’s chart below: Courtesy of Chess Media Group. The greatest challenge of our “social age” isn’t to grow the largest fan or follower base.

Technical Review 187

Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 187

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. This raised the company's name, despite all controversies. Thanks to Raven Cobb, Clearstep, Inc ! #6-

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Southern California South Africa 94

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

The other day I wrote a post about the lack of Enterprise Software disruption coming out of NYC —and a lot of people responded that I wasn’t citing Buddy Media. Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media.

Software 105

Software Media Social Media Advertising 105

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 21, 2019

There is no doubt about social media being the brand butler of the century. Social media has become the common space for producers and consumers to share their interests, needs, and yearnings. Without social media, it wasn’t possible for merchandisers to have that broad a reach. Social media marketing does not cost you a lot.

Social Media 124

Social Media Media Audience Campaign 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In this age of instant communication through the Internet and social media, people remember personal images more than a product or service name. You must use self-promotion early and often through viral videos, blogging, and industry leadership, to establish credibility with your customers.

Marketing 333

Marketing Revenue Matching Viral 333

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2022

Of course, the best solution would be a new wave of so-called whole-brain thinkers, but this term is usually reserved for Einstein and Picasso, and no entrepreneurs that I can name. Even right- brain dominant adults are hard to find, according to many expert views. Creativity is the key word here. Dream big but start small.

Engineer 343

Engineer Viral Cofounder Social Media 343

Start Up Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

While fringe views and conspiracy theorists have always existed, it’s ironic they can now spread their messages on social media virally to the unprotected and at scale. The Anti-vax movement is the latest in a long list of problems social media is contributing to. Social media’s product is to sell attention.

Social Media 91

Social Media Media Algorithm Viral 91

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Leverage FOMO in social media marketing 3. Tactics are the specific activities you’ll use to communicate with customers (for example, advertising on social media with a 20% discount code). Build a list of your top competitors, then for each, analyze: Their social media presence. Leverage FOMO in social media marketing.

eCommerce 129

eCommerce Marketing Social Media Retention 129

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2014

No doubt you are raising the mantle of social media dominance and gathering all the “followers” and “likes” that are to be had, but have you got the moves to keep their attention? Viral Video Marketing. What names come to mind when you think about online search engines? Put a name and face on your brand!

Video 77

Video Widget Software Review Entrepreneur 77

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Ron Conway , of SV Angels, and Reid Hoffman , LinkedIn's founder, are names often mentioned in this category. This term is used to describe non-traditional ways to incent growth such as social-media and viral marketing. These alternatives are used in lieu of traditional media such as radio, newspaper and television.

Software Review 120

Software Review Sweat Equity Accredited Investor Angel Investor 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2023

These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Make sure allocation amounts are reasonable.

Elevator Pitch 228

Elevator Pitch Salary Angel Investor Viral 228

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? .

Technical Review 384

Technical Review Hockey Stick SEM Channel 384

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

And B2B companies that were naturally slower to come to say social media. And I think in a lot of ways, I'm not saying this is an outreach of social media, but I think people started realizing what was possible, you know, in community because of the public facing social media. But it's, social media isn't inherently community.

Community 82

Community Framework Advisory Board Viral 82

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

I still remember my disappointment the first time I published my website, did an immediate Google search on the name, and it said my company didn’t exist. Here are a few: Register domain name and set up hosting. Viral marketing needs a website. But word-of-mouth and viral marketing doesn’t work without a web site.

Viral 191

Viral Web Naming Internet 191

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Last night I co-hosted a dinner at Soho House in Los Angeles with some of the most senior people in the media industry with executives from Disney, Fox, Warner, media agencies and many promising tech & media startup CEO’s. On JFDI (play on Just Do It) - Chamillionaire talked a lot about social media.

Entrepreneur 356

Entrepreneur Los Angeles Norway Audience 356

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

There is nothing viral! The more people that see your brand as the innovator the more “earned media” the company gets and the product becomes synonymous with the category. name your city]? Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! Anybody can launch a scooter service! Not really. You don’t “Bing” information or “Hulu and chill.”

San Francisco 256

San Francisco Valuation Technical Review Los Angeles 256

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2020

These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Make sure allocation amounts are reasonable.

Elevator Pitch 336

Elevator Pitch Salary Angel Investor Viral 336

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 6, 2021

Name Your Business and Register It. While many fresh business owners think that naming their operations is easy, it’s quite the opposite. If you want a.com domain in your name, you can either come up with a unique name or include a keyword in the brand name. Once you’ve named your brand, you’ll need to register it.

Social Media 173

Social Media Audience Affiliate Startup 173

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2018

You can use your social media presence to put a call out for comments. Use your social media connections to find your core market, and direct your attention their way. Consistency starts with a strong business name for your beauty brand and continues with a great logo, website, and your other marketing materials.

Marketing 90

Marketing Social Media Cofounder Design 90

Board Effect

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Social media outlets are a popular way to promote nonprofit organizations. Social media platforms are easy to use and there are plenty of platforms to choose from. New apps are continually being introduced to help interconnect social media platforms which can help automate content and spread it virally using a few clicks.

Social Media 49

Social Media Media Viral Advertising 49

Board Effect

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Mashable made the public announcement, and Giving Tuesday quickly went viral. People are receiving emails, postcards and social media ads from lots of nonprofits in the weeks around Thanksgiving. If they don’t see the name of your organization, they’ll be just as happy to donate to a different one. Social media donations.

Afghanistan 63

Afghanistan Social Media Campaign Iraq 63

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2024

They were kind of a standard tool, but then social media came along and other stuff came along. So the reason I did that is because I was spending a lot of time thinking, well, how am I going to get this person from social media onto my email list and how am I going to get this person from listening to this over here? (10:43):

Revenue 79

Revenue Advertising Email ChatGPT 79

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

I still remember my disappointment the first time I published my website, did an immediate Google search on the name, and it said my company didn’t exist. Here are a few: Register domain name and set up hosting. Viral marketing needs a website. But word-of-mouth and viral marketing doesn’t work without a web site.

Internet 247

Internet Viral Naming Web 247

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Some of the traditional ways that businesses create top-of-mind awareness are to place regular ads on television, radio, and billboards, or in print media outlets such as magazines and newspapers. Blogging and social media marketing combined is word-of-mouth advertising on steroids—which is great news for introverts. Get Social.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Marketing Canada 100