article thumbnail

Money Doesn’t Talk. Why Most Startups Aren’t Announcing Their Seed Financings

Hunter Walker

And my sense is the trend carries outside of our portfolio these days. While I’m sure TechCrunch and other publications are at or near record traffic levels, the influence is more diffuse these days due to wide number of tech blogs and reach of personal/social media. What’s changed?

article thumbnail

Looking for your summer internship? Look no further.

Austin Startup

You will be creating and scheduling social media posts for our Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter accounts. This will include management of both organic and paid media and replying to any comments made on those posts. You need some Photoshop skills — mostly to resize and crop images — and the ability to write persuasive ad copy.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The easiest path to growth and profit is up: why startups should focus on the long-tail

Version One Ventures

For example, Hootsuite started as a free Twitter tool for small/medium business and casual users; it’s now a social media dashboard serving Fortune 500 companies like Seagate and Pepsico. In addition, by focusing on selling to smaller companies in the long tail, you’ll benefit from shorter sales cycles.

article thumbnail

Referral Programs: A Guide for Small Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Shorten the sales cycle A strong referral program can significantly shorten the sales cycle. Increase your premium pricing Referrals also allow you to diversify your pricing portfolio and charge a premium for your product or service. You can also publicly thank them through your newsletter or on social media.

article thumbnail

How to Get Better Lead Generation Results

Duct Tape Marketing

Instead, smart investors spread their investments around to a diverse portfolio of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, cash and other assets. Your sales organization needs to think about how you can “diversify” your lead generation efforts between inbound and outbound sales leads.

article thumbnail

FinTech Innovation Lab Launch Event – June 2, 2011

David Teten

Andy Brown , Chief Technology Officer, UBS Tim Lyons, Senior Vice President, Technology Innovation Portfolio, Bank of America. How are you allowing employees to interact with social media? LYONS: We allow them to use social media on their personal devices (laughter). 2-18 month sales cycle.

article thumbnail

Getting A VC Job

Rob Go

Usually, people who take this strategy are extremely social, go to tons of events, consume and retain information they read on social media, techcrunch, Medium, etc. Timing is pretty unpredictable, and it’s a long sales cycle. In terms of how to go about the recruiting process, it’s pretty simple.