YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2020

There is no definite cure yet. They also have immense viral potential on social media. The novel coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) quickly spread throughout the world, infecting almost 7.9 million people, and claiming 435000+ lives so far. There is no vaccine yet. 3D animation is better for a variety of reasons.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

Or app companies that went viral due to spammy friend requests to download in an app store only to have a community backlash and subsequent crash. So you need to really know what to measure as a definition of success. “Hacking” growth is only sustainable with a truly great product.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

Tony provides specific models and suggestions for how startups can leverage social networks for viral growth yet maintain their independence so as not to limit themselves long-term. What is our viral spread coefficient? What is our lifetime customer value and how can we drive that up? What does it cost to acquire a new customer?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Investors and founders alike have been obsessed about “growth at all costs,” just as a virus colony grows without care to its effect on its host cells or whether the colony’s growth ends up destroying the host body completely, taking the colony down with it in a viral version of Lord of the Flies. This is growth driven by values.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive.

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Brandanew

MAY 29, 2015

What is Growth Hacking: A definition before we start: Growth hacking is a marketing technique developed by technology startups which uses creativity, analytical thinking, and social metrics to sell products and gain exposure. Sure-shot way to lose trust and potential customers (even if your terrible response does not become viral).

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And it’s a definite win-win for the customers and the manufacturer. The story of Vine and Periscope is definitely one that's worth repeating here. Both of these startups came to market with a social media platform focused on short, viral videos that were ideal for quickly sharing on social media. Photo Credit: Carter Seuthe.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Questions I ask Liz Lathan: [1:11] I read one of your recent LinkedIn posts and you said that community-first companies are growing 30% faster than product-first companies – what is a community-first company in your definition? [6:53] First off, what's a community first company in your definition? Liz Lathan (03:29): I agree.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Started on Jan. My Investments.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Neither is it to achieve the greatest reach or “virality” in one’s digital campaign. To understand what Social CRM is, let us first consider this definition by Metz: The customer owns the conversation now, so companies need to change the way they do business.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Marketing and sales spend is nil, so there has to be a reason it spreads by word of mouth, ideally virally as a natural result of using the product itself. $10/mo 10/mo means people see you as a cheap version of something else, but still expect a phone number. Think: GoDaddy). Even bootstrapped businesses can make this work (e.g.

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 25, 2020

We need to administer more tests and collect more data to be definitive on what action to take. In any case, these tests can be good for showing the extent of viral spread in a community and providing useful public health information and guidance for our overwhelmed healthcare system. .

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

In the post, we talked about the difference between direct and indirect network effects, and how they may or may not relate to virality. This definition (like many others we’ve read) mainly refers to the quantity of users: i.e. more is better.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

Virality and Referral. Virality is the key lever of many of the most famous growth examples: Dropbox, Uber, Facebook, Hotmail. If, for every customer you acquire, you can acquire 1-10 more with viral loops , you can spend a lot more on acquiring that first customer, right? If you sell shoes, would virality work for you?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2014

Viral Video Marketing. This is old news to anyone with an Internet connection, but also extremely hard to do for the average Joe with a low definition webcam. In our example, we take a look at the 2011 start-up Dollar Shave Club and their viral video “Our Blades Are F ing Great”. ” factor if you will.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 14, 2012

Given that base plus the inherent viral component to these social apps, it seems natural that the first overnight success of a Kinect-powered app will be a social one. The Kinect platform is a building block which isn’t an end in and of itself, but rather it by definition needs other components.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Nor to achieve the greatest “virality” in our digital campaigns. Metz provides a good definition in his book as follows: “The customer owns the conversation now, so companies need to change the way they do business. The greatest challenge of the social media age isn’t to grow the largest fan or follower base. Defining Social CRM.

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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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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

You’re not going to go viral Dropbox style, so having a freemium model doesn’t really work. Let’s take a look at the benefits now: Freemium customers could be a great source of virality. If it is, plus the product value is clear, you should definitely go with the premium option. It’s mostly popular with B2C markets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

Viral videos, personal anecdotes, and informal surveys would likely be counterproductive. It definitely pays to get some help with your first step into social media, since first impressions often become lasting ones. Jumping in haphazardly with poorly a focused message is definitely non-productive, and may harm your business.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2024

I also look at sort of the virality. Yeah, Russell (16:51): Up viral is a cool one that works really well to get people to share and using a unique link and then you can reward them with more content, things like that. So yeah, I mean, it's the classic ones. Open rates, click rates, cost per lead if you're buying traffic.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2023

I also look at sort of the virality, like how can I take any subscriber that maybe I've bought right at $4 or $6 or whatever and turn that into 1.5 John Jantsch (16:48): A viral referral tool. 16:13): Yeah, yeah. So yeah, I mean it's the classic ones. Open rates, click rates, cost per lead if you're buying traffic. subscribers.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Everything from the layout of our office, design principles, team structures, and interview process definitively reflects who we are.”. 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.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 27, 2021

Plus, with the recent rise of TikTok and other more niche social media channels, there’s a wealth of opportunity for your business to “go viral” now you’re playing with new algorithms and not competing against the OGs on Instagram. million , to be exact. Yet, with all of this opportunity comes the need for management.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2013

Within hours, your response to your disgruntled customer can go viral—even obtaining national attention (something you definitely don’t want). According to a post that went viral on Facebook, a little girl’s father was in Afghanistan and ordered a bouquet that came with a necklace for his daughter to be delivered on Valentine’s Day.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Google Analytics is definitely better at measuring traffic,” noted Dan McGaw, the founder and CMO of Effin Amazing. There are other use cases, too, such as app developers seeking to maximize the value of users for a viral game with a lifespan of days or weeks. Google Analytics excels at revealing your traffic sources.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Launch a viral competition. A viral competition is a competition where you enter with an email address, and then get extra entries for every person who signs up from your referral. For this viral competition we generated 2,987 emails for a total cost of $6,661.11 Add a viral loop to your opt-in pages.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 18, 2017

It’s definitely easier when built by a young team, aligned with the generations’ mindsets. Improvements like these delight the users and help the brand organically go viral at the same time. Designing a user experience for both Generation Y and Generation X is not simple. The mobile generation. Experts at finding deals online.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

That is the definition of Disruptive Technology. Content can go viral – the highest quality stuff is shared. This has allowed the largest online video content producers like Maker Studios ( where I am a large investor ) to produce videos for 99% cheaper than traditional TV. Content goes global (of Maker Studios 4.4

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2013

Berger explains why people talk about certain produces and ideas more than others, why some stories have a greater tendency towards a viral effect and why some rumors are simply more infectious than others. It is now 2013 and we can definitively say that Rock and Roll is here to stay. By David Fishof and Michael Levin.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Nowadays five-second videos and even less often take off and become viral. Don’t Be Shy Go Live Going live is something that you definitely should not shy away from on most platforms. Whether your brand is one person or a whole team this is definitely something that you should be implementing as soon as you can.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Social Media Marketing (SMM) will definitely work for any type of company and industry. And you shouldn’t forget that social media are such an effective place for marketing because there is a high probability of anything you post there going viral. However, some strategies will be more effective for B2B businesses in particular.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business Model Affects Metrics and Exit Criteria Web-based Business Model Exit Criteria In a web-business model you’re looking for traffic, users, conversion, virality, etc – not revenue. Not sure I would make the same definitive statements about best bet for Market Type. It is related to business model. Great quote.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 14, 2012

Given that base plus the inherent viral component to these social apps, it seems natural that the first overnight success of a Kinect-powered app will be a social one. The Kinect platform is a building block which isn’t an end in and of itself, but rather it by definition needs other components.

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www.iubenda.com

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Dissection of a viral launch. Many of you asked, so I decided to write this blog post, dissecting the launch of iubenda and the viral system we invented. The viral system. We built our custom viral system based on the best examples out there, adding some further fresh ideas we had during the process. iubenda blog.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 8, 2022

And if over time, the biggest data set wins, what are the implications if the most explosively viral image models start with, essentially, ‘do you like this’ vs ‘is this true?’. Hold aside the fact we’re also creating an even larger collection of beauty norms reinforcing classic aspirational definitions of attractiveness.

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