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. ► 2011. (2). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. sales and marketing. (10). software.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

One explanation is that “growth hacking” is just a catchy way to rebrand marketers, but this begs the question as to why “growth hacking” went viral in the first place. 05 percent CTR on Facebook in 2011. Even worse is when they insist that they don’t need one, or call no distribution strategy a ‘viral marketing strategy.’”.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Sounds like a plan :) May 3, 2011 17:18:41 Reply 0 Flag this comment B Hartsuff Follow Good idea but if you know enough people then you don’t need a startup to help you with this type of arrangement. May 3, 2011 18:24:08 Reply 0 Flag this comment LeoWid Follow Sarah, this is an interesting one. ); // Welcome to Mashable!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 Look at the rapid adoption of Groupon, LivingSocial or Instagram as proof of how rapidly businesses can grow through viral means. Money flowing into our industry has also massively downsized.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Wednesday, February 23, 2011. It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case. ▼ 2011. (2). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble? What happened? sales and marketing. (10).

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2014

Viral Video Marketing. 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”. Properly designed and produced videos are an amazing way to build strength behind any marketing campaign. You need something shocking, wowing, the “AH!

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. May 23, 2011 16:24:51 Reply 0 Flag this comment Joe Ortiz Follow Interesting comparison. ); // Welcome to Mashable!

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

September 7, 2011 21:32:43 Reply 3 Flag this comment Sushant Sharma Follow Thats a pickle! ;) September 8, 2011 00:45:35 Reply 0 Flag this comment Walter Nienhuis Follow This article is very true. September 8, 2011 04:08:17 Reply 0 Flag this comment Youreferme Follow Great article Dave, that resonated with my experience so far.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. CXL started as just a blog—and just me—in 2011,” recounts CEO Peep Laja. “I was fortunate that the first product I built proved to be successful,” Gadea concedes.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media. 3/15/2011 – All in on Facebook, “Your Trusted Social Media Marketing Company” Social Media Platform. 7/19/2011 – Same page, but Wayback Machine stops crawling pages.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 6, 2012

Since Plenty of Twenties launched in September 2011, the site has gone viral and given more than $6,000 to perfect strangers by hiding $20 bills all over the country. Within 90 minutes, a friend stopped by to see if it was for real. She found the $20, posted her own picture, and a new business idea was born.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

November 1, 2011 by Joshua Baer. What is your viral coefficient? Here are some tips… November 1, 2011 16:54:48. November 1, 2011 19:55:36. November 1, 2011 22:26:46. viral video. ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Focus on traction.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

In justifying and expanding programs for longer-term planning and budgeting, 48% of social strategists place measurement as a primary objective in 2011. After all, virality often tends to be based on ideas that are new to the public. Hiring The Right Candidate.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

May 7, 2011 03:05:36 Reply 0 Flag this comment jpp123 Follow A CTO needs to have vision of their own, not just share the company vision. May 7, 2011 03:24:52 Reply 0 Flag this comment LarryN1 Follow A good profile for most if not all hires. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! All Rights Reserved.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

Apple sold more iOS devices in 2011 than all the Macs it sold in 28 years – [link]. Marketing the Viral Effect and Not-for-Profit Gold – [link]. Why Do Some People Learn Faster? – [link]. 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. How I Changed My Life, In Four Lines – [link].

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

I first met Hardi at the beginning of 2011 here in Cambridge. It was still early days for the company then, at the time we invested in GrabCAD’s seed round in the spring of 2011 they had around 3,000 engineers in their community. And thanks to Hardi I got to meet the President of Estonia.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. CXL started as just a blog—and just me—in 2011,” recounts CEO Peep Laja. “I was fortunate that the first product I built proved to be successful,” Gadea concedes.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

September 14, 2011 00:53:22 Reply 0 Flag this comment Fabrizio Poli Follow If you want to expand your business internationally, this will be useful. September 14, 2011 03:43:05 Reply 0 Flag this comment Ay?e With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market. SYEN 10 DAK?KADA

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Wednesday, August 03, 2011. ▼ 2011. (2). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. In search of Europes next tech stars. Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 11:03 AM. sales and marketing. (10).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers. Competes with HauteLook , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , Billion Dollar Babes , ideeli , Glam List.

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www.iubenda.com

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Dissection of a viral launch. Posted on October 25, 2011 by Andrea Giannangelo. 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. Most viral pages dont explain the product, and in my opinion this is a horrible mistake.

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blog.forkly.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

A viral “launching soon” form. And so our “viral invite system” was born. So, next time you are building a “launching soon” email signup form, consider going the extra mile by making it viral. Forkly Inc 2011. Forkly Blog. How does it work? 11 months ago. 29 Notes /. webjoe liked this.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable! Have an account?

Programming 86

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch. All rights reserved.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

Although we got some early traction, we were unable to prevent a bankruptcy from happening in October 2011. The metrics that matter the most are returning customers (user retention), turnover per customer and viral growth (k-factor).

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

5 Trends that Will Shape Small Business in 2011 - [link]. The formula for going viral (or Twitter failure) - [link]. image credit: Nicola since 1972 (photo of FIORI DI COMO – the ceiling at The Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas, installed with over two thousand handblown glass elements). Technology Redefines Marketing - [link].

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Twitter List Directory Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable!

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

After co-hosting MicroConf in early 2011 I was on the prowl for the next big thing. Depending on your market, the ROI can be better any other traffic source you can find (with viral traffic the most common exception). Even through the five day outtage in early 2011, and the semi-regular downtime throughout 2010 and 2011.

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Acquisition Software Review Fresno Algorithm 63

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

► 2011. (2). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Blog Archive. ▼ 2012. (1). ▼ 01/15 - 01/22. (1). BlablaCar - Travel Revolution. ► 07/31 - 08/07. (1). In search of Europe's next tech stars.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

You could argue that it takes some time to restart the SaaS flywheel after a slow year, but an acceleration in 2010 should at least translate into a stronger 2011 guidance, which is not really the case (10/11 growth median is 18%, so barely above 2010). ► 2011. (2). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. software. (10).

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

August 20, 2011 by Lauren Drell 1 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! All Rights Reserved.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Teens fueled that growth when in 2011 12% of teens reported using Twitter. It’s the principle underlying “viral marketing.” They are going to Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, Kik, and other applications. By some measurements Twitter was the fastest growing social network of 2012. In 2012 that number skyrocketed to 26%.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

SaaS products aren’t viral – [link]. Internet Ad Revenues Rise to Historic $17 Billion in First Half 2012, Up 14% Over Half-Year 2011, According to IAB – [link]. Fatherpreneurship: How to be a Successful Father and Entrepreneur - [link]. Avoid the 50/50 co-founder model – here’s why – [link]. Show them WHY.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

► 2011. (2). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Blog Archive. ► 2012. (1). ► 01/15 - 01/22. (1). BlablaCar - Travel Revolution. ► 07/31 - 08/07. (1). In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Software Review 59

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Virality is also really interesting (again, actual human interaction), people who "create a story from your post" (share etc). Except for Engaged Users and Virality all other metrics suffer from the fatal flaw of not answering the "so what" question. Time to dive deeper. I don't know.

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mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

The two most recent algorithm changes are: Panda : Officially rolled out in February 2011, but there have been about 13 data refreshes of it since then. viral video. viral videos. Most changes are minor, but every couple of months, a major update happens that gets people talking because of the impact it has on ranking results.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

AUGUST 5, 2010

Why you might need some help Too often I see businesses throwing money on custom Facebook applications development or Facebook pages thinking that just because it is on Facebook, it will go ‘viral’. Flickr Search Copyright © 2011. I can help you outsource/manage your Facebook application development.

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