crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

Five Linking Myths That Need To Go Away In 2013 – [link]. Five Linking Myths That Need To Go Away In 2013 – [link]. 8 Major Tech Predictions for 2013 | Business Insider – [link]. Funding startups that rely on advertising (by @bijan) – [link]. Revenue is the new black | Gigaom – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

Why You Should Be Crowdsourcing in 2013 | by Marc Levesque – [link]. Why You Should Be Crowdsourcing in 2013 | by Marc Levesque – [link]. Google Takes Home Half of Worldwide Mobile Internet Ad Revenues | eMarketer – [link]. “Tesla Motors has no advertising, no ad agency, no CMO, no dealer network.”

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

A VC: MBA Mondays: Revenue Models – Subscriptions – [link]. 8 Major Mistakes Entrepreneurs Will Make In 2013 | Forbes – [link]. 5 Predictions For Online Advertising | Fast Company – [link]. 50 Creative advertisements of cars | Ants Magazine – [link]. Why Startups Die | The Next Web - [link].

Social Media 94

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

6 Ways You Can Improve Churn Rate and Increase Revenue | KISSmetrics blog - [link]. 6 Ways You Can Improve Churn Rate and Increase Revenue | KISSmetrics blog - [link]. Study: Reach of Organic Facebook Posts Down, Engagement Up | Advertising Age - [link]. 20 Delicious Examples of Coffee Advertisements – [link].

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008).

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

January 14th, 2013. Advertisement. Advertising. January 14th, 2013 6:40 am. January 14th, 2013 8:50 am. January 14th, 2013 11:06 am. January 14th, 2013 5:16 pm. January 15th, 2013 3:16 am. January 15th, 2013 2:53 am. WP Word Press. Essentials. Techniques. By Ben Gremillion. 20 Comments.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2013

The tech industry doubles down on design in 2013 | Gigaom – [link]. Social Networks by Revenue and Employees, Facebook Stands Above All | Web Strategy – [link]. Creative Examples of Bus Stop Advertisement Ideas | GraphicMania – [link]. 30 Crazy Billboard Advertisement Ideas and Designs – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

Facebook’s share of digital advertising growing fast, thanks to mobile | GigaOM – [link]. Everyone is talking about mobile ad revenue, but few are talking about efficacy – [link]. 26 Creative and Unique Advertising examples for your inspiration – [link]. 20 Awesome Fonts for 2013 | Vector Diary – [link].

Social Media 92

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 18, 2015

In 2013, there were 909 million mobile gamers worldwide, nearly half of which resided in the Asia Pacific region, and 146 million of which came from North America. Newzoo, a video game research firm, reported that 2014 revenue for mobile gaming was $25 billion – up 43% over revenues from 2013. Changes in Ad Delivery.

Mobile 100

Mobile North America Marketing Technical Review 100

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

we had no revenue. But with so many investors still licking their wounds from the dot-com bust, many focused on proven business models, such as advertising or e-commerce. As a result, we knew that our pitch would need to steer into investors’ biggest concern: the lack of revenue. Investors see a lot of pitches.

Entrepreneur 111

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

According to Nielsen, YouTube reaches more US adults ages 18-34 than any cable network as of mid-2013. As of March 2013, one billion, (B!), One more thing to ponder… One hundred hours of video is uploaded into YouTube every single minute, as of May 2013. It is a pure advertising platform (like every site on the world).

Analytics 151

Analytics Marketing Audience Channel 151

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

As consumers increasingly turn to their mobile devices for a wide array of information and entertainment, advertising agencies and brands across the nation are beginning to focus more intently on the integration of mobile advertising strategies. Mobile advertising allows brands to reach consumers wherever they are, at any given time.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Just 25 Developers Grabbed 50% Of App Revenues On U.S. Native Ads In 2013: Scale, Headlines As Banners, Mobile, Samsung, And Yahoo | TechCrunch - [link]. Weak … Why Small Agencies Crush Big Agencies | Advertising Age – [link]. How the Midwest Is Becoming an Entrepreneurial Hotspot – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Entrepreneur PSA – Advertising Businesses are Hard | Seth’s Blog - crowdspring.co/1aHHgHS. Perfect employees don’t exist.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2012

“Advertising is like a s**t and sugar pie.” Advertising Becomes Amazon’s Newest Low-Price Weapon | Advertising Age – [link]. Here’s Business Insider’s Crazy New Strategy to Boost Ad Revenue – [link]. Six Expected Web Design Trends in 2013 – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

ConversionXL

JULY 15, 2014

Raise your hand if you would like to get extra revenue with an ROI of 1300% , that is for every dollar you invest you get back 14. screenshot of Internet Advertising Bureau UK Slideshare. billion respectively) in 2013. Real World Examples of Revenue Growth By Adding an Affiliate Program. This means 2 things.

Affiliate 111

Affiliate Programming Marketing Software Review 111

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Small Business Marketing Tip: Send Email Campaigns At Night To Increase Revenue | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. The accelerating crisis of advertising visual inventory | by Ben Kunz – [link]. 30 Inspiring & Creative Advertisements From Around The World – [link]. The Secret to a Strong Branding Message?

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

A Startup’s Minimum Revenue Per Employee - crowdspring.co/GNlKua. 140 Quirky and Serious Free Fonts of 2013 | 1stwebdesigner - crowdspring.co/1gqp3Ey. 140 Quirky and Serious Free Fonts of 2013 | 1stwebdesigner - crowdspring.co/1gqp3Ey. The Future of Business Models Will Be Centered on Crowds - crowdspring.co/16aTTiD.

Social Media 92

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2016

We were publishing new content almost every day and the blog was generating a few thousand dollars every month just from sponsored posts and banner advertising. It was a way for us to stay creative and it also brought in some revenue. The Hustle. Myself and Cassie were also working part-time at a shipping company.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Mick Rigby is the CEO Yodel Mobile , where he brings more than 20 years of experience as a strategist in advertising and marketing. It’s also widely reported that from back in Q1 2013, tablet shipments passed the half a million per day mark (the global birth rate is only 370,000 per day).

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Mobile New York Open Source 124

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. The MVP took around four months to build, during which time the company earned no revenue. They then spent the first year qualifying the product and testing out their revenue model.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 78

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

As shown in the chart below, since 2013, there has been a 10% increase in the time spent on the mobile web. Modern businesses are embracing the fact that customers’ perceptions have a profound impact on business metrics ranging from brand equity and customer loyalty to increased revenue and cost savings.

Customer 100

Customer Technical Review Mobile Web 100

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

SEO, email marketing, Facebook advertising). Once you’ve established your ideal customer, you can better focus your growth hacker marketing efforts to improve revenue and ROI. When Slack opened its private beta in 2013, it did so with 8,000 people ready to try it. This helped grow revenue by 637%. Image source.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 16, 2014

Although not earning huge amounts of money initially, Natalie started to bring in revenue thanks to advertising and selling small products like ebooks. Together they created WE Mastermind (Women Entrepreneurs Mastermind) program, which they lead successful form 2010 to 2013.

Founder 108

Founder RSS Social Media Software Review 108

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

One that reflects the customer expectations of 2013. Or Ford (it is amazing that in 2013, for such an expensive product, it looks so… 2005). Additionally in stage three focus on Page Value , with it you are not only optimizing for content consumption (stage two) you are also optimizing for which content most creates revenue.

Analytics 165

Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The niche audiences were slower to develop, and advertising support never really showed up. I found it hard to deal with advertising related stuff. The success of business can be measured through many metrics — page views, revenues, profits, the number of employees, or an exit (either through a private or through a public sale).

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Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

ConversionXL

JANUARY 29, 2014

Customer loyalty expert Fred Reichheld also reports in his book “ The Ultimate Question ” that businesses saw an average of 2x revenue growth by simply increasing their overall brand advocacy by only 12%. Consider the amount of money spent on Super Bowl advertisements. The 2013 Super Bowl commercials commanded an average of 3.5

Software Review 126

Software Review Stock Video Advertising 126

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2013

Jonah Berger describes for us the modern way of influence, and it has little to do with advertising. People no longer listen to advertisers, they listen to people they know – their peers. It is now 2013 and we can definitively say that Rock and Roll is here to stay. Contagious: Why Things Catch On. c) $4 million to $50 million.

Viral 93

Viral Small Business Social Media Technical Review 93

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

As a result, AdWords boasts over one million customers and over $30B in annual revenue. In 2013, we are in the midst of a critical platform transition from the browser-based Internet to mobile applications platforms like iOS and Android. Conversion rate directly impacts how much you can affordably spend on advertising.

Metrics 93

Metrics Conversion Internet Acquisition 93

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

It ended the year with a collaboration that allows businesses to take Alipay payments and a TikTok plugin that allows them to make shoppable advertisements, I believe. Mindbody is a shining example of a business that used innovation and quick thinking to turn negative circumstances into an incredible new revenue stream. 10- Mindbody.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review SEO 130

The Next Web

JANUARY 12, 2013

To get a sense of which companies are (or will) be making the biggest splashes this coming year, especially in terms of technology, I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs the following question: If you could invest money in any tech startup in 2013, what would it be and why? I expect them to experience significant growth in 2013.

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San Francisco Startup PPC LLC 164

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

This is native advertising in real life, on a real website, acting as a key player in the race for the strongest, viral, engaging content. Native advertising evokes an organic experience – one that pays tribute to the design and UX which has and continues to advance the Web. Native advertising is not new. Native to what?

Advertising 139

Advertising San Francisco New York Viral 139

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. The MVP took around four months to build, during which time the company earned no revenue. They then spent the first year qualifying the product and testing out their revenue model.

Sweat Equity 50

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 50

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. but not that this justifies take a 45% revenue share.

Networking 366

Networking Media Distribution Video 366

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

If your product is free, with advertising revenue from click-throughs, you need a sign-up rate and page-view rate that approaches one million page views per month. Average transaction size and revenue per customer. Marty Zwilling First published on Young Entrepreneur on 02/18/2013.

Hockey Stick 266

Hockey Stick Early Stage Metrics Acquisition 266

searchengineland.com

MAY 30, 2012

Also note that the data I’ve provide the candidate so far doesn’t include anything around revenue or costs. We’re testing television advertising to evaluate our ability to extend our brand from a directory to a reservations destination. 8 Features Advertisers Really Need From Google AdWords. Advertise With Us. 9-10, 2013.

SEO 54

SEO SEM Social Media Search 54

ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2018

The cars we drive, the computer or mobile device you are using to read this sentence, the Great Wall of China, Abercrombie and Fitch advertisements – all of them have gone through some form of the scientific method applied many times over a period of months, years, or even decades. Common examples are Revenue and Conversions.

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Marketing Metrics Programming Design 133