crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

SMB Marketing in 2013: 68% of small businesses to increase marketing budget | MarketingSherpa Blog – [link]. Why Advertising Agencies Must Disrupt Themselves – [link]. Crowdsourcing: The Future of Advertising? Amazon Set To Sell Advertisers On Its Customer Purchasing Data – [link].

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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].

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The main thrust of the post is that with YouTube taking a 45% of revenue and talent taking 70% of the remaining revenue, YouTube Networks didn’t have sustainable businesses unless they invested heavily in technology as a tool to increase margin and provide defensibility. Build Non-Ad-Based Revenue.

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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.

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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

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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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].

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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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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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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?

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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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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.

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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

MAY 7, 2013

My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). Distribution costs have, too. This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions.

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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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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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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.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Fast forward a couple of years and the company is now beyond 8-figure million of recurring revenue, has dozens of sales reps and growing rapidly and is now gearing up for multiple offices, enterprise integrations and relationships with Salesforce.com, HubSpot, Marketo, Marin Software and many others. And here’s the thing.

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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].

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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.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review SEO 138

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

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

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

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?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

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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Social Media Small Business Design Media 104

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).

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Analytics Marketing Audience Channel 151

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.

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Founder RSS Social Media Software Review 98

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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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.

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Metrics Conversion Internet Acquisition 93

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

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2013

7 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2013 written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Like a lot of content producers I’m using the end of the year to look back and reflect on the body of work produced throughout the year. 8 Alternatives to Google Keyword Tool – Keyword research is vital.

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Semantic SEO Audio Campaign 65

ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

in 2013 to 1.43 Marketers should also be looking at acquisition (visits, unique visitors, pageviews), behavior (pages per visit, time on site, bounce rate), and revenue (if you’re eCommerce). These behaviors can be useful in investigating how different behaviors impact retention and churn, funnel conversion rates, and revenue.

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Mobile Technical Review Software Review Metrics 48

Agile VC

MAY 22, 2014

Unfortunately Alibaba doesn’t actually break out revenue by marketplace or business unit. Also other Tmall merchants can advertise on Tmall in both CPC keyword and CPM display formats, but small sellers from Taobao or Juhuasuan are not permitted. The makeup of the revenue is different too (see #4 below).

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China Revenue Flash Affiliate 159

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

But what if Facebook decided to monetize WhatsApp through advertising as the core Facebook service is? With that said, Facebook’s acquisition price is <10x the conceivable revenue for WhatsApp. in annual mobile ad revenue per MAU. billion in annualized revenue. billion in annualized revenue.

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Valuation Acquisition Mobile Revenue 159

Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

Here are the posts from 201 1, 201 2, and 2013. Because our data from 2013 is so similar to prior years, I thought I’d do something a little different with this lookback. 1/3 are post product but pre-revenue. 1/3 are post revenue (but very small scale). What Was New In 2013. Scaling beyond early.

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