Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Where are the young social media users going? By some measurements Twitter was the fastest growing social network of 2012. Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products. It’s the principle underlying “viral marketing.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Where are the young social media users going? Snapchat is currently the fastest growing social network, while Instagram is close behind with a bigger share globally of new sign-ups. Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products.

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Social Media Media Viral Audience 238

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 17, 2013

by Neal Schaffer, author of “ Maximize Your Social: A One-Stop Guide to Building a Social Media Strategy for Marketing and Business Success “ Many company leaders understand that in order to survive in today’s business world, their companies must have a social media presence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Where are the young social media users going? Snapchat is currently the fastest growing social network, while Instagram is close behind with a bigger share globally of new sign-ups. Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products.

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Social Media Media Viral Audience 161

The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

With a viral approach to marketing and customer-friendly pricing, Hawkers today is sold primarily online and in 50 countries. Brothers Alejandro (Alex) and David Moreno and their friends, Pablo Sánchez Lozano and Iñaki Soriano, had a business idea in 2013. The leader is Alejandro Betancourt Lopez who is now the company’s president.

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Brandanew

JULY 2, 2015

The campaign included staged events in different cities through the week and the updated videos on their YouTube channel were shared across all social networks – Facebook, Twitter and Instagram; via memes and gifs. Launched back in 2013, the video still garners millions of views. Coca Cola’s #ShareACoke.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Interbrand, a corporate identity and brand consulting company, just released its 2013 Best Global Brands report. The 2013 report has many such insights. Here are four important lessons entrepreneurs and small businesses can learn from the world’s best brands in 2013: 1. Apple has unseated Coca-Cola as the top global brand.

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Small Business Global Entrepreneur Social Media 108

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

And, the better and more useful the content you create, the more likely it will be to go viral. We even use it at Palo Alto Software to keep an eye on the type of content that’s doing well across our key social networks. Engage with your customers on social media. Today, this is how you get found online.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 15, 2016

Nate explains the power of social login in detail… Nate Munger , Intercom : “Their 2013 survey on The Value of Social Login says 92% of people have left a website instead of resetting or recovering login information, while 1/3 do so frequently. via Intercom).

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2020

In the “tweet heard around the world,” Oreo was able to quickly create a piece of content in real time that went viral and won numerous awards during the Super Bowl a few years ago. pic.twitter.com/dnQ7pOgC — OREO Cookie (@Oreo) February 4, 2013. Spend time in popular forums or social networks where they spend most of their time.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. For example, if I were pitching LinkedIn’s Series B today with what I now know about successful pitches, the investment thesis would be: Massively valuable properties will be built off networks. There will be different networks for different domains.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

In March 2013, the radio show Marketplace teamed up with The Chronicle of Higher Education and asked around 700 employers to grade the nation’s colleges and universities on how well they were employing their graduates for the workplace. Not that this means employers are satisfied with the system.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

Some e-commerce websites might decide against offering social login if their target audience is aged 55 or older – these users are much less likely to have social accounts. The same goes for businesses operating primarily in countries where social networks are blocked, such as China or Cuba.

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