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.

Mobile 100

Mobile North America Marketing Technical Review 100

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We are the leader in the professional domain with viral growth. Today in 2013, the majority of LinkedIn’s revenue comes from an enterprise version of our subscriptions product. In 2013, it’s whether you can break through the noise. Here, we argue that we have a viral product that creates a network that possesses network effects.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Viral Revenue Networking 111

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 31, 2013

Four Lean Advertising Campaigns That Went Viral | Harvard Business Review – [link]. 13 Excellent Photoshop Tutorials to Learn in 2013 – [link]. Letting Go: The Best (and Hardest) Thing You’ll Ever Do | Inc – [link]. 5 Ways to Lose Investors in Under 3 Minutes – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

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.

Viral 93

Viral Small Business Social Media Technical Review 93

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. YouTube Marketing and Analytics Framework for Success.

Analytics 151

Analytics Marketing Audience Channel 151

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.

Viral 158

Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 158

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

One of the company’s smartest moves was introducing “Netflix Original” movies and TV shows, first launching House of Cards in 2013 to much success. 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. Thanks to Jen Wan, Soteri Skin ! #5-

Entrepreneur 127

Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Southern California South Africa 127

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2022

As far back as 2013, Pew Internet & American Life Project started reporting that their focus groups found “waning enthusiasm for Facebook” among teens, that Facebook has become a “social burden” for them, and that “users of sites other than Facebook express greater enthusiasm for their choice.” Maybe they just don’t care.

Social Media 352

Social Media Media Viral Audience 352

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Neither would have achieved virality had customers not received something tangible for their efforts. When Slack opened its private beta in 2013, it did so with 8,000 people ready to try it. Similarly, Dropbox’s referral program might have fallen flat if people had to personally pester their friends. ConvertKit.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

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. In 2013, we stopped doing all web development work and focused 100% on conversion optimization.”.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 78

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2013

The best startups also see these as opportunities for brand recognition and viral marketing, to simultaneously benefit people and boost the bottom line. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/26/2013. Stakeholder power. Customers and employees are the new stakeholders for every business.

Entrepreneur 257

Entrepreneur Global Viral Green 257

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Pew Internet & American Life Project reported in May 2013 that their focus groups found “waning enthusiasm for Facebook” among teens, that Facebook has become a “social burden” for them, and that “users of sites other than Facebook express greater enthusiasm for their choice.” It’s the principle underlying “viral marketing.”

Social Media 251

Social Media Media Marketing United States 251

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

In conclusion, add these 4 strategies to your 2013 marketing plan , and start rapidly growing your business. Four such strategies are detailed below. This will show your customers that your business is serious and it will help create a long-lasting relationship with your clientele.

Chicago 109

Chicago Marketing Search Channel 109

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

As far back as 2013, Pew Internet & American Life Project started reporting that their focus groups found “waning enthusiasm for Facebook” among teens, that Facebook has become a “social burden” for them, and that “users of sites other than Facebook express greater enthusiasm for their choice.” Maybe they just don’t care.

Social Media 238

Social Media Media Viral Audience 238

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

The viral effect that can accompany a strong Super Bowl commercial can attract an audience that far exceeds the measly 100 million or so viewers during the game itself. Here are 5 elements common to the best viral marketing efforts; the most successful of the 2013 Super Bowl spots will no doubt leverage all or some of these: Spot a trend.

Small Business 85

Small Business Viral Marketing Campaign 85

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.

Social Media 78

Social Media Viral Media Customer 78

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 2, 2014

5 Most Popular Podcasts of 2013 written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing photo credit: Bill Selak via photopin cc. Podcasting saw a huge renaissance in 2013 as major content producers woke up to the ease or production and portability afforded the spoken word.

Viral 67

Viral Leadership Sales Small Business 67

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Growth hacking was the buzzword of 2013 and has been widely overused. Automating processes with APIs, creating a large e-mail subscriber base, SEO and viral strategies are of course extremely valuable to any start-up. Online marketeers that know tricks to expand the user base of start-ups, usually on a relatively small budget.

SEM 244

SEM Lean PR Startup 244

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.

Viral 78

Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 78

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. In 2013, we stopped doing all web development work and focused 100% on conversion optimization.”.

Sweat Equity 50

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 50

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Angela Duckworth, a University of Pennsylvania professor, is the author of the bestselling 2016 book Grit and is widely known for her 2013 TED Talk that went viral. (As This quality of persistence, or grit, has been shown to independently drive effectiveness. As of the time of this writing, it has more than 18 million views.)

Pennsylvania 162

Pennsylvania Viral Leadership Partner 162

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. Twitter did the same thing with mobile-advertising exchange, MoPub , in 2013. Native to what? BuzzFeed ’s popular listicles are often sponsored content.

Advertising 139

Advertising San Francisco New York Viral 139

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 10, 2013

Avoid Trying To Go Viral. As social media platforms continue to mature, we will be seeing more examples of viral videos, viral campaigns, viral __. You can’t architect a viral success. Further more, over 9,000 of the 44,000+ projects on Kickstarter raised $0 as of January 2, 2013. Avoid Crowdfunding.

Viral 145

Viral Social Media LLC Mobile 145

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

As far back as 2013, Pew Internet & American Life Project started reporting that their focus groups found “waning enthusiasm for Facebook” among teens, that Facebook has become a “social burden” for them, and that “users of sites other than Facebook express greater enthusiasm for their choice.” Maybe they just don’t care.

Social Media 161

Social Media Media Viral Audience 161

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I started embracing it as a framework on my podcast around 2010, and in 2013 I gave it a name. I first captured this pattern in my notebook in early 2009, but I didn’t have enough data to be confident in the theory. I call it The Stairstep Approach. Or any of the other approaches I would use to grow an app with a higher LTV ($150+).

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 41

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 24, 2018

Avoid Trying To Go Viral. As social media platforms continue to mature, we will be seeing more examples of viral videos, viral campaigns, viral __. You can’t architect a viral success. Further more, over 9,000 of the 44,000+ projects on Kickstarter raised $0 as of January 2, 2013. Avoid Crowdfunding.

Viral 126

Viral Social Media LLC Mobile 126

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

” April, 2012 – Andrew Chen writes Growth Hacker is the new VP Marketing , which goes viral (2.4K May 2013 – Gagan Biyani, who is currently the CEO of Sprig , writes Explained: The actual difference between growth hacking and marketing , which essentially equates growth hackers and marketers with limited time / resources.

Retention 48

Retention Metrics Acquisition Conversion 48

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.

Small Business 108

Small Business Global Entrepreneur Social Media 108

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I started embracing it as a framework on my podcast around 2010, and in 2013 I gave it a name. I first captured this pattern in my notebook in early 2009, but I didn’t have enough data to be confident in the theory. I call it The Stair Step Approach. Or any of the other approaches I would use to grow an app with a higher LTV ($150+).

Bootstrapping 36

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 36

BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

As we look into 2014, we thought it was important to reflect on our activities in 2013 and refocus and refine our thinking and messaging as a firm. In industry terms, this means we looks for companies that have a high viral coefficient. We have taken this same approach with other networked investments like memoir.

Seed Stage 110

Seed Stage Agile Viral API 110

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 17, 2013

In fact, a 2013 survey showed that creating a social media strategy is still a major concern of 83 percent of marketers. That being the case, social media campaigns should leverage the social aspect of social media, combined with its viral functionality, to create events that trigger engagement from followers in a new and exciting way.

Social Media 217

Social Media Media Curation Social Network 217

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

As far back as 2013, Pew Internet & American Life Project started reporting that their focus groups found “waning enthusiasm for Facebook” among teens, that Facebook has become a “social burden” for them, and that “users of sites other than Facebook express greater enthusiasm for their choice.” Maybe they just don’t care.

Social Media 120

Social Media Media Marketing Viral 120

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

— Brian Alvey (@brianalvey) November 10, 2013. Only, I didn''t spot a hot deal any more than anyone makes a viral video. Videos don''t start out viral. "The venture capital game has become about branding yourself so you can get into a handful of hot deals." -- @Naval on stage with @Jason.

Columbus 114

Columbus Venture Capital Viral Term Sheet 114

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

With a heavy emphasis on results-led fitness training, boosted by its supplements, posts on Instagram have helped the company achieve 15 to 20 per cent growth, month on month, since 2013. Even though we are not creating a platform, we are innovating it,” CEO Arvin Lal told Forbes.com. It puts its fans at the centre of what it does.

Social Media 100

Social Media Viral Media Advertising 100

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In addition, the social sharing buttons at the top create a built-in growth engine / viral loop. But the reality is very different—according to ReturnPath’s 2013 Email Intelligence report, 22% of opt-in emails never make it to the inbox. Reminder / Notification Emails. What kind of emails are we talking about?

Email 48

Email Canada Technical Review Software Review 48

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Recently our pin below on Pinterest went a bit viral. We were discussing what makes something go viral and he referred to it as “sad”vertising. You need to keep in mind that like any form of advertising, ahhh-dvertising can’t guarantee your campaign will go viral. The Age of Ahhhhh-dvertising. The answer is, “Absolutely!”.

Viral 80

Viral Campaign Social Media Advertising 80

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2016

In 2013, I sold my car and began building this business with my brother Jer and dear friend Jac. Our goal was to create a viral environment where personal networks and recommendations helped drive online store purchases. Our story began in a mental health hospital when my brother was diagnosed with a complex mental health disorder.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Non-Compete LLC Social Media 48