Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

We've seen explosive growth in brand pages, types of advertising and other fun ways to monetize this audience. Based on results of value identified for Facebook, optimize their advertising mix strategy for future product launches. Our sections are: #1: Facebook Advertising/Marketing ROI Challenge: You're Thinking Wrong. #2:

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View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

Network Effect B2B. Most often, when people talk about “network effects,” they’re referring to consumer-facing startups. Social networks become more valuable with more users; consumers’ discounts become larger when more people join the coupon; commerce marketplaces benefit from increasing liquidity, and so forth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Factor in the fundamental shift to ‘pull’ marketing taking place across the world in media and advertising. Understand the basic tools – the social media trinity. Blogging (Wordpress), micro-blogging (Twitter), and social networks are the trinity. With social media, a key element of success is focus on the message.

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Social Media Media Startup Social Network 238

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2013

So we know as well as you do that claiming customers’ attention and business in the holiday season, when big box retailers and online retail giants are flooding them with advertisements and deals, is especially challenging. It’s common knowledge by now that social networking is an important way to connect with customers.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Sales and Social Media. Social networks are a real breakthrough of the 21st century. According to Smart Insights, the number of social media users globally grew from 4.2 In 2022, it has become necessary for both a startup and a large enterprise to increase their visibility on social networks. Data Tracking.

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Small Business Software Review Social Media Social Network 179

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2013

In the age of the advertiser supported social network, one person is trying to flip the script and create a paid social network. Dalton Caldwell, founder of App.net spoke at SXSW with a session called “ Is There An Alternative To Ad-Supported Social Networking? by Garrett Heath.

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API Social Network Advertising Cloud 199

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Add a modest advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them.

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Internet Web Affiliate Advertising 294

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

Social networks. They became popular for socializing, but now are prime sources of business networking, customer service, and client leads. This is how you make money from advertising – someone else runs ads on your site or your blog, and you get paid for everyone who clicks on the ad. Pay per click (PPC).

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. they have purchasing intent ).*.

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Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

are trying to win their share, and they have some converts thanks to hard-fought battles through advertising campaigns, but everyone knows that Google is going to win the war. Her articles have been published by the Hot in Social Media, Yahoo! First of all, Google is the queen mother of all search engines. Bing and Yahoo!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! This never existed a decade ago.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2022

Take full advantage of every mentoring and coaching opportunity, and network with peers both inside and outside the company. Build and advertise yourself as a “brand” that is the best at what they do. With today’s pervasive Internet and social networks, people can see how you act outside of work, as well as inside.

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Leadership Technical Review Social Media Global 304

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Startup 263

Startup Affiliate Advertising Technical Review 263

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Entrepreneur 241

Entrepreneur Affiliate Advertising Technical Review 241

Agile VC

MAY 13, 2013

Facebook (social networking following in the footsteps of Friendster, MySpace, etc). I think this has less to do with network effects which are distinct from first mover (though the two are complementary) and more to do with locking up preferential access to supply. Dropbox (cloud storage). Netflix (video streaming).

Cloud 205

Cloud B2B Software Review Technical Review 205

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Once this new service became popular then the media companies could control the rules of distribution & advertising. They monetize via high-priced advertisements during the prime-time airing on TV, via syndication to international audiences or less-watched channels after the original series has run and via DVD sales in retail channels.

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Video Technical Review Advertising Distribution 292

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. It’s sort of Jack FM meets Total Request Live meets UCG/Social Gaming (at least in the future).

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Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Startup 230

Startup Affiliate Advertising Technical Review 230

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Social networking is indeed the new business networking. Since I’ve been lurking around the various social networks for the last year or so, I’ve learned a few things, so I thought it would be helpful to clue you in on current networking cultures, and how they map into the business networking scene.

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Social Network Networking Entrepreneur Asia 255

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Add a modest advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them.

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Affiliate Advertising Technical Review Social Network 221

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

What I notice is that people further the conversation, talk with each other, network, try to get noticed (linking to their websites, etc.). I pick my topics to answer and they’re ones that I know better than most having worked at Fox through all of our growth years and building out this large advertising network.

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Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Software Review 301

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Audio advertising matures – In Carat Trends 2021 the media agency expects there to be a significant increase in audio advertising as both brands and platforms realise its value and power. Social commerce is a thing – Over 76M people in the US will make a purchase via a social network at least once this year (38.4%

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Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Connect on social media. Add a QR code to your contact information, and you can make it easy for people to automatically connect with you on social networks. Advertise new classes. If you’re teaching a new course next semester, share a QR code that advertises the full course details for students to check out.

Software Review 262

Software Review Technical Review Mobile Video 262

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

startups, social media firms, advertising and PR companies, and more. With a humongous 75,000-square-foot space in SoHo, WeWork bills itself as “the physical social network,” a place where people can get connected and work live and in person. The Hatchery in San Francisco is a great place for startups to take root.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 12, 2010

That may be OK for Twitter — today — but what about the 100 other social-networking-slash-link-sharing networks that didn't survive? In retrospect we say that Google transformed how people find information, and further, how advertising works on the Internet. Ask them about selling intangible benefits.

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Technical Review Software Review Engineer Search 243

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Starting out, you can’t hit every network and outlet full-force. Zappos has found great success by keeping social media responsibilities horizontal and flexible. Zappos assumes everyone in the company is on social media and trusts them to participate in growing the brand. Prioritize social networks.

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Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Marketing generally includes advertising a company or products via media and other sources. In this strategy, business owners pay a fixed amount to the social networking applications to display their advertisements on their applications. However, the advertisement type can be custom-made to your business requirements.

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Social Media Technical Review Marketing Social Network 137

Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

JointBuy allows buyers to start a new deal on any available product and share the idea with others through existing social networking sites. Real-time conversations and dynamic curation of news stories empowers people to expand their social networks and personal expertise about topics important to them.

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Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 307

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2011

We’ll see a growth in local offer networks, consumer personalized dashboards and deals with specific targets in mind versus going out to the masses. Online advertising needs to be targeted and cost-effective, making Facebook’s $50 ad packages a great way to advertise within the social network and direct users to that business’ page.

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Cloud Small Business Mobile Social Media 213

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2011

With the advent of social networking sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, Internet usage has totally morphed, from a serious business medium, to a social and fun medium that still means business. Here are the current big three in social networking for business: Facebook is biggest, moving from social to business.

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Social Network Networking Naming California 239

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The BBM SDK allows very unique social features to existing and new applications, including the ability to distribute and share applications virally through BB. We offer a variety of platform services, including advertising and payment services to help developers monetize their applications.

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Developer Asia Thailand Singapore 207

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2012

For those who’d rather not have pictures of animals flooding our timelines, here’s a tip: introduce pet-owning friends to Aiiooo ( www.aiiooo.com ), a fully-fledged social network for pets. ” “So we created a place for them to interact, socialize and spend quality time together online.”

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Social Network Networking Singapore Advertising 230

YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2012

consider (getting out more, or) using current corporate connections and social networks to advertise your discretion and trustworthiness, and get your home-based business off the ground. Create yourself a great looking and easily accessible portfolio, and carefully network to get your first few clients. Etsy Store.

Small Business 205

Small Business Coder Portfolio Demand 205

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2012

Yongfook, as he is better known in Singapore’s tech entrepreneurship circle (we first wrote about him in 2009 ), is an avid cook and the former director for Japan-based online recipe network Cookpad in charge of its international business. Prior to that, Yongfook founded and sold off his own recipe social network Open Source Food.

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Singapore Aggregator Technical Review Database 200

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Rather, the challenge is this – how can we transform fans and followers on social networks into actual money paying customers? While Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have found ways to monetise their platforms, many are still figuring out ways to connect the social web with the corporate wallet.

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Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 187

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Your business has a high viral co-efficient (or perhaps even a network effect) that lets you amass users cheaply without worrying too much about the monetization per user or spending money on paid acquisition. Even more interesting are businesses that create network effects like marketplaces or social networks.

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Churn Rate Viral Acquisition Cofounder 168

VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

The flattening of the mobile adoption curve and Apple’s deprecation of its Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) have elevated customer acquisition costs significantly. High User Acquisition Costs: The landscape for acquiring new users has become increasingly complex and expensive. Gaming founders know this challenge well.

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Technical Review B2C Generative AI IPO 78