A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 10, 2011

So if Photoshop were trying to appeal to the widest possible audience, they’d have tools like “Lighten&# and “Darken.&# Over time, expand your offering to appeal to a wider audience. Photographers know what those things are; everyone else is in the dark. Ohh more puns! When will it end?). Working the pain in B2B.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 12, 2010

Let's go look at some tools… Measuring "Invisible Virality": Tynt. Goes viral. I can measure the "invisible virality" / "spread" by this big huge non-commenting, non-tweeting audience. Invisible Virality. Or for that matter how many tools. People matter. You matter.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

In order to remain competitive and relevant, companies in the financial industry need to use digital platforms for their financial PR campaigns. With this strategy, financial institutions can better communicate with their target audience, manage their online reputation, and negotiate the intricacies of the digital financial market.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

3 Insights for Creating Viral Content written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. From brand awareness to driving organic traffic to lead generation, tailoring your content to match your objectives is a must for ensuring your content doesn’t add to the noise by fulfilling the needs of your audience.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The best examples of marketing are those that make emotional connections with its target audience.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. Tested platform on San Francisco’s Live 105; then scaled out for national syndication with positive audience uplift. Total raised: $29.5mm. Read more: CrunchBase profile , TechCrunch.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

hoping to scoop up that small percentage of your audience who is ready to buy. Once you’ve created your list of potential themes, test them in front of your audience. Obsessing over going viral. Creative agency founder Dan Kelsall has helped many of his clients go viral. In most cases, viral posts generated less demand.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. Probably not – you need to be finding an audience, making sure that audience will trade you their attention for your content, and – most importantly – establishing a baseline for how much that attention is worth to advertisers.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Jamie understood the mass-market appeal and the massive audience he could reach going on the show. They’re not going to be able to differentiate one from the other based on product specs but then they’ll see “Ring” and Shaq and have the recognition of the marketing campaigns we ran and reach for our product.” He was steadfast.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

But LinkedIn owns the lucrative B2B audience. Don’t copy the style of a popular video (especially a “viral” one) if you’re trying to drive home your unique value proposition or establish your brand. For YouTube pre-roll ads, Google recommends segmenting video ad campaigns into three phases: Tease. Stay on brand. Plan it out.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The ads we see on television or in magazines, for example, were developed by agencies and consultants who evaluated past campaigns, developed concepts and assumptions about advertising themes, conducted some market research/focus group testing, created story boards, developed scripts (for commercials), and much more.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

For product launches, long-term success relies on cornerstones of marketing research and execution, like a strong value proposition and full-funnel campaign. The key to product launches is to create a resilient campaign—one that can survive the nonlinear journey. In Suspense the audience and characters know the same information.”.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Are your campaigns driving conversions? Brand awareness metrics should also be broken down by segment, to understand which audiences your messaging is resonating with most, and to identify areas for improvement. This partnership would leverage both audiences and the rapidly growing awareness of the vertical.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

TikTok’s audience uses the app with an exploratory mindset and a willingness to engage with branded content. In this article, you’ll learn how TikTok Ads work and how you can create campaigns that grab attention and turn interest into conversions. And the type of products this audience is into is equally as diverse.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

One-­to-­many” resellers already hold a significant audience. One-­to-­many” resellers already hold a significant audience. Well, then you’ve got to go viral. Well, then you’ve got to go viral. Dropbox is a perfect example of a company that relied heavily on product virality, which was built into the product.

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View from Seed

MARCH 22, 2016

Read the publication, understand its audience, and write your pitch around that. The more you consider the audience when you make your pitch, the less likely that reporter is to hit “delete.”. Your crowdfunding campaign. Your crowdfunding campaign hit it out of the park. Pitch late. The operative word in “news” is “new.”

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

It can help connect the audience in ways other media cannot. It can help connect the audience in ways other media cannot. User-generated videos have enormous potential for sharing and to go viral. Using UGC videos is better than traditional advertising, as they can help you connect with your audience and show support.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As soon as you have 2-3 months' worth of sales data to work with, use a formula to calculate stock reorder levels to ensure you always have stock ready to go, especially if you're promoting your products on platforms known for viral content, like TikTok. First and foremost, it's vital to understand your audience profoundly.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

So, lots of content combined with an engaged audience (contributing and participating in consumption), driving great branding and real world revenue. Some have experimented with virality ( Pepsi Test Drive or Dove Beauty , etc.), Audiences, Relationships, and You(Tube). When I have a choice, I now buy Prudential.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how to build a powerful ecommerce marketing strategy using customer research and messaging development, and how to use it to determine which marketing tactics will best reach your target audience. Choose influencers based on influence, not audience size 5. What do their email campaigns look like?

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eCommerce Marketing Social Media Retention 129

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Business owners with a brick and mortar store need to reach out to a bigger audience online. Companies that incorporate article marketing into their marketing campaign demonstrate their expertise in their respective industry while simultaneously attracting new customers. Get Out of The Store. Social media isn’t new.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Your audience will flock to brands with a strong reputation because they don’t associate you with their need. Brand recognition happens when your target audience recognizes your brand when they see it (even if they’ve never used your solution). Identify the channels where your audience is most active and double-down.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2014

Properly designed and produced videos are an amazing way to build strength behind any marketing campaign. Viral Video Marketing. Seeking out a firm with good copy writing and production staff can help bounce your ideas into a whole new audience. Let’s look at 7 ways entrepreneurs can use video to grow their new business.

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Video Widget Software Review Entrepreneur 78

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It’s why Canva can call itself a multibillion-dollar platform and how ConvertKit pulled itself up to compete with goliaths like MailChimp and Campaign Monitor. Where campaigns to build brand awareness and generate top-of-funnel sales drive traditional marketing, data across the entire customer lifecycle drives growth hacking in marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing. Display advertising.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 8, 2020

If you try to jump on a hashtag bandwagon to go viral but do so too slowly, for instance, you’ll just end up making yourself appear sluggish in the eyes of your followers. Creating valuable opportunities to exploit with social media campaigns and buzz-worthy posts aren’t the only thing you should be paying attention to, either.

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Brandanew

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Your primary goal on Instagram is to engage with your existing audience while also growing the number of avid followers for your brand. For example Nike’s #JustDoIt, Coke’s #ShareaCoke campaign, Audi’s #wantanR8, Apple’s #ThinkDifferent, or McDonald’s #ImLovinIt. Learn with our eCourse ! Use Proper Hashtags On Instagram.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 22, 2020

Organic Social Media Campaigns. These platforms will give you insight into what your audience is searching for and which words you should be targeting in your content. Not only can you run organic campaigns for free on social media, but you can also reach a wide range of audience sectors. Word-of-Mouth Marketing.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

it will never be as easy or affordable to build Messenger audience for your brand as it is right now. They used humor – created a Chief Discount Officer’ – CDO – ‘humor to sell a deal’ campaign that included multple emails and direct mail. Create win-back campaigns for churned customers. instant delivery.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media. Buddy Media helps the world's largest, most-trusted brands navigate social media, extending their advertising campaigns into the social world. 4/19/2009 – Still an agency.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2014

Infographics offer the unique ability to go viral and get your brand in front of millions of online visitors in a single day. Here are five tips for creating an infographic that will go viral and global: 1. The key is to create a viral infographic campaign that has mass appeal, is timely and innovative.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

have the highest conversion rate and identify the content that earns the most interest from your target audience. In the words of hundreds of reviewers, Google Analytics was essential to “identify channels,” “track campaigns,” and monitor “traffic flow.”. You’ll be able to see which channels (paid, organic, social, etc.)

Analytics 119

Analytics Technical Review Acquisition Retention 119

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 21, 2024

Key Takeaways Tim Brown underscores the pivotal role of quality content and strong backlinks in SEO success, emphasizing the importance of creating original, engaging content tailored to the audience’s needs while acquiring reputable backlinks. Now, this offer is limited to new active campaign customers only.

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SEO Technical Review Viral Video 89

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing. Display advertising.

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Lead Generation SEM Viral Marketing 285

Up and Running

JANUARY 27, 2021

It doesn’t just come down to operations; some of these tools will help you reach new audiences and build better relationships with future customers. Unfortunately, that means that some of our best ideas often don’t get to see the light of day—especially when it comes to campaigns. . Stay open to everything.

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Software Review Software Technical Review Social Media 79

ConversionXL

MAY 29, 2019

A keyword-targeted strategy builds initial awareness and subscriptions that, in turn, create an audience for videos with little or no keyword volume. So,” Hudgens continued, “view count should not be the goal—finding your audience where they live should be the goal.”. The choice may hinge on the diversity of your audience.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 28, 2022

I intend to release one study every three months, which I'll send to journalists in the hopes of generating viral attention on social media. I believe that if I can have one piece of content go viral every three months, not only will I be able to develop more links but also raise my brand's recognition. social media advertising.

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