sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

RSS Feed 19 Nov 2010, Posted by admin in Featured , Nohat , 26 Comments SEO Advice for Bootstrapped Startups SEO can provide a hugely valuable source of traffic, if done right – especially for a bootstrapped startup where money is tight. Have you researched a PR / launch strategy? The result of that?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

It takes a long immersion in the marketplace for someone to be a true insider, understand the subtleties of the competitive landscape, recognize the people who are true assets (independent of titles), and look through the propaganda of technical collateral and PR campaigns. These people also have the credibility to attract investors.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2014

50 Extensions and Plugins for Extending Bootstrap – crowdspring.co/1nj8dJm. Exploring Current Web Design Trends – crowdspring.co/1q1Snrw. A Super-Quick Introduction to Style Guides – crowdspring.co/1u3dSWk. 5 Ways to Enhance Your Website Login Process | Designmodo – crowdspring.co/1q1SenL.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 7, 2010

Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: iTeleport – [link]. Outstanding … 10 Things CEOs Need to Know About Design – [link]. Think Different: How To Make Your Tagline Stand Out From The Crowd – [link]. Focus On Your Core Business Or You Will Fail – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 7, 2010

Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: iTeleport – [link]. Outstanding … 10 Things CEOs Need to Know About Design – [link]. Think Different: How To Make Your Tagline Stand Out From The Crowd – [link]. Focus On Your Core Business Or You Will Fail – [link].

Social Media 96

Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2014

The ultimate guide to Bootstrap | Webdesigner Depot – crowdspring.co/YTL8qt. Front End Style Guides Generators – crowdspring.co/1vAKDx7. 7 Experimental Interfaces That Show the Future of UI Design – crowdspring.co/1w2RIWg. Websites with Large Background Images: 25 Inspiring Examples – crowdspring.co/1ptvd94.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

15 Best Bootstrap Design Tools – crowdspring.co/1ncKgIa. Examples of the Effective Use of Typography in Web Design – crowdspring.co/1ekuT6Y. 17 Online Sandbox Tools For Testing Your Code Snippets – crowdspring.co/1ekvHsD. 20 Fantastic Free Icon Sets | SpyreStudios - crowdspring.co/1ektugw.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 6, 2013

40 Bootstrap Tools and Generators for Web Developers – [link]. Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 30 Brilliant Branding Identity Design examples for your inspiration – [link]. 40+ Rousing Branding & Identity Design Projects – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 25, 2014

15 Useful Bootstrap Tools and Generators for Web Developers | DJDESIGNERLAB – crowdspring.co/1iDkMPO. Advanced web typography: Responsive web typography – crowdspring.co/1m4knXa. 25 effective design patterns for ecommerce site search results | Econsultancy – crowdspring.co/1ms6D8K.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

40 Extensions And Plugins For Extending Bootstrap – crowdspring.co/1w2XjfG. Freelancing 101: How to Stay on Top of Trends | Design Shack – crowdspring.co/1ldmFXK. 50 Free Resources for Web Designers from August 2014 – crowdspring.co/1vJ9Fwa. Designing an Effective Donate Form | Brad Frost Web – crowdspring.co/1spf2f3.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

Now, “lean” is often used to refer to a company’s financial situation, so it might make you think of a bootstrapped or under-funded organization. Oh, and your salespeople have to make sure bookstores will stock it, and your marketing and PR people will have to make sure readers know it exists.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

We’ve continued bootstrapping since then — today we are a $2.5 My PR journey started with an amazing position with the renowned Jason Dady restaurant group in San Antonio, Texas. I was working full-time for Bread & Butter PR, but the balancing act of being a single mother and working full-time for someone else was too much.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

It takes a long immersion in the marketplace for someone to be a true insider, understand the subtleties of the competitive landscape, recognize the people who are true assets (independent of titles), and look through the propaganda of technical collateral and PR campaigns. These people also have the credibility to attract investors.

Technical Cofounder 120

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

21 Reasons To Bootstrap Your Startup | ZoomShift – crowdspring.co/M5SXUd. A special report from The Economist on Tech Startups. Here’s the full PDF – crowdspring.co/1cNY3hP. Small Business and Startups: 5 Tips For Keeping the Books – crowdspring.co/1f1zOfD.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

Showcase of Useful Bootstrap Tools For Web Developers - crowdspring.co/1kY1Qey. Top 20 Best Fonts Every Designer Should Have - crowdspring.co/1gKXMOE. 20 Creative Negative Space Logo Designs - crowdspring.co/1lNUtJx. 25 Rockin’ Rocket Logos | [Re] crowdspring.co/1lNUUDJ 1lNUUDJ - crowdspring.co/1lNUWLN. 1mZnijM - crowdspring.co/1mZniAb.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 8, 2018

It can be a great option for entrepreneurs when hiring full-time staff often simply isn’t an option for a fledgling company, especially if your business is bootstrapped. Payroll and benefits for are expensive, and even if your employees are also wearing many hats. Even something as simple as email can be a good task to outsource.

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View from Seed

MARCH 22, 2016

Although bootstrapping your startup is difficult, that in and of itself is not unique. Editor’s note: You can find more resources around PR, content marketing, and customer acquisition for seed-stage startups in the Marketing & Growth section of our platform. As with No. Above all, avoid cliches.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

Competitive Differentiation that Matters – [link] 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. Why Do Some People Learn Faster? – [link]. Why You Need Marketing Analytics, Not Web Analytics – [link]. Women (Entrepreneurs) Who Go Their Own Way – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Bootstrapping, as it has been dubbed, isn’t easy and more often than not, startups do not succeed. For more personal insight into what it’s like to bootstrap your startup, here’s some advice from startup founders who have gone through the gauntlet and survived. Philip Acuña is a journalist and PR strategist based in Medellin, Colombia.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Raise your first round of money, or bootstrap. You either do it on your own, taking all risks and responsibility yourself (“bootstrapping”), or you find investors that believe in your company. There are two ways to start a tech business. But it also often makes me operate as a micro manager, which rarely gets us where we want to be.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 19, 2011

Turning an Addiction into a Bootstrapped Startup – [link]. The False Choice Between Babies & Startups – [link]. Research suggests entrepreneurs are not very good at making financial projections – [link]. Not a good trend – word of mouth on the decline, based on recent consumer survey – [link].

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

You could also use personal earnings and do a bit of bootstrapping as well. Your brand will help decide your pricing, the employees you hire, the customers you target and and PR you do. There are a number of things you can do to advertise: Hire a PR firm. Day 8: Write a one page pitch. Look at what they’re doing.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Bootstrapping is Bullshit – [link]. Entrepreneurs Are Living The Dream, But Are They Happy? – [link]. “be better, be different or be cheaper. And the last is no fun&# (Seth Godin) – [link]. Will Freemium Work for You? – [link]. Groupon, Cinderella and Opportunity – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 10, 2018

Over my career, I’ve built–and successfully sold–several software companies by bootstrapping. Yes,we entrepreneurs focus on getting sales, getting PR, getting awards and accomplishments,but,the one thing which matters the most is relationships. Thanks to Secret Bridgewater, The Social Secret ! #13-

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blog.traindom.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We didn’t have a PR company or a bunch of contacts, hence we needed to start from scratch. 36 places where you can submit your startup for some coverage | Traindom Blog (tags: startup pr) [.] 36 places where you can submit your startup for some coverage | Traindom Blog (tags: startup pr) [.] Here are my lists.

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Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

Not yet profitable but invaluable to developers worldwide, the decade-old company bootstrapped, differentiated from formidable competitors GitLab and Atlassian’s BitBucket, weathered leadership upheavals, and eventually ingested lots of venture capital which helped them weather the challenges they faced.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Human Resources Play Video Shark Tanks Barbara Corcoran on Bootstrapping a Growing a Business (Video). Shark Tanks Barbara Corcoran on Bootstrapping a Growing a Business. Young Entrepreneurs How I Did It: The TOMS Story. Play Video. How to Take a New Product from Just an Idea to a Business. Play Video. Play Video. Play Video.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

You could bootstrap your startup and do most of the tough legwork on your own, perhaps while you hold down another job. On the one hand, bootstrapping your business gives you much more control over it. Do your own PR. Whether or not you’ve got the budget, doing your own PR to start with is a good idea.

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entrepreMusings

APRIL 20, 2014

According to Bernd Schoner, author of The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide: How to Bootstrap Your Startup, Lead Through Tough Times, and Cash In for Success. Groom the superstar on your team and you can use her as the backbone of your marketing, recruiting, and PR strategy. That’s why the industry veteran is helpful.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2011

You’ll find content categorized into different topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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Intellectual Property Aggregator Startup Angel Investor 175

techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Make sure someone is thinking about overarching plans around PR, marketing and sales and spends time crafting the right messages, understanding audiences and figuring out distribution channels. While you don’t want to overspend on legal, it’s important to protect your business and understand your risks.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2017

So, you can see this as a sort of PR move, if you like. A lot of companies do this because of mounting pressure from governments , media, and the population to clean up their acts. By putting this work in, it makes companies look better. But, companies do this for genuine reasons, as well.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 8, 2014

Fund R&D: Bootstrapped raising funds is far ‘cheaper’ than debt or equity. Jeff, from OnHand, shares, “there is a lot that goes into the ongoing marketing and PR efforts for you campaign, especially in highlighting the mentions you receive. But fulfillment becomes the real part of it.

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ultralightstartups.com

MAY 20, 2013

Startup PR. Bootstrapping. April 11, 2012 – Event Recap. Future Energy – Virtual Events. Company Directory. How To… Calculate Market Size. Finding a Technical Co-Founder. Name A Startup. Past Events. Name A Startup. I’m often in the process of naming a startup.

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The Next Web

MAY 2, 2013

Pancake Labs is bootstrapped; numbers indicating the success of its flagship product include acquiring more than 80,000 users during the company’s first year. Jim Belosic is recognized as a social media expert and has contributed to Mashable, Social Media Examiner, CMS Wire, PR Daily and SmartBrief.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Again, referring back to the Finisar case study I often teach on this topic , bootstrapping using services is a very effective way to build companies. Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. This is her core market.

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