crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Crowd funding part 2: Creating a successful campaign – [link]. Joint PR/Ad study finds PR getting higher marks in social media compared to Advertising [link]. Lean UX: Getting Out Of The Deliverables Business – [link]. Ten Ways to Find Your Center of Gravity – [link]. Half Of U.S.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

Your plan doesn’t need to be a lengthy document either, especially if you follow a Lean Planning methodology. Now if you’re looking for an active plan that you can edit and adjust over time, you may want to consider creating a lean plan. Build an active online presence (be your own PR person!). Box address. Create a website.

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Up and Running

APRIL 29, 2019

As you begin to implement your marketing plans in service of your branding and sales goals, make sure you track metrics so you can measure the success of each campaign. If your goal is gaining new leads (a middle of the sales funnel goal), then you’ll measure how many new contacts you gain from a campaign.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 15, 2013

Lean Business: Lessons from A-Rod – [link]. Lean Business: Lessons from A-Rod – [link]. Did Google just kill PR agencies? Google Did Not Just Kill PR Agencies – [link]. 7 Surprising Crowdsource Campaigns – [link]. Lean Business: Lessons from A-Rod – [link]. ZDNet – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 31, 2013

Lean Business: The Very Model of a Modern Spreadsheet (with templates) – [link]. Lean Business: The Very Model of a Modern Spreadsheet (with templates) – [link]. Four Lean Advertising Campaigns That Went Viral | Harvard Business Review – [link]. 5 Ways to Lose Investors in Under 3 Minutes – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team. The sales professional.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

And we charge money for it.” – Eric Ries, The Lean Startup. Like Apple, your strategy will require significant marketing investment in content, traditional media, and PR. One way to do this is by running marketing campaigns for each new feature or iteration of the product. It also gives you a product to market.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

They said the product reviews in these publications were by far the biggest influence on which card to buy. (This made our PR problem manageable and focused. The worst news : The worse news was what wasn’t said, less than 10% of our existing customers bought because of some proactive marketing campaign.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business – [link]. Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business – [link]. Why Your Marketing Campaign Sucks | TechCrunch – [link]. Marc Andreessen: Not every startup should be a Lean Startup or embrace the pivot | Gigaom – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

Empower Your Small Business: trust & loyalty, marketing insight, lean business – [link]. What is the best time to send email campaigns? What is the best time to send email campaigns? What is the best time to send email campaigns? Dove Campaign Parody: Men, Less Beautiful Than They Think – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Have doubts about efficacy, but happy to see efforts to predict success of media campaigns – [link]. Can User Experience Designers be Lean? All Market Research is Wrong – [link]. There is No New Media: It’s All New Consumption – [link]. Absolutely Stunning Promotional Poster and Flyer Designs – [link].

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This philosophy comes from The Lean Startup methodology , which relies on testing hypotheses to better understand your customers’ pain points and goals. SEO , SEM, paid advertising , content marketing, social media, email marketing, strategic partnerships with other brands, PR; Activation. Failing fast is different from failing often.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Thus I was happy to see a recent book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team. These people also have the credibility to attract investors.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 8, 2011

It’s not easy being lean – [link]. crowdSPRING to Create a New Logo for UN Population Fund’s Worldwide 7 Billion Actions Campaign – [link]. Why the United Nations is turning to crowdsourcing to launch its ’7 Billion Actions’ campaign – [link]. .&# -Jeff Bezos [link]. You don’t know the basics.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Greater discipline during boom times offered more flexibility during lean years. And getting it right during the lean years, Bain reports , has a massive impact on companies’ growth rate after things improve: ( Image source ). What does a thoughtful campaign look like? Their best course is to stabilize the brand.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups – [link]. SPEC Campaign [link]. Employee Equity: Restricted Stock and RSUs on #mbamondays – [link]. Useful comparison of Amazon vs. Rackspace clouds & why Mixpanel is moving to EC2 – [link]. There is no “big break” Not in comedy, and not in startups – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

The image above is an ad created by TBWA for Moustaches Make A Difference – a campaign to raise support for prostate cancer research. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. Who’s Next? – [link].

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

A well-thought-out strategy lays the foundations for your sponsorship efforts in the same way a marketing strategy guides your marketing campaigns. PR Week does this in a Twitter poll. Lean on your professional networks too. A generally accepted percentage for an email campaign success open rate is 15%-25%.”.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The problem with a Lean Startup: the Minimum Viable Product | Paul Kortman – [link]. Campaigns | NYT FiveThirtyEight – [link]. Campaigns | NYT FiveThirtyEight – [link]. Ad Nauseum Leadership: Use Repetition to Reiterate What’s Important – [link]. Who says startups are easy | Om Malik – [link].

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. How to Write a Traditional Business Plan.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This is a more cost-efficient option for me given that I am able to do my business campaigns in various social media platforms for free. 9- Focusing on lean operations. We will be further building our community of partners, implementing deeply-researched outreach strategies and seeking out high-traffic PR opportunities.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Your plan doesn’t need to be a lengthy document either, especially if you follow a Lean Planning methodology. Once you’ve built out your Pitch, continue working on creating your Lean Plan. Incorporate milestones and metrics into your Lean Plan. Build an active online presence (be your own PR person!). Box address.

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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) [.]

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Karrie is Chief Marketing Officer at Typeform, leading brand strategy, advertising, PR, internal communications, and DEI efforts as well as overseeing the internal creative studio. Semrush is your one stop shop for online marketing, build, manage and measure campaigns across all channels faster and easier. Glad to be here, John.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

PR can be executed on a modest budget, and the awareness and word-of-mouth that can be attained is priceless for a small company. A couple of weeks ago, Ross wrote about setting goals for your company , and this is critical in your approach to PR. Create a budget. Have a plan. Be a resource.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you have a mediocre meeting with a high-quality prospect and you don’t think they’re likely to lean in they drop to a B or C. Marketing support is as critical in a fund-raising process as it is in a sales campaign. To be clear?—?your your list never stays static. Why 8–10 and not just 3–4?

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Eyal recommends leaning on your existing business (or even social) network to support you on your big day. If you or your PR firm can get you placement in top industry publications, and you’re putting out sponsored ads on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, plus retargeting, you’re already winning,” he says.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Lean into your strengths, and don’t try to appeal to everyone. If your goal is to create a movement behind your brand, then all your content marketing efforts and brand marketing campaigns should be behind that purpose. Why should customers choose to do business with you? How do you ensure they have a first-class experience?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

Understanding and knowing what steps to take to carry out a successful PR campaign can be daunting, confusing and quite overwhelming. It’s important to set definitive goals and objectives of your PR campaign in order to provide a specific purpose for your communication among the audience you are trying to reach.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 19, 2011

Here are 10 great tips shared with us by various PR and Media folks that I hope you find useful! Related posts: Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!). Prepare well. Photo: United Nations Photo.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

For example, IMVU runs frequent promotional campaigns that offer discounts, special events, and other goodies to its customers. From a strictly "promotional marketing" point of view, they probably run those campaigns more than is optimal (theres always fatigue that diminishes the ROI on promotions the more you use them). Expo SF (May.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 10, 2013

Thanks to Richard Laermer , RLM Pr. As social media platforms continue to mature, we will be seeing more examples of viral videos, viral campaigns, viral __. Crowdfunding requires that you invest the same PR & marketing efforts that you’d need to actually sell a product. Avoid Making Your Own Mobile Apps.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 20, 2017

Guerrilla marketing is a little risky, but the risk should be in the success or failure of the campaign and not in running afoul of the law. Not only does that give you a reason to publish some PR, it shows that your company is changing and evolving. Here are some examples of effective guerrilla marketing. Networking. Get efficient.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 20, 2017

Guerrilla marketing is a little risky, but the risk should be in the success or failure of the campaign and not in running afoul of the law. Not only does that give you a reason to publish some PR, it shows that your company is changing and evolving. Here are some examples of effective guerrilla marketing. Networking. Get efficient.

Small Business 48

Small Business Marketing Technical Review Audience 48

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 24, 2018

Thanks to Richard Laermer , RLM Pr. As social media platforms continue to mature, we will be seeing more examples of viral videos, viral campaigns, viral __. Crowdfunding requires that you invest the same PR & marketing efforts that you’d need to actually sell a product. Avoid Making Your Own Mobile Apps.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 12, 2019

As the co-founder and CEO of Bell + Ivy , a marketing and PR firm in Santa Monica, CA, and Las Vegas, NV. One of the things that Cynthia points out is that you have to have people you can lean on as you build a life and a company. Lean on your team and let them be responsible. The next key would be the prioritization key.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Last week I wrote about some ways that not-for-profits could leverage the concepts of lean marketing. A great example of the is last year’s (PRODUCT)RED campaign, a major marketing effort, the goal of which was to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. Related posts: Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition.

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