crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business Web Design: The Power of Crowdsourcing – [link]. How to find great design help at a very affordable price (that u determine) – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

We spend a lot of time trying to get people focused on building products that have viral components and why that has to be measured and constantly tested. I tell people that they need to blog about their industry to drive customers and not blog to their egos to drive their peer group to their blogs. Doesn’t.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review Hockey Stick SEM Channel 384

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I had a lot of use for this concept back when I worked on game design and virtual worlds. In order to maintain game play balance, game designers have to take into account the needs of customers who have an excess of four different assets: time , money , skill , and passion. Having a balanced ecosystem is what game designers strive for.

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Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2013

If you choose not to hire a professional web developer for your site design, consider some of the business websites that you have visited as a customer. Consider also some of the sites you’ve visited that were not well designed. The internet has amplified this effect beyond measure, but the principle remains the same.

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Marketing Startup Technical Review Viral 153

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! SaaS products aren’t viral – [link]. Internet Ad Revenues Rise to Historic $17 Billion in First Half 2012, Up 14% Over Half-Year 2011, According to IAB – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

If you’re new to the world of web design and want to know how you can use it to your medical company’s advantage, this is the article for you. Additionally, content is a tool that can be used to make your company go viral. When you start the web design process, make sure that all of your product pages are mobile friendly.

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Design Viral Web Development Team Review 100

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2018

As the regulations that govern the internet evolve and threaten the safety of online users’ personal information, more and more individuals are engaging the digital world with increasing suspicion and hesitance. Now more than ever, internet users fear for the protection of their data. Get Your Website SSL Certified Already!

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Customer Technical Review Security Internet 200

The Next Web

DECEMBER 17, 2013

io domains belong to the Internet artisans… at least that’s the vibe it has. We’ve managed to turn this little island in the Indian Ocean into a brand for the people who are making the Internet.”. Design & Dev Entrepreneur Insider How-To''s Roundups' and wrangler.io , says, “.io What’s your domain story?

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Naming Cofounder New York Taiwan 166

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Here are four things needed by any successful website: Clear Design. In today’s market where there are over one billion websites available, visitors won’t put up with a tacky design. Experts at website design can help many businesses achieve these steps. Sifting through a messy site can be soul destroying. And they won’t.

Social Media 100

Social Media Viral Audience Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Before we filmed the segment we had the chance to chat over lunch over the direction of the Internet and how social was changing the fabric of the web. In addition to Seth, the core team he pulled together consisted of Elaine, a product person with front-end engineering skills and sharp design sense, and Sandy a back-end server engineer.

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Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web 286

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Not only does the country have a higher percentage of homes with high-speed Internet than the U.S. Why You’re Going to Hire the Wrong Designer - Tony Wright dot com , September 14, 2010 “We are not UI experts but do know when we see a good design.&#. Good Design = Beautiful/Cool Design. It’s simple.

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Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

These costs represent an ongoing tax on revenue, requiring careful consideration in business model design. In today’s AI landscape, this means moving beyond basic text interfaces to leverage AI for innovative features and engagement mechanics that drive viral adoption and organic growth. Speed is also critical.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review B2C Generative AI IPO 78

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The new design improved on the old one in several ways, but these improvements didnt translate all the way through the funnel. Usually, I think that means youve lost some good aspect of the old design. The designers might be telling you that the new design looks much better than the old one, and thats probably true.

San Francisco 166

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment 166

The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Similarly, designing an iOS-­friendly app cost us a lot of developers’ hours, but hasn’t gotten traction so far. Thanks to the power of the Internet, you can build channels that are selling to many people without the need to communicate with them individually. Well, then you’ve got to go viral. Well, then you’ve got to go viral.

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Belarus Viral Channel Startup 137

The Startup Magazine

JULY 18, 2017

Designing a user experience for both Generation Y and Generation X is not simple. They enabled a system where the customer receives a home impression kit to take moulds of their teeth that included 3D smile design and treatment preparation. Irresistible product design. The mobile generation. Experts at finding deals online.

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Design Social Media Technical Review Forecast 80

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. Rather they understood that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Startups that win in the bubble will be those that get wide adoption (using freemium, viral growth, low costs, etc) and massive distribution (i.e.

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 335

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2011

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Viral is an outcome, not a strategy. Innovation in marketing is perhaps more important than product innovation. Your brand is a story; tell it. Want control?

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Viral Marketing Startup Demand 228

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

With the goal of increasing the conversion rate I read piles of books on internet marketing , web analytics , and copywriting. Marketing is Design. Note: by “Design&# I mean technical (application) design. Design is a less constrained environment than coding. In design, trial and error (a.k.a.

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Design Software Review Marketing Software Development 51

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

It covers concepts like the viral co-fficient and time through the viral loop and lists out a bunch of tactics for increasing virality. How to Design for Viral Growth by Digital Telepathy, a user experience design studio. I don’t post many infographics here, but this is a great one.

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Viral Design Internet 140

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 5, 2011

I am not just delegating but working in the trenches, honing the design, optimizing conversion, testing usability and adding functionality. As Bloggers or Internet Entrepreneurs, we constantly are building web properties or creating content. WebDesignerWall.com : Blog for Web Designers What? Great projects need great tools.

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Web HTML Software Review SQL 89

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. This is old news to anyone with an Internet connection, but also extremely hard to do for the average Joe with a low definition webcam. Creating Brand Recognition. What about cake mixes?

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Video Widget Software Review Entrepreneur 78

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Allowing someone to check their phone at reasonable times or browse the internet during breaks might actually cut down on distractions. Gamification involves adding elements of game design to activities not usually associated with recreation. Get Into Gamification. He’s written five books and thousands of blog posts.

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Employee Technology Cofounder Viral 147

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

I too would be concerned about false negatives, but perhaps this strategy could be integrated into a broader market research strategy that included user engagement, viral marketing, etc which would all be quantifiable under the Google analytics. A very interesting strategy. Im defiantly going to give it a shot on my next project!

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Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 17, 2020

Videos are viral in nature, and within the right marketing strategy, they can spread through the internet like wildfire. Thirty seconds is all it takes to show the new design and some of the new features of the product without giving it all away, leaving the audience wanting more.

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Video Software Review Startup Audience 150

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 14, 2013

All of these are still valid and still effective, but it’s pretty clear the internet has become a lot more crowded since then. The Internet is more crowded , more content is being created by more people on more websites. It’s built perfectly for viral distribution and thus produces pillar effects almost effortlessly.

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Media Audio Video Social Media 111

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

Some designers also hate optimizing (which is why the “41 shades of blue&# test is so famous – a famous designer claims to have quit over it ). After you’ve spent months on a painstaking new design, who wants to be told what color blue to use? It takes some getting used to for most designers, though.

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San Francisco Lean Metrics Design 154

Board Effect

JULY 28, 2021

Before an unsavory post goes viral on the internet, we encourage you to take a look at our step-by-step plan for creating a nonprofit social media policy. Your board members should be aware that there’s no way to prevent a bad or questionable social media post from going viral even if the content was only up for a short time.

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Social Media Media Warrant Reputation 98

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 8, 2008

This will help me improving me my work skills in term of coding and designing. I should be worried and tensed while coding, twice. I should feel the embarrassing feedback which an unsatisfied user can mail me. That what actual CI is. Get out of nothing. I have heard about TDD from my friend in one of the company, but i was not impressed.

Software Review 136

Software Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 136

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. In its Keynote Mobile Commerce Performance Index , Internet Retailer ranks mobile commerce websites based on load time, success rate and other factors. Sourcebits offers design and development services for iPhone , Android and more.

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Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

Start Up Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

He helped me design the first ever corporate speech I delivered. Ross helped me understand social media, blogging, and the emerging business models the internet was facilitating. This became a global viral sensation. And I’m calling it now – it will be a global viral sensation. I’m excited.

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Romania Viral Cofounder Australia 62

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

vs. sustainable: Compare this to the renewable strategies, like viral marketing, SEO, widgets, and ads, which can scale into 10s of millions of users but are primarily centered around tough, non-user centric work. Problem is, you inevitably become yesterday’s old news. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Audience 119

Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean 119

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Entrepreneurs accurately recognize that the connective tissue of the Internet provides an opportunity to link the players in a particular market, reducing friction in both the buying and selling experience. Wow” moments lead to word-of-mouth viral growth and high net promoter scores. Economic Advantages vs. the Status Quo.

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Aggregator Marketing Software Review North America 101

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Dev & Design Mashable on Facebook Join Us! What is A/B Testing, Exactly? If the red button gets more clicks, the page gets a red button.

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Developer Software Review PHP Social Media 73

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. Word of mouth advertising and viral marketing cost big bucks these days so budget for it. Some say the Internet is a metaphor for our brains.

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Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 400

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. Those companies who have learned to build apps that optimize the viral loop dominate in every category where they compete. So far, I dont see any apps that have much in the way of viral distribution. We're leading the charge in enabling viral distribution for iPhone apps.

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Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 74

mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

Web Design. Design Patterns. UI Design. Responsive Design , Strategy. Designing websites for smartphones is easy compared to retrofitting those already in place. Prior to the iPhone’s introduction in mid-2007, designers could rely on windows at least 700 pixels wide (if they ignored accessibility).

Mobile 101

Mobile HTML Flash Software Review 101

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Engagement loops: beyond viral Theres a great and growing corpus of writing about viral loops, the step-by-step optimizations you can use to encourage maximum growth of online products by having customers invite each other to join. This is essentially a version of the viral loop.

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Viral San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 140