The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Back in 2009, Cloudera placed news of its Distribution for Hadoop launch in tech blogs and reputable news sources , and reached 1.5 With an innovative product in the consumer payment space, the company had viral-ready content. Take good care of them, and organic, viral sharing may welcome your product to the marketplace.

Social Media 158

Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Written by marketing consultant Mark Schaefer , the book traces the origins of “citizen influence” on the social web, delves deeply into the world of Klout , and provides tips on how one can navigate this new digital landscape. Increasingly, influencers matter more and more in the world of marketing. Nuff said.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Singapore Algorithm Social Media 160

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Growth Hacking isn’t viral marketing (although viral marketing is part of it). and answers with A/B tests, landing pages, viral factor, email deliverability, and Open Graph. If a startup is pre-product/market fit, growth hackers can make sure virality is embedded at the core of a product. Distribution Hacks.

API 167

API Viral Startup Retention 167

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Another important web 2.0 Why You Should Write.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The chart above shows age distribution within major social networks and online communities. ViralSearch: Identifying and Visualizing Viral Content – [link].

Social Media 105

Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

If its part of a viral loop, its probably trying to get them to invite more friends (on average). Further reading The best paper I have read on split-testing is " Practical Guide to Controlled Experiments on the Web: Listen to Your Customers not to the HiPPO " - it describes the techniques and rationale used for experiments at Amazon.

San Francisco 166

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment 166

Haystack

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

market by launching in connection with Facebook viral invites? This all represents a huge market for engagement minutes as audio as a medium, while not inherently viral, is likely more accessible to more people in terms of literacy and in many cases faster and more efficient than reading (though not in all cases). Remember Stitcher?

Acquisition 134

Acquisition Media Audio Technical Review 134

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 14, 2013

A Pillar Effect usually includes an initial rush of audience, followed by a long term stable stream of traffic, usually driven by search results, but also from all the different places online that link to it (called referral traffic in your web stats). Due to this, attention deficit sets in, so you need to do more to gain attention.

Media 111

Media Audio Video Social Media 111

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. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

Audience 119

Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean 119

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Every time you post with your business ID, your business name (and web page link) you’re putting yourself out there in front of potential customers. You can also print off coupons for their Human Resource department to distribute, or send them a digital coupon they can email to employees to print off. Teleseminars.

Small Business 167

Small Business Marketing PR Social Media 167

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Collaboration & Workgroups Homecourt – Homecourt is a Web-based collaboration tool. WorkflowPerfect – A Web-based business process tool that facilitates collaboration. 280Slides – A free online presentation software that allows you to import existing documents, download to PowerPoint, publish to the Web and more.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. Products can find sources of validation with impressive stats along a number of dimensions, such as high engagement, viral coefficient, or long-term retention. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience. The list goes on; given the challenges of current education institutions in the US and abroad (high cost, limited distribution), technology coupled with strong content can help make quality education available to all.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team. Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started!

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

Or should you focus on user engagement or virality? What about companies, like Siebel, that started with partner distribution first? Or should you focus on user engagement or virality? What about companies, like Siebel, that started with partner distribution first? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

San Francisco 154

San Francisco Lean Metrics Design 154

www.clickz.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

Then distribute this content on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter in addition to social sharing. Show your emotional side to increase virality. Milkman in an article entitled, "What Makes Online Content Viral?" Web Analytics. ); //. Further, consumers follow more brands on social media platforms other than Facebook.

Social Media 86

Social Media Media B2C New York 86

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

AUGUST 27, 2011

The main difference is that they were able to leverage their distribution channel. He mentioned that an idea is worth nothing and often times fails because lack of distribution channel. You can get more sign-ups using viral techniques. It’s possible to outgrow other competitors who have a lot more funding than you.

EC2 53

EC2 Social Network Distribution Demand 53

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. That same year, I started a web development and CRO-focused design agency. CXL started as just a blog—and just me—in 2011,” recounts CEO Peep Laja.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 78

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I arrived on this scene wet behind the ears assuming that the web was, as it seemed to me as a user, powered by the masses for the masses. I know the more experienced consumer web people will be laughing about now. Things started to spread more virally. Open, democratic, leveling, freeing information from closed networks.

Offshore 284

Offshore Widget SEO Distribution 284

VC Cafe

MAY 13, 2014

Just back from a week of beer, black wardrobes and David Hoselhoff ads- yes, it was Web Week in Berlin. Viral Projects. Some brands understand the value of building a viral project, unrelated to their core offering, with broad appeal. Distribution Hacks- [link]. Use stats.grok.se to measure traffic. Grow Hack- [link].

Lean 162

Lean Viral Startup Marketing 162

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Wow” moments lead to word-of-mouth viral growth and high net promoter scores. In this latter case the marketplace appears as an expense, and it’s easier for the supplier to view it is a “tax” versus a distribution relationship. When this experience delta is great enough, it creates “wow” moments for new users.

Aggregator 101

Aggregator Marketing Software Review North America 101

Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The old playbook six years ago was that the web distribution could be bought for a price with Google Adwords. is a progression in thinking.

Distribution 103

Distribution Widget Viral Social Media 103

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2012

Online marketing generates billions of dollars in revenue, and even local mom-and-pop businesses feel the pressure to build a solid web presence or risk losing local customers who search online for goods and services. Simple phone videos can sometimes go viral when they hit a nerve with the public.

Web 159

Web Social Media Advertising Search 159

Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The old playbook six years ago was that the web distribution could be bought for a price with Google Adwords. is a progression in thinking.

Distribution 100

Distribution Widget Viral Social Media 100

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The goal was to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share – because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits. For a specific startup this list is probably a few hundred names.

Internet 335

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 335

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Successful product launch campaigns have a strong value proposition, multi-channel distribution, supporting content, and other trappings common to every marketing campaign. For web services, we write use cases, including code snippets, which describe ways you can imagine people using the product. Image source ).

Product 110

Product Campaign Acquisition Social Media 110

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Get Users (= Acquisition, Referral) Drive Usage (= Activation, Retention) Make Money (= Monetize) Startups have problems in 3 key areas: Management: Setting priorities, defining key metrics, reporting progress Product: Build the right features, getting product out quickly, testing for conversion/adoption Marketing: Accessing "web 2.0"

Metrics 225

Metrics Startup Retention Acquisition 225

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

“Acquire a new set of stories, concepts, and tools to help you digitally create, distribute, promote and price products and services.” The story behind Khan Academy is tech legend: educator Salman Khan started by posting videos on YouTube to help his cousin with her math homework and the videos went viral. ” Udemy.

Programming 73

Programming Technical Review Small Business Illinois 73

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

So you do a split-test, and you discover that Feature X causes people to spend 20% more time on a given part of your product, say a particular web page. We built and are refining a communications and productivity Web 2.0 The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Is that a success? tool for a large public Utility.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 68

Rob Go

JULY 11, 2013

We tend to favor companies that have a “distribution advantage”. The web and the app store is littered with terrific products that have a hard time getting scale, even though the teams behind them are strong and the product and market seem pretty attractive. So what are some examples of distribution advantages?

Distribution 66

Distribution Vertical Viral B2B 66

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. That same year, I started a web development and CRO-focused design agency. CXL started as just a blog—and just me—in 2011,” recounts CEO Peep Laja.

Sweat Equity 50

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 50

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2021

What are the main channels for app marketing and distribution today? Ads – targeted advertising is perhaps THE most reliable channel to market and distribute a consumer app. Therefore, my recommendation for startups who are pre-monetisation is to experiment with new organic distribution ways.

Mobile 190

Mobile Social Media Distribution PR 190

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 19, 2024

We’ll start seeing AI generated content go viral and create huge following. It’s no secret that short form vertical video is the fastest growing form of content on the web, but until now it’s also been more cumbersome to produce quality content. Tools that enhance video production efficiency (e.g.,

Media 88

Media Generative AI ChatGPT Vertical 88

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 26, 2014

But what about sales and distribution? ” With iOS, Android, HTML5, and web apps, BookShout has created technology to power the sales and distribution of ebooks from nearly any site. BookShout has also taken the additional step to make sure the content is connected and the distribution is social.

Distribution 158

Distribution Viral Audience Revenue 158

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Connect with John Jantsch on LinkedIn This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the DeskTeam360 Desk team 360 is the #1, flat-rate, digital marketing integration team, that helps small businesses and marketing agencies with graphic, web design, and on-page marketing services. This is John Jantsch.

Channel 92

Channel Acquisition Framework B2B 92

Reid Hoffman

JULY 20, 2022

To see this in action, consider the DALL-E images that go viral on Reddit and Twitter. A web developer is making 3D objects for a landing page. While all these systems made it easier to create and distribute content, society as a whole never said, “Okay, that’s too much content!”

Warrant 48

Warrant Artificial Inteligence Social Media Stock 48

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

“Acquire a new set of stories, concepts, and tools to help you digitally create, distribute, promote and price products and services.” The story behind Khan Academy is tech legend: educator Salman Khan started by posting videos on YouTube to help his cousin with her math homework and the videos went viral. ” Udemy.

Programming 48

Programming Technical Review Small Business Illinois 48