crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 7, 2014

7 Things Marketers Can Learn From 2,616 Viral Headlines. Failure is Opportunity: It Was Good That Shaun White Lost in Sochi | by Barry Moltz - crowdspring.co/1gMg1js. Top 50 Startups To Work For After College | Business 2 Community – crowdspring.co/1kJbIIh. ripenn - crowdspring.co/1gSudHW. Responsive, adaptive, mobile or native?

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Rembrandt Communications

JANUARY 1, 2024

What are your 2024 plans for public relations? With your secret weapon … public relations… Answer These 3 Quick Questions To Start Your Successful 2024 Public Relations! Remember, you may get a lot of “No’s” but just one “Yes” can provide a feature story that goes viral! Now, start over!

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 31, 2013

Four Lean Advertising Campaigns That Went Viral | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Letting Go: The Best (and Hardest) Thing You’ll Ever Do | Inc – [link]. 5 Ways to Lose Investors in Under 3 Minutes – [link]. Auto-responders: Why Trigger-based Email Will Increase Your Conversions – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

There, I Said It: Screw Viral Videos – [link]. Marketing Is About Values – [link]. Learning About Marketing Through Physics – [link]. Apple’s Pricing Decoys – [link]. How do colors affect purchases? nice infographic) – [link]. Does Your Brand Really Need To Be ‘Social’? – [link].

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

Content marketing is a centralized channel that also has overlap with others, such as SEO, social media, and public relations. Virality and Referral. Virality is the key lever of many of the most famous growth examples: Dropbox, Uber, Facebook, Hotmail. Resources on virality/referral: Referral Marketing Master Course.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

One of the least expensive and most effective ways that small businesses can grow is through the strategic application of public relations. You should determine exactly what it is you are trying to accomplish through public relations efforts and then measure your progress towards that goal. 2,500 Twitter followers?

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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.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

Marketing the Viral Effect and Not-for-Profit Gold – [link]. How Three Germans Are Cloning the Web – [link]. Twitter’s Ad Sales Are Booming, Says Gawker – [link]. Why Marketers Never Learn From Others’ Social-Media Mistakes – [link]. How This Man Made Dos Equis a Most Interesting Marketing Story – [link].

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mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

social media = we were an advertising or public relations firm in 2010. viral video. viral videos. Same as typewriter ribbon and photo chemicals. Sharks will continue to exploit it and make $$$ off idiots in marketing willing to pay for it. July 3, 2012 09:22:07. Social Media. social networking. steve jobs. television.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

ViralSearch: Identifying and Visualizing Viral Content – [link]. Why Your Marketing Campaign Sucks | TechCrunch – [link]. Google Study Says Mobile Searchers Act Quickly, With 55 Percent Of Conversions In The First Hour | TechCrunch – [link]. 5 Content Marketing Mistakes that Even the Pros Make – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2012

The Illustrated Anatomy of a Viral Pinterest Scam – [link]. Don’t try to game the system – provide awesome service instead (good reminder from Seth Godin) – [link]. Ten Lessons I Learned from Shark Tank – [link]. Banksy on advertising – [link]. 9 Ways Google+ Can Help Your Business – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

SaaS products aren’t viral – [link]. Fatherpreneurship: How to be a Successful Father and Entrepreneur - [link]. Avoid the 50/50 co-founder model – here’s why – [link]. Want to get a job at a startup? Show them WHY. Great example – [link]. Lean Marketing: How to Run Your Marketing Team Like a Startup – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

7 Social Media Mistakes that Can Keep Your Content from Going Viral - [link]. Brands Will Become Media: Here’s How | Logic+Emotion - [link]. Why Agencies Could Win the Talent Fight with Startups | Digiday – [link]. Why Ad Holding Companies Should Act More Like VCs | Advertising Age - [link]. Advertising Age - [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Rae Hoffman-Dolan Rae is the Principal of Sugarrae SEO Consulting and does various types of Internet marketing; search engine optimization, viral marketing, affiliate marketing, site auditing, link development road maps and tons of other little nooks and crannies of this business. All rights reserved.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Public Relations Specialist - expert. Movies music myspace ONLINE VIDEO politics pop culture privacy Search small business social good social media social networking social networks software sports startups tech television trending tv twitter verizon video video games viral video web video Wordpress Yahoo youtube Join More Than 2.8

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2020

If it is something that would excite your followers, then the information can go viral within a very short time span. It, therefore, becomes a powerful public relations tool and ensures that the business is not mistaken for certain issues or blamed wrongfully for damages. Does this mean that there is no room for press releases?

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2021

His experience includes developing a marketing strategy, producing events, public relations, strategic planning, investment opportunities and crisis management. Insightful content has a higher chance of “going viral” on social media, which also can help in reaching key stakeholders like potential investors, clients and partners.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2013

Within hours, your response to your disgruntled customer can go viral—even obtaining national attention (something you definitely don’t want). According to a post that went viral on Facebook, a little girl’s father was in Afghanistan and ordered a bouquet that came with a necklace for his daughter to be delivered on Valentine’s Day.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

The non-profit benefits from increased promotion to a larger audience, and the small business can benefit from positive public relations, stronger audience engagement, and marketing opportunities that they might now otherwise have. Related posts: Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 17, 2014

Right now, today, appearing in virtually every corner of the the internet you can be find my neighbor’s video along with thousands of others and witness one of the most successful, most impressive viral media campaigns of all time. Related posts: 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!).

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Who cares if you have a ground-breaking or viral product if every single other company claims to have a ground-breaking or viral product? Tags: Strategy business marketing social media start-up tips buzzwords pr public relations small business smallbiz startup. There’s an easy solution. Talk with people.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Who cares if you have a ground-breaking or viral product if every single other company claims to have a ground-breaking or viral product? Tags: Strategy business marketing social media start-up tips buzzwords pr public relations small business smallbiz startup. There’s an easy solution. Talk with people.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 24, 2021

Crafting a product description is part of public relations where the producer paints a picture of the product. These businesses might want to work with you, and your chat logs might even go viral. When you want to i mprove your public relations and your overall brand image, SEO is a good place to start.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

This is native advertising in real life, on a real website, acting as a key player in the race for the strongest, viral, engaging content. The company, known for viral social content, is predicted to bring in $100 million in revenue in 2014 from native advertising on 150 million unique visitors a month, according to a 2013 Forbes article.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 13, 2013

By hiring great people, providing outstanding customer service, responding with speed and sincerity to PR crises, and developing premium content, these companies could thrive in the age of all things “social” Poo poo-ing the need for social media to show ROI (compared to say printing 2,000 mugs with one’s corporate logo), the book (..)

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 24, 2011

Although that campaign pre-dated the rise of the social media, it is a great and early example of the viral effect that can sometimes occur with a fresh new campaign.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 19, 2011

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!). Remember they will write what you say and the information will come from you first. Photo: United Nations Photo.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

While my title is Product Marketing Manager, I’m also the de facto Business Development, Public Relations and Product Manager. It went viral – almost 2,000 RT’s and likes. In a strange, small world, I now live in the exact location of that very first Strand. It’s beshert. Such is the life at a scrappy small business.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Billboards and outdoor advertising have been around for almost 150 years now and in many ways are precursors to, and cousins of, today’s online campaigns, both paid and viral. The viral affect of the ads, decades before the internet, made this one of the most effective (and cost-effective) advertising campaigns ever.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

An important part of your overall marketing strategy is public relations. Related posts: 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!). Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups. Brand names matter (as do eyeballs).

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

To have the correct image in technology means businesses must have a thorough understanding of the field of public relations (PR). They were linking the app to the viral hashtag #throwbackthursday, which was a natural fit for the brand. Overcoming that obstacle requires some industry-specific tactics and knowledge.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2011

Related posts: 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!). Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups. This imagery served to position Lee as the brand that offers a superior fit and built that association in the mind of their consumers.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 8, 2020

Social media content has a tendency to go viral, so incorporate quizzes in your pitches. Getting your company some media exposure is the goal of any public relations department. You can ask people personal questions while educating them about the latest COVID-19 news or trends.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2010

Public relations campaigns, word-of-mouth and viral marketing, social media campaigns are examples of tactics which many small businesses execute on a limited budget.

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View from Seed

MARCH 8, 2016

If you’re building a product that can grow virally—a social network, for example—brand is almost certainly less important at launch than product. It still involves a deep focus on brand, and good tactical execution—you just do it yourself, and not with an agency or a public relations expert. It’s doable though.

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Rembrandt Communications

APRIL 2, 2019

After all, we’ve all felt that little tinge of sadness, jealously or insecurity when reading posts by others, especially when negative posts go viral and the media covers them a d nauseam. The post What Your Posts Really Say About You appeared first on Get small business public relations to boost sales fast!

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 14, 2011

30+ years later, McLuhan’s visually dazzling, quirky exploration of marketing and communication remains a must-read for any Public Relations or Marketing professional. * Social Media is King and there are a lot of books out there on the subject, this one stands out for being fresh, highly rated on Amazon, and well-organized.

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