Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Save your viral campaign and major inventory buildup for later. Focus on collecting customer references. It allows you to test costs, quality and pricing in a few stores or a single city, with minimum jeopardy and maximum speed for recovery and corrections.

Technical Review 220

Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review Business Model 220

TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

channels (search, social, viral, new media), cost-efficient distribution We often reference Dave’s work when talking to innovators. Be sure to check out the entire presentation. Conclusion Startup metrics are an invaluable tool for founders and innovators.

Metrics 260

Metrics Startup Retention Acquisition 260

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Neither is it to achieve the greatest reach or “virality” in one’s digital campaign. Having said that, Metz does provide lots of useful links and references throughout the volume. The greatest challenge of our “social age” isn’t to grow the largest fan or follower base.

Technical Review 187

Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 187

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.

API 167

API Viral Startup Retention 167

YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2019

The year was 2015 and my company, Shareability, had already been behind some of the biggest viral hits of the past few years. The resulting video, “Ronaldo in Disguise,” became an immediate viral sensation. Going Viral. There was a time when “viral” simply referred to, well, viruses. The shoot was on.

Viral 127

Viral Video Spain Internet 127

The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

One explanation is that “growth hacking” is just a catchy way to rebrand marketers, but this begs the question as to why “growth hacking” went viral in the first place. Even worse is when they insist that they don’t need one, or call no distribution strategy a ‘viral marketing strategy.’”. Product-growth fit.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review San Francisco Software Review Distribution 150

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

As I ask questions to understand the thinking, what usually comes out is something vague along the lines of web marketing, and/or viral growth with no numbers attached. A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

Save your viral campaign and major inventory buildup for later. Focus on collecting customer references. It allows you to test costs, quality and pricing in a few stores or a single city, with minimum jeopardy and maximum speed for recovery and corrections.

Business Model 120

Business Model Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review 120

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We are the leader in the professional domain with viral growth. Time is short — it helps to refer to what those investors already understand. What I knew that many didn’t was that a combination of curiosity and a viral game mechanic would slowly get to a million people, at which point the network becomes valuable.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Viral Revenue Networking 111

The Next Web

DECEMBER 17, 2013

domain also references “input/output”, something that Courtney Boyd Myers , founder of audience.io Listly is a content marketing tool that helps helping bloggers and publishers “ take lists to the next level ” by creating lists that are social, viral and constantly evolving. and wrangler.io , says, “.io

Naming 166

Naming Cofounder New York Taiwan 166

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

Content marketing refers to producing and disseminating educational materials tailored specifically to meet the interests and requirements of an intended audience. Furthermore, upholding integrity amid viral trends and clickbait culture requires strong ethical fortitude.

PR 147

PR Public Relations Social Media Audience 147

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

This term refers to an initial venture-capital investment, often wrongly sought to seed early product development. These terms refer to a class of professional investors who invest their own money, like angels, but have the larger resources and scope of venture capitalists with other people’s money. Frothy is good for entrepreneurs.

Software Review 120

Software Review Sweat Equity Accredited Investor Angel Investor 120

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Revenue per Facebook-referred visitor (staying with last click attribution for now). Virality is also really interesting (again, actual human interaction), people who "create a story from your post" (share etc). The activity you generate on Facebook delivers business value, online or offline, and helps produce profits.

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

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.

Social Media 98

Social Media Media Warrant Reputation 98

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Nor to achieve the greatest “virality” in our digital campaigns. Having said that, Metz does provide lots of useful links and references throughout the volume. The greatest challenge of the social media age isn’t to grow the largest fan or follower base.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 100

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. 6- Email marketing.

Social Media 127

Social Media Entrepreneur Retention Finance 127

ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

Virality: # of users that refer your product for you: exponential growth if your K factor is greater than 1. Dropbox: first achieved growth through virality. Friends referring friends. Dropbox: refer my friends and family – generates a nice personalized email. Frequent users : key to your growth.

Retention 106

Retention Artificial Inteligence Channel Email 106

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Neither would have achieved virality had customers not received something tangible for their efforts. But of the 83% of people that say they’re willing to refer new business to a company they love, only 29% of them do. Establish which incentives users need to refer friends. It’s your job to make it worthwhile. Revenue.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

We hear all the time about the importance of hiring the right people and the expanding universe of advice can be overwhelming; hire slow and fire fast, only hire the “right&# candidate; ask probing questions; check all references; blah blah blah. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!).

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Hiring Employee Harvest Salary 99

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

This refers to your monetization strategy and how you plan to generate revenues. There are three main strategies used today which are viral (word of mouth), sticky (they keep coming back) and paid growth models. The channel is often referred to by sales teams when identifying the route to their customers. Value capture pivot.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Architecture Revenue Channel 157

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

I’ve referred more than 20 startups to AngelList, vouched for a dozen other investors and am ranked as one of the top connectors on the site. What is your viral coefficient? Supposedly, you’re meant to include the person who referred you to AngelList, but you have a bit of liberty here. viral video. Social Media.

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

They realized for them this was dumb because people didn’t want to use up their credits so viral adoption wasn’t happening quickly enough. there was no frame of reference for the value. My key take away – frame of reference in pricing is important. How has the viral coefficient been for you?

Viral 303

Viral Investment Bankers Video Business Model 303

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 14, 2013

Other sites online reference and link to your article in their content. It’s built perfectly for viral distribution and thus produces pillar effects almost effortlessly. Do not underestimate the power of a virally shared infographic (*again, scribbles down note on to-do list*). The Infographic. The Mega How-To.

Media 111

Media Audio Video Social Media 111

Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2020

Pronounced “R naught” and also referred to as the reproduction number, R0 is a measure of how contagious a disease is. It is possible to transmit this virus while asymptomatic, but most transmission (56%) happens after patients are symptomatic as viral shedding peaks close to when symptoms appear?—?and An R0 of 2.5

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Austin Software Review Technical Review Viral 100

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Retro Game References Perhaps it’s because the newer crop of web designers are also children of the late eighties, but we’ve been seeing a lot of pseudo-retro, video game-inspired logo work lately. Quadrangles are, if the web is to be believed, the new dots. What will you find here?

Web 111

Web Design Social Media Software Review 111

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Retro Game References Perhaps it’s because the newer crop of web designers are also children of the late eighties, but we’ve been seeing a lot of pseudo-retro, video game-inspired logo work lately. Quadrangles are, if the web is to be believed, the new dots. What will you find here?

Web 111

Web Design Social Media PHP 111

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

You can also get great recommendations from your existing network; just be sure to research portfolios, websites and references thoroughly before making a decision to work with a particular developer. Our developer friends recommend checking out StackOverflow’s career section and LimeExchange , too. What will you find here?

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

In the post, we talked about the difference between direct and indirect network effects, and how they may or may not relate to virality. This definition (like many others we’ve read) mainly refers to the quantity of users: i.e. more is better.

Networking 60

Networking Social Network Viral Community 60

David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

Third, as Tom Treanor explains , “[C]hanging your marketing materials, email addresses, and online and offline references, and links to your old site is a long, painful, and costly process.” Second, purchasing a new domain and moving a site are expensive and time-consuming endeavors.

Naming 114

Naming Semantic Venture Capital Startup 114

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Do you feel like the more users you have it helps accelerate, is there some kind of, maybe not necessarily viral, but that people just tell their friends at all. One of the things we find, because we certainly threw out what can we do to make this more viral or to work more in a social way so that we can try to get more people on the system?

Cofounder 208

Cofounder Technical Review Software Review Differentiation 208

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

Ask situational questions that reveal their true colors and do extensive background checks and reference checks. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! There are tons of competent professionals that have the technical qualifications, but do they have character and integrity?

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 21, 2024

So we try to make stuff that references real things in that town or city. And it is, but I don't know if everyone should be chasing virality. Local home service businesses should not be chasing virality. Entertainment though sometimes goes viral. And I also don't think it's the worst thing.

SEO 91

SEO Technical Review Viral Video 91

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2013

Viral reach (views) consists of posts viewed as a result of a friend’s actions (sharing, liking, commenting). People Talking About This” data in Facebook Insights is also referred to as “Storytellers” in many different places, including the Excel download. 1: Fan Reach. Here’s the scoop-. fans and non-fans alike).

Metrics 78

Metrics Social Media Viral Technical Review 78

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Marketing gurus often refer to it as “differentiation.” Ask them to consider referring their smaller cases or business they don’t have time to handle, to you. Virally spread your marketing message by making sure influential local bloggers see your video. Plus, you’ll be helping others. Own Your “Wow” .

Small Business 167

Small Business Marketing PR Social Media 167

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Then hit the reference materials; scan lists of synonyms and etymologies for more options. Step-by-step guides to using popular websites, reviews of mobile applications, breaking news about whats happening on the web, the best viral videos, tips for marketing your businesses online and much much more! What will you find here?

Naming 94

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

Up and Running

AUGUST 23, 2016

“If you have fewer posts but of a higher quality, it’s much more likely one of those posts will go viral and reach an exponentially larger group than you would reach if you had focused on quantity,” he says. In other words, if there’s any one way to control whether a post goes viral, quality is it.

Agile 60

Agile Viral Social Media Differentiation 60

thenextweb.com

OCTOBER 17, 2011

1 A viral launch page. If you can’t get into LaunchRock, take a look at Launch Effect , a viral ready WordPress theme. #2 Once you get users in, make it equally effortless for them to refer their friends. And what can you do to increase the odds of a press avalanche that will leave users begging to be let in a la Kohort ?

Social Media 67

Social Media Stealth India Startup 67