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Getting Back Your Series A Mojo

Both Sides of the Table

They qualify every initiative with, “well this didn’t prove viral adoption last time so I don’t expect a silver bullet this time.” Your reputation won’t suffer if your business does. Many still put in the hours but you can see the stress in their eyes and hear it in their voices. Often it doesn’t.

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Challenge of Predicting Winners

SoCal CTO

As I look at more and more start-ups predicated on viral growth, and at the use of social marketing, its becoming simultaneously easier to understand some aspects of viral growth and still a gap in understanding whats going to be that "hook" that will grab people at the end of the day.

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How to create a sustainable social media strategy for your startup

The Next Web

Back in 2009, Cloudera placed news of its Distribution for Hadoop launch in tech blogs and reputable news sources , and reached 1.5 Any brand wants to promote a culture and an experience to some extent, but in early stage-startups, an innovative product drives reputation. million people in 24 hours as a result. Target influencers.

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[Review] The Social Customer

YoungUpstarts

Neither is it to achieve the greatest reach or “virality” in one’s digital campaign. b) Brand Reputation (usually provided by social sentiment firms). The greatest challenge of our “social age” isn’t to grow the largest fan or follower base. 4) Crafting detailed workflows and escalation paths.

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Here are 10 Tips from BuzzFeed to Make Your Content Go Viral

Both Sides of the Table

I recently had the pleasure of spending an hour with Jon Steinberg, president of Buzzfeed , a company who focuses on helping media companies make their content go viral. But of course we also focused on making content go viral. I guess this video won’t go viral, then! Good comment community = viral blog.

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11 Industries That Benefit Most From Social Media

YoungUpstarts

Further, travel companies are able to act quickly on customer complaints, offering a new level of customer service that can help build and maintain a good reputation for the company. Restaurants can build a positive (or negative) reputation in lightning speed, where new restaurants used to have to wait several months to build a presence.

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4 Common Misconceptions About Web Design & Development

The Startup Magazine

Fortunately, there are many reputable firms that specialize in UI design that you can hire to do all the design work for you. Misconception #2: Once Your Website Is Launched, It Will Instantly Go Viral. But if you just want a website for your business and you have no coding experience, hiring a web developer becomes your only option.

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