Gust

MARCH 9, 2014

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Get exposure for your expertise.

Marketing 146

Marketing SEM Viral Social Media 146

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) can be split into two search strategies: Pay-Per-Click (PPC) refers to how your company bids on keywords that represent the intent of what the customer is looking for, leveraging marketing spend to gain visibility by securing placement at the highest ranks within the search engines.

Channel 165

Channel PPC Marketing SEO 165

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

There are a number of other variables here like virality (the chances of a user referring another user), but I don’t want to overcomplicate things. Google AdWords or SEM (expensive). See Also: The Top 10 Tools for Tracking Your Web Metrics. Successful and failed experiments. With a nice “Can I email you about Slidebean?

Revenue 60

Revenue Channel Acquisition Campaign 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

If the viral coefficient is 0.9, Start with a five-dollar-a-day SEM campaign. Launching is about creating circles within circles (groups of people that connect) and social networking, word of mouth, and real-world advertising are all contributing factors. Pay attention to your fundamental driver of growth. Dont scale.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

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. If you sell an online service that solves a defined problem, you can compete in SEO or SEM. There are other models, in other distribution channels.

Distribution 74

Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 74

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2016

Referral Marketing– This includes intentional word of mouth activities, viral tactics as well as intentional referral generation. Online Advertising– This includes the use of pay-per-click platforms, social networks, display ads and retargeting. SEM Rush – Find profitable key words.

Lead Generation 28

Lead Generation Social Media Public Relations Channel 28

Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

On the social analytics side, I have been using Buffer for more that an year now, and it’s downright fantastic. I have been receiving a social media analytics report from Buffer every week – it is pretty much all the data one needs. My favorite analytics tool for social media is Moz Pro. image credit.

Analytics 100

Analytics Social Media Marketing Media 100

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. If your app has strong word-of-mouth or viral components, your retention drives new acquisition, and its not so important to have good placement in the store. Or if your lifetime value is high enough, you can just keep spending on SEM.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Retention SEM 68