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Six ways to make your site-app-product go viral.

Berkonomics

From its start in 2015, the number of registered users has “suddenly” climbed from 45 million in 2017 to a reported 300 million by the end of 2020. Google became an overnight industry standard for search strictly by word of mouth, never spending a dime on advertising in its early years. Fourth: measurement.

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How To Make Money Like Facebook With Online Ads

Startup Professionals Musings

It helps to understand how online advertising really works. For the advertiser, this is the cost-per-click (CPC) model. The goal is for your visitor to be redirected to the site or product being advertised. With this model, advertisers pay for the number of times an ad is shown regardless of whether it is clicked on.

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Smartphone Location Tracking Apps Next Wave Is B2B

Startup Professionals Musings

If your B2B contacts are frequenting other non-competitive local businesses, LBS data could point you to more lucrative business partnerships. Broadcast sponsorships and advertising. then you may want to consider potential sponsorships or advertising opportunities with that business or venue. Track the competition.

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Location-Based Services in B2B Offer Better Return

Startup Professionals Musings

If your B2B contacts are frequenting other non-competitive local businesses, LBS data could point you to more lucrative business partnerships. Sponsorships and advertising. then you may want to consider potential sponsorships or advertising opportunities with that business or venue. See who checks into your competition.

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8 Key Rules for Starting a Business on a Shoestring

Startup Professionals Musings

A few years ago, before the Internet was pervasive, before everyone carried a smartphone and before do-it-yourself software tools were available for free, it was difficult to reach a critical mass of new customers without spending a million dollars on a website, custom software and television advertising. Building the prototype can be fun.

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Location-Based Services are a Bonanza for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

If your B2B contacts are frequenting other non-competitive local businesses, LBS data could point you to more lucrative business partnerships. Sponsorships and advertising. then you may want to consider potential sponsorships or advertising opportunities with that business or venue. See who checks into your competition.

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Smart Startups Learn How To Create And Manage Hype

Startup Professionals Musings

According to Urban Dictionary , hype is “a clever marketing strategy where a product is advertised as the thing everyone must have, to the point where people begin to feel they need to consume it.” Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/14/2015. Where is your solution in the hype cycle?

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