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How This Startup Turned An April Fools Joke Into Customers

InfoChachkie

Unlike many viral marketing events, the company''s latest guerilla marketing stunt was not luck. As noted in Hacking Hacker News , the company previously dominated the mindshare of the web development community by facilitating the spread of a random posting on Hacker News. Don''t Force It. Share and Enjoy.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

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Although the exact sequence of events is a bit unclear, it appears that Hacker News user "lukethomas"(who is unaffiliated with Divshot) was prompted to create the Hacker News post after reading a tweet about the initiation of the company's private beta. Be Yourself - Represent yourself, not the company in your comments.

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The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch

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On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener

SoCal Delicious

With this method you occasionally might block searching Microsoft employees who aren’t aware of their company’s spammy activities, so make sure you serve them a friendly GFY page that explains the issue. from the IP address range 65.52.0.0 to 65.55.255.255 (131.107.0.0 to 131.107.255.255 …) when the referrer is a Bing SERP.

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