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strange, the post doesn't mention how in the beginning Airbnb was spamming the short-term rental posters on Craigslist https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-ha

by trhway 6y ago

strange, the post doesn't mention how in the beginning Airbnb was spamming the short-term rental posters on Craigslist https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-harvested-craigslist-to-grow-its-listings-says-competitor-2011-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-harvested-craigslist-... "[...]he placed a vacation rental on Craigslist [...] Hours later, he had an email from a young lady who said that Airbnb was a great site, and that he should list his rental on it. She included a direct link in case he wanted to check it out for himself." If i remember correctly similar strategy of leaching off of competitor worked for FB when they got AOL IM friends lists.

jrott 6y ago
It was an interesting article in a lot of ways but it definitely didn’t mention any of the more black hat tactics that companies have used for marketing.
justiceforsaas 6y ago
That's the problem with writing on a "first-class" publication. They won't allow you to cover the "dirty stuff" (what? posting on a stupid classifieds website? Let's talk about the beauty of SEO/AdWords/beautiful viral growth graphs...)