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by joelandren 13y ago
+1 Andreas. There's lots of great things that you can do to be of help to a journalist even when you're not pitching them. For example, follow reporters you want to cover you on Twitter. They frequently have "hair on fire&quo
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by joelandren 13y ago
That's great in theory. Unfortunately, many great products aren't by nature viral and need to find other ways to gain awareness. Getting press is just one component of getting awareness, along with content marketing, SEO and other
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Think like a reporter: Startup stories they want to write(blog.pressfriendly.com)
33 points by joelandren 13y ago|21 comments
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by joelandren 13y ago
Oh, I don't think you have to worry about the masses ever ruining App.net
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by joelandren 13y ago
I'm reluctant to use LinkedIn for two reasons. 1) Comes across as impersonal to the person I'm contacting. 2) LinkedIn is often checked infrequently at best. I'm sure any solution would have same obstacles to overcome, but th
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by joelandren 13y ago
This is spot on, but this is still a PITA for everyone involved. There should still be a better way.
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by joelandren 13y ago
This is what news organizations do. They find newsworthy information and provide it to the public. TechCrunch or the Wall Street Journal would do the same thing. The press doesn't exist to cheerlead (in most cases). There's no arg
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by joelandren 13y ago
I've hired agencies/consultants six times and results were always somewhat lacking. Anecdotally, I've heard the same from many founders. Wondering if this is the consensus.
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Ask HN: Have you hired a PR agency?
11 points by joelandren 13y ago|3 comments
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by joelandren 13y ago
To be fair, there's a lot more to user acquisition than a slogan.
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by joelandren 13y ago
Android and iPhone own (and will continue to own) consumers, BB's best chance was to own the enterprise and they blew it.
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BlackBerry Messenger could have saved BlackBerry(hall.com)
11 points by joelandren 13y ago|5 comments
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by joelandren 13y ago
What resonated with me was that, despite most outsiders' perspective, marketing has always been about the data.
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by joelandren 13y ago
RedBeacon did not have a massive exit.
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by joelandren 13y ago
Amen.
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by joelandren 13y ago
Can you access wordpress? I'm just using a re-direct.
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by joelandren 13y ago
Totally agree. Marketing measurement is much easier in growth hacking. It is the FUN stuff, but not the only stuff.
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by joelandren 13y ago
Yes, another example of how growth hackers shouldn't be writing copy ;-)
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by joelandren 13y ago
Yeah I messed up. I'll link to it in the post: http://www.aginnt.com/growth-hacker#.Uii2m2TORe4
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by joelandren 13y ago
GoDaddy has recently changed their policy and no longer have coupon codes.
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by joelandren 13y ago
The statistics tell a different story. The plural of anecdote is not data.
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by joelandren 13y ago
I was looking to do this a few months ago and after some web search found a solution. I'll check this out next time.
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by joelandren 13y ago
Awesome, a little decency can make everyone's life better. As someone who has hired lots of people, I always make sure that I email every candidate who applied and also let them know when the position has been filled. Treat people as y
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by joelandren 13y ago
Early stage investing is the most competitive. These terms show a fundamental misunderstanding of the market (or his value).
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by joelandren 13y ago
I posted this to just comment on it. If you're asking for 18% equity as an incubator, you're going to have the worst batch of startups conceivable. This will not end well.
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Webvan’s Peter Relan Takes Wraps Off New Startup Incubator, 9+(siliconbeat.com)
3 points by joelandren 13y ago|3 comments
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by joelandren 13y ago
Again, everything you mention is based on the current state. No successful entrepreneur raises money (or runs there company for that matter) planning on the status quo not changing.
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by joelandren 13y ago
Trying to build out the next generation mobile platform? People never raise money for their current product.
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by joelandren 13y ago
Link to single page version: http://www.businessinsider.com/22-maps-that-show-the-deepest...
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by joelandren 13y ago
You're kidding, right? Aptly-named products that are popular in the everyday vernacular are pretentious? In this day and age, it's impossible to own the .com for anything but asdjhlsadnklsajkdaskljjkldas.com without paying through the nose

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