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Janine Shea

schoolFeed BINGO - 0 views

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    Non-gaming social network using gamification strategy! 
Janine Shea

Top 20 Great Facebook Fan Pages for Business - 0 views

  • The Facebook fan page of this company offers visitors a virtual tour that interactively explains how to use their product.
  • Specialized in calls to action, the company has adorned its Facebook fan page with mini games and a web TV program.
  • Through a clever photo contest, the company gets fans involved in the making of its Facebook fan page.
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  • trivia games, and stimulating discussions around coffee on its fan page.
  • weekly specials!
  • chic designs and great pictures
Janine Shea

Bootstrapping a $10M Creative Marketplace: Envato Founder Couple Collis and Cyan Ta'eed... - 0 views

  • It took us six months to build the site. The first night we sold $10. I was disappointed at the time, but looking back I am impressed that we sold something our first day.
  • We had a lot more people who had joined the site as members but did not transact. There is a group of active users and passive users, and it is interesting to look at that ratio
  • In 2007 we did a lot to grow our customer base. Some of it was organic growth. The thing about a marketplace model is that buyers stimulate the seller economy, which stimulates authors which in turn stimulates buyers. We also engaged in grassroots marketing, and we tried social media. We started talking about running competitions.
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  • At that time we started up FreelanceSwitch where we could put our lessons learned. We also started a tutorial blog. Those sites today receive close to 10 million visits a month. They have grown a lot over the years. The company today comprises two parts. We have the market places and 12 tutorial sites that cover everything from game development to making music sound like a DJ.
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