Reseau-ruches.fr - Réseau Ruches d'entreprises du nord pas de calais Envisioning Technology 2012 What is the visualization? Understanding where technology is heading is more than guesswork. Looking at emerging trends and research, one can predict and draw conclusions about how the technological sphere is developing, and which technologies should become mainstream in the coming years. Envisioning technology is meant to facilitate these observations by taking a step back and seeing the wider context. Who made this? Envisioning Technology is a technological trend forecasting firm headed by emerging technology strategist Michell Zappa. If you have any ideas, questions, complaints or suggestions, feel free to email us: mz@envisioningtech.com Technologies mentioned Follow the project This is the first in a series of projects related to the future of technology. License & credits
Elements Of A Viral Launch Page Advertisement Google+, Hipster, Connect.me and Instagram! They all hit a gazillion users in no time at all — and you can even read all about it in everyday media today. This is every product creator’s dream. Turns out that many of these services’ creators were very busy bees and made small details about their product’s launch addictive. In this article, we’ll outline some best practices and examples of successful viral launch pages. Fundamentals Of The Viral Launch Or Landing Page The first rule of viral is of course that you must build something that other people would actually be interested in for one reason or another. Normally, you’ll want to (1) let visitors know what you’re doing, and then (2) spark some interest. Here are the basic elements a launch page should have: A clear value proposition that interests people. Examples of Basic Launch Pages That Spark Interest Elements: slogan; notification form; call to action; Twitter handle in copy. Adding a Viral Loop Stealth Start-Ups
Startups List What's the best launch strategy for a web startup Ideas for a Better Internet HOW TO: Sign Up Users Even Before You Launch Your Startup Shane Snow is a Mashable contributor and co-founder of Contently.com, an “agile publishing” platform for brands and professional bloggers. In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. It may not matter to you what Kohort is or isn’t, nor whether stealth is good or bad. Kohort is not alone, or even lucky, in its ability to break through the startup-launching, consumer-pitching chaos. 1. In order to collect user information, you need a place for users to sign up. LaunchRock gives startups a turnkey solution for a custom coming soon page that allows users to sign up for updates and share the fact that they did so. 2. Infographics startup Visual.ly raked in five-figure daily signups after announcing its upcoming launch, according to the site's founders. Disclosure: The author is an adviser to Visual.ly 3. The most remarkable part? 4.
Homepage | Startup Genome Tech Cocktail | Tech Startup Events, News and Resources Envisioning Technology 2011 We've just released our newest work. A technological study on the Future of Money. Click here to find out more. How Daily Deals Are Losing Their Allure — For Businesses and Consumers Alike Two big names are dropping out or seriously scaling back their interests in the daily deal marketplace, an oversaturated field with hundreds of competitors that’s still mostly dominated by dominated by Groupon and LivingSocial. Facebook, which launched its flash deals offering called Facebook Deals last spring, is already pulling the plug on the operation, while local business review site Yelp is significantly reducing efforts to build its daily deal arm, Yelp Deals, which was introduced last summer. For two years now, new daily deal businesses have been opening almost, well, daily. The daily deal aggregator Yipit now sifts through 30,000 deals a month from some 650+ daily deal sites. Despite the growth, the daily deal business isn’t quite as lucrative and game-changing as proponents have made it out to be. One sign: Daily deal giant Groupon lost $103 million in the last three months. *Pushing Groupon or other daily deal services to accept a smaller cut of voucher sales.
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