TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2020

The funding round is often the only way to prove that you have traction, if you are trying to get more attention. But here’s my take for you to remember, as you watch headlines about this continue into next year: Facebook was always ready. If you aren’t tired, have you even been paying attention? The Klarna founding story.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2017

Ever since the Internet became widely available, there has been an obsession with “going viral,” or producing content so interesting, or funny, or cute that millions upon millions of people view it. We’ve all seen those horribly clickbait-y headlines , which always seem to include “You’ll Never Believe What Happens Next!!”

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The Verge

APRIL 15, 2022

I’ve been looking at headlines that popped up here and there over the internet, and I’ve seen one that really drew my attention, which is, ‘ Witcher 3 next-gen delayed indefinitely.’ “When it comes to [the] next-gen launch of The Witcher 3 , I think there one comment I actually wanted to make,” he said.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

It makes sense that a company founded by internet pirates would let its workforce live anywhere they please and however they want to. Pay attention to red flags when meeting with VCs: If they cancel late or leave you waiting, it’s a sign, just like being asked generic questions that demonstrate little or no understanding of the proposition.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

companies “gaining attention and recruiting top talent.” Esusu advises candidates to “outreach with intent…It always grabs the attention of the recruiter when you reach out directly and have clearly researched the company and the role.” Deel also says employee referrals are the best way a candidate can catch their attention.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Writing effectively for the web isn’t always as easy as it sounds (see our comments on the human attention span below). Let’s make one thing clear: Your readers have limited attention spans. There was a study conducted back in 2000 that showed the human attention span was 12 seconds long. Your reward for clarity is attention!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

When we're in information-seeking mode, as we so often are on the Internet, we just scan pages looking for the information we want to find. I skim through headlines, looking for items that interest me, read the first few paragraphs of an article that catches my eye, and then decide if it's worth my time. Read it out loud.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

One —Acknowledge Your Environment + Lead with Your Mission Yes, the presidential election is important and will be commanding the attention of the media and masses alike. And yes, earlier this year, Sesame Street’s Elmo broke the Internet when he asked the simple question, “How is everybody doing?” impact messaging in an election year?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

And, a symphony orchestra, made headlines when they crowdsourced musician auditions for the Youtube Symphony orchestra. Does being engaged in the creation of the work spur more appreciation for the art form and hopefully attention and participation? How do you measure the impact of the crowd here? 3) Crowd Voting.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2011

Her call to action inspired over 30,000 hours of community service and a new wave of attention on homeless youth. Are you, and your cause, prepared to handle the headlines when your celebrity takes a fall? It also engaged a younger demographic of primarily 18-24 year olds in supporting the cause. Fleeting flame. The risk of scandal.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Like its rivals, Artifact learns from user behavior, engagement and other factors in order to personalize which headlines are presented and in which order. Instead, when users click on a headline to read a story, they’re shown the entire coverage across sources, allowing them to peruse the story from different vantage points.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Those ideas had historical antecedents going back in some cases decades or more (Vannevar Bush’s description of the internet dates to the 1940s, for instance). Why you have to pay attention to the Indian startup scene. But for the first time, we had the infrastructure and the users to actually build these products and make them useful.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Once your nonprofit learns how to leverage email marketing, you will be able to reach your goals with a comprehensive internet marketing strategy that will ensure your success. That means instead of the usual generic headlines that don't state what the email is about; you have to be on point. The Shorter, the Better.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 16, 2014

More often you see millennials sharing that which is more visually pleasing and attention grabbing—so photos and videos are what scroll down your feeds. Anymore it’s possible to glean just about anything about a brand from the Internet. Headliner: Dave Partridge, Wednesday 4:15pm. Can’t wait to see these short films.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We’re going on Day 5 with no power, heat or internet. Last year, Brex made headlines for cutting off its SMB customers , and according to So, Divvy recently ended its credit-builder program. Why this caught my attention : A $45 million Series B in this environment is a big deal. Who would have expected this to happen here?

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

It’s about the content and how it’s written—and sadly it’s usually the piece of a website that gets the least amount of attention. 1) Get To The Point: When a user visits your website you have about 5 seconds to grab their attention before they click off. Remember, content is still king.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The best nonprofit websites out there incorporate smart fundraising strategies into their designs to attract the most attention and support for their initiatives. According to protocol 80 , these CTAs boast an impressive ROI—more than 90% of visitors who read your headline also read your CTA copy. or “Contact Us.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Spain is preparing to push forward with pro-startup legislation, having recently unveiled a big and bold transformation plan with the headline goal, by 2030, of turning the country into ‘Spain Entrepreneurial Nation’, as the slightly clumsy English translation has it. “We are a new generation of young people in government.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

But along came the internet and e-commerce, which forced the traditional definition to evolve and include website properties. Web crawlers scan the internet indexing websites and following any linked resources it has access to. Use multimedia to engage and retain visitor attention. So how do you get those first page results?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

As FrogLoop blog concludes in its recent analysis of MySpace, "Social networking sites are essentially a microcosm of the internet, and hosting a profile on either is akin to managing a website. It still requires a lot of attention, staff time, management and promotion."

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

They get people’s attention, not through scaremongering or telling even more lies—they are direct and honest, appealing to just about anyone who will listen. Pinterest was used by 28% of all adult internet users last year. You don’t just have to send newsletters, or witty headlines to get your message across.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 13, 2018

With the advent of the Internet, email, and social networking, many school fundraisers are wondering: Does direct mail fundraising still work? Ensure you capture your reader’s attention early. Your school’s direct mail should be designed so it grabs readers’ attention and convinces them to give. Ask for specific amounts.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2015

You could be saying to yourself, “ Sure, my organization’s hardware is expensive but at least it’s safer here in our own office than floating around somewhere on the Internet.”. Nevertheless, the reasons these stories make headlines is because they are the exception, not the rule.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 4, 2012

Fast-forward to (almost) instantaneous feedback from the Internet, where advertisers and marketers are able to turn on a dime and make adjustments within minutes and not days, and the case for A/B testing becomes quite apparent. As mentioned above, the headline for your ad is one that you’ll want to test over and over again.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2021

From the beginning, BuzzFeed did headline A/B testing — and the headline that got more shares was the one that won. But the success of Tasty convinced the company to pay more attention to Facebook, some former BuzzFeed staffers say. Smith declined to comment on whether the news division was profitable while he ran it.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The company, which debuted just as the COVID-19 pandemic was spreading in January 2020, rapidly garnered headlines and profiles of its founder Andy Hunter, an industrious publisher with a deep love for the reading ecosystem. After a year and a half, how is it all holding up? There is going to have to be a court case.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

It’s usually the larger companies that get the most attention for “screwing up,” but younger startups are now increasingly getting caught in the act, too. Apple hit the cybersecurity headlines this week, too, when Lorenzo looked into a $70 device that can pose as an Apple device, tricking you into sharing your password with it.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 8, 2021

NFTs have been a cultural phenomenon throughout 2021, constantly making headlines as celebrities dabble in the space and as shenanigans , scams , and legal fights ensue. Do not post it, even a blurred version of it, on the internet (as I am doing). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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See3

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Here’s today’s headline for you: NEARLY 95% OF EMAIL IS JUNK Nearly 95 percent of the e-mail sent in 2007 has been “spam,&# junk advertising loathed by its recipients, according to a report released Wednesday by a US Web security firm. . Because email… what’s the technical term?… … sucks.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

About 100,000 new weblogs were created each day According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project report, "Bloggers: A Portrait of the Internet’s New Storytellers" from July 2006: 8% of Internet users, or about 12 million American adults, keep a blog. 39% of Internet users, or about 57 million American adults, read blogs.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

With the ever declining attention span of your audience, it’s necessary that you start appealing to a broader range of senses. You know that in order to catch and keep the attention of new donors and current donors, you have to tell stories. But how much attention is being paid to ensure that your people know you?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

And it’s taken me years to learn it, but if you pay attention and you’re not multitasking too much, you’re not over there sending you emails off, you can learn them in the next 30 minutes. So I say all that to say I really hope you can listen in and gain something. So let me ask you a question. Most leaders do.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

A lot of attention on team, it's probably the hardest thing because you have to keep getting out of your own way. Any woman who is just coming on from Kashmir has access to some kind of connectivity to either an Internet cafe, or a cell phone, or a computer at her work. Britt Bravo: Why did you start World Pulse? She can speak out.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

YHBT, YHL, HAND , as they used to say in the early days of the internet. Or maybe the “invest while it’s hot” crew have just pivoted their attention to AI, and the hard core believers are left standing. Well worth a read, if you want to be a philoso-fish, swimming in the philoso-sea. Anyway, on with the news!

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The DOJ was, however, immediately upstaged — when people discovered that one of the people accused of helping launder billions of dollars of Bitcoin had posted rap videos to the internet. Well, look, I called them cringe in a headline , and I stand by that. She calls herself the “Crocodile of Wall Street.”. Oh, absolutely.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

But while Democrats are now calling for his expulsion from Congress and his accounts to be banned, the incident has drawn new attention to Gosar’s long association with far-right meme culture. Gosar’s video is just the latest example of a long-standing interest in the meme culture that’s popular in far-right internet communities.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Readers who were paying attention when Google bought YouTube almost exactly 14 years ago today will remember the ensuing surge in fundings, foundings, acquisitions and overall consumer internet industry activity that helped the Silicon Valley internet scene get back on its feet (and helped this site get on the map, too).

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