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Hoover: Visibly awkward public user actions drive word-of-mouth app growth
“And you know, these, there's certain apps that have come around that actually make people do awkward, weird things. And those are the things that inspire word of mouth and get people talking.”
Hoover: McDonald's partnered with Niantic across 3,000 stores in Japan
“Today, they announced it just got released in Japan, the game for the first time, and McDonald's partnered with them, and their gym's now at nearly 3000 stores in Japan.”
Hoover: Snapchat has unique opportunity in AR where Google Glass failed
“What's so fascinating about Snapchat is they have such a unique opportunity to actually pull this off, whereas Google Glass was super dorky and nerdy and obviously not built for like a younger audience.”
Ryan Hoover: User psychology is permanent, unlike marketing tactics
“What's fascinating about user psychology is that it's permanent. Like the way people think and act doesn't really change. Whereas marketing tactics and things like that, that you might learn about on another blog that will change in two months.”
Hoover: Product Hunt would not be successful without email and Twitter
“And oftentimes people think that you can just build a good product and a good experience. But I believe product wouldn't be successful without email and without Twitter because people would come to the site and they wouldn't remember.”
Hoover: Nintendo stock rose 96% after Pokémon Go launch
“Nintendo is up to 96%. I just took this morning since early July.”
Hoover: Foursquare foot traffic data accurately predicted Chipotle sales declines
“Using Foursquare data that can predict that Chipotle sales are going down just due to the foot traffic alone.”
Hoover: Podcasting Enables Long-Tail Niche Audiences Like the Web
“And just like the internet, you can now find a niche, like a tiny little seemingly small little place for you to geek out about some sort of topic or some sort of thing or some personality that you're really attracted to. And so podcasting, just the nature of …”