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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). Measuring viral adoption is obviously important. Usually you have a catch-all bucket for “direct” or similar that often came through PR or word-of-mouth. How many through SEM?

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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

Software By Rob

Depending on your market, the ROI can be better any other traffic source you can find (with viral traffic the most common exception). The site was once great; marketed by a high-end NYC PR firm. I have to admit – I didn’t know if I would get a response at all. The big issue is that the server hardware was sketchy at best.