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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Founding Date: 2004. How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. .

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

He was swiftly followed by Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic in 2004. And yet, revenue went up by 45% YoY. When you think about revenue intelligence platforms, you absolutely expect their content to be full of ignorable charts, graphs, and stats delivered in corporate pseudo-speak that makes your eyes glaze over.

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The Evolution Of The Podcast

Duct Tape Marketing

He is a podcast advertising specialist, and he founded the Tech Podcast Network in 2004. He's a podcast advertising specialist and also founded the tech podcast network way back in the dinosaur days of podcasting 2004. That was the one they started in 2004. They get deep in a conversation that may not have happened.

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How Does A Small Company Make A Big Company Successful?

Feld Thoughts

AmeriData was a public company, a voracious acquirer (we acquired 40 companies in three years), and a very fast growing business (they were less than $50 million in revenue when they acquired Feld Technologies and over $2 billion in revenue three years later when GE acquired them.) That we were building an ecosystem.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). conference happened at the end of 2004). Not long after the product launch we began the initial conversations with VCs for a Series A round. I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003.

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. million in 2004 to $6.5 Blog eCommerce Resources User Experience & Conversion Centered Design Customer Experience User Experience'

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Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Optimization

ConversionXL

Macro conversions vs. micro conversions. Your metrics are either leading to “macro conversions” or “micro conversions.” Macro conversions are the primary goal of your website, to convert user traffic into revenue. Micro conversions are process milestones or secondary actions. 1) Revenue per visitor.

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