Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 5, 2012

There is a lot to like in this country with a large and fast growing internet market still very underpenetrated: Strong macroeconomic trends with a 2011 GDP growth of 8.1% Think “differentiation” eCommerce is not a cheap journey: be prepared! Think “differentiation” eCommerce is not a cheap journey: be prepared!

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 6, 2011

Scott Albro of Focus , a knowledge sharing community for business people, has fully embraced the idea of constant iteration for 2011, taking the best practices of social media to the business media world. in 2011, I’d like to encourage a culture where this happens as much as possible. Plan big, increment small.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a recent survey published on HubSpot, it was found that companies who put data at the core of their marketing/sales decisions improve marketing ROI by 15%-20%. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. Phase 1 – Research Your Customers To Find What They Need Most.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a recent survey published on HubSpot, it was found that companies who put data at the core of their marketing/sales decisions improve marketing ROI by 15%-20%. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. Phase 1 – Research Your Customers To Find What They Need Most.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 24, 2017

But it’s rewarding to see our customers so excited about the product, and the huge growth in sales from last year has been encouraging. One of our biggest accomplishments for our ecommerce brands in 2017 was creating LUX Rave, which is a 10,000 square foot pop up store we opened at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Naturally, the types of products a certain eCommerce site sells and the kind of audience it caters to have an enormous impact on how recommendations should be used and presented in the store, and also on the kind of logics that work best for them. Where Can You Use Recommendations? Main Page Recommendations. Popular Products.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a recent survey published on HubSpot, it was found that companies who put data at the core of their marketing/sales decisions improve marketing ROI by 15%-20%. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. Phase 1 – Research Your Customers To Find What They Need Most.

Retention 105

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a recent survey published on HubSpot, it was found that companies who put data at the core of their marketing/sales decisions improve marketing ROI by 15%-20%. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. Phase 1 – Research Your Customers To Find What They Need Most.

Retention 98

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ConversionXL

MAY 25, 2016

It’s important, then, to get the right kind of reviews and really understand how they can affect your sales and reputation. According to a 2011 study from iPerceptions , 63% of customers are more likely to make a purchase from a site which has user reviews. According to Reevoo, reviews produce an average 18% uplift in sales.

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ConversionXL

JULY 24, 2014

Do you think this sort of advanced insight would allow you to make even more money from your eCommerce efforts? Lattice has researched how leading companies like Amazon & Netflix are using predictive analytics to better understand customer behavior, in order to develop a solution that helps sales professionals better qualify their leads.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2014

According to Forrester research analyst Sucharita Mulpuru , product recommendations are responsible for an average of 10-30% of eCommerce site revenues. . Way back in 2006, Amazon reported that 35% of it’s revenues were as a direct result of it’s cross sales and upselling efforts. image source .

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Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2011

Autonomow team members: Jorge Heraud (MS Management, 2011) Business Unit Director, Agriculture, Trimble Navigation, Director of Engineering, Trimble Navigation, MS&E (Stanford), MSEE (Stanford), BSEE (PUCP, Peru). Fred Ford (MSME, Mar 2011) Senior Eng for Mechanical Systems on Military Satellites, BS Aerospace Eng (U of Michigan).

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Now, anyone can create apps and websites, design chatbots, automate processes, open ecommerce stores, and lots more — all without typing out a single line of code. For example, brick-and-mortar stores can use a no-code ecommerce tool to take their business online. Aimed to help businesses increase sales and automate support.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Same thing with the class of 2011, except they’re a different cohort because they share a different common experience in a time period. As the above chart shows, we can compare the average income of the class of 2010 and 2011 over the same relative interval (5 years after graduation) for an apple-to-apples comparison. Image source.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the CMO at HauteLook from the early days all the way through growing the business to 12 million registered users and far in excess of $200 million in annual sales. In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 15, 2014

Six secular trends will shape the future of ecommerce in the coming decade: mobile becoming a dominant channel, emergence of one click services, rise of the sharing economy, deep personalization, instant delivery and Asia becoming a major market. Personalize or die : the day of a “one size fits all” for ecommerce are counted.

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Up and Running

JUNE 29, 2016

Nastygal has had huge success as an ecommerce site. Grow your ecommerce with a fantastic website. Sophia Amoruso, founder of clothing brand Nastygal and author of #GirlBoss, started her ecommerce store on eBay. A strong, responsive website is paramount when it comes to bringing in more money for your clothing business.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Yes, you have good working knowledge of accounting, an idea of how to bring in sales leads, run a marketing and PR campaign, recruit people and build a great company culture, but that won’t help you build a product that customers want. 2011 Holiday. Your guide for the best gadget gifts of 2011. Austin, Texas. Disrupt NY 2012.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Codecademy started out in 2011 as one of the first free products that taught people to code. In addition, you need to coordinate with other teams that touch pricing, such as marketing, finance, customer support, and sales. We saw a 28% lift in annual Pro plans, as well as a small bump up for overall page conversions.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

I can see the correlation, but the conclusion implies a causality that may or may not be there ("the product sales exceeded all internal projections!"). From that analysis, they could identify the incremental sales in country X compared to Y, Z and A. Facebook works. The case study seemed to contain a rookie mistake.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 8, 2016

Technically, I opened Tone in June of 2011. After teaching in NYC at SO many different schools, I realized that in 2011 I had enough of a reputation and following that it would make more sense to start a community of parents and teachers who could share in my vision. Do “likes” and “shares” turn into sales?

SBA 50

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 8, 2016

Technically, I opened Tone in June of 2011. After teaching in NYC at SO many different schools, I realized that in 2011 I had enough of a reputation and following that it would make more sense to start a community of parents and teachers who could share in my vision. Do “likes” and “shares” turn into sales?

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2017

Starting in 2011 and over the course of four years, my startup pivoted from an online community tool, to a live sales and support tool, to an outreach platform for businesses, to finally finding its identity in a campaigning and advocacy tool. But I never had a solid strategy in place for SEO, content marketing, and sales.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Durant lost control of GM to a bankers' trust just two years later, in 1910, due to enormous debt and a crumble in automobile sales. Treasury invested $50 billion in General Motors a month later and made $39 billion from the sale of its shares later that. He then went on to build an eCommerce giant from his apartment.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

By 2011, the number of subscribers worldwide had surpassed 5 Billion and cellular communication had become an unprecedented technological revolution.” ( article via @trengriffin ). According to this NADA report , total dealership sales (including service) is about $730 billion annually.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 27, 2016

Businesses come to us with a problem (usually they are lacking sales or traffic). FortheChef.com is an eCommerce store that offers a tremendous array of kitchen and tabletop products for the home and professional chef, baker, or entertainer. I then researched as many words that related to growth or moving upwards.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

It was originally written in 2011 and has had amazing staying power. It’s well documented that response time has significant business impact: An ecommerce site that makes $100,000 per day could lose up to $2.5 million in sales every year for just a 1-second page delay.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 27, 2019

Klaviyo is a platform that helps growth-focused eCommerce brands drive more sales with super-targeted, highly relevant email, Facebook and Instagram marketing. Matt Cooper: Yeah, yeah, so the company was founded back in 2011. Back to Podcast. Transcript. Skillshare’s been around for a while. How many courses do you spout?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Rejoiner , an email platform for ecommerce sites, began as a side project. He searched and pitched planners who worked at companies with 500+ people and closed $200k himself before he made his first sales hire. Justcall is a cloud phone system that sales teams can use to make calls using local numbers. spent $20k on their MVP.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2019

What we do have is empirical support from an ecommerce study conducted by NNgroup. Here’s how they explained it : Leaving shoppers’ questions unanswered can derail a sale or even worse, make shoppers abandon not just the purchase, but the site as well. Ecommerce sites that carry multiple vendors definitely can’t do this.

Product 127

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 20, 2018

Sales and general foot traffic increased because of the free offer, which demonstrated the power of reciprocity. In 2011, a traveler jokingly tweeted Morton’s, requesting for a steak to be waiting for him when his plane landed. Morton’s Steakhouse. So why is this one of the secrets to online retail success?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Rejoiner , an email platform for ecommerce sites, began as a side project. He searched and pitched planners who worked at companies with 500+ people and closed $200k himself before he made his first sales hire. Justcall is a cloud phone system that sales teams can use to make calls using local numbers. spent $20k on their MVP.

Sweat Equity 50

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ConversionXL

JULY 19, 2013

Billion lost in 2009, to $9 Billion in 2011, the amount of money lost due to cart abandonment has been climbing rapidly over the last few years. Back in 2011, comScore reported nearly half of all online online purchases had some sort of “free shipping” offer. in Q4 2012). The truth is, from $1.2 image source. Millions ($).

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 13, 2012

Why do we pay sales commissions? Wow – $99,344,382 pledged on Kickstarter in 2011. 15 Eye-Catching Food & Beverage eCommerce Website Designs – [link]. 15 Eye-Catching Food & Beverage eCommerce Website Designs – [link]. When Reviewing A New Idea, Never Forget Its First Impression – [link].

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Target redesign in 2011 resulted in less revenue + a myriad of technical problems. Furthermore, its online sales plunged by 8.1% Year-on-year, same-store sales tanked, and they have been negative for eight quarters now. This happens to big sites too. Remember Digg.com? Their redesign might be why you don’t.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

In a 2011 study by DDP & Paris ( by way of Adage.com ), it was found that the #3 reason why people “Unliked” a Page on Facebook was simply because they published too much. Blog eCommerce Resources Lead Generation SaaS Resources' And What About Your Branded Channels? Absolutely not. I’m(.)

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