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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

How to create a growth hacking strategy using the pirate metrics model. Growth hacking in marketing incorporates the five stages of the customer lifecycle into the “ AARRR Framework ,” otherwise known as the “Pirate Metrics model.”. Use this information to optimize for retention with: Transactional messaging. Activation.

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In 2017, GE Will Buy More Tech Startups Than Google

Hunter Walker

When Satya and I started Homebrew in 2013 one of our bets for the coming decades was that non-traditional acquirers would become more aggressive in their pursuit of technology startups. Here the acquisition becomes more metric-driven and the assumptions around growth and multiples drive the offer. ” That’s really it.

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How to Handle Mobile “Moneyball Syndrome” & Cross-Device Attribution

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in 2013 to 1.43 Inspired by the movie ‘Moneyball,’ MoneyBall syndrome refers to the fact that companies aren’t looking into the right metrics when measuring the effectiveness of their mobile website. Some marketers try looking at conversion as a solo metric of determining how their CTAs perform on mobile. Image Source.

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The wrongness of relativism

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

— Eric Jackson (@ericjackson) November 14, 2013. What does it actually mean that metric X is better than average and metric Y is below? As IronFire VC Eric Jackson put it: @carney Systrom has to be feeling like he totally missed this wave. Instagram likely worth $15B today minimum. You know, Kevin, minimum.

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Twitter Link Roundup #173 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. Online Education’s Dirty Secret — Awful Retention – [link]. Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. The Law of Timing in Negotiations – [link].

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Post-Purchase Emails: How to Boost Retention and LTV

ConversionXL

Though the remaining 58% understand the importance of customer loyalty and retention, they may find it difficult to execute and analyze customer happiness and conversion campaigns. ” In one case study, retention marketing software firm Windsor Circle shared how much one of its clients benefitted from strategic post-purchase emails.

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9 Case Studies That’ll Help You Reduce SaaS Churn

ConversionXL

That’s why you need to be simultaneously feeding your growth engine , while monitoring churn and your other startup metrics. When they met to discuss and attempt to address the issue in January 2013, they realized they had little insight into exactly why customers were leaving. How to Improve Mobile App Retention Through Customization.

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