ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

In this post, we’ll explore lessons from brands that use omnichannel marketing to deliver a seamless customer experience. What is omnichannel marketing? If you’ve ever received an email with personalized product recommendations or a retargeting ad on Facebook for a product you left in your cart, that’s omnichannel marketing in action.

Customer 118

Customer Marketing Channel Audience 118

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 7, 2015

Companies were being bought (and valued) at 10x forward revenue only to be valued at between 0.5x revenue several years later. We were bought for a more reasonable 1x revenue (and about 4x pre-tax income) when the value of the AmeriData stock, options, and cash we took out were factored in. I’d argue the 0.5x

Stock Options 70

Stock Options Cofounder Revenue Hosting 70

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2015

With the end of the 2015 fiscal year nearing, businesses may be reviewing their consolidated revenues and thinking of ways they can increase their profit margin as they enter the new fiscal year or second-half of the calendar year. A large portion of a company’s revenues can be wasted on unneeded expenses.

Software Review 100

Software Review Database Technical Review Community 100

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2021

One of the main challenges is understanding the customer, especially during the seed one funding space when they are still figuring out the market need, their product USP, and product marketing key messaging. Market Intelligence. Market trends, etc. Gong was founded in the year 2015 in Palo, California.

Conversion 162

Conversion Technical Review Startup Software Review 162

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Since 2015, clothing brand ASOS has grown revenue by an average of 22% year over year. Not for lack of competition, but as the result of a carefully designed ecommerce marketing strategy. This is what drives growth for online stores like ASOS, despite existing in a saturated market.

eCommerce 129

eCommerce Marketing Social Media Retention 129

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2015

Lenovo’s modest overall revenue growth in calendar 2Q15 – 3.1% billion – masks how sagging performance from its PC business wiped out the momentum Lenovo had generated since 2013 and has forced Lenovo to reset its profit and revenue growth expectations for its enterprise and mobile device businesses. year-to-year to $10.7 and Europe.

Revenue 100

Revenue Technical Review Lean Mobile 100

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 18, 2015

And that’s not just triggering a shift in social order, it’s also changing the tides in marketing – specifically demanding that marketers and manufacturers pay attention to the fast-growing demographic of the mobile gamer. And 2015 is expected to exceed that same growth with some projecting as much as $40 billion in revenue by 2017.

Mobile 100

Mobile North America Marketing Technical Review 100

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem.

Revenue 60

Revenue Term Sheet Founder Technical Review 60

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Here at WePay, 2014 was a big year for us as well — we pivoted fully into our API business, introduced the industry’s first risk API, launched the first white label payments product with complete protection from fraud, and more than doubled our revenue. But as big as 2014 was, 2015 has the potential to be even bigger. The reason?

IPO 236

IPO API Silicon Valley Mobile 236

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Add New Revenue Streams and More Aggressive Marketing: At the same time, most small businesses plan to spend more on digital marketing in the year ahead, and pursuing new revenue streams is seen as a top priority for transforming bottom line profits. 2015 business optimism entrepreneur strategy' Marty Zwilling.

Small Business Administration 257

Small Business Administration SBA Forecast Government 257

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2015

As the end of the fiscal year approaches, it is critical for businesses to determine what initiatives where successful, as well as what were financial weights in order to create strategic operational goals that will result in increased revenues and reduced costs in the next year. Here are five things to look at: 1. Review What Worked.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Software Review Forecast Database 100

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2015

With the release of each new version of the iPhone, Apple’s grip on the most lucrative segments of the mobile device market becomes even stronger, and with the success of the iPhone 6 during Apple’s calendar 4Q14 it is clear that Apple’s dominance of the premium smartphone market is uncontested. billion, accounting for 68.7%

China 100

China Technical Review Mobile Revenue 100

YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Vancouver has a situated tech market with a direct line to Silicon Valley. Since 2015, the rising interest abroad continues to contribute to steady growth. Tech companies need advertising, marketing, public relations, and technical sales professionals. target Vancouver for marketing/tech industry job searches.

Canada 167

Canada Hiring Artificial Inteligence Software Developers 167

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 23, 2020

How to Be Ready for What’s Next written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Chuck Swoboda. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Chuck Swoboda, author, speaker, podcast host, and the Innovator-in-Residence at Marquette University. Like this show?

North Carolina 88

North Carolina Pennsylvania Software Review Technical Review 88

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2021

One of the main challenges is understanding the customer, especially during the seed one funding space when they are still figuring out the market need, their product USP, and product marketing key messaging. Market Intelligence. Market trends, etc. Gong was founded in the year 2015 in Palo, California.

Conversion 78

Conversion Technical Review Startup Software Review 78

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2015

With an impressive product lineup of new iPhones, Apple watches, iPads and an all-new Apple TV queued for shipment this week, 2015 is the most successful year of revenue growth for Apple , according to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook. The online retailer Amazon experienced an 18 percent growth of revenue in 2015.

San Diego 100

San Diego Fort Worth Los Angeles Indianapolis 100

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure GE’s stock-market value fell by about half. In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5 In 2015, the 10 largest shareholders in a typical S&P 500 company held almost half of the company’s stock.) In fact, what happened is activist investors. billion of GE stock – about 1.5%

Institutional Investors 241

Institutional Investors Dividend Stock Technical Review 241

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2019

Growing a Profitable Marketing Consulting Practice: My First Year as a Duct Tape Marketing Consultant written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My first interaction with John Jantsch was in April of 2016 at the annual Social Media Marketing World conference in San Diego, CA. Sorry, John.).

San Diego 54

San Diego Marketing SEO Social Media 54

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. I suspect those days will end soon, and 61% of LPs polled said they felt VCs were coming back to market too quickly.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital LP Silicon Valley Marketing 150

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

As with any large-scale acquisition, there is a degree of risk for Microsoft, especially in consumer-oriented markets such as gaming. Minecraft” accounts for nearly all of Mojang’s revenue, highlighting the risk to Microsoft should interest in “Minecraft” dissolve, or Microsoft fails to produce “Minecraft” sequels or add-on software.

Acquisition 157

Acquisition Azure Merger Sweden 157

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. Getting the first tracks of revenue is one of the toughest processes of building a startup. Then, in 2015, this is who we added to the team: Jan-15: Head of Customer Success (growth team). Lean marketing.

Revenue 60

Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2015

A unified Microsoft has set the stage for sustained revenue growth. Expenses related to supporting Microsoft’s growing devices businesses will offset overall profit growth and search revenue gains through 2015. year-to-year revenue gain in calendar 4Q14, to $26.5 While Microsoft’s 7.9% year-to-year in 4Q14 to $16.3

Cloud 100

Cloud Mobile Software Review Technical Review 100

View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

Some say it’s a marketing and story-telling problem. The tweet that really spoke the most truth to this discussion (just check the replies for proof), was from Mike Troiano, a well-known marketer and CMO of Actifio, which is considered to be IPO-bound in the next year or two. Michael Troiano (@miketrap) July 21, 2015. .

Boston 120

Boston Cofounder B2C PR 120

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 7, 2020

Outreach was named to this prestigious list thanks in part to triple-digit year-over-year revenue growth and the largest customer base in the sales engagement category. Both lists are based on growth from fiscal years 2015-2018, a period over which Jobber grew 625%. Guesser launched multi-outcome markets! of their SDK.

North America 78

North America Technical Review Seattle Software Review 78

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2017

In 2015, 9-figure apparel retailer Karmaloop.com filed for bankruptcy. Within three months all marketing KPIs had improved. On the marketing side, I attribute our success to one thing: using data to effectively model out our customer behavior, and then develop the appropriate communication to improve it. Tripwire marketing.

Bankruptcy 106

Bankruptcy Marketing Campaign Intellectual Property 106

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

By Brian Sutter, Director of Marketing, Wasp Barcode Technologies. Fortunately, in 2015, loans to small businesses are expected to increase; great news for small businesses searching for capital. The national average for marketing budgets is 10.2%, yet, 56% of small businesses invest only 3% or less in marketing.

Small Business 100

Small Business Small Business Administration SBA Non-Compete 100

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2015

This plunge in productivity has critical impacts on a business’s efficiency and revenues. Only five years ago, 80 clerks and salespeople, at one company, spent a combined 3,200 hours a week completing data-related processes (Monga, 2015). Here are three tips to keep your business at top performance despite summer setbacks: 1.

Employee 100

Employee Software Review Technical Review Software 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2015

As a model, think high-quality marketing collateral, with text and graphics in columns and sidebars, but focused on the value of your business, rather than selling your product. Skip the fuzzy marketing terms, such as "easier to use," "lower cost" and "disruptive technology."

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Investor Technical Review 120

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

The primary source of your funds should be your paying customers, i.e., your business should generate enough revenues and profits to fund the growth and expansion. The next reason is to establish a competitive advantage over your competition and quickly acquire a substantial market share. Both of which are expensive and time-consuming.

Startup 150

Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

trillion in profits due to cost-saving and increased revenues. Andrew Armstrong is an independent business and market strategies consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area working primarily with technology and start-up phase clients. Employ Demand Forecasting and Inventory Planning Solutions. Follow him on Twitter @kickstartseach.

Management 145

Management Forecast Los Angeles San Francisco 145

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Big-bang hard launches make sense for large enterprises like Apple or Microsoft, who are building on existing revenue streams and have the resources for lavish events, Superbowl ads and large inventory buildups. Small real revenue today is better than large later projections. Proceed with caution.

Hockey Stick 120

Hockey Stick Startup Stealth Agile 120

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 2, 2018

Marketing is the bridge between your business and your customers. Marketing covers a wide range of activities. From traditional advertising to social media, online review management to blogging, search engine optimization to direct mail – it’s all marketing. There are many ways to market with a small budget.

Small Business 73

Small Business Software Review Social Media Marketing 73

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2015

That’s why I recommend that they find a co-founder who loves business challenges, including marketing and finance. Thus it’s a waste of time for most entrepreneurs to be looking for investors until they have a product and some customer revenue. Business people know how to downplay the technology and market the value of the solution.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Intellectual Property Cofounder Bootstrapping 120

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Below are six key mobile holiday shopping trends we’re seeing take shape for 2015: 1. Shoppers will still need to peck in sixteen-digit credit card numbers in the 2015 holiday season. times as much revenue per visit as consumers shopping on their smartphones. More Holiday Purchases Will be Influenced by Mobile Than Ever Before.

Mobile 100

Mobile Software Review eCommerce .Net 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2016

Companies that do this best become market leaders. As a result, Google has become a verb, and the company is a tech giant with record growth rates and a revenue of $74.5 billion in 2015. Smart entrepreneurs architect a value chain that includes customers, partners and vendors, based on market dynamics.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Architecture Agile Business Model 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Crowdfunding is the hot new vehicle for raising money to support your entrepreneurial efforts, with over 1,250 website platforms around the world to help you, according to a 2015 industry report. Project your costs as diligently as your revenues. Several crowdfunding successes have failed as a business.

Non-disclosure Agreement 120

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Technical Review Vesting 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

Businesses stopped hiring for lifetime commitments some time ago, as markets change so rapidly and companies need to tune their workforce for changing economic conditions. Simply defining yourself as a specialist or professional minimizes the stigma of a consultant role (think marketing specialist or staffing professional).

Startup 120

Startup Software Review Social Media Curation 120