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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

How would customer interviews work via video? After teaching remotely for the last year, we’ve learned that customer discovery is actually more efficient using video conferencing. For the final Lessons Learned presentation many of the eight teams presented a 2-minute video to provide context about their problem.

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The Strategies & Tech Behind Hosting Successful Virtual Summit

ConversionXL

You need to integrate third-party tools like video hosting platforms, chats, video calls, payment gateways, etc. You will offer networking possibilities through video calls and live chats. You want to leverage affiliate marketing in order to promote the event. I break down this process in the video embedded below.

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Paranoid Companies Miss the Best New Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, if you're selling a travel magazine, you could add a free travel video when someone buys a subscription. You're now targeting people who want the travel magazine and those that want the specific video you are giving away. Cross endorsement. Cross endorsement.

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5 Effective Ways for Startups to Lower Customer Acquisition Costs

Up and Running

Customer acquisition drives sales and profit margins and it needs to be measured and balanced together with the customers’ lifetime value (LTV). This article explains how businesses can resist one of the top startup killers known as high customer acquisition costs (CAC). So, what makes affiliate programs so attractive to startups?

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Your Toughest Competitor May be Your Best Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, if you're selling a travel magazine, you could add a free travel video when someone buys a subscription. You're now targeting people who want the travel magazine and those that want the specific video you are giving away. Cross endorsement. Cross endorsement.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

In fact, their affiliate partners dissuaded them from doing so. So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage. They were able to “buy&# the affiliate business because they had the Google.com cash cow. I think everybody heard about this acquisition.

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Top Digital Marketing Strategies For Startups

YoungUpstarts

Here are a few of the many channels they can help your business excel in: Traffic Acquisition. No traffic means no sales, so it’s important to figure out a traffic acquisition strategy that works for your brand. Affiliate Marketing. It’s up to you how much commission from each sale the affiliate will receive.

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