VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

Discord Channels – Spotify – Fireside (Mark Cuban’s investment) – Facebook(Rooms?) – Open Source (Jam) – Telegram (voice chats 2.0) #audio pic.twitter.com/gVB5h0IcMC — Eze Vidra (@ediggs) April 2, 2021. In this post I summarise the top innovations in the social audio space. Telegram launched Voice Chat 2.0

Audio 139

Audio Software Review Open Source Social Network 139

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

No touching Google Analytics. No going to web analytics conferences. The result will be an astonishingly high level of focus for your digital analytics work (even on day one) and hyper-relevant insights to the business. Don't open Google Analytics or Yahoo Web Analytics yet! Now it's time for acquisition.

Web 138

Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 138

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As Neal Schaffer points out: “…Companies still look at social media as a promotional and advertising channel rather than as a grand arena to collaborate with social media users, primarily customers and influencers, and work them through a relationship funnel to incite word of mouth marketing for your brand in social media.”

Social Media 142

Social Media Media Developer Marketing 142

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

" comfort zone, and out of your Google Analytics, Site Catalyst, WebTrends worldview silo. Part of the reason is that even if you work for a multi-channel company you are likely in the "web," "interactive," "internet," or "digital" division. That data is not in Google Analytics.

Analytics 139

Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 139

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Click-Through Rate Definition The Conversion Rate Formula: How to Calculate Conversion Rate Bounce Rate: Everything You Want to Know and More How To Calculate and Increase Customer Lifetime Value PPC Click-Through-Rate: What it Means and How to Use It (and Improve It) How to Track and Improve Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Effectiveness.

Metrics 105

Metrics Analytics Marketing Acquisition 105

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

It also has massively delicious implications in your data, acquisition and retention strategies (ignoring the sweet, heavenly, implications on your customers). Bonus: Remember, you can measure profit everyday in Google Analytics! ]. It is very hard to do, you have to solve so many tough problems. The only thing that matters is profit.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60

ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

You can check the Web Marketing and Measurement Model by Avinash Kaushik (who is an analytics legend): Image Source. You are certainly already familiar with Google Analytics, but if you need to brush up your skills, there is a course by CXL Institute that can take you to the next level (or if you’re a total beginner try this one ).

Programming 97

Programming Revenue Analytics Software Review 97

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase. This concept, according to Extraprise , is seen as real time revenue optimization.

Metrics 133

Metrics B2C B2B Channel 133

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase. This concept, according to Extraprise , is seen as real time revenue optimization.

Metrics 100

Metrics B2C B2B Channel 100

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Behavior Scoring = evaluating a lead based on the observed activities and behaviors of the individual across multiple channels (attending a webinar, viewing an RFP, downloading a thought leadership piece, scheduling a call with Sales, etc.). Hybrid = uses both Profiling & Behavioral Scoring to assess the viability of each lead.

Lead Generation 28

Lead Generation Baltimore Programming Framework 28

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

We were witnessing, firsthand, the dramatic shifts in B2C e-commerce, and the resulting incredible experiences and benefits brands were delivering their retail consumers. The differences between B2C and B2B within the same brands were staggering! My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c.

Entrepreneur 115

Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 115

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

Identify gaps in our content/engagement/channel strategy on the web, 2. At the end of this exercise, you'll end up with a really great understanding of what each of your marketing/acquisition strategy is solving for. You might also get asked this question: Wait, don't we have Facebook, Twitter and Google+ channels?

Framework 163

Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 163

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Going B2C was daunting and not in our core DNA,” Kaufer remarked. Advertisers are brought to the site and driven mainly through self-service channels, so there is no need for a large sales force or account management team. But testing hypotheses was very much in the company's DNA, as well as evaluating data to learn and adjust.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Most of us have no idea how to participate optimally in this unique channel – we are doing TV on Twitter (breaks my heart). I want to propose a framework you can use to measure success using metrics that matter for one simple reason: They actually measure if you are participating in the channel in an optimal fashion. Google Plus.

Social Media 165

Social Media Metrics Conversion Media 165

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

In my case (LucidEra -- a SaaS analytics provider focusing on sales, marketing, and financial analytics), weve found that success requires not only building some best practices for analytics into our solution, but also coming up with a repeatable and scalable way to show the customer how to use the analytics and how to interpret the results.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Do the big gigantic numbers imply that your business should use these social media channels? I believe that it was erroneous not to answer the two questions above, it was erroneous to be tempted by the Big Numbers and not understand how Social Media channels actually worked (streams, home pages, personalization, rankings and more).

Social Media 60

Social Media Media B2C B2B 60

Occam's Razor

JUNE 28, 2011

Perhaps your client did not provide you with the all important Web Analytics Measurement Model. I mean the metrics contained in 99% of web analytics reports: Visits, Page Views, or Time on Site. It is not hard to imagine what a B2C site is trying to do. Let us not make them the center of our web analytics existence.

Metrics 126

Metrics Web Analytics Campaign 126

ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

This plan is your go-to-market (GtM) strategy , which should be informed by: Market conditions and competitive positioning Ideal customers and target audience Product offer and pricing Lead generation and customer acquisition process. Your brand (and product) should be easily recognizable no matter the channel you’re promoting it on.

Product 96

Product Social Media Audience Software Review 96

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 28, 2017

Improved talent acquisition. Over 50% of B2B and B2C content marketers identify creating engaging content as a challenge. They can be influencers, niche experts (bloggers or content channel owners) or employees. Avoid using advocate channels to directly sell your products right off the bat. Crowd-sourced content.

Social Network 51

Social Network Distribution Curation B2B 51

VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2016

To begin with, let’s illustrate the sales process with a simple graphic of the funnel that comes from an excellent post on Stratechery about marketing channels. At the end of the post, we’ll have a look at sales within the broader context of customer acquisition and customer success. My post focuses mostly on conversion. Online chat.

Sales 60

Sales Marketing Sales Cycle B2C 60

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Over a third of email marketers struggle with acquisition and close to a half say increasing engagement is their number one challenge. Email generates as much as $42 for every dollar spent , and is a top-three marketing channel for 87% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers. However, it’s not without challenges.

Email 136

Email Customer Marketing Software Review 136

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Answer product-related questions that you uncover in keyword research—the effort may satisfy Amazon and boost visibility across other channels. Among everyone I spoke with, there was agreement: The impact of voice search for B2B companies trails the B2C market. Are there use cases for voice search in B2B?

B2B 100

B2B eCommerce Search Technical Review 100

ConversionXL

MARCH 21, 2017

Influencer marketing works in part because it bypasses the very real shortcomings of channels like display. Treat it like any other acquisition growth experiment. We have been focused on improving and expanding our influencer marketing channel since then (20 months ago).”. How Does the Influencer Marketing Relationship Work?

Marketing 78

Marketing B2C Social Media Channel 78

ConversionXL

AUGUST 27, 2020

According to Amplitude , product analytics “show you who your users are, what they want, and how to keep them.” ” I remember the first time that a client told me how much analytics had helped their business. They simply used their analytics data to make informed decisions. The secret to their success?

Analytics 90

Analytics Product eCommerce Channel 90

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Mobile analytics – measuring the impact of mobile and increasing customer engagement (Check out G-Stat). Established location-based services to enable the CSP offer B2B and B2C services based on mobile positioning, tracking & locating, turn-by-turn navigation and mobile local search. Data mining-based Customer analytics.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

ConversionXL

JULY 18, 2017

I remember the first time that a client told me how much analytics had helped their business. They simply used their analytics data to make informed decisions. This is power of analytics and more specifically, product analytics. Product Analytics Defined. Who Benefits the Most From Product Analytics?

Analytics 123

Analytics Product Channel Retention 123

ConversionXL

JULY 18, 2017

I remember the first time that a client told me how much analytics had helped their business. They simply used their analytics data to make informed decisions. This is power of analytics and more specifically, product analytics. Product Analytics Defined. Who Benefits the Most From Product Analytics?

Analytics 107

Analytics Product Channel Retention 107