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Paywalls, SEO, and the Need for a Damn Good Brand

ConversionXL

Experiments run by Dan Smullen , who manages technical SEO for Independent News & Media , demonstrate that Google isn’t biased against paywalled content: Before launching our paywall in February, we implemented a soft wall—a registration wall. News is an especially challenging vertical since no site owns a newsworthy event.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security. In 2017, we learned about how social media feeds were used to surface biased or planted information. That will take a long time to settle.

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Spectacles and $SNAP’s $20B Valuation

Austin Startup

The Massive Market Opportunity For Spectacles Apple CEO Tim Cook recently told the media : “I regard [augmented reality] as a big idea like the smartphone. The smartphone is for everyone, we don’t have to think the iPhone is about a certain demographic, or country or vertical market: it’s for everyone.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta. YouAppi (2011)- YouAppi creates adtech to streamline mobile user acquisition.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

We already have some competitors in the vertical and while there is no point in trying to hide the actual idea, there are differences in the way we implement stuff that can get us an advantage over the competition. >> flavor of a question-and-answer, poll-your-friends site with a distant revenue model and no user acquisition strategy.

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9 Account-based Marketing Case Studies

ConversionXL

iRidium narrowed their audience into five segments: Best customers; Members of the target account buying community; Thought leaders ; Partners; Media and industry publications. Snowflake decides which channels to use according to industry verticals and where their buyers are likely to be. Results from SE’s ABM efforts.

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6 PPC Tactics for Account-Based Marketing Campaigns

ConversionXL

Other tactics that support paid campaigns—like company-specific content and strong social media profiles—are equally vital. Or, at the very least, narrowly targeted verticals.). Promotion of account-based content via social media. Social media may be the most powerful ABM channel. The Quota-Campaign approach.

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