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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. How many adds came through organic SEO? How many through SEM? SEO is seldom “free.”. per click on an SEM basis this is NOT your cost to acquire a customer – you need to add conversion rate.

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Google's Search Based Keyword Tool: Monetize The Long Tail of Search

Occam's Razor

The first source of the data are the logs that store the queries that are done by users on google.com (logs that have this data in aggregate, not by individual histories – you'll see the latter is not necessary). Maximize for the portfolio. #3: Excellent Analytics Tip#3: Turbocharge Your SEM/PPC Analysis.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Each account manager should have a portfolio of existing customers, and you should model the expected CMRR from this group net of up-sells and churn. 3) Analyze the aggregated data to determine best practices and benchmarks across your customers. Portfolio. (3). Yet many B2B companies don’t have a clue. anecdotes. (13).