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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

Measuring viral adoption is obviously important. Usually you have a catch-all bucket for “direct” or similar that often came through PR or word-of-mouth. How many social networks, picture sharing sites, new aggregators or blogs can we really spend time on? Revenue Metrics. I like to think of revenue drivers.

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Facebook Advertising / Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value

Occam's Razor

A good business analyst will measure how many clicks came through from Facebook, and she/he will also measure the conversion rate, revenue, etc., The number of PR people you can now fire because your Facebook page is such an awesome PR platform – not. But not, ever, in aggregate.]. from those clicks. Too strong?

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Cracking The Code: State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment

Cracking the Code

Given the predictability of SaaS GAAP revenues on a quarterly basis, the fact that the 08/09 projections were unchanged is not a surprise. Given that the revenues are not growing very fast, this means that most of the companies have reduced their sales force and focused on productivity improvement. ► 10/04 - 10/11. (2).

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

Eloqua is bringing this revolution to the B2B marketers by providing on-demand applications and best-practice expertise for B2B marketers to execute, automate and measure effective marketing programs that drive revenue. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing.

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I’ve Built Multiple Growth Teams. Here’s Why I Won’t Do It Again.

ConversionXL

Two of the teams focused on the two main sources of revenue, one team on inbound leads, and the last team on site conversion rates. We were optimizing revenue from these campaigns by testing different versions. Suddenly, our revenue from these campaigns dropped by 50%. Growth teams have limited revenue potential.

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90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

betashop.com

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. My rule is that conferences are to be avoided unless it’s purely for PR purposes or if you’re in sales. .

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

Cracking the Code

Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list! Philippe Botteri.