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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

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Enable Google Analytics tracking. You just have to sign up for Google Analytics, get your account number, and plug it into your site. Use Googles built-in Analytics/AdWords integration, to track the effectiveness of each ad you run. The nice thing about services like SnapPages is that they offer this built-in. Expo SF (May.

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Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

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In the early fall of 2009, as kaChing prepared for its marketplace launch, the management team showed the app—which included real time market data, SEC-grade accounting, analytics, compliance and customer management tools—to a number of investment pros to get feedback and endorsements. The response was surprisingly positive.

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How to Usability Test your Site for Free

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At Facebook we never did testing or looked at analytics. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. We did surveys, user testing and psychological profiles. Expo SF (May.

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Datablindness

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Of course, I can still get access to the data about who’s signing up and when – and a lot more analytics, to boot – but I have to ask. Each day, the analytics team would share a report with them that had the details of how each test was doing. Asking imposes overhead. Expo SF (May. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Marching through quicksand

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Most importantly, it’s now possible to have detailed analytics on exactly what’s happening to messages and ideas as they flow through word-of-mouth channels. Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers. Scaling up successful tests is easy for the same reason. Expo SF (May.

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Four myths about the Lean Startup

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They use customer development , split-testing , and actionable analytics as vehicles for learning about how to make their vision successful. They use customer development , split-testing , and actionable analytics as vehicles for learning about how to make their vision successful. Expo SF (May. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium

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Rashmi Sinha, co-founder and CEO of SlideShare , describes an early version of the analytics package that’s part of the Pro accounts the company announced today. The analytics package, for instance, launched in what Sinha calls “a very crude version; we started off and sold it before we were comfortable with it.&#