Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. It would be the company where I actually earned the title. The response from across the country?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

The Customer is a Genius Then instead of talking about our products he segued the conversation into their products. And soon the conversation were about architectural tradeoffs and then how customers didn’t appreciate the elegant designs and how the world was going to hell in a handbasket because of these commodity microprocessors.

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Software By Rob

JULY 24, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← The Future of the Web is Small, Academic Earth, Beatles Rock Band, Top Developer Blogs, et al. Your early conversion rates are going to be abysmal. And you know what? at 7:51 am [.]

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blog.chrisomeara.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There has been a good deal of conversation about this subject on the Lean Startup Circle mailing list ( [link] albeit in the form of co-founder and technical co-founder. Look forward to the continued conversation. Subscribe to this blogs feed Archives February 2010 January 2010 Categories Community People.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 13, 2022

How to improve A/B test results How to prioritize A/B test hypotheses How long to run A/B tests How to set up A/B tests How to analyze A/B test results How to archive past A/B tests A/B testing statistics How to do A/B testing: tools and resources. For conversion optimization , the main difference is the variability of Internet traffic.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business Model Affects Metrics and Exit Criteria Web-based Business Model Exit Criteria In a web-business model you’re looking for traffic, users, conversion, virality, etc – not revenue. I know we have to create something users find valuable (the two-way search, games?)

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Richard Baxter is the CEO and founder of SEOgadget , a creative agency specialising in Technical SEO, Conversion Rate Optimisation, Content Creation and Link Building in competitive industries. Working out what websites they’re sharing most frequently is all about how we execute a Twitter search query via TAGS.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

This is going to show you the dependency on several critical variables: Cost per lead Conversion rates at each stage of your sales process Level of touch required Then compare this to your expected monetization. Use of the touchless conversion to convert trials to paying customers.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Whether you’re a conversion optimization agency, consultant, or in-house at a startup or enterprise, investing in the right conversion optimization tool is a big decision. You can, for example, isolate the conversion rate for all visitors who played the video you’re testing. It opens the door for detailed analysis.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 10, 2010

You will find plenty of articles on SEO in my archives under the SEO category if you’re keen for study materials. Bonus 6: “ How To Boost Critical Conversion Points In Your Blog Business &# – Teleconference Recording With Will Swayne on testing elements of your blog and email newsletter to improve conversion rates.

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startupbaltimore.org

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home Events Calendar Job Board Startup Resources Archives About Contact Interested in an Open-Data Contest in Baltimore? Finding a Technical Cofounder by Mike Subelsky on September 17, 2010 Advice View Comments Over the past 18 months I’ve had the same conversation with about ten entrepreneurs looking to start a software-based business.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

If you look at the top 3 online retailers by conversion rate, none of these are award-winning designs : [link] [link] [link] However, they convert ~25% of visitors to customers. As a pay-per-click marketer, now I will look at retail packaging as a source of ideas on landing page design. That’s 10x what many websites convert.

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trada.com

APRIL 7, 2010

Conversely, a willing customer might not have the time to give you consistent feedback in the design stage – they just want the benefits of what you’re offering when it actually works. Each conversation was invaluable, and we didn’t play hide the ball with them. They simply underestimated the effort involved to be in the conversation.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

The Trojan Horse “Well…” I said hesitantly, “I’m not sure we should share this with you but we have a set of benchmarks that we use to measure performance….” Getting B-52s through the Soviet Air Defense System Startup Ethics: Albatross or Essential?

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www.chancebarnett.com

MAY 10, 2011

Traditionally this is a headline, image or tag line. Not too long ago, I came across an interesting model for increasing conversion through landing pages: C = 4M + 3V – 2(F-I) – 2A CONVERSION requires: MOTIVATED visitors to your site (or page) – qualified via keyword query and your SEM ad copy.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 11, 2010

I read through your archives almost religiously before branching out to other marketers. Hence when I talk to a guy like Jeremy Schoemaker ( Shoemoney ), who loves the numbers, I feel a sense of envy at the relative ease that he can turn a profit just tweaking conversion rates. It was an amazing journey. Yaro Starak.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Startup Success Podcast, Open Source For-Profit Startups, One Laptop Per Child 2008, and $19 Usability Testing WordPress Headaches with Closing HTML Tag – Any Ideas?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 27, 2010

When that happened I just updated the one file, rather than dig through my blog archives to find all the articles that contained that link, which would be a nightmare job. This actually happened with Perry’s program as he switched to Infusionsoft to manage his affiliate program and all my links with him changed.

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Or even ways to optimize the conversion flow of a website sign up process. Tags: business vs. technical , founders , meetups , realistic expectations , recruiting. Even if you have to pay them, it’s worth it given the number of qualified attendees that will probably show up. Passing On Founder’s Institute. link] scyphers.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 22, 2009

Now I mention this conversation not because the objection was dumb, but because objections like these happen all the time when you’re brainstorming. tags: startup productivity) [.] Reply Process for the Enterprise » Blog Archive » The Role of Corner Cases in BPM , on May 5, 2009 at 3:40 pm Said: [.]

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2009

Some of the conversations went like this: Startup 1 Entrepreneur -“I’m competing against Company x and have been following the Customer Development process and I’ve talked to lots of customers.” Me – “Have you used Company x’s product? to look at: when the plan (or process!) is clearly defined, but we fail to follow it.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

I'm sensitive to the combative tone some have tried to take the conversation, which isn't an accurate reflection of what I said. startupcto I'm sensitive to the combative tone some have tried to take the conversation, which isn't an accurate reflection of what I said. I will change it. bryc3 Thanks Marshall!

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www.peterdrew.net

OCTOBER 23, 2010

there is the 7 day full functioning Free trial so you can test it again at any time mate It costs me a lot of money to provide this for free for 7 days to people, though the conversion from free trial to full membership is great, so makes it worthwhile etc. Tags: startupcto. Its easy to test it again to see this for yourself.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← WordPress Headaches with Closing HTML Tag – Any Ideas? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. the original post here: Micropreneur Spotlight: Online Mind Mapping Software ThoughtMuse … By admin | category: mind software | tags: camcorders, creator, interview-the-creator, [.] 3 comments ↓ #1 Jared on 10.07.09 at 2:21 pm [.]

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

And the converse is true; Palm would have failed, burning through all their cash, using Handspring’s strategy. Filed under: Customer Development , Customer Development Manifesto , Market Types | Tagged: Customer Development « The Customer Development Manifesto: The Startup Death Spiral (part 3) Can You Trust Any VC’s Under 40?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 18, 2011

Keepstream – tool that allows you to organize and publish an archive of things on Twitter such as events streams, specific conversations or a product launch and then embed the conversation on your site. Also makes a great way to share a conversation about a client to help them understand the buzz.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 21, 2017

A valuable thing about Mention is that it’s very good at finding Facebook conversations other tools are usually missing. username] : All of the above (basically, any mention of the username when the user is tagged in a tweet). Cyfe: Monitor & Archive Brand Mentions on Twitter. Price : FREE. Bonus : FREE download!

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 8, 2016

News stories get archived, shared and remembered for long, so the impact on sales by being featured in a TV segment is much higher than being featured in advertisements during commercial breaks. But remember, you can’t just jump into a conversation with journalists or their followers on social media. You get it. Conclusion.

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Steve Blank

MAY 13, 2009

And I started to panic as it dawns on me that this conversation is occurring 30 times the 300 people in each of the 30 squadrons on this airbase. Gravity Will be Turned Off « Steve Blank (tags: humor) Comments (0) [.] Reply Ashleighs Dump » Blog Archive » Turning off gravity , on September 6, 2009 at 11:19 pm Said: [.]

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

When you are presenting to a VC there are two conversations going on – the one you are presenting and the one that investors are thinking as they are listening to your presentation. (If Raising Money Using Customer Development « Steve Blank (tags: presentations presuation vc startup strategy customer-development) [.]

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2009

From there, the conversation took a different trajectory. I replied: “This is really important for our success as company and I’m really at a loss why customers didn’t respond the way we expected. Anybody else got some other ideas?&# It was definitely a “Zen moment&# for me in terms of my career.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2009

Customer Development to Reduce Risk Conversely, if you’re in a startup where the greatest set of risks are about failing to find the right customers/markets you would look for processes to reduce those risks. The Customer Development Process I teach and write about is designed to do just that.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. How to Compete Against Open Source Competition | Software by Rob (tags: software business) [.] #35 Here’s how the conversation in Best Buy would go: My Mom: “My son told me I should get a laptop with Linux on it.&# at 9:05 pm [.]

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. upmod] [downmod] 8 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Programming Career | Software by Rob (softwarebyrob.com) 1 points posted 5 months ago by SixSixSix tags career imported saved by [.] #12 at 3:04 am [.] .] #11 at 12:56 pm [.]

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

MAY 2, 2009

I will probably create the same task with a higher pay-out to see if I get a better conversion rate. We didnt take them, they are a random sampling of the most popular photos on Flickr with the tag nature. I can see in the mturk stats that a lot of the workers have a look at the task and return it. Flickr Search Copyright © 2011.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JANUARY 20, 2011

center-column.log-in.column /* widen columns */ { width:280px; } Last step: Change crappy copy [5min] Which title would help conversions better? We didnt take them, they are a random sampling of the most popular photos on Flickr with the tag nature. center-column h1 /* center title inside forms box */ { text-align:center; }.center-column.log-in.column

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