Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly We’ve run enough campaigns to known that users have been tolerant of authentic ads. So PPC (pay-per-click) advertising on social networks has performed poorly to date. The next campaign will be run with different publishers.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 26, 2020

The same applies to your website and software needs. How does my PPC advertising campaign perform? Recording a potential client’s name, preferences or other personal information could be the first step in building a close professional relationship with them. Project Management Software.

Social Media 147

Social Media Cloud PPC Mobile 147

YoungUpstarts

JULY 1, 2015

The book gives a brief but useful run down of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), educating readers on the difference between Pay Per Click (PPC) ads like Google AdWords and organic content on the Search Engine Results Page (SERP). On-page SEO: page titles, meta description tags, URLs, domain names, headings, and images. c) Tracking.

Software Review 100

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

They need a solution and your name pops up into their head and they type. People driven by your offline campaigns. If you were really smart you would use campaign tagged vanity url so you can segment them!]. Free, non-campaign, traffic. You are using Google Analytics to track all you display campaigns.

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Analytics Software Review Campaign Flash 122

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 4, 2014

Good freelance web developers are skilled in multiple areas, including web design, information architecture, usability engineering, web content management systems, web server administration, database administration, software engineering, project management, network security, and search engine optimization.

Web 134

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

Good freelance web developers are skilled in multiple areas, including web design, information architecture, usability engineering, web content management systems, web server administration, database administration, software engineering, project management, network security, and search engine optimization. Personality!

Web 127

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Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

Perhaps you wake up in the morning and walk into a store and buy new clothes (or expensive software from Oracle). Ditto for PPC, your affiliate links (all likely in the Do stage), and your email marketing programs. But it is horrible marketing to do a BUY FROM ME NOW campaign to See stage customers. You want sales, yes.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

What makes it scalable and more of a marketing channel is that it's managed using software. If I can build a partner program using software with a thousand different partners, with a thousand different tactics, I, I have inherently a, a diversified portfolio. I mean, eventually you can, but it it's kind of like SEO versus PPC, right?

Marketing 87

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

That means buying a domain name and some hosting to set up a website. Examples include: A newsletter signup box to capture people’s contact details for your mailing list; A system to send text messages to your customers via an SMS API ; If you sell Web-based software, an online demo that people can use.

PPC 100

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

We’ve recently discussed several useful topics for small businesses and startups, including naming your company , how to make you taglines stand out from the crowd., Nowadays people are putting the name into Google to find sites. and tips for buyers looking for logo design. We see this as a great thing.

Small Business 123

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

We’ve recently discussed several useful topics for small businesses and startups, including naming your company , how to make you taglines stand out from the crowd., Nowadays people are putting the name into Google to find sites. and tips for buyers looking for logo design. We see this as a great thing.

Small Business 122

Small Business Web Design Marketing 122

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2016

Good freelance web developers are skilled in multiple areas, including web design, information architecture, usability engineering, web content management systems, web server administration, database administration, software engineering, project management, network security, and search engine optimization.

Web 48

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ConversionXL

JULY 10, 2014

For example, I once had a client that sold law office practice management software. When surveying the competition, their customers, and the market at large, I learned that most law offices wouldn’t even consider purchasing a practice management software unless they knew: That it was being used by real lawyers.

Software Review 72

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I started embracing it as a framework on my podcast around 2010, and in 2013 I gave it a name. Specifically, I’m suggesting that you don’t get started by building a stand-alone subscription software (SaaS) product. I call it The Stair Step Approach. And Fri Davies from the Dynamite Circle has done this with his Magento add-ons.

Bootstrapping 36

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 36

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I started embracing it as a framework on my podcast around 2010, and in 2013 I gave it a name. When I first started moving out of consulting in 2005, I acquired a product called DotNetInvoice , a straightforward piece of invoicing software that I promoted almost exclusively through SEO. I call it The Stairstep Approach.

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 41

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When WordStream began receiving complaints that the seven-day free trial of their PPC management software wasn’t long enough, the brand decided to A/B test 14-day and 30-day trials. Yet, this was a successful growth marketing campaign. If your campaign works and your brand awareness metrics improve, you win. The results?

Framework 102

Framework Marketing Acquisition Retention 102

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

They allow you to create and optimize campaigns based on actionable evidence rather than intuition. Digital marketing metrics are values that are used to track and measure campaign performance. With this in mind, let’s look at 13 digital marketing metrics to track for campaign effectiveness. What are digital marketing metrics?

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Metrics Analytics Marketing Acquisition 105

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I started embracing it as a framework on my podcast around 2010, and in 2013 I gave it a name. When I first started moving out of consulting in 2005, I acquired a product called DotNetInvoice , a straightforward piece of invoicing software that I promoted almost exclusively through SEO. I call it The Stairstep Approach. Startups'

Bootstrapping 27

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 27

conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The product or website (be it software, e-commerce, or a service) might be awesome , but if it puts itself in front of the wrong market, or packages itself so the right market can’t figure out why it’s awesome, the startup will fail. Your Name *. Hi, my name is Peep Laja. Most startups fail. Leave a Reply Cancel.

Customer Development 60

Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 60

searchengineland.com

MAY 30, 2012

Enterprise Social Media Management Software. Imagine on your first day, I tell you to optimize the campaign of 50 keywords, what do you do?”. For anyone with any PPC in their background, I’d expect some discussion around Quality Scores and landing page optimization testing. SELs Guide To Bing. SELs Guide To Yahoo. Legal Issues.

SEO 54

SEO SEM Social Media Search 54

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Identify the impact on your display advertising campaigns. My reply to them is: If search traffic is profitable for you, and PPC delivers profitable traffic, why would you let your competitor win? Now you know both keywords to include into your SEO and PPC awesomization strategy, and the landing pages and experience to fix.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Non-Compete Search 60

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

We’ll also break down the main elements of high-performing emails to show you how to drive action from your campaigns. For example, you can partner with social media and PPC teams to create content that encourages subscribers to sign up to receive something of value. Step 2: Find the right email marketing software.

Email 136

Email Customer Marketing Software Review 136

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

It’s not a channel, campaign, or tactic. That’s how account-based marketing got its name. How you approach it will depend on your business model and ideal accounts and how (or if) you plan to expand campaigns. Your pilot plan gives you an idea of how many accounts to go after; now, you need to put names to it.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2007

In the past I have recommended Web Link Validator from REL Software as something we have had a positive experience with. It can do a lot more than check missing tags, see the website for all the features, so all around a good piece of software to have. ovchn=OVR&ovcpn=ron& ovcrn=ysmronpremium&ovtac=PPC.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Analytics Web Software Review 93

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

As a software developer I want things in neat little boxes. I did this for about 6 months; I updated the graphic design twice, tried two different shopping carts, added new products, changed category names, added a personal greeting on the home page, adjusted shipping costs, added an 800 number, and made about 20 other changes.

Design 51

Design Software Review Marketing Software Developers 51

ConversionXL

JULY 25, 2016

If you have third-party software like Salesforce or Infusionsoft, you’ll want to see how their analytics match up to what you’re seeing on Google Analytics – they might not be passing attributions through properly. Image Source. So what can you do? Interpret better! It’s all about approaching your data with a critical eye.

Analytics 48

Analytics Social Media Channel Campaign 48

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

If we’re not tracking from which websites, which campaigns, or which channels they visit, how could we know how much of that conversion to attribute to each source? You may run, for example, several Facebook campaigns. Which email campaign was this link in? Marketers must be able to reliably credit conversions (i.e.

Analytics 118

Analytics Campaign Email Channel 118

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In general, bandits are great for: Headlines and short-term campaigns; Automation for scale; Targeting; Blending optimization with attribution. The name of the game is iterative testing , so if you were on to something, try a few iterations. This chart from Google explains that very well: (Image Source).

Analytics 127

Analytics Technical Review Software Review Framework 127

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Prescriptive analytics The digital analytics metrics you need to know How to use analytics to improve marketing campaigns Define your mission, goals, and KPIs Set key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure marketing performance What to look for in a digital analytics product 9 tools for your digital analytics stack 1. Website traffic.

Analytics 106

Analytics Metrics Channel Campaign 106

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

billion daily active users , Google AdWords and Facebook ads are obvious choices for PPC campaigns. Well, the truth is that there are a lot of “it depends” situations in PPC, as Shuki Mann of LIXFIX explains… Shuki Mann , LIXFIX : “Is $1 a click cheap or expensive? How to Start Optimizing AdWords Campaigns.

PPC 48

PPC Software Review Campaign Analytics 48

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

to gather panel data, a company may recruit participants to be in a panel, and each panel member installs a piece of monitoring software. The software collects all the panel’s browsing behavior and reports it to the company running the panel. Panel data is another well-established method of collecting data.

Analytics 123

Analytics Securities and Exchange Commission Search Engineer 123

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

For example, one affiliate program might pay Kim a commission whenever a visitor she referred leaves their name and number. Try asking your affiliates… “How is the campaign performing compared to similar campaigns?”. Keep them updated about new offers, products and seasonal campaigns. PPC – 29.88%.

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Affiliate Programming Marketing PPC 48

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

The only problem is I haven’t found a problem or an industry – web, enterprise software, green tech, etc – where I feel passionate. How I can find the right investor (software)? We’re considering doing SEO and PPC as well as cold calling to generate leads. How did you find your passion?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

ConversionXL

JULY 9, 2015

and you’re executing targeted marketing campaigns that are garnering traffic. A side note: your paid traffic should be highly qualified (assuming you are employing a proper PPC campaign), but can also result in a potentially high customer acquisition cost (CAC). Your free trial signups are hardly equal.

Analytics 48

Analytics Conversion Software Review Email 48

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

They then built and implemented their account-based multi-touch marketing campaign around those targets. Based on your understanding of each unique account (whether you’re more likely to reach them on social media or other platforms), run a targeted ad campaign using one of the following: Traditional display ads. Native ads.

Marketing 100

Marketing Campaign Email Sales 100

ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2016

It’s only going to get more complicated and it’s important to have the right analytics software that can handle it. Anyone who works for a SaaS company will recognize these funnel stage labels, but with a name change, they’re relevant to every industry.

Analytics 78

Analytics Metrics Channel Software Review 78

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 2, 2015

In general, bandits are great for: Headlines and Short-Term Campaigns. The name of the game is iterative testing , so if you were onto something, then try a few iterations that attempt to solve the problem. PPC/SEM campaign. Other Marketing Campaigns. Automation for Scale. Blending Optimization with Attribution.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Analytics Framework Software Review 48