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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

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Trying to answer that question at IMVU led me to discover Google AdWords and the world of search engine marketing. You declare how much someone clicking an advertisement is worth to you, and then the search engine does its best to get you as many clicks as it can at that price. Labels: search engine marketing 4comments: Tauya said.

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Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability

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You can also download our presentation, " Just-In-Time Scalability: Agile Methods to Support Massive Growth." Labels: agile , continuous deployment 1 comments: timothyfitz said. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Update: PDF version for "lazy linux users" and others who love freedom.

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Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

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It is becoming easier and cheaper for companies to bring products to market, leveraging free and open source software , cloud computing, open social data (Facebook, OpenSocial ), and open distribution (AdWords, SEO). Is there anywhere I can download the presentation? November 7, 2008 12:22 AM Anonymoussaid.

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The free software hiring advantage

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Yes, you may be more familiar with the term open source, but lets give credit where credit is due , at least for today). If youve never been a contributor to a free software project before, take a look at Contributing to Open Source Without Committing a Line Of Code. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

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It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

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I downloaded and tried all four of them (because I had time to kill) - and Im still not sure which one was the best. After Ive built my first successful app, and all kinds of competitors have copied me and have similar apps right next to mine in the store, how will I continue to get new customers? Hey Eric, very interesting post.

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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Startup Lessons Learned

I usually use a "funnel report" that looks like this: Control Hypothesis A Hypothesis B Registered 1000 (100%) 1000 (100%) 500 (100%) Downloaded 650 (65%) 750 (75%) 200 (40%) Chatted 350 (35%) 350 (35%) 100 (20%) Purchased 100 (10%) 100 (10%) 25 (5%) In this case, you could run the report for any time period.