Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The VP of Sales comes to a board meeting, still optimistic, and provides a set of reasonable explanations – “our pipeline looks great, but orders will close next quarter” or “we’ve got lots of traffic to our site, we just need to work on conversion.” Just had a conversation today with a student taking Steve’s class. Now In Print!

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

MAY 31, 2011

The website I will review the website of Blue Tea that offers kitchen designs in Sydney. For Blue Tea, the keyword is “kitchen design sydney”. In the case of Blue Tea, the title is “New Kitchen Designs Sydney”. The current meta description is “BlueTea, Specialises In Designing New Custom Made Kitchens And Colour Consulting.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

Their engineering teams didn’t have the expertise using off-the-shelf microprocessors (back then “real” computer companies designed their own instruction sets and operating systems.) The Customer is a Genius Then instead of talking about our products he segued the conversation into their products.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Note from the editor: We talk a lot about conversion rate optimization, and how it’s about showing the right people, the right thing, at the right time in order to get more out of your website. We use targeting in a similar way to shape our terms to boost their conversion potential. We should look toward.

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andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

However, there’s the other side of the coin, which is the product design. After you’ve added a ton of new features and stuck them all on the homepage, you create Product Design debt. Arguably, MySpace is a company that never paid down their product design debt, and their traffic has been impacted as a result.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the conversation began to get down to how much stock and salary we could offer van Dam, we left the barber to finish his work and went to a payphone to call our CEO to confirm the deal. the “schedule fantasy factor,”) or his eleven rules of supercomputer design but also a real appreciation for how a technical visionary thinks. (I

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

The design was actually a negative drag on selling anything off a retail shelf. From grumbling skeptics, they all became packaging design converts. And for sure they were never going to win any design awards. We were on the bottom row – with an invisible box. We labeled this our “Black Hole of Packaging&# strategy.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

I have an idea for how to connect user social web conversations to 2-way search and contextual advertising. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. It took me 8 startups and 21 years to get it right, (and one can argue success was due to the Internet bubble rather then any brilliance.) Here’s my first time entrepreneur dilemma.

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techland.time.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

The same great award-winning news coverage, commentary, photography and video are all still here, but they’re presented in a fresh, streamlined design, making everything easier to find and enjoy, whether you’re accessing the site from a desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone. The launch of this new design has many facets.

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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. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print! Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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Software By Rob

JULY 22, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Micropreneur Academy member Ruben Gamez launched Bidsketch five months after joining the Academy, and has experienced quite a bit of success with this niche application for designers. But the design of this email is branded, yet simple. 2 Rob on 10.19.10

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

You can imagine the rest of the conversation; my sounding reluctant to let our own tests outside our building, the magazines begging us to let them have them, and finally a deal gets struck where we let the benchmarks out to the test labs of these magazines under their own name “The Potrero Benchmark Suite” without attribution to us.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Almost no one thinks about improving conversion rates. Good Marketing Looks Easy The most likely reason is that good marketing, as with good design, looks easy. Conversion, Not So Much. But conversions suck. Why is this? Only, it’s not.

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bijoor.me

MARCH 26, 2014

Conversation Management. Model-Driven iPaas : higher level DSLs in the integration domain runtimes as a service often including graphical design environments Examples : MuleSoft CloudHub , IFTTT. product design. Design (9). Conversation Management (2). Engagement Tracking. Employee Engagement. B2B Sales Process.

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Software By Rob

JULY 13, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. It wasn’t until the past decade that a designer or developer could leave the safety of a salaried position in pursuit of a career as a solo entrepreneur. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Check out my book Like this post? at 1:11 pm Voted for it. #2

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. By now we’ve discussed the fact that you should first plug your funnel , then improve conversion rates , then work on sending as much traffic as possible to your website. Including them in any kind of conversion rate calculation would be a mistake.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

If you prefer a face-to-face conversation, there’s also an option to search for a mentor by your zip code. COMEDIVA, a web production company developing a female-driven video comedy site, is searching for that multi-talented web developer / designer / SEO guru who can handle. These sites and specific towards entrepreneurs.

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Software By Rob

MAY 24, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. You need reasonable graphic design skills, the ability to shoot and edit a screencast, respond to customer feedback, and work on the messaging/marketing. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Check out my book Like this post? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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Software By Rob

JULY 24, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. In the same market with equal marketing, the product with the better design aesthetic wins. Your early conversion rates are going to be abysmal. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Check out my book Subscribe via RSS Thousands of entrepreneurs cant be wrong.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 30, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. This should help raise our conversion rate. Check out my book Subscribe via RSS Thousands of entrepreneurs cant be wrong.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. Check out my book Subscribe via RSS Thousands of entrepreneurs cant be wrong. Check out my book Like this post? at 7:32 am [.]

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Coolest Business Card Ever – How am I not stealing this design right now? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. Check out my book Like this post?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

People judge your blog based on the design. The content of your blog is always more important than the design, but you need to woo people with your design first. You draw them in with design, and keep with content. “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. . Design is how it works.”

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Software By Rob

MARCH 17, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Free Website Feedback, Custom Card Designs, Finding Good Domain Names, and more… Paying the Price of Success → Joel on Software is Shutting Down. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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Software By Rob

MARCH 2, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. I’ve had a number of conversations with exceptionally talented developers who’ve made gutsy decisions and come out on top. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. at 12:09 pm Some good insights into design #6 Rob on 03.28.10 Check out my book Like this post? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 14, 2010

Meadows said he and his team designed and built BearHug as a new suite of tools that is crafted specifically for small businesses who are tired of struggling with what he termed “complicated applications and complex licensing and customization fees required by larger vendors.” Meadows and his team previously developed Budurl and EZ.com.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 25, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. Simple high level concepts like these need to be at the forefront of small-company and product design. #7 at 12:20 am [.]

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Software By Rob

APRIL 6, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. We all make similar mistakes designing and developing our own sites. Check out my book Like this post? 2 Mitch on 04.06.10

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Cracking the Code

JULY 10, 2009

United apologized, plans to use the video internally to help " change its culture ," and, according to a spokeswoman for the carrier: "We are in conversation with one another to make what happened right." Great website, adding you to my RSS !! Add RSS feed. Design courtesy of Ashley Cecil. The lesson here? at 10:33 AM.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Email has four main technical prongs: capturing email addresses, managing lists and campaigns, “designing” your campaign, and delivering your campaign–all of which are usually included in your Email Service Provider plan. Campaign “design” is potentially the most technical aspect of the bunch. (As Minimal Technical Costs.

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www.smashingmagazine.com

MAY 5, 2011

Most designers are familiar with the conventional ways. In this article, we’d like to present a couple of new ideas that might be useful for your next designs. Traditional CAPTCHAs that ask users to retype distorted letters have been proven to hurt conversion rates.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

Ravikant explains that this feature is designed to encourage more startups to raise funding from legitimate investors via AngelList. It’s clear that AngelList wants to help bring much of the transactional conversations and introductions that happen at the early stage of hiring and fundraising via word of mouth or in meetings online.

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blog.traindom.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Traindom Traindom Customer Login Sign Up Affiliates Support Information Marketing Conversations 36 places where you can submit your startup for some coverage October 4th, 2010 § 45 Photo used under Creative Commons from theparadigmshifter So you have a new startup company and want some coverage. Take a look at Traindom.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. On the web we marvel at the forward-thinking genius of Paul Graham or the design expertise of 37 Signals. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. My roof is leaking.

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Software By Rob

JULY 17, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Paymo Time Tracking – A well-designed, free time tracking app with one of the coolest screenshot galleries I’ve seen. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. Check out my book Subscribe via RSS Thousands of entrepreneurs cant be wrong. Check out my book Like this post?

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