SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Shortly after we sold Opsware to Hewlett-Packard, I had a conversation with the legendary venture capitalist Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital. Consumer RSS: 1999-2010 - Venture Chronicles , September 11, 2010 paidContent made an interesting connection about Bloglines being shut down and the broader question of RSS in the age of Twitter.

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Stay tuned to the payments intelligence conversation through the Litle Blog and Twitter. RSS Feed 604,100+ Subscribers. Dev & Design Highlights. Design Lists. Web Design. The Evolution of Ecommerce Series is presented by Litle & Co. , Print Story. Email Story. Topics to follow. e-Commerce. 671 followers.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Add RSS feed. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Design courtesy of Ashley Cecil. on a scale of 1-4). Anonymous said. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Subscribe in a reader. Subscribe via email. Cracking The Code on Facebook.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. The problem was that when I’d purchased the site 18 months ago the conversion rate (the rate at which it converted visitors to buyers) was hovering right around 0%. Marketing is Design. Note: by “Design&# I mean technical (application) design.

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conversionxl.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Extra Lucrative Conversion Advice. Conversion Optimization Services. Conversion Research. We’ve organized everything to best simulate a visitor’s experience on a landing page from first click to final conversion. Landing page design isn’t a game where you flex your own aesthetic prowess. 1:1 Consultations.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Dev & Design Mashable on Facebook Join Us! The folks at Performable also recently added a new analytics backend that focuses on conversion goals rather than just testing alone. What is A/B Testing, Exactly?

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

RSS Feeds. --> --> Bookmark FOLIOMag.com. Design & Production. Curalate allows us to see how the content we pin to our boards is performing, as well as the content people are organically pinning from our sites, and more importantly how viral those actions are, since it’s reported that 80 percent of Pinterest activity comes from repins.”

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? Have an account?

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

Web Design. Design Patterns. UI Design. Mobile Design’s Wake-Up Call Preparing Websites For The Unexpected. Responsive Design , Strategy. Designing websites for smartphones is easy compared to retrofitting those already in place. Designers made their upper left corner logos clickable because it was expected.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! He says his team’s focus has benefited from having other work-minded people around, and they’ve even worked with a design team a few seats away. Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Have an account?

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mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

The “convergence” part means that A and C will eventually yield similar conversion rates (conversion in this case being whether users logged in or not). Meme Machine: ‘Hitler’ Skewers Google’s Social Search Plus 4 More Viral Topics. RSS Feed 572,534+ Subscribers. Dev & Design Highlights.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

13 Halloween-Themed Facebook Timeline Designs [PICS]. AngelList is brilliantly designed to make it easy for investors to write checks to entrepreneurs. What is your viral coefficient? When you make contact, send them a link to your AngelList profile early on in the conversation. RSS Feed 554,507+ Subscribers.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development. Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Have an account? It’s quite an eye opener.

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Brandanew

AUGUST 1, 2015

It does not spare anyone – not the one who is down with a viral or the one who is on a vacation after almost an year. It has become a must-have tool for managing social media, tracking conversations and measuring results via web or mobile devices. The sad part? SproutSocial. SocialFlow. ScheduGram.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Facebook Timeline: 10 Stunning Designs [PICS]. Meeting up for lunch or drinks isn’t always the best option when it comes to keeping the conversation alive, though — oftentimes, a journalist may only want to meet up when you have a story to pitch. RSS Feed 550,078+ Subscribers. Dev & Design Highlights.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Create Viral Content Infographics startup Visual.ly It got 10% conversion,” Carrella says. We took the creative approach with our messaging as well as integrated Facebook and Twitter to encourage virality. ); //]]> Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Have an account? The most remarkable part?

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2011

Asking someone to buy before they have confidence in you or your product is a recipe for abysmal conversion rates. As you move into (and beyond) the $30 range your conversion rates drop dramatically on first time visitors making a purchase. There’s a common misconception that your conversion rate is a single number.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. Likewise, not a single designer gets approved to sell on Fab without Bradford’s input, review, and approval. Less is more.

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The initial feeling I have is they are great tools and essential since measuring leads and conversions is key to business success BUT…it is the time and energy of doing and learning and monitoring me that makes these feel overwhelming. RSS Feed 584,820+ Subscribers. Dev & Design Highlights. Design Lists. Web Design.

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Software By Rob

JULY 14, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. This post is an excerpt from the Micropreneur Academy , an online learning environment designed to get one-person web startups from zero to launch in four months. I’m not a great designer but I could have designed something in about two hours.

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leananalyticsbook.com

AUGUST 19, 2012

Transactional sites are about shopping cart conversion, cart size, and abandonment. There are good studies that show a strong correlation between site performance and conversion rates, so startups ignore this stuff at their peril. Viral coefficient (how well your users become your marketers.). Skip to navigation. Skip to footer.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. The approach involves going to a source of (often public) data and finding out how many X’s there are in the world, where X is your target consumer…be it a barber shop, web design firm or male under the age of 34. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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gigaom.com

JUNE 18, 2012

The best publishers are getting even more savvy and looking at the virality of individual stories to judge success. And then extracting the viral characteristics of successful stories to make editorial decisions that hopefully continue to tickle reader curiosity and keep them coming back. Join the conversation. john terry.

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andrewchenblog.com

JANUARY 28, 2010

For freemium businesses, particularly ones that are social apps, there’s often a word of mouth or viral component, which we’ll cover in a second. Funnel Once you get your users registered onto the site, then there’s the question of how convert to paying customers, and whether there are any viral effects.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 5, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. The knowledge that you need 10,000 hours to master a subject, that certain trends become viral after the 412th person adopts it, or that you should make your product remarkable, is not going to help you launch. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 10, 2007

Aside from the sleek design, the iPhone has an amazing user interface. And of course, the design of the interface is super sleek. When you activate it, it reduces the sound level from your iPOD and enables a conversation without removing your earphones. Add RSS feed. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. This is especially true for mobile commerce sites, where the conversion rates between browsers and purchasers can vary dramatically based on the platform and the method of presentation. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Have an account?

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mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

RSS Feed 591,322+ Subscribers. Dev & Design Highlights. Design Lists. Web Design. viral video. viral videos. More subscription options » -->. Mashable News In Your Inbox. Top Stories. My Stories (Personalized). All Stories. Activity From People I Follow. Latest Social Media News. Web Video Roundup.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Kapor is the original designer of Lotus 1-2-3 and former CEO of Lotus Development. Passion was certainly a recurring topic of conversation amongst the investors we interviewed. blog comments powered by Disqus More Subscription Options » Twitter RSS Top 6 Today 1 After Giants' World Series Win, San Francisco E.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

One got added to the latter category Tuesday: design firm Cuban Council, which will be shipping off a portion of its team to help improve the look of Google+.). And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? So what does it take to impress Lawee? dMarc Broadcasting.

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sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

RSS Feed 19 Nov 2010, Posted by admin in Featured , Nohat , 26 Comments SEO Advice for Bootstrapped Startups SEO can provide a hugely valuable source of traffic, if done right – especially for a bootstrapped startup where money is tight. Aaron Wall, SEO Book Add a free feature which is accessible, useful, and spreads virally.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

RSS Feed 614,263+ Subscribers. Dev & Design Highlights. Design Lists. Web Design. viral video. viral videos. More subscription options » Mashable News In Your Inbox. Top Stories. My Stories (Personalized). All Stories. Activity From People I Follow. Latest Social Media News. Tech & Gadgets Highlights.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 16, 2013

Seems like every third startup nowadays is using the “Freemium” business model: The lowest service tier is free, and the business is designed to get those users hooked and then upgrade to a paid plan. Freemium conversion rates makes marketing expensive A really good conversion rate for free-to-paid is 4%, like Dropbox.

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unbounce.com

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Join in as we discuss marketing, conversion rate optimization and the art & science of landing pages. Subscribe to the Unbounce Conversion Newsletter. -->. Conversion. Does your landing page appear to be professionally designed? Does the design of your landing page match the visual style of your ad creative?

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Because.NET is designed to extend, not disrupt. NET is designed to tightly integrate with and seamlessly extend the Microsoft stack in extremely powerful but ultimately incremental ways. Subscribe to comments with RSS. Some us have evolved past the visual designers. March 25, 2011 at 7:00 am. Posted in CEO Friday , Job.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 6, 2007

Conversely, if an account already mentioned its willingness to churn at a specific date, it would be misleading to represent that customer as a recurring revenue account. Add RSS feed. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Design courtesy of Ashley Cecil. The MRR is a great metrics, but it can be perfected.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Before you can even finish your pitch, people are already making judgments of your company, and bad names can be a real distraction to important conversations. Invite people from outside of the tech world to bring a fresh perspective, and also invite folks from the creative professions — writers, designers, artists, etc.

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