article thumbnail

Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

And is moving the company into augmented reality and conversational AI. While they’ll likely never regain the market dominance they had in the 20 th century, (their business model continues to be extremely profitable) Nadella likely saved Microsoft from irrelevance. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times.

Azure 120
article thumbnail

Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

And is moving the company into augmented reality and conversational AI. While they’ll likely never regain the market dominance they had in the 20 th century, (their business model continues to be extremely profitable) Nadella likely saved Microsoft from irrelevance. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times.

Azure 120
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Demand Generation vs. Lead Generation: Integrating To Drive Growth

ConversionXL

Demand generation marketers create and distribute strategic content (mostly for free) to build awareness and demand for their brand or product. Lead generation marketers capitalize on the interest demand generation creates. Take Omnisend , an email marketing, SMS, and automation platform for ecommerce sellers.

article thumbnail

How To Master Your Offline Marketing Plan

YoungUpstarts

Popular offline approaches include: Distributing physical leaflets. Word-of-mouth marketing can also be highly beneficial for your business. Direct marketing methods promote quality customer service. Physical marketing materials properly channelled will help you to build a steady customer base. Physical vouchers.

Marketing 124
article thumbnail

SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

SuperMac sold our graphic boards for the Macintosh through multiple distribution channels: direct sales to major accounts, national chains, independent rep firms, etc. 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.

Sales 120
article thumbnail

Is Twitter Really Any Good for Brand Advertisers?

Rob Go

For the most sophisticated brand marketers, this is accomplished through Marketing Mix Modeling where they can directionally attribute a dollar spent to the short-term return in sales. Direct marketers and retailers take a more direct path in ROI, directly attributing sales to a particular channel.

article thumbnail

7 Incredible Web Design, Branding, Digital Marketing Experiences

Occam's Razor

Security Choice: The Power of Conversion Through Transparency. The price is easy to see, colors easy to find and change, micro conversions cleverly tucked under the Add To Cart button. Micro-conversions FTW! Security Choice: The Power of Conversion Through Transparency. Shopbop: (Luxury) Ecommerce and Branding Done Right!

Web 164