Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

Especially during challenging times, retention is significantly more crucial than acquisition. We had to make the difficult decision to cut down on staff and this allowed us to hire workers at lower rates. I managed this by retaining employees who can handle different types of tasks and increasing their salaries slightly.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Metrics Technical Review North America 120

Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2015

More often than not, equity compensation is an attraction and retention tool, rather than a replacement to salary. While some companies may use it as a means of paying employees a lower salary upfront, it’s very rarely offered as a complete replacement to receiving a regular compensation package. Hire slowly, fire fast.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

Sample @ Hypergiant Over the past five years, the tech industry has pushed the implementation of conversational intelligence, but actual execution presents several challenges. This will no doubt be a lively conversation that fiercely debates diverse investment approaches. From Basic Bot to Extraordinary AI” with C.K. Technologist C.K.

Austin 48

Austin Technical Review Cofounder Texas 48

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 24, 2023

Instead of hiring a full-time CMO, you get the strategic guidance and management of a seasoned marketing pro at a fraction of the cost. In contrast to hiring a full-time CMO and a team to implement marketing strategies, the fractional CMO model allows businesses to bring in experts on demand.

Marketing 62

Marketing Salary Retention Campaign 62

Hunter Walker

MAY 11, 2021

Why the next 6–12 months will be the best time in a decade for startups to hire. Employees are going to vote with their feet and I feel for People Ops teams who are going to be having a tremendous number of emotional conversations. Plus, given the current retention environment (what this entire post is about!)

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Hiring Matching Early Stage Retention 108

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 20, 2022

And really, I think in a lot of ways for hiring, we're talking about the same kind of journey, right? There is a great experience, you know, component, there is a retention component. Because a lot of people, oh, I need to run better ads on indeed, you know, as hiring. I mean, there is an attraction component.

Employee 74

Employee Networking Audio Customer 74

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Hiring is a chapter unto itself, but it deserves to lead off any discussion of context. Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. They’re looking to be paid properly in the context of the overall salary structure, including cash, benefits, and equity, and to be paid commensurate with performance.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

” Board members gave her a wakeup call: there was either going to be a much more realistic assessment tomorrow based on her first-hand customer conversations, or a new CEO. How can you shift focus to customer retention versus acquisition? Before layoffs, cut all salaries by 20%. Cut CXO salaries by at least 30%.

South Korea 334

South Korea Salary Business Model China 334

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

If you hire 6 senior sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business 6 months. If you don’t have a strong balance sheet and can’t hire more people that’s fine — but understand this may lead to slower growth.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 24, 2021

News declaring it the number one job in sales and marketing, and a median average salary of around $142,000 in the U.S., In general, marketing manager responsibilities boil down to overseeing and implementing marketing campaigns to facilitate growth and retention for the company—in whatever shape or form the company does this.

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Management Marketing Campaign Social Media 141

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 22, 2011

" ~ Digital Careers: "How can I get a bigger salary? Six Tips For Improving High Bounce / Low Conversion Web Pages. Multichannel Analytics: Tracking Offline Conversions. Is Conversion Rate Enough? Customer Personas, Customer Value, Customer Retention and Non-line Marketing. What's the best out there?

Analytics 124

Analytics Metrics SEM Web 124

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2023

Questions I ask Joe Mull: [01:55] What were you hoping to add to the topics of hiring and quitting with this book? [04:00] 12:58] Can you elaborate on the phrase: “the era of hiring the best person for the job is over” [18:08] Where do diversity, equity, and inclusion, you know, initiatives fit into the idea of Employalty ? [20:09]

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Hosting Employee Framework Networking 79

ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2018

You’re likely familiar with the different Growth frameworks like AARRR (Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral, Revenue). Usually the others are related to other marketing channels (paid/referrals) or one of the other parts of the funnel (retention/lifecycle). It all start with Acquisition. How do you prioritize?

SEO 134

SEO Metrics Analytics Search 134

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

The conversations usually go down the same path, ending with a you’re how old? Something similar happened during a salary negotiation seminar years later. At the same time it seemed that whenever I would have a conversation with a friend, family member, colleague, manager, executive–you name it!–about

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

So all the salaries and payroll that's allocated to the delivery function in your business, and then what we like to call, share delivery expenses, which would be some of the software or tools that you're paying for that aren't necessarily for one specific client, but you need to do the work. What's the job we're being hired to do.

Cofounder 73

Cofounder Hosting Networking Software Review 73

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Article after article, course after course, conference talk after conference talk addresses acquisition experimentation—getting more conversions at the top of the funnel. Exhibit A: This is the table of contents from the article that currently ranks first for the keyword “conversion rate optimization tips.” Take HubSpot , for example.

Retention 101

Retention Metrics Churn Rate Acquisition 101

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

You are here: Home » Hiring » Crazy! Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. Persistence.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Our team in the last five years has gone from five to nearly fifty, however we have amazing retention. We attribute that success to our culture and our focus to hire for the who first and then the assignment of what job. 11- Hiring and firing. I’m supposed to have stability, a salary, and opportunity for career advancement.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur Restful Jordan Revenue 91

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Article after article, course after course, conference talk after conference talk addresses acquisition experimentation—getting more conversions at the top of the funnel. Exhibit A: This is the table of contents from the article that currently ranks first for the keyword “conversion rate optimization tips.” Take HubSpot , for example.

Retention 48

Retention Metrics Churn Rate Acquisition 48

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Scaling a people-intensive business requires hiring and retaining exceptional talent. Client retention hinges on relationships—and the people who maintain them. A 10% relative increase in conversion rate for a large site makes them millions—but gets you fired with a small client (as that’s nothing for them in absolute dollars).

SEO 110

SEO Hiring PPC Leadership 110

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Scaling a people-intensive business requires hiring and retaining exceptional talent. Client retention hinges on relationships—and the people who maintain them. A 10% relative increase in conversion rate for a large site makes them millions—but gets you fired with a small client (as that’s nothing for them in absolute dollars).

SEO 49

SEO Hiring PPC Leadership 49

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck. Sjoerd Franken.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

That’s what a conversation between a job candidate and a VC are called. Now, I LOVE these conversations with possible new team members, but take a very different approach. Basically, do they think there’s room for promotion and ongoing recognition/retention compensation? ‘Sell calls.’ I don’t sell them.

Salary 56

Salary Burn Rate Dilution Equity 56

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

SXSW Panel: The Intersection of Co-Working and Wellness barbary (@barbary) | Twitter Jennifer Aldoretta Director of Operations Threatcare Jennifer is the Director of Operations for Threatcare, where she has led the development of radical diversity and inclusion initiatives, including Threatcare’s open salary policy.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 48

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

My goal for today is literally to, if we spend the next few minutes together and you get one thing, a new idea, something that you’re going to change when you hire somebody or when you interview them, and it helps you keep one of your good employees. I’m not going to go in depth on how to interview or who to hire.

Employee 86

Employee Video Hiring Forecast 86