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7 Key Factors Obscure Your Customer Acquisition Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

As a business consultant and angel investor, I often ask for your own assessment of marketing ROI , or customer acquisition cost (CAC). Leaders and investors need to know if you have and are tapping into your key sources of relevant data, including web analytics, sales management data, and customer relationship management (CRM) software.

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10 Keys To A Credible and Trusted Internet Web Domain

Startup Professionals Musings

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? These are all minimal-cost survival marketing efforts. Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes.

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AI, Blockchain, Web 2.0, and Self Driving Cars

View from Seed

The most common analogies I’ve been considering with the current wave of generative AI are blockchain, self-driving cars, and Web 2.0. This is not dissimilar to the explosion of applications we saw in the mid-2000’s fueled by declining computing costs, cloud infrastructure, and social platforms. There are two reasons for this.

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5 Ways to Cut Costs with Business Analytics

The Startup Magazine

megabytes of data per second , and each internet user generates 2.5 The growing data analytics industry is poised to help businesses optimize analytics to reduce costs without jeopardizing growth. It often consists of stuff like past email correspondence, visitor tracking data, web logs, surveillance footage, chat logs, and so forth.

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Best Internet-Based Businesses You Can Start In 2020

YoungUpstarts

Even if you have been able to hold on to your permanent job, an internet-based business will bring in an extra income. Obviously, you will need the necessary equipment to get this type of business started online, but startup costs are low. Go free or purchase a website at a low monthly cost from any number of providers.

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

Both Sides of the Table

In it he asserts that the web is dying and in its ashes will see the rise of the “App Internet.” And while the App Internet is currently more powerful than the Mobile Internet it has fundamental flaws. The web is dying and will be replaced by “the App Internet.”

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10 Strategies To Cover New Product Development Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. That includes estimating the money required to get to the revenue stage, and saving money to cover costs before you jump off the cliff. Join a startup incubator.