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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

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In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?

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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

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In product business it is often measured over multiple purchases and assumptions are made about the repeat rates and in the enterprise or services world LTV can be based on churn rates, which are notoriously hard to predict in an early-stage business. What are the re-marketing or retention cost assumptions? What is the LTV?

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The Expert Guide to Creating a Marketing Growth Strategy

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Acquisition: Generating leads and new users; Activation: Increasing product usage and improving customer experience; Retention: Reducing churn and encouraging repurchasing; Referrals: Encouraging brand advocacy; Revenue: Turning leads into customers. These stages aren’t a strict pathway. Image source.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

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Because it can be hard to define or agree company objectives at an early stage I believe most people avoid them. How many through SEM? Usually you have a catch-all bucket for “direct” or similar that often came through PR or word-of-mouth. Retention / Churn. How many adds came through organic SEO?

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