YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Going digital” with your marketing mix has never been more essential. Most advertisers continue to increase their digital marketing spend in 2019 as billions of consumers are using online social media as a jumping off point into purchase decisions. Market Education. by Adriana Lynch , CMO at Chief Outsiders. Brand Awareness.

Channel 165

Channel PPC Marketing SEO 165

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Email marketing. Direct mail marketing.

Lead Generation 137

Lead Generation SEM Viral Social Media 137

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. This combination will almost certainly get your plan tossed by potential investors, who understand all too well the need and cost for marketing in today’s environment.

Marketing 265

Marketing Viral SEM Startup 265

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. This combination will almost certainly get your plan tossed by potential investors, who understand all too well the need and cost for marketing in today’s environment.

Marketing 257

Marketing SEM Viral Social Media 257

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Email marketing. Direct mail marketing.

Lead Generation 248

Lead Generation SEM Social Media Startup 248

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. This combination will almost certainly get your plan tossed by potential investors, who understand all too well the need and cost for marketing in today’s environment.

Marketing 235

Marketing SEM Startup Viral 235

Gust

MARCH 9, 2014

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. This combination will almost certainly get your plan tossed by potential investors, who understand all too well the need and cost for marketing in today’s environment.

Marketing 146

Marketing SEM Viral Social Media 146

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Getting the most of your online marketing: the In & Out of SEM/SEO. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, February 12, 2007. on a scale of 1-4). on a scale of 1-4).

Software Review 48

Software Review SEM Marketing Las Vegas 48

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

This is what brand marketers and consumer packaged goods companies have been studying and refining for years: how to win the battle in your mind before you ever set foot in the store. On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. If you sell an online service that solves a defined problem, you can compete in SEO or SEM.

Distribution 74

Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 74

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Dont worry about selecting particularly good keywords, if youre new to SEM. Even more importantly, you can start to experiment with feature set, positioning, and marketing - all without building a product. Labels: customer development , search engine marketing 13comments: Jim Lindstrom said. Just put in your credit card.

Demand 167

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

vs. sustainable: Compare this to the renewable strategies, like viral marketing, SEO, widgets, and ads, which can scale into 10s of millions of users but are primarily centered around tough, non-user centric work. Problem is, you inevitably become yesterday’s old news. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.

Audience 119

Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean 119

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Johnson also says that search engine issues have affected the style of names. Amidst all the search engine and domain name drama, consider that names are memorable when they sound good. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us!

Naming 94

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

I strongly believe that the first few hires of a startup should belong to the growth department, whether they’re marketers, community managers, or salespeople (selling your product is the best way to learn how to improve it). Apr-15: Head of Marketing (growth team). Lean marketing. 1x hacker in charge of product/development.

Revenue 60

Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve introduced a new class at Stanford to teach engineers, scientists and other professionals how startups really get built. Business schools teach aspiring executives a variety of courses around the execution of known business models, (accounting, organizational behavior, managerial skills, marketing, operations, etc.).

Wiki 315

Wiki Lean Management Business Model 315

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

We write often of low-cost, high impact marketing tactics for small businesses and share tips for leveraging these. We believe that small business and startups should always be willing to experiment with marketing tactics and strategies as long as those serve a larger goal and contribute to a clear strategy. Graphic: Sam Michel.

Advertising 103

Advertising Lean Marketing Campaign 103

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Marketing launch) Make a new product available to customers in the general public. This is the usual reason given for a marketing launch, but for most early stage startups, its a failure. If the viral coefficient is 0.9,

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

If its part of a viral loop, its probably trying to get them to invite more friends (on average). In traditional marketing there are three main objectives. Waves of technology platforms The lean startup Customer Development Engineering Greasemonkey compiler Great open source scalability tools from Danga Ideas.

San Francisco 166

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment 166

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Revenue is always my preferred measure, but you can use anything that is important to your business: retention, activation, viral invites, or even customer satisfaction in the form of something like net promoter score. If an optimization has an effect at the micro level that doesnt translate into the macro level - who cares? Very exciting.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 68

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 22, 2011

To assist with that process everything's organized into these sections: ~ Digital Marketing: "What is amazing out there? Digital Marketing: "What is amazing out there? " 11 Digital Marketing “Crimes Against Humanity”. Mobile Marketing and Analytics: Click-to-Call Mobile Ad Campaigns. Be data driven?"

Analytics 124

Analytics Metrics SEM Web 124

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. If your app has strong word-of-mouth or viral components, your retention drives new acquisition, and its not so important to have good placement in the store. Or if your lifetime value is high enough, you can just keep spending on SEM.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Retention SEM 68

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. For example, you can provide a solution to automate marketing, but if the customer doesnt know some key best practices for how to effectively market online, then its unlikely that theyll get a lot of value out of a marketing automation solution. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

In the class I teach at Harvard Business School , the first module of the course is dedicated to examining startups when they are pre-product market and struggling to find product-market fit while the second module is dedicated to what the challenges of scale post product-market fit. For example, PR doesn’t scale.

Metrics 20

Metrics Churn Rate Acquisition SEM 20

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2016

113 of the Best Lead Generation Tools and Resources written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Referral Marketing– This includes intentional word of mouth activities, viral tactics as well as intentional referral generation. Referral Marketing Category on Duct Tape Marketing. Further Reading.

Lead Generation 28

Lead Generation Social Media Public Relations Channel 28

marketingland.com

JULY 11, 2012

Search Marketing |. Email Marketing |. Affiliate Marketing. Column: Email Marketing Column. Flexible/fluid grids pose a problem for email marketers – while possible, complexity and consistent rendering are going to be at odds. Related Topics: Email Marketing | Email Marketing Column. Social Media |.

Email 49

Email Mobile SEO Search 49