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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

We short-handed this marketing mix as “ the four P’s ” – product, price, promotion and place (distribution) – this was devised in 1960 and while a little bit dated is still a useful framework. I was talking with a colleague once about how videos go viral. Rebelling is simply a form of snobbery.

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

is an elegant way to model any service-oriented business: Acquisition Activation Retention Referral Revenue We used a very similar scheme at IMVU, although we werent lucky enough to have started with this framework, and so had to derive a lot of it ourselves via trial and error. But its not really viral growth, even when its exponential.

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How to Choose Digital Marketing Channels for Long Term Growth

ConversionXL

SEM is great because you can capture people as they’re searching for a solution, which is often some of the highest intent traffic you can find. Virality and Referral. Virality is the key lever of many of the most famous growth examples: Dropbox, Uber, Facebook, Hotmail. If you sell shoes, would virality work for you?

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The 90-Day CMO and Cross-Channel Acquisition Strategies That Scale

Duct Tape Marketing

So to me, I walk in with a very specific framework and that happens during the scoping process to like, I don't break my frameworks for anybody for nobody. Like, no, you still need to walk in with a framework. Most people, they don't have a framework. That's a big part of my framework, right? I service guy.

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Knowledge

Occam's Razor

A Framework For Critical Thinking. Defining a "Master Metric", + a Framework to Gain a Competitive Advantage in Web Analytics. PPC / SEM Analytics: 5 Actionable Tips To Improve ROI. Tip#4: Make Your Analysis/Reports "Connectable" Tip#3: Turbocharge Your SEM/PPC Analysis. Be data driven?"

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

If the viral coefficient is 0.9, Start with a five-dollar-a-day SEM campaign. You create an entire framework of understanding and action based on your product/idea that sets it in motion in a self-sustaining way. the most sensible SEM advice Ive read - discussed in the context of a real situation. before you launch.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

While the CAC ratio helps SaaS businesses at scale to manage their Sales and Marketing spend, the SLC is a helpful framework for early stage businesses before you have meaningful data. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Ramping up too quickly will burn precious cash reserve and could sink the business. Software 2.0: