Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. Similarly, it probably makes sense for everyone to take advantage of SEO (hey, its nearly-free traffic). But its not really viral growth, even when its exponential.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

YouTube takes too high of a revenue split (45% vs. 30% that Apple and many other distribution companies take – FWIW, YouTube argues this is because their costs are much higher since they host and stream the video). But you don’t need to spend money on SEM. You can’t build a brand on YouTube.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

A name can be a prison,” says Michael Martine, the blogging and SEO expert behind Remarkablogger. Plus, since spammers rely heavily on popular keywords, names generated solely with SEO in mind can seem spammy. Just don’t forsake that natural ability because you’re so focused on domain names, SEO and empty vessels. Is It Sticky?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

This is completely analogous to the situation elsewhere on the internet, where launching a new website, product, or service with PR is getting harder and harder. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. Or if your lifetime value is high enough, you can just keep spending on SEM.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2016

The PR Masterclass : How to develop a public relations strategy that works! SEM Rush – Find profitable key words. Ahrefs – Combination tool that allows you to work on your own SEO and spy on competitors. Raven Tools – Suite of SEO and online marketing tools. Further Reading: SEO Category on Duct Tape Marketing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Even if you must launch to your customers, avoid the urge to also launch in extra places, just because your PR firm can do it at the same time. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help. Help you raise money.

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www.launch.co

JULY 25, 2012

Ive been working on "Great to Excellent" techniques for all aspects of my professional life: my hosting ability on "This Week in Startups," angel investing, the LAUNCH Festival and my "day job" Mahalo. We hit 15M uniques 18 months ago with our content+search product, but it was largely based on "good content" combined with "excellent SEO."

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