ConversionXL

JUNE 30, 2019

Knowing what the competitors are doing—how they’re thinking about the market, which tactics they’re using, how they’re crafting messages and design—can make all the difference in the battle for customers. And it’s not just a CRO problem—it’s a marketing-wide phenomenon. The lean, aggressive ones do.

SEO 126

SEO Conversion Analytics Design 126

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Business schools teach aspiring executives a variety of courses around the execution of known business models, (accounting, organizational behavior, managerial skills, marketing, operations, etc.). What is market size? Come up with ways to test: is a business worth pursuing (market size). Where’s the market?

Wiki 316

Wiki Lean Management Business Model 316

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Sales and marketing costs. Print your own collateral and marketing materials until the business is rolling. Facilities and staff.

Cost 255

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 255

Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Maybe It’s Me When I got to the SuperMac, our Marketing Communications group told me about our “award-winning&# retail packaging for our graphics boards. Her packaging class was so good that we sent every new marketer at SuperMac to take it. Yet when I saw our retail package, I was confused. Worry about the sales results.

Sales 120

Sales Silicon Valley RSS Las Vegas 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Sales and marketing costs. Print your own collateral and marketing materials until the business is rolling. Facilities and staff.

Entrepreneur 235

Entrepreneur Burn Rate SEM Social Network 235

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 13, 2008 SEM on five dollars a day How do you build a new product with constant customer feedback while simultaneously staying under the radar? Trying to answer that question at IMVU led me to discover Google AdWords and the world of search engine marketing. SEM is a simple idea.

SEM 164

SEM San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 164

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2016

If you’re moving slowly or have yet to implement search engine optimization (SEO) strategies as part of your overall marketing efforts, you’re falling behind your competitors. Let’s take a look at the top ten things you can do to make SEO an effective part of your 2017 marketing strategy: 1. image credit: hetemeel.

SEO 48

SEO Search Engineer Small Business 48

Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM), like cohort analysis , yourself. Sales and marketing costs. Print your own collateral and marketing materials until the business is rolling.

Cost 139

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 139

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 28, 2008 The lean startup comes to Stanford Im going to be talking about lean startups (and the IMVU case in particular) three times in the next two weeks at Stanford. Labels: events , lean startup 5comments: Hitchens said. How did we combat this tendency? When will you be speaking?

Lean 68

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Startup 68

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. Not because they didn’t want to do Pay-per-click (they are huge buyers of SEM) but because they didn’t want other people to know what they paid for clicks!

Product 350

Product Tuvalu Dilution Incubator 350

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

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. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Very exciting. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 68