abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

At Uber, the system has “perfect” information in an industry where just two years ago there was a complete lack of visibility (on both sides of the network) that led to enormous waste of resources. At oDesk, the platform enables the planning, development, and transfer of code from the supplier to the purchaser. Network Effects.

Aggregator 101

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking the SMB code. Small and Medium businesses have been the holy grail of High tech and software companies for quite some time now, but the quest is far from ending. "If

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Transformify

APRIL 21, 2017

Reviews aren’t always reliable, and there is stiff competition on many gig platforms, making the prices undercut, the stakes lower and the work shoddy. The whole platform works because everyone in our network is heavily screened; they’re all experts. And we’ll be expanding into more business verticals soon.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review Cofounder 40

ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

Although this gap is decreasing due to the rise of mobile website optimization , conversion rates for these websites are still poor when compared to their desktop counterparts. These users may be visiting to check inventory, look at reviews, read blog articles, or even compare pricing. In fact, a survey by Quiex states that 49.7%

Mobile 48

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ConversionXL

JUNE 30, 2019

Reviewing a competitor’s online presence helps me understand how to differentiate my client. Reliable lifts come from knowing your customer and tailoring the value proposition to match that customer’s motivations in a way that no other website will. To reach your competitors’ customers, use your network: Who do you know?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2012

This only happens if you write content and create pages that match what your ideal clients are looking for online. Add plugins to your blog and web pages that makes all of your content sharable in social networks. Start sharing your blog posts on social networks. This includes local search!

Software Review 74

Software Review Social Network Social Media Analytics 74

ConversionXL

MAY 11, 2017

Reviewing a competitor’s online presence helps me understand how to differentiate my client. Reliable lifts come from knowing your customer and tailoring the value proposition to match that customer’s motivations in a way that no other website will. To get a hold of your competitors’ customers, use your network – Who do you know?

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SEO Analytics Conversion Search 131

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. I personally have wrote code in more than a dozen languages and would still prefer.net any-day.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. If you are an entrepreneur seeking funding, try our free Funding Recommendation Engine to identify a list of angels, venture capital and state grant programs that best match your business. You should sign up for our newsletter here. It’s free.

Software Review 79

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. The author concluded this has less to due with aging than to other factors, both intrinsic and extrinsic to the creative process (i.e.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Here’s what you’ll learn how to do: Use LinkedIn, and later other social networks like Twitter, to curate a list of high-value, warmly-connected prospects. While you should keep an eye out for negative feedback, a millions amazing reviews and thousands of working hours logged do not always indicate reliability. Who is most receptive?

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

For example, a lot of press releases and pitches that I receive around key holidays try to make the enclosed news sound more relevant due to the upcoming holiday. Then research which journalists at that publication cover the vertical in which your startup or its news would fall. Social Network Lists. Open Source Lists.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Well they’re already burning, so I would suggest as you move toward a paid model, at the same time, you start diligently building a network of alliances with people who already have a good reason to promote your service. I actually sold lots of software to Intuit at Smart Bear. The back end software for churches.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Debbie is also a proud member of the DTM network for the last 3 years. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! It's also a proud member of the Duct Tape Marketing Network for the last three years. And to be able to go and have a network and say, Hey, has anyone tried this? Duct Tape Transcript.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Facebook is also the most popular social network with people over 65. As well as the standard About, Photos, and Videos tabs, Buffer includes Reviews, Events, and Community tabs. Interestingly, vertical videos have a higher engagement rate than landscape and square videos. Ask friends to share your Page with their networks.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Your brand lives in everyday interactions your company has with its prospects and customers, including the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, your presentations and booths at conferences, and your posts on social networks. Importantly, your brand is not what you say it is.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

If your network has expressed an interest in additional services, pivoting is a no-brainer. Choose to expand vertically or horizontally. A dramatic example of this is a software development agency offering UX and UI services. All-in-all, the message we were putting out to the world didn’t match the needs of the audience.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2014

One way to get around this is for sites to have a native app, which (depending on the vertical) has the user perpetually logged in, or requires the user to login before the purchase is finally made. Notice how the size of the photo, reviews & “See Options & Buy” are the main elements of this page?

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