Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money. Some have labeled this period as irrational exuberance.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The expansion of e-commerce should also bring about seeing returns as a strategic lever, similar to how companies used faster delivery to drive customer experience and revenue. Thanks to Danielle Sabrina, Society22 PR ! #3- The current returns process has too many touchpoints where shrinkage can happen.

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eCommerce Omaha Entrepreneur SEO 132

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Where marketing drives brand awareness, customer acquisition drives conversions and sales to generate revenue. Data-driven strategies focused on ROI over revenue win the customer acquisition game. Although the campaign only generated 20 new customers, they each spent an average of $150 on products, generating $3,000 in revenue.

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Acquisition eCommerce Customer Churn Rate 129

ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

The entrepreneur can earn plenty of revenue – from subscription plans and publishing targeted advertisements, commission from courier delivery personnel, booking cancellation charges, and transaction processing fees from an Uber for courier app solution.

Technical Review 163

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Demand Social Media 163

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 30, 2019

Transcript of How Reducing Friction Increases Revenue written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. All the important SEO tools that you need for paid traffic, social media, PR, and of course SEO. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by SEMrush.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Benchmarking SaaS Startup Efficiency with Revenue per Employee Metrics | by @ttunguz – crowdspring.co/1sRVdjm. Design Is Changing How We Innovate | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1sChJN5. How to Ruin Your Company with One Bad Process | by @bhorowitz – crowdspring.co/11FYS9R.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2011

But creating better visibility for investors of the profitability of each unit and accountability for bosses of each to perform well according to differnet metrics is a good & important idea. Given how badly the announcement of the splitting went and their inability to control the PR cycle (or their stock price!) No, probably not.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 6, 2007

SaaS business metrics: why are they different? I was surprised today when I went through the NetSuite IPO filling (S1) to see that it looked very much like any Enterprise software document - not a single mention of churn or % of recurring revenues. Different models require different performance metrics. Friday, July 06, 2007.

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Software Review Metrics Valuation Technical Review 66

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It turns out that to build a successful company you ultimately need this strange thing called “revenue” that people don’t just hand you: You need to earn it. And there’s this other thing called “gross margin,” which shows the quality of your revenue. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The honest answer is Yes But… Yes but Content Operations is typically a cost center, not a revenue center, so it gets managed to a cost exposure and can be starved for resources. ” The minimization framework – which is really a PR thing – betrays the true goals of taking this stuff seriously.

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Internet Algorithm Software Review Green 80

Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

And it was going to mention the two words that SuperMac marketing needed to live and breathe: revenue and profit. We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.), The same was true for PR. Two paragraphs, Five bullets. I couldn’t care less about those.

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Up and Running

APRIL 29, 2019

If you’re doing digital marketing, you’ve probably already aligned your marketing goals with your company’s sales goals and forecast: in order to achieve X percent growth in sales, you’re using a number of different marketing and sales tactics to increase your revenue. You’re looking to increase potential customers’ awareness that you exist.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In fact, SaaS industry revenue is projected to grow from $49 billion in 2015 to $67 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of approximately eight percent. At this stage, simply list your primary revenue streams and your key expenses. At this stage, simply list your primary revenue streams and your key expenses.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

And importantly we’ve had revenue. When I start to see revenue figures I always want to know the details behind the revenue: Who championed the project? I’m paranoid about the evaporation of revenue. It will bring down your overall margins but will produce profitable revenue. It has been a good run.

Marketing 354

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

There’s a metric f**k ton of empty commercial real estate out there—yet landlords continue to try to squeeze existing tenants for every last dime. I think the assumption is that when cycles snap back they come back so strong that future rental streams are likely to make up for missed near to medium-term revenue.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. The Pricing Model That Increased Our Free Trial Signups by 358% (and Revenue by 25%) – crowdspring.co/1alarDV.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Laura Blue of LaunchLink PR corroborates Gerhardt’s message : It is during these times that brands need to be especially considerate about what and how they are communicating to customers, partners and stakeholders. Even less does it mean high transaction volume or revenue. The problem is that a low CPM doesn’t mean a high ROAS.

Marketing 121

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 30, 2013

analyzed conversion paths on 77,000 orders to determine what sources returned the most revenue. Wrong metric. The problem is with the metrics used – direct sales are a very bad metric to use for social. So direct sales numbers are not a good metric to look at when it comes to social media, but what is then?

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Two of the teams focused on the two main sources of revenue, one team on inbound leads, and the last team on site conversion rates. We were optimizing revenue from these campaigns by testing different versions. Suddenly, our revenue from these campaigns dropped by 50%. Growth teams have limited revenue potential.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Small Business Marketing Tip: Send Email Campaigns At Night To Increase Revenue | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

While I would like to say there was a very expensive marketing and PR campaign for our company that really was not the case. PR gets a bad rap for spinning stories, but I believe that telling great, authentic stories is the real heart and soul of communications and public relations. 12- Symbolise bridge between marketing & PR.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case. revenues while large caps are trading at 6.4x. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? What happened?

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Software Review Technical Review Valuation Europe 101

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Do what’s best for the customer—even if it doesn’t grow revenue. A few of the features Monzo built, however, go against revenue generation in favor of doing what’s best for customers. It’s not the only example of Monzo serving customers at the expense of potential revenue. Test novel ways of solving the same problem.

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Customer Community Revenue Software Review 85

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

But if you want to accelerate growth and improve your revenues and profits, you need to up your game. There are three parts to a good competitive analysis: (1) defining the metrics and identifying the competitors you’re comparing, (2) gathering the data, and (3) the analysis. Start by defining what metrics are important.

Marketing 162

Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Marketing initiatives include campaigns, content, PR, and interactions with your target audience or customer. Marketers must adjust their expectations and metrics with expanded brand tracking. This requires a shift from marketing designed for short-term gratification to marketing that takes a long-term view.

Marketing 128

Marketing Campaign Software Review Tulsa 128

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

Google Takes Home Half of Worldwide Mobile Internet Ad Revenues | eMarketer – [link]. Excellent Analytics Tip #25: Decrapify Search, Social Compound Metrics | by Avinash Kaushik – [link]. To Succeed, Stop Trying To Please Everyone – [link]. When Will Desktop Ad Spending Peak? eMarketer – [link].

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

The Startup Toolkit

DECEMBER 12, 2012

The 2nd big principle is that people will judge you by traffic and revenue unless you tell them otherwise. And if you focus on those metrics, you will go out of business too soon. For example, succeeding at PR before you have retention is actively unhelpful.

Lean 54

Lean Startup Metrics Retention 54

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

At least, not in the traditional sense of trying to squeeze every tenth of a point out of a conversion metric or landing page. Even if it shows improvement in some micro metric, does that invalidate the overall design? That was evident in the metrics and in the in-person usability tests. No one feature is to blame.

San Francisco 154

San Francisco Lean Metrics Design 154

Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 9, 2021

Outsource PR Matters . Keeping track of all PR matters can be quite a time consuming affair, when you have many other jobs that you need to take off as well. Learn more from Treble’s founder Jeff Beckham about utilising PR metrics to fully understand how the business can adapt and grow. Attend Networking Events.

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PR Social Media Advertising Metrics 52

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Customer journey maps should include a combination of content marketing, paid advertising, customer service, PR, and email at every touchpoint. But that alone is too general, so it’s important to get specific by setting clear metric objectives. total revenue / total spend). total revenue / total spend).

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Email Customer Marketing Software Review 136

YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2011

You’ll find content categorized into different topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

9 Metrics to Help You Make Wise Decisions about Your Start-Up – [link]. Change Its Revenue Stream – [link]. Wow – only 1318 companies control 80% of global revenue – [link]. Small business and startups: great reads from the business press – [link]. Chess Lessons for Startups – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 98

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 20, 2016

There are, however, proxy metrics you can use, most of them older school metrics like brand mentions, satisfaction scores, and some newer ones like social media mentions and followers, email subscriptions , referrals, and NPS. The post How To Make Your Brand “Likable” and Win More Revenue appeared first on ConversionXL.

Revenue 48

Revenue Social Media Retention Metrics 48

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? New SaaS 13 Index: Welcome to LogMeIn (Nasdaq: LOG. Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 10/04 - 10/11. (2). Laughing Out (c)Loud. ► 07/05 - 07/12. (1). United Breaks Guitar and more! ► 2007. (10).

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Up and Running

JUNE 27, 2018

Define success metrics before your campaign starts, then measure your effectiveness during and after the campaign. You can also start with content marketing and publishing PR materials. Next, prioritize your marketing tasks based on looming deadlines, those with a direct effect on your revenue, and those that can be delegated.

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Marketing Social Media Campaign Sales Cycle 109

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

But, as he contended, if you can show someone that for every $5 spent you generate $25 in revenue, you have their attention. For marketers, SLAs typically redefine “leads” from simple metrics like form fills to marketing-qualified leads (MQLs) —those that are a “good fit” and “sales ready.” How broad is the demand generation strategy?

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