Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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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Up and Running

JANUARY 22, 2020

This article will discuss how to conquer the following unpaid channels to enjoy serious returns and long-term profitability from your cannabis advertising efforts: Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Optimizing for voice search is another excellent way to beat out your SEO competition.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

How many adds came through organic SEO? Measuring viral adoption is obviously important. For example, if you have developers, content people or SEO folks working on SEO programs you’ll need to allocate their time / costs to this effort. SEO is seldom “free.”. Retention / Churn. How many through SEM?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Instead, watch payback period for acquisition efficiency, watch retention for product/market fit, watch expansion revenue for long-term growth, and watch gross margin for long-term profitability. But usually, you should focus on what’s best for the customer and your company. People don’t value their time.

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David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

According to Bill Hartzer, Director of SEO for Standing Dog Interactive, exact match domain names “will astronomically increase the chances that the site will show up on the first page of the search results for a keyword search that contains those keywords or keyword phrase. “The There are three main factors to consider: Fit.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 13, 2017

Anyone who figured out how to game Google’s algorithm (aka SEO) was leveraging both creativity and analytics to rapidly grow their company. As such, a company with SEO as a primary growth lever tends to hire differently than a company primarily growing by virality. SEO-focused?

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

As always, there are exceptions: if you build a viral consumer product (such as an Instagram) where people are just coming to your site / app in droves at no cost to you, then you’ve got a great business. You will use your fridge for a decade or more so the retention here is high. But, the retention is terrible / non-existent.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

As always, there are exceptions: if you build a viral consumer product (such as an Instagram) where people are just coming to your site / app in droves at no cost to you, then you’ve got a great business. You will use your fridge for a decade or more so the retention here is high. But, the retention is terrible / non-existent.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

I think its helpful to think about two kinds of competition for distribution: acquisition competition and retention competition. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. Retention competition is how you get people to come back to your app. My advice: dont launch big.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 28, 2021

Some other important metrics to consider while measuring website traffic include: Numbers of sessions: It includes assessing how successful traffic-building strategies (SEO, PPC, etc.) So, you’re missing out if you’re not using them in your paid search or SEO campaigns. The most traffic goes to SEO-friendly websites.

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klinger.io

JANUARY 17, 2014

As a analytics consultant I am working with a lot of startups and help them in the topics of metrics, analytics, retention and growth. Conversion Rates, Landing Page Optimizations, Funnel Optimizations, Viral Loops, Quick questions and insights are they typical examples of usecases of exploration. 6th January 2014.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 22, 2011

Customer Personas, Customer Value, Customer Retention and Non-line Marketing. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Metrics & Analytics. Viral, Social, Sentiment, Mobile: 4 Delightful Web Analytics Solutions. Five Rules for High Impact Web Analytics Dashboards. Web Analytics: A Puzzle or A Mystery? 1: Visitors.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2019

You can catalyze that sharing, something Ann Smarty of Viral Content Bee does regularly: Any time I feature influencers in my content, I tag them on Twitter, not just in my own tweets but also in updates from everyone else. We add the project to Viral Content Bee and include the influencers’ usernames in the project name. Conclusion.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Surprises always work to instill loyalty and retention. You need to be SEO optimized for what your small business does and where you are located. Virally spread your marketing message by making sure influential local bloggers see your video. Customers come to expect rewards when they are members of a program.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

I run / wrote a site that serves approx 500,000 page requests a day, 5-10 complex SQL queries a page, god knows how much SEO related intelligence, 100,000s of users, external network comms. It makes you look like a religious zealot and a kind of high self-regarding anal retentive. Just not a good fit for you. the list is long.

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