crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Image Source: SEO Linkbuilding. 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. For example, SEO typically takes months to implement properly. Set Specific Goals.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how to build a marketing growth strategy to increase your market penetration, market share, and revenue. This philosophy comes from The Lean Startup methodology , which relies on testing hypotheses to better understand your customers’ pain points and goals. Growth marketing is about process over tactics.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. Getting the first tracks of revenue is one of the toughest processes of building a startup. One of the most commons problems I see with startups that I’ve come across is the lack of a “growth team.”.

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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. In my opinion, every startup needs to "pick a major" among these three drivers of growth. Choose one. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?)

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

SEM is great because you can capture people as they’re searching for a solution, which is often some of the highest intent traffic you can find. Here are some resources to learn more about paid acquisition: Customer Acquisition Master Course (includes SEO). When Does Paid Acquisition Work for SaaS Startups? Image Source.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on Search Engine Marketing (SEM). This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEM is sometimes called “buying your way into search results.” Popular keywords have higher costs.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Enterprise clients for whom Private Workplace was introduced are a minority at oDesk, but this minority brings the bigger part of the revenues. Most of clients are “startups, small businesses, and solo entrepreneurs who are building their business on or around oDesk,” Cooper said. Who needs freelancers?

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Google’s revenue from adwords in 2009 was USD$23 billion. While adwords can be part of a strong small business marketing strategy, most startups and small businesses can’t afford to pay much for traffic. There are excellent alternatives, including search engine optimization (SEO). The guide is outstanding.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

She has spent twelve years in startups and built three successful companies without venture capital backing. Her previous startup, a real estate tech company, was acquired in 2019. So I spent over 12 years in, in startups. We wanna be a startup, but we wanna be established. Melissa is the CEO and Co-founder of Webinar.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

I don’t feel comfortable sharing exact revenue numbers but it’s now making me more than $1,000 per month. I run an early stage-startup called Smarthome NX that helps consumers discover Smart home technologies through content, collaborative partnerships and commerce. 7- DIY SEO blog. Thanks to Feuza Reis, Next Level SEM ! #8-

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase.

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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). If all you ever do is create YouTube content then I agree – that’s not a viable startup business.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Based on my own experience working for two different startup companies, Keteka and onlineresume.us , I will break down several important pieces of advice in order to help you better navigate the application process, what to do in case you are not accepted, and how to successfully prepare for participation in these kinds of programs.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

I frequently see promising startups with a great product and strong initial economics hit a wall due to the piling up of problems relating to these questions, or what I like to call the ‘DTC death by a thousand cuts’. How will you take advantage of SEO and SEM? What about appealing to a certain lifestyle category?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, right hand column, despite low SEO rank). This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Marty Zwilling.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

If you know of senior level business and technical professionals looking for exciting startup opportunities, they can sign up here: [link]. Our revenues have increased every quarter for the past two years. Correction: Last week's CTO position at Modcloth is actually a San Francisco opportunity, not Pittsburgh.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Many thanks, you’ve changed my startup a hundred times already. Hopefully you and your co-founders are experts in one or two parts (agile development, SEO/SEM, etc.) Maybe the core of what you talk about in getting companies to success lies in the answer to these 2 questions. Keep ‘em coming.

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Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2016

Mobile apps represent a small fraction of the total mobile revenue for all but a handful of the biggest brands. Amazon has more app revenue than mobile Web revenue. This will not only drive more revenue from these customers, it will also make their experience better. Walmart is getting close to parity.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 2, 2018

Note that both word-of-mouth and SEO techniques are organic in nature. Note that both word-of-mouth and SEO techniques are organic in nature. To learn more about naming your company, read 10 Tips for Naming Your Startup or Small Business. Click To Tweet. Click To Tweet. Branding is extremely important. Click To Tweet.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 1, 2013

But marketing, when planned and executed correctly, can also lead to more sales and revenue. There are two distinct forms of search engine marketing: organic (search engine optimization or SEO) and paid (pay-per-click or PPC). To learn more about SEO and PPC marketing, read 10 Practical Small Business SEO and SEM Marketing Tips.

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Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Growing revenue and profits is a core objective of most companies, and it is the responsibility of every function to contribute to the pursuit of this goal. Yet, in recent years technology startups have embraced a new role, Growth Manager — alternatively Growth Hacker, Growth PM, or Head of Growth — that focuses on it exclusively.

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Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Growing revenue and profits is a core objective of most companies, and it is the responsibility of every function to contribute to the pursuit of this goal. Yet, in recent years technology startups have embraced a new role, Growth Manager — alternatively Growth Hacker, Growth PM, or Head of Growth — that focuses on it exclusively.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

No changes were made to the customer journey, and it had nothing to do with revenue lift. It isn’t about finding quick hacks to boost short-term revenue. Growth marketing borrows a concept from the lean startup methodology. Growth marketing doesn’t prescribe quick-fix hacks that any company can apply to “10x their revenue.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Marty Zwilling.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 24, 2018

Most small businesses and young startups can’t afford to hire marketers. We’ve collected some of the essential marketing tools and services that can help you improve your marketing and grow your company’s revenues, even if you know little about marketing. Search marketing.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 24, 2018

Most small businesses and young startups can’t afford to hire marketers. We’ve collected some of the essential marketing tools and services that can help you improve your marketing and grow your company’s revenues, even if you know little about marketing. Search marketing.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Techcrunch speculates that the company is seeing revenue of $200M and putting a healthy $70M per year to the bottom line. HomeAway lives off SEO and SEM, and spends tons of money with Google, I imagine. math on this). The strategic value of Google as an investor can’t be overlooked.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Maybe you’re at a startup whose acquisition engine is fueled by SEO. Add a category like, “doesn’t interfere with SEO,” which might alter some headline or copy tests. If you call tests when you hit significance, you’ll find that most lifts don’t translate to increased revenue (that’s the goal, after all). So get testing!

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list! Philippe Botteri.

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