ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

With standard conversions, people receive value immediately. But indirect reciprocity plays a powerful role in online communities, such as open-source development. Crowdfunding communities are no different. Before launching your campaign, build your community reputation. Crowdfunding is painful. They buy your product.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2014

” You’ve also gotten that uneasy vibe they’ll invoke “the customer is always right/I can take my business elsewhare” conversation, if you push too hard. Related: The Different Kinds Of Stock Photography Licenses. But did it stop there? AAA Auto Insurance. A series of books about Christianity. A teen chat line.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Teuko is now the lunchbox community that empowers families who pack lunches. I work with the LGBTQ and transgender community as an affirming therapist and it was important for me to instill in my clients that I want them to be their authentic selves. I knew I had to change the conversation. “I Thanks to Jessica Gury, Teuko ! #18-

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Software By Rob

JULY 13, 2010

Background The idea for ChangeThis came from Seth Godin, and the site was built by a group of talented developers in 2004. And unlike almost every other form of media, it reaches people through community. Each month a set of manifestos are submitted, vetted by the editorial staff, then voted on by the community.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. → Learn More. Wednesday, April 24th, 2013.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

I met Lucy in 2004. Today, NCWIT formally describes itself as follows: “The National Center for Women & Information Technology is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization chartered in 2004 by the National Science Foundation. We were introduced by Terry Gold (I was on the board at Gold Systems).

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

At some point, the conversation turned to the current state of things in the broad entrepreneurial ecosystem – both company-side and investor-side. While this was a seasoned crowd, much of the experience – both around creating companies and funding companies – started around the mid-2000s.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 13, 2011

The trend towards tiered levels of paid content will continue to escalate and the ability to foster community around your content will be the most important measure of value. Community buster Here’s the ironic thing: When people are invited into a community where everything is free, there’s actually less chance of building a strong community.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2011

Sure, people converse with their friends and fans, but the real power of understanding how to network lies in reaching out to people you don’t already know and finding common ground to expand your network. I’m talking about identifying Pages that might have communities you could target and taking a few minutes each day to get active there.

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OnlyOnce

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

That became one of the driving forces behind the creation of my blog, OnlyOnce (because “ you’re only a first time CEO once ”) back in 2004. We’ve had many great times, meals, and conversations together over the years, not the least of which was staggering across the finish line together at the New York City Marathon in 2005.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Last week, we hosted a webcast conversation, Lean Startup for Growing Companies , with Eric Ries, Wyatt Jenkins of Shutterstock, and Ari Gesher of Palantir. Palantir, founded in 2004, had 15 employees when Ari started there; it now has 1,000 employees and $1B in contracts. But those are constantly changing.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To build a community. I wanted to be a part of a community of consultants that would provide me with the opportunity to build relationships with other practitioners, share lessons learned, and periodically collaborate. Photo Credit: Will Bachman.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In brief, a cap acts to place a limit on the conversion price of a convertible note such that investors are guaranteed a minimum number of shares for their bridge loans if the startup does a priced equity round at a high pre-money valuation – “high” meaning above the cap, which is often a heavily negotiated term.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 13, 2011

Free Weekly Marketing eNewsletter Years Worth of Posts Here Select Month July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 (..)

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Seth has been a long time supporter of Duct Tape Marketing first adding my blog to something he called Bull Marketing way back in 2004 or so. This week I revisit my conversation with Seth Godin about his book Linchpin. How to leverage a community to promote your products. Questions I ask Seth: How do you promote your books?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 17, 2011

Coupon distribution Creating membership type levels where people can get special treatment or special announcements is a great way to build community. Bonus: Group Text Don’t forget about the wave of group text services that are cropping up as a great way to communicate with your staff, customers, partners and suppliers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 15, 2012

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. with a rich community. Ride the wave of Love.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

The information needed to make decisions is all around them: in their communities, at events, and at the end of a Google search. More conversions? Look instead at measuring KPIs like close rate, cost per acquisition, cost per lead, conversion rates, average contract value, and lifetime customer value. The impact of this?

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Bryce Dot VC

DECEMBER 12, 2012

So, I’ve decided to break one of Brad’s golden rules of startup communities and start a new series for local founders and entrepreneurs I’m calling Sessions @ The Leonardo. . Fortunately, the wonderful team at The Leonardo has volunteered their support for this little experiment and I’m grateful to them for that.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

But what would happen if, instead of ending with the sales conversation; the new customer, you began with the customer purchase? If Community 1.0 You are addicted to acquisition as you cast out that wide net, which just happens to be full of holes. And you’re not alone. Would they pay it forward in return?

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Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

However, the seeds had been planted between 1995 and 1999 with the opening of several hackerspaces and “work clubs” devoted to bringing people together and instilling a sense of community while working. Its founder, John McGann, discussed the community and productivity aspects of the space in this article from 2004 : “People are here to work.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2020

The first shows were created in late 2003, and the term itself was coined in 2004 by combining “iPod” with “broadcasting.”. Explore a pay-per-conversion affiliate program for referring site traffic that results in listeners, especially if you’re trying to generate revenue from your podcast. Let’s get started. .

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. All four companies were in Los Angeles (or adjacent … Santa Barbara) and our community has now matured and regularly produces billion dollar+ outcomes. This is true in consumer but it’s also true in enterprise software.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 23, 2019

As per Wikipedia , it’s “the art and science of organizing and labeling data including websites, intranets, online communities, software, books and other mediums of information, to support usability.” Tullis and Wood (authors of a prominent 2004 study) recommend testing 20–30 users for card sorting.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

2- Worked closely with our most active community members. We worked extremely closely with our most active community members to name Commaful. A name that our community helped choose and really reflects the people who use the site today! After having this internal conversation, It Works seemed like the only choice for a name.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2013

Create a new community channel for customer interaction, provide updates, and generate news. A helpful Online Design Tool was created for the Architect + Design community to help visualize options and take creative control of their specs. 31% referral conversion rate. Total Conversion: 41.19%. Unique Pageviews: 13,419.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2013

Tullis and Wood (authors of a prominent study, 2004) recommend testing twenty to thirty users for card sorting. While there’s a strong case against the left vertical menus , two studies (2003 and 2004) actually claim it’s better. Information architecture works hand in hand with usability and conversions.

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Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 29, 2015

I have been an advocate of this for years, particularly having innovation community leaders engage in civic work , and so have been thrilled to see business leaders take public stances and lead public discourse. Conversations about these topics are richer when you can bring in the full historical context.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Create a profile for me in the Journal Community. Journal Community. ignited the current trend by adopting a dual-class voting structure before its IPO in 2004. Its a growing, yet unspoken problem in many relationships these days: Weve become communicatively incompatible. Journal Community. Journal Community.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2018

When I moved to Lafayette, Louisiana in 2004, I was inspired by a large delegation of young African-American leaders. I aspired to be like them, and I sought out challenging, fulfilling experiences that would help me become a community leader who could help others like me have an impact. I joined JLL in 2004.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010. Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., and Verizon Communications Inc. Journal Community. Journal Community.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Luckily, the startup community often courageously shares their stories – even when things don’t end well. Three notes before we begin: After reading these, you realize more than ever that the startup community is really like no other. It takes a lot of work to build a community. We knew that from the jump.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

In 2004 I began blogging. To find that buyer, I pretty much contacted the people who were within my sphere of influence within the community of Magic – players, card store owners, people who traded cards. It’s just a forum, that’s all this is, a community forum with lots of people sharing an interest. Improve conversions.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. AngelList is an online community that matches startups with investors to streamline the fundraising process. When you make contact, send them a link to your AngelList profile early on in the conversation.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

This change that took all of five minutes to make, led to an 8x increase in paid conversions. Amazingly, this resulted in a 10x increase in paid conversions for the month. conversion rate to paid accounts initially and can convert 2% of the people that stick around for a year. Look at that again. That’s not 8%. That’s 800%.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 12, 2020

In the second half of my conversation with Brian Chesky, we moved on from the pre-pandemic world and how he and Airbnb were coping with our rapidly changing reality. You can listen to our conversation on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever you like to download. And in some of these conversations, we've talked about why.

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www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

In the aftermath of ea_spouse s post on LiveJournal, quality-of-life conversations in the game development business have taken on a new life and a new urgency. Psychophysics in Cyberia , Work Less Institute of Technology, November 18, 2004. Community Chapters. Introduction. Green, York University, Toronto, Canada. Foundation.

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