ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

With standard conversions, people receive value immediately. Given the difficulty with prosocial conversions, always provide some type of reward to potential donors. And they want to be seen displaying compassion because they want to be loved themselves.” ( West, 2004 ). Crowdfunding is painful. They buy your product.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This post is inspired by some of the earliest conversations I have had with the team here at NextView and since the beginning of my VC journey. Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x).

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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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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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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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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

More conversions? The metrics. Vanity metrics are less important. Look instead at measuring KPIs like close rate, cost per acquisition, cost per lead, conversion rates, average contract value, and lifetime customer value. Since co-founding Moz in 2004, Rand has continually put himself out there as a public face.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 14, 2012

A lot of digital analytics focuses on direct response (conversions, leads, etc.). Bonus One: Read: Brand Measurement: Analytics & Metrics for Branding Campaigns ]. There are many different tools, both online and offline, that measure the elusive metric called brand strength. it is such a strategic part of any business.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Look for numbers like sales, units, leads, presentations, page views, downloads, and conversion rates. The management happens with the following up on the metrics. Develop measurement to set your marketing goals so you can track and measure your progress. You track plan vs. actual results and look carefully at the difference.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Among other things they conducted 240 A/B tests that resulted in a 49% increase in donation conversion (that was more than $80 million extra cash). And you know what – this was mostly in 2012 (+ Moneyball came out in 2004). Research shows that marketers are spending pennies on their conversion efforts. So this is the past.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 16, 2013

But we couldn''t have identified this without having clear metrics (that high bug count) to assess our development process. There''s two things at work here: as new information comes into that room, it''s as easy as an offhand comment or a lunch conversation to share.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

So to your point, if I'm increasing the conversion rate on apple dot com's website, by 1%, that's worth hundreds of million S of dollars to apple. So it helps absorb and share some risk with the client, but we arbitrage the value to level the conversation up from an hourly rate. It's the contract structure is time materials.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I’ve been doing split and multivariate tests since 2004, and have watched nearly every one like a hawk. That the sample performance does indeed move around and especially so early in the test or if you have small numbers of conversions. But that’s why you should never look at small sample sizes for insight.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

And then we would use that simple analytics system I mentioned to monitor the conversion rates of customers from each campaign. BillSeitz - yes, but that was already true back in 2004. We would pretty much bid on any phrase that was "[name of competitive product] chat" and variations like that. May 8, 2009 2:27 PM Eric said.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

In 2004 I began blogging. The great thing about this strategy is you already have a conversion mechanism. The actual goal here is really to increase the main metrics – the amount of money it generates and the amount of traffic it gets. Improve conversions. Just do some basic conversion improvement.

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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. While this is indeed the metric that matters most to shareholders, its not terribly useful as a measure of productivity, especially daily or hourly productivity. Introduction.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

When someone shares your YouTube video on Twitter, you can track that metric. It’s about injecting yourself into the conversation. It’s about trying to create a conversation yourself. But it generates greater reward when your brand has created a conversation that puts you front of mind for months to come. Around 77.5%

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2020

Out of the Crisis #5 is a conversation with three people who pivoted their biotech company to help fight the coronavirus. You can listen to our conversation on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever you like to download. I've also included a full transcript below. 2:16) Nadja Mannowetz on her background. (2:38)

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Conversely, plenty of folks who write code in more “acceptable” languages/platforms are lazy bastards who have no concept of the underlying complexities of their chosen tools. Take note of what Paul Graham said in 2004: [link] — he is talking along similar lines. March 27, 2011 at 3:50 pm. Robert Stanton.

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