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Entrepreneurial Change We Can All Believe In

Growthink Blog

And it was an even greater coincidence that I ended up watching part of his “jobs” speech at the same hotel where many of his 2008 presidential campaign events were held. Now, it was only by coincidence that the conference was held in President Obama's Chicago home town. Small decisions, little things.

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Brand Measurement: Analytics & Metrics for Branding Campaigns

Occam's Razor

One of the ultimate excuses for not measuring impact of Marketing campaigns is: "Oh, that's just a branding campaign." Before we go any further I must clarify that I love branding campaigns just as much as the next guy. I love campaigns that Visa runs. are you doing the "branding campaign"?

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More Cash for Entrepreneurs, Crowdfunding, and Indiegogo

David Teten

About a year ago, the Crowdfunding Campaign to Change Crowdfunding Law raised $1,321 (out of a $1,099 Goal) through Indiegogo’s campaign platform in order to fund a petition against the Securities Act. The company has experienced extraordinary growth: in March 2011, it had funded around 20,000 campaigns in 159 countries.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

After volunteering for the Obama campaign last year, a friend of mine insisted that I write a letter to our new President telling him what I thought he should do. But aggregated across many schools, there are thousands or tens of thousands of them. Ill explain in a moment. This post is the result. Expo (and a call for he.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Following several completed advertising campaigns, Ad.ly Sellers can lower transaction fees by aggregating purchases into fewer transactions, while also providing buyers with an attractive alternative payment method. WordStream – Provides software and services that help businesses manage SEM and SEO campaigns.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

I believe in the new world you describe, but I think you forget the role that the distributors play in aggregating content for a self-selecting consumer "type" The easiest place to see this in newspapers, where consumers normally buy a newspaper that shares their political viewpoint. [link] August 24, 2009 2:50 PM Quentin said.

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"Dear Avinash": Be Awesome At Comparing KPI Trends Over Time

Occam's Razor

In aggregate trends can hide insights and hence "dirty" the data. Or performance of email campaigns. Let's say I did lots of things to drive SEO from Nov 2007 to May 2008. . # 2: Segmentation to the rescue! In all scenarios segmentation rules !]. For example you could just look at Organic traffic trends.