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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

And with mobile you even have the ability to message your users when new content is released which leads to much higher consumptions rates. And ironically many consumer mobile apps are more of hits-driven businesses than video is today. Many of the online video companies started by aggregating content from other people.

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How to Handle Mobile “Moneyball Syndrome” & Cross-Device Attribution

ConversionXL

in 2013 to 1.43 billion, and by 2017, nearly half of global mobile users are likely to own a smartphone. Band-aiding a mobile experience is no longer a possible solution, as 70% of mobile searches lead to action on a website within 1 hour of searching. The Mobile Gap & The Problems It Causes. Image Source.

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10 Predictions About the Future of Ecommerce

mashable.com

By Scott Gerber 2013-10-01 12:46:54 UTC. Now the line is drawn between mobile and computer. Until a few years ago, mobile shopping was nearly unheard of. We read about mobile this and mobile that, still creating that delineation between mobile and computer. ©2005-2013 Mashable, Inc. Whats This?

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

And for the record, that’s per month not total in aggregate! My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). This has been a very welcome addition. I frequently hear critics saying, “yeah, but you can’t monetize on YouTube.”

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Search Intent: How to Analyze and Optimize Your Site

ConversionXL

This answer has to be correct and complete, and can be displayed in a relatively small amount of space: the size of a mobile phone screen. The 2013 Hummingbird update is often cited as a major improvement in Google’s understanding of search intent.). Aggregators? Blue links of aggregator sites with “Best Restaurants” lists.

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Five case studies you'll see at the Lean Startup Conference 2015

Startup Lessons Learned

It all started with a small group of founders and product enthusiasts who self-aggregated into an online community. Over Thanksgiving weekend in 2013, right after launching his email list experiment, he built Product Hunt’s first website mockup with his team. She wants to disrupt Hollywood with the Lean Startup method.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. Mobile Usage: 8% of 2010 query volume (mobile app download growth of 344% YoY). Founding Date: 2004. 2010 Net Income: $8 million.