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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Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

This acquisition is a long story, but if you have a few minutes let me tell you the best parts. My apps range from an SEO keyword tool , an ASP.NET invoicing system , a web application for creating wedding websites , and a few handful of others. But within 24 hours we were off and running, discussing a potential acquisition.

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ConversionXL

JULY 22, 2021

The technical elements of your website’s SEO are crucial to search performance. In this article, you’ll learn how to conduct a technical SEO audit to find and fix issues in your website’s structure. We’ll also show you the tools you need to boost on-page and off-page SEO efforts and performance, and how to use them.

Technical Review 162

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Not for lack of competition, but as the result of a carefully designed ecommerce marketing strategy. Use semiotic analysis to design messaging that resonates. In a study of more than 35,000 landing pages, Unbounce found that effective copy had more than twice the impact of design on conversion rates.

eCommerce 129

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2018

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of the biggest levers that a business can use within their acquisition strategy as part of their Growth goals. You’re likely familiar with the different Growth frameworks like AARRR (Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral, Revenue). It all start with Acquisition.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It’s like they thought about the attendees and what they need and then designed a format focused on them. Product should be your main channel for customer acquisition, retention and expansion. Thanks @peeplaja @CXLdotcom for putting on a flawless event pic.twitter.com/WtO0aO28xu — Emma Stratton (@EmmaStratton_1) October 27, 2022.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Retention is much less expensive than new customer acquisition, so the move could certainly help us maintain operations even if markets drop. Through a company blog and SEO keyword research, our target demographic can discover our brand, which will boost website traffic steadily over time. 22- Nailing SEO. For me, it's SEO!

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Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2019

A website isn’t much of anything until it’s designed and customized to your business. If you get to know the basics of user experience (also called customer journey ), website design, calls to action, and target audiences , you’ll improve your conversion rates and lower your cost per acquisition. Video content. Google ads.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

For this article, let’s consider just two metrics—an engagement metric—social shares and an SEO metric—keyword rank. Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The process of keyword research for SEO alone, can help you understand what your audience wants. Social media posts are time-sensitive. Generally posts have a short shelf life.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Like with SEO, there are rules you need to follow (to satisfy algorithms), best practices (depending on your goals and audience), and consistent testing and optimization. Done right, ASO can reduce user acquisition costs, increase app downloads, and improve your app’s value. Lowering your customer acquisition costs (CAC).

Metadata 121

Metadata Technical Review Retention Metrics 121

ConversionXL

APRIL 18, 2019

It’s an SEO strategy that focuses on making users happy rather than hitting a particular keyword density or winning exact-match anchor text. More than ever, your job as an SEO is to extract intents from query syntax. Those informational queries are often the highest volume terms a site targets—key drivers of awareness and acquisition.

Search 126

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

As you design your website, consider how your customers will interact with your business. Ask employees (preferably ones that are unfamiliar with the website design) to complete a set list of tasks on your website. Implement SEO best practices. Check out the video below for an easy-to-understand definition of SEO.

SEO 80

SEO eCommerce Analytics Software Review 80

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

For example, I suggest it doesn’t make a lot of sense to hire a full-time team member who’s an SEO consultant. A SEO consultant is going to provide the same quality of service whether she is working for the investor, or directly for a company. Inherently a generalist, not a tightly designed fit for a particular company’s needs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?

Technical Review 384

Technical Review Hockey Stick SEM Channel 384

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With over a decade of experience in his toolkit, he specializes in helping clients build out cross-channel acquisition systems using a mix of owned, earned and paid tactics. 07:17] What is you cross-channel acquisition strategy? [11:13] You can't expect the new SEO and content and social and paid. This is John Jantsch.

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Channel Acquisition Framework B2B 64

Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A buyer persona is a fictional or imaginary character that represents a business’s potential customers, based on what you know about customer’s behaviors, and customer acquisition. Web developers have extra knowledge and experience in dealing with SEO(Search Engine Optimization) and converting landing pages.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 13, 2017

A growth team, however, is largely overlapped with product, engineering, and design as well. Anyone who figured out how to game Google’s algorithm (aka SEO) was leveraging both creativity and analytics to rapidly grow their company. Product Designer. Product Manager. Software Engineer. Marketing Specialist. Data Analyst.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Design your playbooks so they’re easy to skim, and at all costs, avoid density in the writing and formatting. Focus on design and copy rules. Organic traffic is beneficial to content marketing and SEO-related campaigns, for instance, but will have no bearing on the ROI of an ad. Approved sizes and placements. Color palette.

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Campaign CTO Marketing Social Media 149

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Sometimes that’s product design so thrilling that every customer spreads the word to five more. Instead, watch payback period for acquisition efficiency, watch retention for product/market fit, watch expansion revenue for long-term growth, and watch gross margin for long-term profitability. Sometimes that’s airtight product/market it.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 20, 2024

From generating brand logos to creating engaging videos and writing SEO-friendly content, it simplifies complex design tasks. By leveraging advancements in TV advertising technology, businesses can achieve lower cost per acquisitions and significantly more site traffic.

SEO 69

SEO Acquisition Advertising Analytics 69

ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2011

and SEO as two of the most effective and affordable customer acquisition strategies. and an affiliate program would also help with customer acquisition. Then Danny Wong from Shanghai, China, presented GemKitty , a custom jewelry design site that is having difficulty finding its core customer base. Guerrilla p.r.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, if organic traffic is a priority for you, include a statement like this: From an SEO perspective, our primary goal in the early stages of this content strategy is to focus on low-volume, high-buyer intent keywords and queries related to specific pain points. Organic traffic: Don’t forget about SEO. Cheers, [SIGNATURE].

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Audience Non-Compete Distribution Channel 127

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 10, 2010

I don’t really talk about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) much on this blog anymore, mainly because I don’t believe much has really changed over the past few years. You will find plenty of articles on SEO in my archives under the SEO category if you’re keen for study materials. The rest is history.

SEO 76

SEO Engineer Search Software Review 76

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2021

Reducing acquisition and set up costs. Fitting an entire robotic system in a smaller and more-convenient package, also tends to translate into lower acquisition costs, and this is something that most small businesses have been able to take advantage of. Advances in technology have led to the manufacturing of smaller robots.

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Small Business Acquisition SEO Cost 179

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Although many of my colleagues in the SEO world were surprised when I transitioned into the adjacent world of email marketing a year ago and launched Tidings , I hope you’ll understand why after reading this column. Campaign “design” is potentially the most technical aspect of the bunch. (As Predictable and Concrete. It’s low-cost.

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Email Technical Review Marketing SEO 48

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

I also read - The Difference Between Apple and Microsoft Marketing that tells us: Apples marketing is designed for Time Poor buyers, while Microsofts is designed for Time Rich buyers. I would agree that Apples product design would suggest that it aims at Time Poor buyers. Its certainly something to keep in mind.

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Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I have a few meetings with the team, perhaps about the website design, radio show structure, an event we are working on, a sponsorship (perhaps the uniforms for our youth basketball team). However, as I read more about your focus, you are using these things in a slightly different way, i.e., not sure if SEO is as important.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Just for reference, Slidebean is a SaaS presentation software where users can add content, and a finished presentation is designed automatically. Nov-15: Graphic Designer (growth/product). Your customer acquisition cost and lifetime value are the two magical numbers you need to calculate for each one of your campaigns.

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Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

2:48] Has design been a key differentiator for Typeform? [3:23] 12:29] Where do you stand on your messaging for client acquisition? [15:49] John Jantsch (02:48): And we can get into the specifics, but I mean, that design aspect has really been a key differentiator for Typeform, hasn't. Karrie Sanderson (02:55): It? Yes, it has.

Marketing 74

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Here’s Proquo’s lead generation landing page: By doing this, they’re able to progress prospects through the funnel more quickly, reducing cost per acquisition. Performance PR taps into an undisputed fact of SEO content marketing: backlinks are best. Another great use of content advertising can be found in email marketing.

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Advertising Cost Customer PR 131

ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2020

If you’re porting over your SEO “best practices” from on-site product pages to Amazon product pages, you’ll struggle. Anyone who’s been in SEO for a while will tell you that understanding the core goal of a search engine is critical to a sustainable SEO strategy. There are reasons beyond Amazon SEO to run paid campaigns.

SEO 113

SEO PPC Algorithm Software Review 113

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

We're better than everyone else at SEO.". "A Does Apple win the hearts (yes, hearts ) of millions because of their obsession with design or because of their development APIs? Of course it's not that simple, and many business plans I've seen (unintentionally) omit many of the true costs of acquisition.

Software Review 261

Software Review Technical Review Viral Software Developers 261

The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

When you travel, you are constantly on the go, so being connected to your mobile device might be your only digital lens into the world,” says Shaun Modi , designer at Airbnb. By focusing on designing our internal culture, it seamlessly translates to the experience we create, both online and offline. “By It all starts with culture.

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Mobile Silicon Valley Viral Technical Review 136

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Wonderist Agency is a full-service dental marketing agency specializing in growing dental practices with WordPress websites, SEO, PPC, social media, and local marketing strategy. Co-founders, Laura Maly and Michael Anderson, struck a deal with Galvez that led to the acquisition of Merger Labs , effective January 1, 2018.

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Merger San Diego Mali Private Equity 113

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

Especially during challenging times, retention is significantly more crucial than acquisition. As far my interior designing company, for example, is no longer doing business in the same way. We now design homes for the less affluent. Thanks to Gavin Johnson, Evking ! #3- 3- Caring for the team. Photo Credit: Ben Zellner.

Entrepreneur 119

Entrepreneur Metrics Technical Review North America 119

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Equally, hoping to unseat TripAdvisor without understand their SEO strengths and how much it would cost to knock them down would be naïve. Storage is what’s known as “highly fragmented,” meaning easier for a new entrant to get traction if it could design a better product / service / experience. Market Structure.

Startup 150

Startup Seed Money DC Software Review 150

ConversionXL

JULY 16, 2021

Keyword research, high-quality content, link building, on-page SEO—these tactics help you improve organic rankings. Getting your technical SEO house in order is the final piece of the puzzle in site ranking. Technical SEO is about giving your searchers a top-quality web experience.

Technical Review 149

Technical Review SEO XML Caching 149