Software By Rob

APRIL 13, 2010

It’s called Startups for the Rest of Us. That’s why we’ve made it out mission to provide practical information based on our real-life experience as software/web entrepreneurs (20+ years between the two of us), as well as the entrepreneurs we work with in the Micropreneur Academy. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 16, 2022

There’s more to ecommerce customer acquisition than increasing checkout conversion rates. Where marketing drives brand awareness, customer acquisition drives conversions and sales to generate revenue. Conversely, a high-end fashion ecommerce store runs Facebook Ads. by posting about it on social media). Google ads).

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

Converting customers from your mailing list costs less than converting the same number via advertising. And, as a result, your email marketing may not fit your customers’ needs, which, in turn, reduces email conversions. Multiple review requests. We frequently got pinged to write a review from multiple apps. What isn’t.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Without marketing attracting the right accounts, there are no hot leads for sales to have meaningful conversations with. For example, recently I was in the market for some transcription software. I headed to Google to search for “best transcription software” and read some blog posts that reviewed the best options.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

Reviewing CrmInnovation.com March 25th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. at 12:24 pm Great Review. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The Business of Software 2010 was last week in Boston. The whirlwind of the conference was such that it took me about 48 hours before I could hold a conversation about anything but starting a software company. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 8, 2010

My screencast series Startup Website Reviews took on a life of its own rather quickly. I offered to perform free website reviews a few weeks ago and I’m now booked well beyond the six-month mark. I offered to perform free website reviews a few weeks ago and I’m now booked well beyond the six-month mark.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 30, 2010

Reviewing HowsThe.com March 30th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. at 8:52 am Hey Rob, I just wanted to publicly thank you for the review. at 3:01 am Great reviews.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

Well…I’ve hit that point reviewing websites. I’ve recorded stacks of site review screencasts over the past four years, and I’m ready to take it to a whole ‘notha level. Send your URL to rob (at) softwarebyrob.com and I’ll queue it up to be reviewed it in a screencast that I will publish on this blog.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 1, 2010

Reviewing SimplyBill.com April 1st, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. at 8:19 am Hi Rob, Many thanks for the review. at 3:03 pm Yes your reviews are nice!

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Software By Rob

MAY 23, 2010

iMemories offers hassle-free conversion of pretty much any analog medium you have (even those old slide wheels and 8mm film) to DVD, and the DVD includes chapters every few minutes, plus a color cover with frames from the video. May 23rd, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? Check out my book Like this post?

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2018

Even more so than pricing, reviews and location proximity. He has been an entrepreneur since he was young, founding top conversion and marketing companies like Crazy Egg, Kissmetrics, Quick Sprout, and more. Conversion rate optimization : getting people to take the right actions on your site. Take Neil Patel, for example.

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Software By Rob

JULY 20, 2010

July 20th, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 11, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Should You Build or Buy Your Micro-ISV? A few months ago I received a review copy of Debugging Your Information Technology Career: A Compass to New and Rewarding Fields that Value Computer Knowledge.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 6, 2010

Reviewing NHProf.com April 6th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. at 9:38 am Good and very useful review – keep up the good job it is really helpful! 3 Rob on 04.06.10

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ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

According to a recent academic study, “a typical Netflix member loses interest after perhaps 60 to 90 seconds of choosing, having reviewed 10 to 20 titles (perhaps 3 in detail) on one or two screens.” In the rest of this article, I will share with you a basic process you can use to build upon. Image Source. The solution?

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business of Software is a conference organized by Neil Davidson and Joel Spolsky , and was held this year in San Francisco. The speaking line-up is a who’s who of software bloggers and authors, including Geoffrey Moore, Paul Graham, Dharmesh Shah and Joel Spolsky. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With over 30 years of experience across various industries, including media consulting and advertising, Hortense guides CEOs and senior executives on their journey from hero leaders to human leaders. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! He forgots his conversation, but his unconscious didn't.

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Software By Rob

JUNE 29, 2010

The early bird registration discount for this year’s Business of Software in Boston expires on Friday. In addition to speakers like Seth Godin, Joel Spolsky, Dharmesh Shah and Eric Sink, there are excellent networking opportunities with the other 300 attendees (a lot of self-funded software companies in the audience).

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Note from the editor: We talk a lot about conversion rate optimization, and how it’s about showing the right people, the right thing, at the right time in order to get more out of your website. We use targeting in a similar way to shape our terms to boost their conversion potential. We should look toward.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 17, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Free Website Feedback, Custom Card Designs, Finding Good Domain Names, and more… Paying the Price of Success → Joel on Software is Shutting Down. Long Live the King.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

When I talk to people who are thinking about launching a software product, whether a high-growth or Micropreneur endeavor, from time to time I hear that if they could get to the front page of Digg or get a mention on TechCrunch that they would be “set.&# That has to win for the worst conversion rate ever. Five measly sales.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. If youre trying to grow your startup youve come to the right place.

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Software By Rob

MAY 3, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Join My Online Split Testing Class on May 11th I’m Writing a Book: “Start Small. I will be speaking at the 2010 Business of Software Conference in Boston this October. Stay Small.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Why You Should Start Marketing the Day You Start Coding – [link]. Optimizing Conversion Rates with 5 Quantitative & Qualitative Tests (Part 2) – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Skate Where the Puck is Going – [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! I, I, I think brands in a lot of cases, what go back 20, 30, 40 years ago, I know you weren't around, but it, but for some of my listeners, the brand was kind of the personality of your advertising in a lot of ways was, was the brand. Of course, the rest of the team doesn't agree.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” The rest of the story is familiar. It’s why a “clients only” Magic Quadrant report from Gartner—not the public G2 Crowd reviews—may carry more weight when picking a martech tool. . They avoid branches, seldom hang out signposts, and (until recently) wouldn’t advertise.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 8, 2017

Previously, visitors might notice our airport advertising and download the app the airport — but quite often they’d take a cab to their hotel, and the front desk would educate them about RideAustin. The third set of folks we lost are temporarily using Uber/Lyft’s discount codes but may actually prefer RideAustin (and/or Fasten).

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Micropreneur Spotlight: Online Mind Mapping Software ThoughtMuse Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. I think this might be the key.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” The rest of the story is familiar. It’s why a “clients only” Magic Quadrant report from Gartner—not the public G2 Crowd reviews—may carry more weight when picking a martech tool. . They avoid branches, seldom hang out signposts, and (until recently) wouldn’t advertise.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

By now we’ve discussed the fact that you should first plug your funnel , then improve conversion rates , then work on sending as much traffic as possible to your website. But we haven’t talked about how big of a role traffic quality plays in determining your conversion rate. This is because the quality is so much better.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2012

With print advertising, such as flyer printing or postcards, you have a limited number of options for gathering information, such as with demographics records or surveys. If you don’t already have some kind of website analytics software installed on your site, shame on you! Review Comments. Check the Stats.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 6, 2009

This episode’s Micropreneur is Thomas Kjeldahl Nilsson who recently launched his online mind mapping software ThoughtMuse. == Rob: Hi Thomas. I’m a 31 year old Norwegian software developer. By day I work in a small startup specializing in mobile software. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. at 2:21 pm [.]

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Software By Rob

JUNE 22, 2010

Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

When asked why Google Tag Manager is so useful, our own Leho Kraav had this to say… Leho Kraav , ConversionXL : “Primary usefulness stems from code centralization and container revision control. If problems with any tags arise, debugging and fixing things is likely to take less time compared to file level code changes.

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Software By Rob

JULY 22, 2010

Tip #1: Use a Custom Design I’m typically a fan of text-only newsletter email due to the challenge of getting things to display correctly in email clients. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. 2 comments ↓ #1 Eoin on 10.19.10

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Software By Rob

APRIL 22, 2010

Due to technical difficulties I will be re-teaching this class at 10am PST on Tuesday May 11th. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. Next Tuesday I get my chance, as I take the reins of an online class on split testing (aka A/B testing).

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