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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. For example, its always nice to have someone constantly optimizing your SEM accounts, driving down your CPA. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.

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How to Use Growth Hacking to Increase Revenue 20x in Just 12 Months

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These may range from joining an affiliate marketing platform to trying new Google AdWords keywords. Google AdWords or SEM (expensive). Identifying keywords like “pitch deck template” allowed us not only to find positive unit economics in SEM, but to focus our SEO efforts accordingly. Display ads (cheap).

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup comes to Stanford

Startup Lessons Learned

hitchens - theyre not open to the public as far as I know, but if you have an affiliation with Stanford engineering, undergrad, or GSB, its possible you could come audit. Labels: events , lean startup 5comments: Hitchens said. When will you be speaking? Can I go to one of them? September 28, 2008 6:13 PM Eric said.

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