A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 30, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. More than two years ago, my business partner and I discussed launching a hosted version of our ASP.NET invoicing software, DotNetInvoice. Introduction.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Download the MP3 [ 49 Minutes - 71 MB ] I was speaking to Michael Fountain on a 30 minute coaching call, which he qualified for as a bonus because he purchased a product via my affiliate link recently, and he happened to mention his previous life as a software developer.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

This post co-written by Sarah Milstein and Eric Ries, co-hosts of The Lean Startup Conference. Our goal in hosting The Lean Startup Conference —which starts in just over two weeks—is to help entrepreneurs learn absolutely useful things from each other. We believe most conference hosts aim to create a great atmosphere for learning.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2016

By writing everything down or entering it into accounting software, you are well aware of your business status and can then plan business finances and make smart decisions on a regular basis. If you don’t have accounting software that’s okay… log it all in a binder or Excel spreadsheet. Review this budget throughout the year.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

I monetize the site with Google AdSense and with a Grammarly affiliate program. Due to business, I am free to spend my time and money as I see fit. Financial freedom due to business enables me to grow my business and pay my employees, but it gives my family the quality of life that I want for them. 11- It gives me a Freedom.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Many people have a presumption that it is difficult to start an online business due to lack of money. However, thanks to economy of scale, prices for online venture necessities like web hosting and Internet data have dwindled significantly. Step 5: Get your web hosting server. Don’t forget to choose a sound business model.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 19, 2011

During today's roundtable, we opened the session with a discussion of the existential crisis in media and how talented bloggers and journalists are facing a tough time sustaining themselves due to lack of business models. One of them is the 1M/1M Affiliate Program we announced today at the roundtable.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

For example, by evaluating Buffer’s pricing page, we can determine their product is built for small businesses and marketing teams: This, coupled with a basic understanding of this audience, allows us to determine that pricing is a key factor when these segments make a decision to invest in software.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As well as the standard About, Photos, and Videos tabs, Buffer includes Reviews, Events, and Community tabs. Note: We recommend that group admins share any commercial or business affiliations in the group, as well as updating the group if affiliations change. via Facebook ]. Facebook Group best practices. Show up consistently.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As InVision App’s marketing manager Sophia Eng explains: “It is rare for a large company at a late stage or an enterprise software company to be doing growth marketing with all of the channels at top peak performance. For example, if you run a software company, talking to clients at a trade show might put you in touch with the right audience.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 12, 2022

Brennan Dunn is the co-founder of RightMessage, a software company that helps you uncover who’s on your website, what they do, and what they’re looking for from you. 4:44] When RightMessage came to be, were you just working with JavaScript coding? [5:44] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! She is the director, mother and teacher based in Vancouver, British Columbia currently serves as the VP of marketing at Thinkific, a software platform that enables entrepreneurs to create, market, sell, and deliver their own online courses. So Christie, welcome to the show.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Thanks to Alex Contes, Review Grower ! #3- 9- National Federation of Independent Business Photo Credit: Emir Bacic I am affiliated with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). Additionally, they host in-person and virtual events that help me grow my network and learn from others in the industry.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. You can write back end code in javascript, one language conquers all! Launchpad (Free hosting and OpenSource). Fnord (resources hosting). Google Apps.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Kajabi is a hosted platform for marketing, selling and delivering information products online. I like that the platform runs off cloud hosting so you don’t need to look for any special media hosting in addition to what you are paying for. I don’t like that all the hosting is on the Kajabi platform.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 27, 2011

A couple of months ago Gideon Shalwick hosted a webinar with Leon Jay , the founder of FusionHQ. Of course there is a learning curve for any software program, so it pays to investigate whether you are up to the challenge of using this system and whether it meets your needs. That’s where our webinar comes in handy.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

It should also cover any third-party software or plugins that have access to the information and include things like affiliates and Google analytics. Your disclaimer will tell people who you are, what you do, and how you are qualified in that area – it should also mention if you host content that wasn’t written by you.

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 22, 2017

Neil Waterhouse, founder and host of multiple Aussie eBay and E-Commerce Sellers Meetup Groups, advises start-ups to focus on proven products with a track record. Look at software to automate the business, software to manage inventory etc. Cosmetics are a classic example of missed opportunity due to improper Product Key Wording.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The term “Growth Hacking”, invented by Sean Ellis , and made popular by Andrew Chen , a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines – marketing and coding: Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the traditional question of “How do I get customers for my product?”

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 31, 2011

To be successful however, you must take your time and conduct the necessary due diligence up-front when selecting a topic or niche. If so are they generating heavy user reviews or are they duds that are simply sitting on the bookshelf?) It doesn’t take much to create a niche content website. Are they active?)

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? The highlight of the day was that I finally had the pleasure of meeting Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror and Stack Overflow. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Co-host of the podcast Jay, or aka Jason Van Orden , just released a new video as part of his launch of “Traffic Attraction Formula&#. When iTunes first came out I had one of the very first business podcasts in it and due to lack of competition easily ranked well for business related terms (this was several years ago).

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 23, 2010

18 from affiliate commission (only got started on this towards the end of July). Affiliate sellers sometimes get a bad name – perhaps your association is with shady sales practices, poor quality products and high-pressure techniques. Write honest reviews of these (if they’re great products, that’s pretty easy to do).

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leananalyticsbook.com

AUGUST 19, 2012

Someone clicks on a banner, pay-per-click ad, or affiliate link. For example, Pinterest’s affiliate URL rewriting model , which requires that the site take into account the likelihood someone will actually buy a thing as well as the percentage of clickthroughs (see also this WSJ piece on the subject.). 23 Jul 2012. 7 Aug 2012.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

If you teach people how to run their businesses more effectively, they’ll look to you first as they search for software solutions.”. Having launched an open affiliate program that paid 30% commission for the lifetime of the customer, ConvertKit built a loyal customer base that was growing with the company.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

If something caught my eye, I’d immediately send a message to them, or do a little due diligence to see what the website was about. The problem with acting quickly is you also have to do your due diligence to make sure you’re not buying a lemon, so there’s a real fine balance there and an element of risk. I don’t know.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2017

The host of the podcast gets a terrific guest and the guest gets some additional exposure for his career or his business or something like that. There’s free software out there. But I think the big difference with Spreaker is we provide you free audio recording and live streaming software and then also just the live capability.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 12, 2010

The way it works is that when someone copies a piece of content Tynt adds a little bit of additional text and a trackable code with a hash (#) at the end of the url from where content was copied. Reviews are important. But why is it that we only see "quantitative" analysis of the reviews? Another idea. Mobile rocks no?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

I got fired from a software sales job, started a systems integrator called MicroSolutions. I taught myself to code over seven years and wrote all kinds of applications. We reviewed the story of The Diary of Anne Frank and what she went through. I'd like to reevaluate this code and look for bugs and clean it up.

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sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

If anyone were to copy your embed code and put it on their site, your score would go up – the higher your score, the more trees they would have planted for you. Starting a blog on Wordpress costs nothing, and good Wordpress hosting can be very inexpensive, too. Pure brilliance.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 14, 2017

But mid way through it, in fact about 45 days from the manuscript due date for the entire book I had this ah ha! Customer service for the IT world used to be I’m a customer service person and I’m talking to an IT person because we provide a hosted solution. And it’s great to have confidence in that.

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