ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

It’s been good for measuring growth so far, but you’ve identified that 80% of your users are on the free plan, and it’s time to focus on conversion. This number can grow, but if all your new MAUs are free users, you’re not achieving your conversion and paid customer acquisition goals. Take Outreach’s NSM, monthly active users.

Metrics 120

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

They sold 2 years later for $16 million In the financial crisis of 2008 we had a company that had jointly hired lawyers to consider a bankruptcy and also pursued (and achieved!) Another 3–5 could return in aggregate $300–500 million. the sale of the company for $1 billion. It was ~30 days from bankruptcy.

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Bankruptcy Bridge Financing Portfolio Angel Investor 294

David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development. Follow us and join the conversation. The real goal is growth; no one else hires. • Aggregate America’s startups. in aggregate commitments. What can you do? There are 1.4m-1.6m

America 144

America DC Startup Aggregator 144

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

If you track the venture capital industry it would be hard to miss the conversation going on this week over AngelList “Syndicates.” interviewing critical hires at a time where they have 3 other offers. founder fighting. lack of traction, lack of downstream financing availability. strategic direction. and much more.

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Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Early Stage 356

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

per click on an SEM basis this is NOT your cost to acquire a customer – you need to add conversion rate. to $1.10) and you can focus on improving conversion (i.e. increasing conversion from 12.5% How many social networks, picture sharing sites, new aggregators or blogs can we really spend time on? SEO is seldom “free.”.

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Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

The primary terms for these types of transactions are the valuation cap and the conversion discount. A startup may need to hire a lawyer to understand what the best strategy is given its particular technology space and to guard against being seen as an easy mark. Debt or convertible securities (e.g., ” Intellectual Property.

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Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Word of mouth advertising has a higher conversion rate than your own advertising, because a third party doesn’t seem to profit from selling the product or service to you. Major webshops like Amazon also have their own affiliate program which you can sign up for, while parties like VigLink and Skimlinks help aggregate affiliate programs.

Affiliate 134

Affiliate Revenue Internet Marketing 134

ConversionXL

APRIL 1, 2019

Joanna Wiebe, conversion copywriter and the brains behind Copyhackers , recommends to “Start ‘ethically eavesdropping’ on the people who are, will be, and should be your customers.” If you categorize your posts into beginner, intermediate, and advanced topics, which segment generates the most conversions? Have a broad review process.

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Technical Review Marketing Software Review Audience 133

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

And most conversations before you into the first couple of sentences, you're already anchored on something because the boss already planted the anchor inadvertently. So if you start conversations with, well, yes, we know a variety of things, but we're trying to interrogate a particular choice that we need to make. That's wonderful.

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Framework Technical Review Audio Conversion 84

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2014

And many of these startups, some flush with cash and others eyeing international expansion, are hiring. The problem, however, is knowing which startups are hiring. Conversely, startups looking to hire aren’t exactly sure where to look for the people with the right skill sets they need.

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Malaysia Matching Asia Thailand 186

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Several conversations over the last month have turned to the topic of helping entrepreneurs. Those folks may be hired in vertical specialties, and the larger and more successful incubators have enough deal flow to keep their agendas filled. They might ride your advice to become billionaires and hire you someday. Your choice.

Incubator 48

Incubator Vertical Deal Flow Technical Review 48

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 21, 2013

No keyword-level conversion analysis. Bounce Rates, % New Visits, Visit Duration, Goal Conversions, Average Order Value. Aggregated search engine level analysis. The Multi-Channel Funnels folder in Google Analytics contains the Top Conversion Paths report. How is this in Google's interest?

Search 154

Search SEO Analytics Engineer 154

ConversionXL

JUNE 20, 2019

Wistia’s analytics can help connect the dots between video consumption and conversions. It improved hiring, too, driving an 8X increase in applicants from 200 to 1,600 in just two weeks. Brightcove analytics aggregated data effectively across those platforms. Image source ). The learning curve for its interface can be steep.

Hosting 127

Hosting Video Technical Review Software Review 127

ConversionXL

AUGUST 31, 2017

If you work in conversion optimization – whether at an agency, in-house, or as a consultant – you almost certainly run A/B tests. Though you could hire someone full time to sift through and analyze the pros and cons of each tool, it’s easier to learn from the experience of others and make a decision based on that.

Software Review 129

Software Review Technical Review Analytics Algorithm 129

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. The large players like Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent historically would be more likely to simply copy a startup’s features than to hire their talent. (They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) It changes everything for them.).

China 326

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 326

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

Outcomes: Revenue | Ideas Funded Behavior: Path Length | Cart Abandonment Rate Acquisition: Assisted Conversions | Share of Search. It is hard to understand the implications of the behavior inherent in Path Length – which means you’ll hire more clever Digital Analysts for hour business. Every ecommerce site has to obsess about Revenue.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 13, 2012

Finally there were questions we can always count on: setting goals and tracking conversions, justifying analytics and wanting to track the absolutely impossible ( why can't I track people across all devices and all websites? ). What report would you want to see on conversion attribution that would help you decide where to spend??

Analytics 124

Analytics Channel Metrics Web 124

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 16, 2012

You’ve heard enough about the need to produce content that I’m guessing you’re probably blogging away and curating, aggregating and filtering all manner of content. Hire a video crew for the event and, after a few bottles of wine have been emptied, ask some of your clients to talk about their experience with your firm on camera.

Customer 71

Customer Nashville Software Review Aggregator 71

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. The large players like Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent historically would be more likely to simply copy a startup’s features than to hire their talent. (They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) It changes everything for them.).

China 218

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 218

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2016

Listen to conversations. If you haven’t started already, start listening to conversations happening around your brand online. There are quite a few free and paid services you could use to tune in into conversations regarding your company. Sometimes you just need to hire a few brand ambassadors to get the ball rolling.

Affiliate 28

Affiliate Technical Review Advertising Conversion 28

Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 13, 2022

What “deep integration” benefits does a partner get for working through Substack: ability to make use of the data about the publication, its subscribers in aggregate, and even the individual reader in order to maximize the performance of the specific ‘app.’ Branded creator merchandise. Event tickets. Books, music, and other content downloads.

Semantic 72

Semantic API Aggregator Partner 72

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 23, 2019

You hire a marketing person to handle routine things that include both sides of that coin, from writing content to doing social posts to getting reviews to making Instagram posts. And there’s two areas in particular that should be outsourced less: marketing tactics and technology. Insight 3: Humanize and Automate.

Small Business 69

Small Business Marketing Audio Technical Review 69

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

Just before the IPO, I had a far-reaching conversation with co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong as he approached this major milestone for the company he co-founded back in 2012. Here's my conversation with Brian Armstrong. We're having this conversation still in the midst of a seemingly never ending pandemic and lockdown.

IPO 113

IPO Cofounder Technical Review Government 113

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 26, 2022

Which means that most of the people who actually do have the most interesting and useful experience to add to the public conversation aren’t doing so. even if the VC didn’t see it the first time around, that’s going to help a lot with your own personal conversation funnel. At best it’s boasting and at worst, it’s blowing smoke.

Founder 104

Founder .Net Term Sheet Aggregator 104

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2018

which leads will convert—however you define conversion. That’s true whether you plan to license software or hire an outside organization. Leaning on natural language processing and predictive analytics, the program analyzed conversations, forecasted trends, and trained more than 13,000 volunteers. customer churn. The results?

Analytics 131

Analytics Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Campaign 131

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2016

A common (and highly coveted) example of a rich snippet is when you see a star rating review or aggregate rating review show up right on the Google search results page. Aggregate Star Review Ratings in search results. Product ratings in Search results. Event details that appear in search results.

SEO 28

SEO Kansas City Software Review HTML 28

OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 8, 2020

By capturing data on the diversity and composition of startup boards, we hope to offer an industry-wide snapshot to help CEOs start to have what can often be tricky conversations with their VCs about board size and composition as early as possible. VC partners will be able to see patterns across the entire portfolio. .

Aggregator 71

Aggregator Portfolio Networking Design 71

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

It is something I talk about often, but mostly with my team members and in one-on-one conversations. Conversations with some of my fellow bloggers (thanks Rafat and Mike) only convinced me that it was time to jump into the deep-end. That conversation ended with two decisions. At GigaOm, we are story tellers.

Founder 80

Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

ConversionXL

JULY 11, 2016

Elite Camp is a 3-day traffic and (mainly) conversion event. “Umbrella terms” are when you aggregate multiple features and benefits under one vague term, like “powerful” or “easy-to-use.” Build a business case around conversion optimization. 7 Basic Plots on Wikipedia ). Why is it a problem?

PPC 48

PPC Analytics Video Non-Compete 48

Version One Ventures

MARCH 29, 2017

Through all these conversations, I’ve come to realize that not everyone has the same needs and expectations for startup data. Strategy : To crowdsource data, KPIs and benchmarks on anything from operations to sales to hiring. It’s worth noting that SaaS companies could probably do something interesting with all their data in aggregate.

Aggregator 60

Aggregator Startup Vertical SEC 60

Genuine VC

MAY 5, 2015

One of my first mentors in venture capital explained to me that the key role of a VC is to “aggregate talent.” At NextView Ventures, we’re hyper-focused on the seed stage, and since starting the firm, we’ve heard repeatedly and consistently from founders that a primary challenge they face during that stage is hiring.

Portfolio 100

Portfolio Startup Boston Seed Stage 100

Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Decision expert (and leading poker player) Annie Duke comes back on the a16z Podcast — after our first conversation with her for Thinking in Bets , which focused mainly on WHY our decision making gets so frustrated — to talk about her new book , which picks up where the last left off, on HOW to Decide: Simple Tools for Better Choices.

San Antonio 36

San Antonio Aggregator Jordan Stock 36

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

They founded Onward, a platform that matches displaced workers--usually, hourly workers--to industries that are hiring rapidly right now. Their efforts in this crisis have been admirable, but as Jake and Irma made clear in our conversation, this is not enough, we need a widespread, fully funded WPA scale effort to put Americans back to work.

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Fresno Community Technology California 60

A Crowded Space

AUGUST 11, 2014

Find aggregators. Find physical aggregators  There are various aggregators in the real world that provide really novel ways to hack liquidity. Find supply aggregators  Lets say you need a whole bunch of freelance developers. But youll get damn good conversion rates if you say, Hey supplier, good news.

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Aggregator Curation Demand Portfolio 101

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

You can find my conversation with Sam in that format below. I wanted to start with a recent conversation I had with Sam Altman. Our conversation focuses on what investors can do, but also what all of us can do to help lead in a time like this. Here's my conversation with Sam Altman. However, surviving it is important.

Silicon Valley 68

Silicon Valley Technical Review Government .Net 68

ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2018

Relatively recently, conversion optimization specialists have discovered the immense power of experimentation when applied to an online environment in the form of A/B Testing, Usability Testing, and more. Common examples are Revenue and Conversions. Most of the time, this process happens unconsciously and in only a few seconds.

Marketing 133

Marketing Metrics Programming Design 133

Occam's Razor

JULY 12, 2010

Ok not boom overnight… but over the course of a few months the org started to be more data driven, because analysts we hired produced analysis. You have aggregated data into three pieces and we all know aggregated data stinks at delivering insights! No simplified over promise under deliver aggregates! More analysts.

Analytics 96

Analytics Viral Web Mobile 96