ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Everything they do is scrutinized by its potential impact on scalable growth… An effective growth hacker also needs to be disciplined to follow a growth hacking process of prioritizing ideas (their own and others in the company), testing the ideas, and being analytical enough to know which tested growth drivers to keep and which ones to cut.

Retention 113

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 28, 2023

Breaking it down into this 5-point strategy could help your startup business get ahead. It provides your business with unlimited potential to tap into endless audiences. If you go viral, your brand will soar. Don’t panic, you can outsource all the digital aspects of setting up your startup business online nowadays.

Marketing 107

Marketing Social Media Audience SEO 107

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 26, 2021

Staples has developed a reputation in the marketing industry for being a creator of viral content. It’s often hard to tell stories about change—audiences grow wary or defensive—but Margolis helps leaders in Silicon Valley and other hotbeds of innovation make that change feel exciting and achievable. Click here to listen to the episode.

Marketing 90

Marketing Silicon Valley Cofounder Framework 90

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Here are their breakdowns of the costs and time investments to create 10 of the world’s hottest startups. And that involves processes, structures, feedback loops, analytics and a community.”. Suddenly, those multi-million dollar financing rounds that startups raise don’t seem so outrageous! 1) Twitter. 4) WhatsApp.

Cost 168

Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

As with many startup activities, you only have one chance for a great first impression. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience.

Social Media 199

Social Media Media Analytics Viral 199

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

You grab any audience, even logical left-brain executives, in the first 60 seconds, or you lose them forever. That’s why gamification is so effective, why celebrities are effective marketers, and why you need that amazing story that goes viral. We yearn for things that engage our senses, and give us hope.

Angel Investor 255

Angel Investor Viral Audience Social Media 255

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2012

As with many startup activities, you only have one chance for a great first impression. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience.

Social Media 238

Social Media Media Cost Startup 238

ConversionXL

JANUARY 31, 2014

note: If you’re a startup, you’ll want to use customer development questions for your page to resonate with future traffic). These questions help you uncover trends within your market and tell you things analytics alone can not. Step 1 – Set Up Actionable Analytics. SoundCloud’s primary audience is: Male.

Analytics 134

Analytics Video Matching Conversion 134

Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

This thought was in my mind as I was reading Lean Analytics a new book by my friend Alistair Croll and his collaborator Benjamin Yoskovitz. In this post, we’ll look at each of the four steps in the Lean Analytics Cycle in more detail. If it's the number of invites sent, it's virality. But it is not routine.

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Metrics Analytics Lean Churn Rate 156

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Ian McAllister of Amazon offers greater detail on the process: The target audience for the press release is the new/updated product’s customers, which can be retail customers or internal users of a tool or technology. startups want to launch their products without at least trying to language-market fit. Image source ).

Product 110

Product Campaign Acquisition Social Media 110

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

As with many startup activities, you only have one chance for a great first impression. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience.

Social Media 166

Social Media Media Cost Analytics 166

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

As with many startup activities, you only have one chance for a great first impression. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience.

Social Media 252

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 252

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Nursing your startup through it’s infancy can be grueling, hard work. It is the most important form of marketing for your startup’s website, as all other forms of marketing contribute to it in some shape or form. But your organization doesn’t have enough in personal relationships to create a viral following in the beginning.

SEO 100

SEO Marketing Startup Mobile 100

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Brandanew

JUNE 15, 2015

It is not just about jotting down a few lines on how to use something or what it does but building strong relationships with your growing audience. Storytelling is the art of convincing your target audience to buy your products and services without actually giving them a sales pitch. Viral marketing. Snackable content.

Viral 100

Viral Marketing Social Media SEO 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

As with many startup activities, you only have one chance for a great first impression. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience.

Social Media 147

Social Media Media B2B Analytics 147

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

You grab any audience, even logical left-brain executives, in the first 60 seconds, or you lose them forever. That’s why gamification is so effective, why celebrities are effective marketers, and why you need that amazing story that goes viral. We yearn for things that engage our senses, and give us hope.

Marketing 173

Marketing Angel Investor Viral Audience 173

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. For the thirteenth selection of The Entrepreneur’s Essentials, I’m reflecting on startup launches.

Stealth 48

Stealth Cofounder Los Angeles Technical Review 48

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2017

When you launch a business, your primary concern is to find an audience group and to get noticed. Unfortunately, engagement tends to be one of those strategies that fall short of activities, especially in a startup environment where your concerns are focused on aspects of the business that are directly linked to your survival.

Customer 113

Customer Widget Social Media Viral 113

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Launch a viral competition. A viral competition is a competition where you enter with an email address, and then get extra entries for every person who signs up from your referral. For this viral competition we generated 2,987 emails for a total cost of $6,661.11 Here are some of the best approaches being used today… 1.

Database 48

Database Email Viral Campaign 48

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But audience size and consumption is massive and growing plus; Study Innovator’s Dilemma ( my cheat sheet here ). Costs of product on YouTube content is literally 99% cheaper than traditional TV and; Distribution of content can now go viral and can predictably distributed via social networks. What analytics are you going to use?

Silicon Valley 374

Silicon Valley Los Angeles Distribution Java 374

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2011

As with many startup activities, you only have one chance for a great first impression. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience.

Social Media 232

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Analytics 232

ConversionXL

AUGUST 10, 2021

This article assumes you: Already deeply know your audience and have conducted research to understand what types of posts will resonate with them Have a solid brand messaging strategy in play, so you can emulate relevant, customer-centric content on social Have clearly defined goals tied to measurable metrics (e.g.

Metrics 152

Metrics Audience Curation Algorithm 152

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

With this strategy, financial institutions can better communicate with their target audience, manage their online reputation, and negotiate the intricacies of the digital financial market. It involves telling stories that engage, educate, and encourage continued interaction with audience members.

PR 123

PR Public Relations Social Media Audience 123

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

The problem is that most startups don’t have the budget to spend on fancy (or sometimes even simple) SEO tools or consultants to pay for deep analytics or content strategies. When Marco combined the blogs and focused on generating an audience through good content, Marco’s blog readership skyrocketed – and so did sales.

Small Business 48

Small Business Social Media Marketing SEO 48

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

How to grow your audience. Paint a clear picture of your existing customer base and target audience. You’ve probably done a lot of this legwork already during the startup process, but make sure to revisit it before you continue. Help your Facebook Page find an audience. Grow your audience base.

Small Business 98

Small Business Marketing Social Media Audience 98

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

In this 3 part series I’m running through 13 pre-launch traffic strategies (actually it’s turned into 14) I am using for getting attention and building an audience and a list for my reporting app Informly. Startup sites. Similar to app sites there are also loads of sites just dedicated to listing startups.

Social Media 59

Social Media Viral Startup Audio 59

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

But we rarely talk about the process of strategically segmenting our audience so that our products and services can sell themselves. ?????? Segmentation is the process of breaking a large audience down into smaller, more manageable chunks. You can’t assume what’s true for your current audience is true for your current (and future) TAM.

Audience 125

Audience Artificial Inteligence North America Iowa 125

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

For a freemium model to work, you need to make sure your audience is extremely large, since typical conversion rates range from 3% to 10%. If your product offers some kind of analytics or metrics that can be used to measure an aspect of the health of the business (i.e., How big is the target market? Image courtesy of Shutterstock.

B2B 60

B2B Product Small Business Administration SBA 60

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

Offering social login itself won’t automatically increase conversion rates – you need to provide the products and services your target audience want too – but it does make it easier for the growing number of social login fans to come back to your site. Knowing who your users are means knowing what they do and don’t want.

Social Network 130

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130

ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

it will never be as easy or affordable to build Messenger audience for your brand as it is right now. Virality: # of users that refer your product for you: exponential growth if your K factor is greater than 1. Dropbox: first achieved growth through virality. Is my audience all the same? Example: wechat in China.

Retention 106

Retention Artificial Inteligence Channel Email 106

ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2013

Viral aspect of the campaign: The more sharing, the more points, and the greater the chances of winning in both the weekly and main prize (luxury all-inclusive weekend in Vihula Manor) draws. At the same time most of their target audience was using Facebook already – clearly a lot of room for improvement. Objectives.

Campaign 95

Campaign Estonia Social Media Viral 95

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

In this 3 part series I’m running through 13 pre-launch traffic strategies (actually it’s turned into 14) I am using for getting attention and building an audience and a list for my reporting app Informly. Startup sites. Similar to app sites there are also loads of sites just dedicated to listing startups.

Social Media 27

Social Media Viral Startup Audio 27

Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Social analytics and video marketing are likely to be the key marketing trends for 2016. Most small business and Startup founders are talking about customer engagement and social presence beyond the customary likes and one-post-a-month schedules. 16 Top Social Analytics Tools For 2016. Tina Chan, Social Media Manager, GEECL.

Analytics 100

Analytics Social Media Marketing Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

This applies equally to VCs, startups & big company executives. I think about how the audience might react and whether if I were in the audience I would be intrigued. It’s why before every speech I call the organizer and drill them about who will be in the audience. So I thought I would. That’s a shame.

Technical Review 356

Technical Review Framework Audience Media 356

ReadWriteStart

MAY 14, 2013

It’s odd that entrepreneurs haven’t thought of opening up a national chain of “YouTube Studios” – facilities you could rent by the hour to shoot your talkshow or other viral inspiration. One Kickstarter project, the Paparazzo Light , failed – perhaps due to a lack of audience reach or functionality.

Video 60

Video Boston Russia Hosting 60

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

We also got lucky and qualified for some startup benefits with companies like Rackspace, who covered our infrastructure costs for the first year,” continues Arsenault. “We Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 78