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Facebook Advertising / Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value

Occam's Razor

When you run a search ad on Baidu (or display ad on AOL or participate in AdSense or…), the objective of your advertising is (holy grail time now…): find the right person, at the right time, target them with the right message ("I beg you, please come to my site! But that is not all there is to it. from those clicks.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

That created not only the need to fill in the gap, but also to help those, like myself, who were searching for help. I would encourage anyone who has struggled in their search for a calling to consider starting their own business – their versatility will come in handy. Thanks to Brian Davis, Spark Rental. #6 6 – Giving Back.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Coalesce address the more general problem of searching through large data sets for best fits. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc. Lighter Capital, a Revenue Based Investing VC, offers a Cost of Capital Calculator. TruthFinder and Intelius provide basic background vetting.

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9 Conversion Rate Optimization Principles to Get You Started (If You Can’t Test)

ConversionXL

According to Google Trends , the term “conversion rate optimization” is an official “breakout”, meaning “searches for that phrase have jumped by +5,000 percent” over the last few years. Back in 2009, Google conducted experiments which demonstrated that slowing down the search results page by under half a second resulted in 0.2%

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list! Philippe Botteri.