Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

We realized that operating a business in distributed markets presented multi-city coordination efforts that we weren’t prepared for. were more distributed. We weren’t in enough cities to do national advertising campaigns yet we weren’t centralized enough to benefit off of our central marketing traction.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

For YouTube pre-roll ads, Google recommends segmenting video ad campaigns into three phases: Tease. The strategy, according to Google, improves ad recall (and, undoubtedly, YouTube revenues). LinkedIn video ads: tech specs, targeting, metrics, and cost. Direct Sponsored Content campaign with video not published elsewhere.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Or, if the content team is producing awesome content but not distributing it across email and social channels, you’re once again missing an opportunity to maximize the ROI. Growth killer #2: Different goals and metrics. Once you’ve identified the metric, never lose sign of it. So, what can companies do about it?

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. Getting the first tracks of revenue is one of the toughest processes of building a startup. This is when metrics come into play. Most campaigns can be optimized to increase conversion rates and lower costs.

Revenue 60

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 22, 2018

As a group, we’ve gotten a firmer grasp on top-of-the-funnel metrics. To get marketing a seat at the table and prove that it can drive revenue and pipeline, we’ve become borderline obsessed with numbers. Conversions (e.g. form fills). Black box]. However, some visibility is better than none at all. Why do I say that?

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2022

Content Distribution . Comprehensive marketing automation tools should include capabilities for content distribution. With a quicker way to distribute your content, you can focus on creating more of it. Maximizing your content distribution efforts on every marketing front will help you stay ahead of the competition.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2019

You need to use your time and resources productively by focusing on the right metrics so you can use data to help you implement improvements that matter. The first step is to formulate a KPI strategy by selecting the right metrics to track. The metrics should help you identify areas for improvement.

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Founder Retention Metrics Technical Review 71

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Two of the teams focused on the two main sources of revenue, one team on inbound leads, and the last team on site conversion rates. One time, we ran a bunch of tests on our drip email campaigns over a five-month period. Our new email subscribers would receive email campaigns for different products. Things…did not go well.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Instead, it identifies the fault lines within tactics and between tactics that keep demand generation campaigns from amounting to more than their component parts. Standardized, clean data is critical to deploying great campaigns.”. Bad data affects demand generation campaigns in other ways, too. This post doesn’t do that.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

work (collection, processing, reporting, analysis), processes, org structure, governance models, last-mile gaps , metrics ladders of awesomeness , and… so… much… more. Remember, tools, work, processes, org structure, governance models, last-mile gaps, metrics ladders of awesomeness, and… so… much… more. The Implications of Complexity.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2016

Facebook likes are great if all you’re using to advertise your business is Facebook, but when it comes to truly reaching your target audience and current customers, understanding how every effort translates to income is nearly impossible without clear metrics guiding the way. Metrics You Didn’t Learn in School.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2019

Conversion teams: 6–8 week experiment cycles; Marketing teams: Prepare, campaign, prepare, campaign; Product teams: 2-week sprints. There are tons of metrics you can monitor: Conversion rate; Bounce rate ; Click-through rate ; Pageviews; Lead captures; Purchase conversion rate. million; Total revenue: $97.5

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

1) It all starts from the Growth Hacking Funnel - in the early stages, startups should not just focus on top/bottom line metric like unique users and revenue. They should understand the different states of the user (Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Revenue) and focus on moving users from one state to the next.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

He says that one is too lonely, two is good and three is a great number if they can combine their skills to cover design, development and distribution. He believes that equity need not be distributed equally, as long as everyone involved is happy with their arrangement. How to Hack the Investment World.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Metrics for this depth are rare and only long-term. The metrics for this level are more concrete and objective. Distribution framework. And it’s not just tech companies moving away from easy-to-track metrics like impressions. Here’s a counter-intuitive example: the “Visit Vienna, not #vienna” campaign.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Here are the highlights: Only 2% of companies are tracking lead generation to sales metrics. If every business were as “data-driven” as they claimed & held actually held accountable to increasing quantifiable metrics – a lot of people would be out of a job. 15% of companies don’t track ROI (Return on Investment). What to do?

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It helps your brand stand out from competitors; it involves strategically creating, promoting, distributing, and publishing content to boost your search ranking, attract audiences, build trust, and establish your brand authority to drive purchases and revenue.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

One of the ultimate excuses for not measuring impact of Marketing campaigns is: "Oh, that's just a branding campaign." Before we go any further I must clarify that I love branding campaigns just as much as the next guy. I love campaigns that Visa runs. Remember: Engagement is not a metric, its an excuse. ].

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

mobile is ~50% of revenue, shorter form works better. They used humor – created a Chief Discount Officer’ – CDO – ‘humor to sell a deal’ campaign that included multple emails and direct mail. Flip your funnel – only 5% of revenue comes from optimisation but 92% of revenue from retention.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

If you don't see other sources (campaigns – email, social, display) are not tagged. Then go to Traffic Source > Sources > Campaigns to get a feel for how many display, social, email, other campaigns the company might be running. On top of the graph click on Select A Metric and choose Goal Conversion Rate.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 19, 2019

Occurs when your business achieves $100k+ in revenue monthly. Use product lifecycle marketing to map campaigns to the stage of your product. Set targets: metrics to tackle the overarching goal for your product lifecycle. Launch: set the campaign live. Learn: identify tripwires and optimize the campaign continuously.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

Marketing was like me, and we bootstrapped this business to 10 million in revenue through building this traction community where we're bringing our ICP, our audience together around their aspiration and their goals. It had oversight from the president, and that community organized the Save Harley campaign. It takes care of itself.

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Up and Running

MAY 25, 2016

In this article, I’m going to provide you with a list of strategies that will help you increase your nonprofit’s revenue so that you can not only stay in operation, but thrive! If you have any of your own revenue-generating strategies to share, please leave a comment—I’d love to hear your thoughts! Hold benefit events. Bake sales.

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Revenue Oregon Campaign Social Media 86

ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

Interviewing them will provide you with their wants and needs from a messaging perspective and uncover topic ideas and distribution channels. Here are some example questions we recently used during a client campaign: Why did you decide to work with [AGENCY]? Select your content distribution channels.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

A 2 minute iPhone video from your CEO would have such a bigger impact than a highly manicured campaign or corporate sounding email. What does a thoughtful campaign look like? De Beers made such an investment, even though a brand campaign could only soften the decline in sales during the 2007–08 crisis: Ally faced a different challenge.

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ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2020

Or maybe it’s your keyword well that’s reaching its limits, leaving you with plenty of ideas, but no clear path forward about how to prioritize them or the distribution channels for which they’re best suited. Map these metrics to the appropriate funnel stages, as well as the content types most commonly used to support them.

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Differentiation Sales Email Metrics 129

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2023

We've been using ActiveCampaign for years here at Duct Tape Marketing to power our subscription forms, email newsletters and sales funnel drip campaigns. 10:25): Now, this offer is limited to new active campaign customers only. Boost revenue and save precious time by upgrading to active campaign today. Fuel your growth.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In fact, SaaS industry revenue is projected to grow from $49 billion in 2015 to $67 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of approximately eight percent. At this stage, simply list your primary revenue streams and your key expenses. At this stage, simply list your primary revenue streams and your key expenses.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

There is no golden metric for everyone, we are all unique snowflakes! :). and tell you what are the best key performance indicators (metrics) for them. In the past I’ve shared a cluster of metrics that small, medium and large businesses can use as a springboard…. Every ecommerce site has to obsess about Revenue.

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Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Up and Running

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Building a list and setting up email templates and campaigns takes time. There are metrics to review. For example, finishing a campaign and ready to send or schedule it? I use Mailchimp for the distribution of weekly newsletters, and for list growth via opt-ins for multiple types of campaigns. Segmentation.

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Email Small Business Marketing Campaign 60

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Seasoned experts suggest that you should optimize for a metric which can affect the bottom line of your business. A number capable of signaling growth, like absolute count of conversions, conversion rate, total revenue, revenue per visitor, cost per acquired customer, among others. Focus on long-term effects.

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ConversionXL

MAY 29, 2019

For the SaaS 250, the strongest correlation (0.87) between subscribers and any other key metric (videos, views, channel age) was with the quantity of videos published. billion in annual revenue that trades on the NASDAQ—had published only four videos in nearly 12 years. Briggs narrows the long list down to one key metric: watch time.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Examples: how a market will evolve, what competitors are investing in, whether new marketing campaigns will be successful, or how an important new hire will perform. We’ve talked about this before in the context of SaaS metrics. Sometimes the puzzle is created by fundamental uncertainty inherent in the decision.

Differentiation 120

Differentiation Framework Restful Software Review 120

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Teams know how many tickets were distributed; however, they do not know in “real time” how many people are in the venue or stadium during the event. which marketing campaigns, channels, touches, behaviors, and demographics are contributing to a business outcome, a form of “machine learning–based attribution.”. customer churn.

Analytics 131

Analytics Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Campaign 131

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Then they increased their revenue from $2M to $6M in six months. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a demand generation funnel that fuels the pipeline, shortens the sale cycle, and generates revenue. Stage 1: Target the right metrics for an effective long game. Metrics for your demand generation funnel.

Demand 124

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

ConversionXL

MARCH 4, 2016

We often talk about online conversion optimization without mentioning that many businesses, especially B2B, rely on offline sales to produce revenue. Sales enablement is the act of enabling salespeople to help them close more deals/bring in more revenue/hit their quota. Email campaigns, Cold calling. Image Source. Conclusion.

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