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6 Surefire Ways To Get Your Small Business Noticed

YoungUpstarts

More users than ever are leaning on their mobile devices for research before engaging a brand. WordPress may be a better option because it’s free and will allow a lot of the customization that is necessary when running a paid or organic marketing campaign. Build a Fast, Mobile-Friendly Website. Start Tracking with Google Analytics.

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How to Craft a Digital Advertising Strategy that Combats Rising Costs and Captures New Customers

ConversionXL

If your business has a five- or six-figure digital advertising budget, you can put more money behind campaigns. It will also ensure you’re not “spraying and praying” with campaigns—and you’re not wasting your budget. Look at past marketing campaigns to identify successful content and test it with target audiences.

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Stock Photos vs. Real Photos: Does It Matter?

ConversionXL

Here’s the problem: Every other poor schmuck in every other vertical has used the exact…same…photograph. Within a few years, Anderson became the face of college girls in what seemed to be every marketing campaign. But the client loves it! (“See, looks like stock photos weren’t so bad, were they?”).

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

Just like in the world of startups, we can start to use micro-scale pilot programs, executed in lean fashion, to gather real facts for making ROI decisions about new project investment. If they don’t, there are a new breed of lean startups who understand this deep in the bones ready to take their place. 12comments: Dougvs said.

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How to Use Growth Hacking to Increase Revenue 20x in Just 12 Months

Up and Running

Lean marketing. Your customer acquisition cost and lifetime value are the two magical numbers you need to calculate for each one of your campaigns. Most campaigns can be optimized to increase conversion rates and lower costs. Intercom allows you to build drip email campaigns based on specific actions users take on your site.

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Stock Photography vs. Real Photos: Can’t We Use Both?

ConversionXL

Here’s the problem: Every other poor schmuck in every other vertical has used the Exact. Within a few years, Jennifer became the face of college girls in what seemed to be every marketing campaign. But the client LOVES it! (“See, looks like Stock wasn’t so bad after all, was it Mr. Designer?”). Photograph.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 5: Customer Relationship Hypotheses

Steve Blank

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. We offered that the team might want to expand their user research to think about new features and verticals (document management, law firms, lab managers with discretionary budget, etc.). Filed under: Lean LaunchPad , Teaching.

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