A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Sometimes that’s defensible distribution channels. Instead, watch payback period for acquisition efficiency, watch retention for product/market fit, watch expansion revenue for long-term growth, and watch gross margin for long-term profitability. A reliable paid acquisition channel results in a somewhat stable business.

Restful 202

Restful Founder Revenue Acquisition 202

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You work tirelessly to understand your customer, market, and competition so you can differentiate. To give context, compare market share changes with objective measures such as changes in total industry spending and company revenue, and strategic changes. Bean had been experiencing a long period of zero revenue growth.

Metrics 157

Metrics Marketing Campaign Audience 157

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

is an elegant way to model any service-oriented business: Acquisition Activation Retention Referral Revenue We used a very similar scheme at IMVU, although we werent lucky enough to have started with this framework, and so had to derive a lot of it ourselves via trial and error. But its not really viral growth, even when its exponential.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2023

07:00] How do you differentiate your content based on somebody who is in a potential buying situation? [09:42] Maybe explain kind of how you differentiate your content based on maybe where somebody is in a potential buying situation. John Jantsch (16:48): A viral referral tool. What’s your editorial strategy? [07:00]

ChatGPT 92

ChatGPT Advertising Email Viral 92

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. In the tactics section, list your sales channels and describe how you will be selling your products. Step 3: Brand and differentiate yourself. Do it yourself.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The only reason I know loads of new people and brands is because of my subscription to their channels on YouTube. So, lots of content combined with an engaged audience (contributing and participating in consumption), driving great branding and real world revenue. Owned Brand Channel. From Hannah Hart to Emily Graslie.

Analytics 149

Analytics Marketing Audience Channel 149

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

Word-of-mouth and viral marketing are popular terms these days, but are rarely adequate to initiate a new business. Be specific on sales channels and marketing initiatives. Revenue model. How will you differentiate your product or service? This segment should have specific demographics, and the means to buy your product.

Business Model 242

Business Model Distribution Viral Green 242

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Assuming Virality. "A I have news for you: Theyre not coming and youre not going to go viral. Services dont spontaneously go viral. High virality is almost always the product of early and deliberate product design decisions. ." — Derek Flanzraich, Founder & CEO, Greatist. Follow @mashable. see more > Search.

Cofounder 111

Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million). I began asking around who the smartest people in the online media industry were and two names came up again and again — Jonah Peretti (social & viral content) and Ze Frank (social video).

Media 210

Media Los Angeles Russia Viral 210

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

Word-of-mouth and viral marketing are popular terms these days, but are rarely adequate to initiate a new business. Be specific on sales channels and marketing initiatives. Revenue model. How will you differentiate your product or service? This segment should have specific demographics, and the means to buy your product.

Business Model 246

Business Model Distribution Viral Green 246

The Next Web

MAY 5, 2013

On the one hand, it has allowed startup marketers to differentiate themselves from their counterparts in corporate America. At a startup, you may not know who your core customer base is, why they buy your product (or whether they will at all), what marketing channels will work the best. Hacker” is more of a double entendre.

Marketing 165

Marketing Viral SEO Analytics 165

Brandanew

APRIL 15, 2016

It is an essential ingredient that differentiates your online brand from a crowd of clones, results in 55% higher website traffic , and 97% more inbound links. Or, maybe, boosted revenues? So what exactly does it take to succeed in e-commerce? The answer lies in content marketing (aka the only marketing that’s left). So, remember Amy?

Marketing 100

Marketing B2C Social Media Germany 100

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Yet despite some major fails, marketing continues to be the differentiator that sets a brand apart within a crowded market. Or look at MailChimp, a startup-turned-$400-million-revenue-machine that is always creating viral campaigns that set them above their competition, like this recent “Did You Mean Mailchimp” one.

Campaign 134

Campaign Marketing Design Differentiation 134

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

This is native advertising in real life, on a real website, acting as a key player in the race for the strongest, viral, engaging content. The company, known for viral social content, is predicted to bring in $100 million in revenue in 2014 from native advertising on 150 million unique visitors a month, according to a 2013 Forbes article.

Advertising 139

Advertising San Francisco New York Viral 139

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). might have been a lot less differentiated. I’ve written extensively on the topic , but in a nutshell it is: an RSS reader, a chat room, instant messaging, a marketing channel, a customer service department and increasingly a data mine.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Viral ideas attach themselves to top-of-the-mind stories, occurrences or environments. By saying why you do something, you can differentiate yourself from the rest. No other acquisition channel in their company was able to get those results. Triggers : Ideas that are easy to remember spread. They buy why you do it.”

Programming 51

Programming Sales Cloud Customer 51

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 8, 2018

Now they’re all there already, so you’ve got to do something that differentiates yourself from the crowd for it to actually work. We probably should do that, but when you plan content, how do you reconcile the fact that I think content is really what powers just about every channel? It was a big improvement.

North Dakota 55

North Dakota Email Campaign Video 55

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

” April, 2012 – Andrew Chen writes Growth Hacker is the new VP Marketing , which goes viral (2.4K Now, people begin defining growth hacking as a process, a systematic approach, a “viral loop”, etc. The key differentiator being the product-level focus vs. the channel-level focus of traditional marketing effort.

Retention 48

Retention Metrics Acquisition Conversion 48

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). If they have worked in business for 20 years, you have an 700-1 experience differential right out of the gate.

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82