A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 10, 2010

These companies typically make money either by charging sellers for listing (akin to the yellow pages) or by charging a sales commission (akin to a "finder's fee"). Or a flat "finders fee" per lead? Their pitch was awesome: "I've got a lead for you; his name is John Doe and he's looking for a 10x20 with air conditioning.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

We’ve all heard stories about the impact that forms have on conversion rates, like how Expedia made an extra $1 million per year by removing one field on their form or how Marketo received 34% more leads by experimenting with their form length. Multi-Step Forms: How Asking More Questions Can Increase Conversions. Image Source.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 11, 2014

The You May Also Like has a $50 Converse shoe and a Sperry Top-Sider Angelfish for $63. Most sites don't even do that (or do it badly like Zappos recommending Converse All-Stars with my Just Cavalli dress). Name, date, text comment. We've gotten our conversion rate up. Try the personalization / solutions finder.

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VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

And depending on how many members there are to the syndicate and what crowdfunding exemption you use (more on that below) the actual limit will likely be quite a bit less than the total you see next to the syndicate name on AngelList. And, of course, it will also require some work on your part to pull syndicate members into your actual deal.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 8, 2012

Pin It Listen to this episode if you want to hear a really tough conversation about refining a cool idea into a profit-making business. This is a long episode (1:20), but it’s a conversation that will resonate with a lot of early-stage startup founders. Jared: Well, the name of the company is Padseeker.com. Jared: I have.

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entrepreMusings

DECEMBER 15, 2014

I read and took the Strengths Finder 2.0 You want to learn their names, ask them questions, and find some area of common interest so that you can strike up a conversation and build rapport. Some people shy away from starting up conversations because they worry about running out of things to say. You are drawn to them.

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VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

And depending on how many members there are to the syndicate and what crowdfunding exemption you use (more on that below) the actual limit will likely be quite a bit less than the total you see next to the syndicate name on AngelList. And, of course, it will also require some work on your part to pull syndicate members into your actual deal.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 26, 2015

Over half of your site elements don’t affect conversion rate the way you think they do. How to find out which elements help and which hurt your conversion rate? Simply put, we remove elements of your site and see what happens to your conversion rate. If the conversion rate decreases, the banner was helping you get conversions.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 1, 2011

Buying fancy lures or bait, upgrading their rod to the newest model and playing with their sonar fish finders. Sometimes, you may have to pick up some new lingo to converse on the same level as potential customers. Give them a name, find a photo on the internet of what you think they would look like.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 9, 2017

I think over the years the Google hotel finder has eaten a ton of organic traffic that’s now part of a — sort of a paid inclusion product. They’ve done insurance comparisons, they’ve done local inventory ads for car dealers.

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Up and Running

JULY 29, 2015

Kickstarter has the name recognition, but it also has a lot of campaigns. It has the name recognition in the field, with $3 billion given out in loans. See Also Bplans Small Business Loan Finder. If you fall short, your donors get their money back. Even if you do reach your goal, Kickstarter takes five percent as a fee.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

You shouldn’t completely overlook traditional business funding paths such as loans—be sure to check out our small business loan finder —and it will never hurt to see what’s out there in terms of angel investors, if applicable to your business. Put your skills to good use and offer tutoring or language conversation lessons.

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