Austin Startup

MARCH 22, 2021

In fact, many are now household names?—?just Find your vertical and stick to it (for a few years at least). This includes the cost of a domain name, a logo, some development work. was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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ConversionXL

MAY 11, 2017

Knowing what the competitors are doing – how they are thinking about the market, what tactics they are using, how they are crafting messages and design – can make all the difference in the battle for the customers’ mind share and conversions. – and you can definitely use it for UX and conversion optimization, too.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 26, 2018

A name is a label by which animate or inanimate things are called or referenced. When we think about names, pictures or qualities are evoked from the good to the grotesque. Therefore a good business name and slogan are key. Your business name is as important as a good business tax regimen. So, WHAT’S IN A BUSINESS NAME?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2023

We've got our final tonight actually, and we will be up there in front of those students side by side, just as we are here in this conversation. They were giving us names of people that were not salespeople. It, it's a hyper authenticity conversation, but there's, there's common threads that sort of tie the whole book together.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

I think now it's more about, I guess having a horizontal relationship with the people in your audience versus a vertical one. So vertical, you're the expert. And it's more of a conversation, and I actually think it's scarier doing workshops because it's unpredictable. You're going on a YouTube live. I'd feel extremely weird.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Common examples include: Average order value; Sales conversion rate; Cart abandonment rate; Customer acquisition cost; Customer lifetime value; Bounce rate; Click-through rates; Pop-up engagement rates; ROI (return on investment; Average inventory sold per day. Some goals may be measured by more than one metric. They use intent signals (e.g.,

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

For example, instead of bidding on the same terms as rival platform Asana, which will probably be more expensive, monday.com bids on its competitor’s name: Because of lower competition, competitor brand names tend to be cheaper. Ensure content is relevant to your conversion funnel. Mailchimp’s ad copy also leads with benefits.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 20, 2022

TikTok is very much vertical, short form, you know, 50 to 15 to kind of 62nd videos. And for most brands from most businesses, most conversions come from stories. So we tend to get better conversions, more direct message responses, more engagement in a personalized way. (07:53): So you've got more variety of content.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

The first two are for improving conversion, while the last one is for improving brand awareness. As the name suggests, these videos are designed for content marketing, they are especially effective for increasing brand awareness. We define it as 15-30 second vertical videos designed for social media.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2023

First off, most people in the world can't name any VCs. I suppose if you're reading this post, you can name at least one--but I'm not even active anymore, so even if you could name a few, you might quickly find you have a relevancy problem. Still, don’t substitute that for live conversations. One word: Manually.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 18, 2019

Satisfying passive intent, Kohn argues, is essential for user engagement and conversion. A Moz article offers an example of informational modifiers for products: [product name] what is [product name] how does [product name] work how do I use [product name]. It also implicitly asks (i.e. Is it expensive?

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Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

To name a few: Digital Marketing & Measurement Model | Analytics Ecosystem | Web Analytics 2.0. The number is computed based on a ML algorithm that has learned from deep analysis of your user behavior and conversion data. Instead, if they are reporting Awareness, Consideration, Intent, Conversions, Bounce Rate… Sad time.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2019

How it plays out in your head: While waiting for their food, your customer would strike up congenial conversations about their lives with your staff—and they would love nothing more than to spend the last third of their visit filling up your feedback forms with praise. You recruit that marketing agency with the fancy name.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 18, 2023

Her new book Talking on Eggshells: Soft Skills for Hard Conversations , shows you how to speak up instead of shut down, face challenges head-on instead of running the other way, and keep your cool even when others don’t. Get your copy of Talking on Eggshells: Soft Skills for Hard Conversations Sam’s website. Like this show?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 6, 2021

billion rideshare industry is only a decade old,” notes Fetii CEO Matthew Iommi, “and as with all industries, we’ll begin to see verticals arise that provide specialized rideshare solutions. Some big names have taken notice. “Many people don’t realize that the $85.8 With a Group and Need a Ride?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The way to both vertically and horizontally align an organization to engage in innovation with increased success rates is through Innovation Engineering — a reliable process, grounded in data, backed by academic theory and validated in real-world practice. He’s been named one of America’s top innovation experts by Inc.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Now the cans are sleeker, the typography is more modern (while paying homage to Coca Cola’s past), and each can’s design includes a bold and colorful vertical stripe. was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

These companies would take our computers and put their name on them and resell them to their customers. He even remembered the names of their wives and kids and some details about schools or events. (I The Customer is a Genius Then instead of talking about our products he segued the conversation into their products.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2023

I think Mike Lenox (01:32): , I do enjoy writing John Jantsch (01:35): (01:36): So, uh, my first question is gonna sound like a silly question, but I think it's, I think it's legitimate based on all the conversations I have with people about strategy, um, and their, uh, confusion about what the term actually means. , Mike Lenox (04:30): Yeah.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Twitter and Facebook can generate traffic, but when it comes to getting an immediate action, like a sales conversation, I’d rather hang out where business is being done, not where news articles and cat videos are consumed. Who cares: we want the shortest path to a conversation, not necessarily traffic to your site. Open rates: 70%+.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

If you pick one vertical and do it well, other folks will find you. We should have slowed down just a tad to plan a few steps further out when naming things. It took us 10 months and conversations with 70+ VC firms to raise our Series A round. Find your niche. Don’t try to be everything to everyone right away.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 28, 2016

According to Experiment Engine’s data, anywhere from 50% to 80% of test results are inconclusive, depending on the vertical and stage of the testing program. Though video typically drives increased conversions , his video variations performed the same as text-based pages. So in many cases, iterative testing is the name of the game.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Finally, since no one would believe a set of benchmarks named after our company, we needed a façade of independence, so we named them after the street the company was headquartered on in Sunnyvale California – they became known as the Potrero Benchmarks.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Enterprise Platform or Vertical Business Focused. The enterprise focus has a tough time showing their own IP versus the vertical business solutions have limited total addressable market. With no formal sales team, they are doing great with marquee names on their customer rooster. There are challenges on both sides.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

One of the 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Arist was also named one of 20 education-focused finalists in Fast Company ’s 2019 World-Changing Ideas competition , which recognizes companies, non-profits, and individuals that commit to social good through breakthrough innovation. “Our An example of an Arist course via text.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

One of the 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Arist was also named one of 20 education-focused finalists in Fast Company ’s 2019 World-Changing Ideas competition , which recognizes companies, non-profits, and individuals that commit to social good through breakthrough innovation. “Our An example of an Arist course via text.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It was because these companies actually listened to their customers that they were able to grow to names you recognize today. For industries with thin profit margins, offering an incentive like 2% off isn’t very enticing, and in many verticals, and in some cases might require a significant lift in sales in order to break even.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

It’s hard to speak in the name of the team, as we are all diverse and with many passions. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries. He also tries to write at least four paragraphs per day on Medium.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Based in Atlanta (which has been named the best city in the U.S. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries. If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the conversation began to get down to how much stock and salary we could offer van Dam, we left the barber to finish his work and went to a payphone to call our CEO to confirm the deal. I worked at Multiflow, a name you’d recognize, ending up running the OS group. The response from across the country?

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 28, 2013

Every day my Facebook and Twitter feeds are full of discussions about music, fashion, electronics, travel and other highly valuable verticals. Here are some ideas: Aggregating all the similar product names into a “comparison” unit with pricing and availability from top merchants. What could they be doing?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

My biggest goal for 2020 is just to continue doing good work, building our name as an authority in the space, helping our clients innovate with blockchain, and ultimately move us closer to mainstream adoption. With the exception of Quantstamp, what tech trend is your team most excited about?

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

This is useful for a number of reasons, the most obvious of which is to help you navigate the right channels in your vertical and open doors to potential customers. And founding teams with limited operational backgrounds in their vertical or domain will create doubt. (An Never discount the power of a warm intro.

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ConversionXL

JULY 27, 2015

I’ll show you five reasons you should care about accessibility and seven ways a more accessible form will increase your conversion rate. In addition, better user experience equals reduced friction, boosting conversions and revenue. 7 ways steps to more accessible forms (that will boost your conversions too). Let’s get to it.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Branding is a process designed to develop, among other things, a unique business name and custom logo design for a company, product, or service. But branding isn’t solely about tangible concepts like a company’s name and logo. Make your feedback process a conversation so that your customers know that their input is valued.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Yarina, Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global, was recently named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Healthcare, one of many awards the company has received for its work. The name of our company, Sisu, means, in Finnish, persevering in the face of adversity. Little did I realize how apt of a name that would be.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 14, 2020

No conversation in SEO can exclude user intent. on Twitter or Facebook can lead to interesting conversations. At G2 , for example, we learned that a query syntax like “free [software name]” can’t be solved with a filter on a category page. New product features are built with a variety of methods: Gut feeling (e.g.,

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