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Founder Interview: Richard Lavina Innovating Accounting Services with Taxfyle

The Startup Magazine

Richard Lavina, CPA, Co-Founder and CEO of Taxfyle. Richard: I went to school for accounting and followed a path after graduation that those of us in that major typically follow: I started working for a CPA firm in Miami. TSM: What inspired you to start Taxfyle? I figured if I was having that issue, other people might be, too.

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Deep Dive: Analytics and Security on a Real Ecommerce Platform

The Startup Magazine

When your digitally native vertical business selects its ecommerce platform, it’s essential to get the best analytics and security: data is what enables you to plan smartly, and security is what lets you proceed safely. Make sure your digitally native vertical business is smart and secure, by getting the right ecommerce platform.

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Google’s Acquires ITA: Will Deeper Vertical Integration Lead to Higher Revenues?

abovethecrowd.com

“It’s funny how fallin feels like flyin, for a little while…” - Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart Soundtrack On July 1st, Google announced its intention to acquire ITA Software. ITA owns a primarily B2B airfare search and pricing system called QPX.

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Transcript of Building a Personalized Connection to Win Ideal Clients

Duct Tape Marketing

So for instance, I know a printing company that has 11 different salespeople, and each one of them is going after a different vertical market, a target market. Bill Cates: I’m consulting with a CPA firm in the Washington DC area, and they have six vertical markets.

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Lack Management Support or Buy-in? Embarrass Them!

Occam's Razor

Or from your survey vendors such as the ACSI or the iPSI benchmarks for Customer Satisfaction for various companies / industry verticals. Conversion went up, CPC and CPA's went down, ROI went up, Bounce Rate went down and what not. You can use benchmarks such as the one dutifully provided by the Fireclick Index.

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How to create a profitable Freemium startup (spreadsheet model included!)

andrewchenblog.com

CPM/CPA/CPC) What do the intermediate metrics look like? Basically, you end up with a media buying matrix that looks something like this: Source Ads bought CTR Clicks Signup % Upload pic Users Cost CPA Google 1M 0.50% 5,000 20% 50% 500 $5,000.00 $10.00 At worse, it’s easy to lose a ton of money, if the CPA exceeds the LTV.

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The Marketing Analytics Intersect: My Newsletter!

Occam's Razor

But, some common KPIs for ecommerce websites can be CPA, Conversion Rate, Unique Pageviews, Time Lag and Path Length, Task Completion Rate etc. Did you notice I'm using the borders to "guide" your eye to look vertically? It will help you do better, and you'll use it. It's just not a KPI. So, what's a KPI?