Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

We talk about taking advantages of the incredible agility offered by modern web architecture for extremely rapid deployment, etc. Still, I thought Id share this email that happened to arrive during class. Names have, of course, been changed to protect the innocent: Hope youre well; I thought Id relay a recent experience and thank you.

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Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

It’s easy to overestimate the impact of this kind of traffic because it just feels good to have your name and company featured. You might get a bunch of inbound emails from other press and partners, and all of these things can contribute to a feeling that you’re on your way to getting tons of traffic. It strokes your ego.

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Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean 119

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Of the techniques he mentioned, I think four are fundamental and critical for any lean startup: TDD (or the even more politely named TATFT ) Continuous integration Automate your deployments Collect statistics The tools to help you do these things are getting better and better every day, but dont confuse tools with process. Expo SF (May.

Software Review 68

Software Review San Francisco Technical Review Continuous Deployment 68

Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Customers went into the store either looking for the SuperMac product by name (if our demand creation activities had been effective) or went in unsure of which brand of board to buy. Hopefully you and your co-founders are experts in one or two parts (agile development, SEO/SEM, etc.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

.) == "control" ) { // do it the old way } else { // do it the new way } The call to setup_experiment has to do all of the work, which for a web application involves a sequence something like this: Check if this experiment exists. If she is, return the name of the hypothesis she was exposed to before. Buy a higher quantity 2.

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment 166

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 6, 2010

To share with you three custom reports that I find to be super valuable when I am doing web data analysis. If your daily practice of web analysis does not hugely rely on custom reports (and advanced segments ) then I am afraid you might be a lot more in the Reporting Squirrel mold and a lot less in the Analysis Ninja mold. This is key.

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Analytics Web Customer SEM 125

www.chancebarnett.com

MAY 10, 2011

There are LOTS of examples out on the web of each of these you can find if you just do some Google searched and click on the Paid Adwords ads and see the landing pages there. “As But the crazy thing is, most people’s email sign up forms on their landing pages are framed in this manner. Just what we all want, more email.

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SEM Email Los Angeles Conversion 47

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 13, 2008 SEM on five dollars a day How do you build a new product with constant customer feedback while simultaneously staying under the radar? SEM is a simple idea. We would pretty much bid on any phrase that was "[name of competitive product] chat" and variations like that.

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SEM San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 164

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 17, 2011

When 2011 began, 64 percent of small businesses reported having a website, but that still left an astounding 36 percent of small businesses without a web presence. A website is the hub of a small business’s marketing efforts through other channels (print, SEO, SEM, email, direct, mobile, etc.).

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Small Business SEM SEO Social Network 93

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 17, 2011

When 2011 began, 64 percent of small businesses reported having a website, but that still left an astounding 36 percent of small businesses without a web presence. A website is the hub of a small business’s marketing efforts through other channels (print, SEO, SEM, email, direct, mobile, etc.).

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Small Business SEM SEO Social Network 84

Occam's Razor

JUNE 6, 2007

I am thrilled to say that my book Web Analytics: An Hour A Day has been published and is now widely available. Five Reasons Why You Should Buy Web Analytics: An Hour A Day: Web Analytics: An Hour A Day for the first time provides a Practitioner's in the trenches perspective on web analytics. There I said it.

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Analytics Web Affiliate Metrics 60

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 22, 2011

" ~ Web Metrics: "What is a KPI? Key To Your Digital Success: Web Analytics Measurement Model. Six Tips For Improving High Bounce / Low Conversion Web Pages. How To Excite People About Web Analytics: Five Tips. The 10 / 90 Rule for Magnificent Web Analytics Success. Who Owns Web Analytics?

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Analytics Metrics SEM Web 124

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Here’s an email I got last week: Hello Jason, I am a big fan of your advice and wanted to see if you could offer any advice for marketing my start-up XYZ. He told me in a later email that he knows it wasn’t the best way to go, but “I’m a product guy.” Any advice will help. Who are your persuading?

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Customer Software Review SEM Technical Review 279

Transformify

AUGUST 18, 2021

If you’re wondering whether you have what it takes to take on freelancing, here are some of the popular types of freelance work you can start with: Web Development and Designing. Search Engine Optimization or SEO, SEM. Web Research. The first package usually starts at $5, hence the name. Teaching and Tutoring.

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Technical Review Software Review Search Portfolio 89

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. Do you have a way to notify them by SMS or email when something notable happens? If and when a good SEM solution shows up for iPhone, you may be able to use it to artificially drive your app into the Top 25, as a one-time event.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Retention SEM 68

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

If you want to learn more about search engine marketing, I suggest you read 10 Practical Small Business SEO and SEM marketing tips. Also, there are numerous resources available for Google Docs, such as wireframing templates for web designers. For example, we track our competitors, industry keywords, our own name, and much more.

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Small Business Analytics Social Media Search 102

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Connect with John Jantsch on LinkedIn This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the DeskTeam360 Desk team 360 is the #1, flat-rate, digital marketing integration team, that helps small businesses and marketing agencies with graphic, web design, and on-page marketing services. This is John Jantsch. Ryan: Sure.

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Channel Acquisition Framework B2B 63

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 24, 2018

Ahrefs is one of the best Search Engine Optimization ( SEO ) and Search Engine Marketing ( SEM ) tools available for anyone who prefers to make data-based decisions in their marketing strategies. With “Content Explorer” you can easily explore the most shared content on the web. Email marketing. Search marketing. Drip Marketing.

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Social Media Marketing Analytics Audience 51

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 24, 2018

Ahrefs is one of the best Search Engine Optimization ( SEO ) and Search Engine Marketing ( SEM ) tools available for anyone who prefers to make data-based decisions in their marketing strategies. With “Content Explorer” you can easily explore the most shared content on the web. Email marketing. Search marketing. Drip Marketing.

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Social Media Marketing Analytics Audience 48

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2008

While you might be doing great in terms of direct revenue impact of your website, pause and consider what in God's name is happening to that other 98.3% "unconverted" traffic on your site? Here's your online data: You are capturing the above information using your web log based or javascript tag based web analytics tool.

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Analytics Conversion Campaign Redemption 116

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Who doesnt want to see their name in print? Start with a five-dollar-a-day SEM campaign. Now that were beginning our first marketing, the key partners we need have heard our name long enough to trust us. the most sensible SEM advice Ive read - discussed in the context of a real situation. Founders push for it. Dont scale.

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San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

All I see is a name, an icon, a price, the developers name, and a review star-rating. If you sell an online service that solves a defined problem, you can compete in SEO or SEM. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, I cant really tell.

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Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 74

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Simply put, we upload all the tasks and assign a name to each task. As a lot of work seems to progress using email, Google Docs is a natural progression, while allowing our team to upload items and progression without meeting face to face or sending off a number of repetitive emails. While simple, it is easy to manage.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco SCRUM Lean Continuous Deployment 68

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Intercom then sends us an email with the lifetime value, location, etc., It is as much a tool for tracking and gaining insights from data as it is a tool for tasks such as reengaging users, email marketing, customer support and so much more. We use Customer.io for our business and writer engagement emails. Customer.io.

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Management Customer Product Retention 123

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

If you’ve worked in web analytics for a while, you’ve suffered the pain of building graphs and tables in spreadsheets and then, once a “decent” dashboard has been set up, trying to automate it. SEM and SEO templates. But to have value, there’s still another step—the work must also be well communicated. Jeff Sauer’s report templates.

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Analytics Metrics Affiliate Aggregator 117

Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

The team at Buffer are very friendly and will reply to your emails quickly. It trolls the web and targets each conversation that is talking about the monitor you set up. He has 12 years of experience helping agencies & businesses improve their online marketing efforts through SEO, SEM, and social media services.

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Analytics Social Media Marketing Media 100