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The Customer Development Manifesto: The Startup Death Spiral (part.

Steve Blank

Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Isso sem mencionar que, dependendo do problema, em alguns casos fica bastante difícil “voltar atrás&#.

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How to Do a Competitive Analysis: A Step-by-Step Guide

ConversionXL

The lean, aggressive ones do. What I’m looking for are common trends within that vertical. Here’s Tony DeYoung explaining his process to do just that: Tony DeYoung: I always do competitive analysis for SEO and SEM. Reviewing a competitor’s online presence helps me understand how to differentiate my client.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting Competitive Analysis

ConversionXL

The lean, aggressive ones do. What I am looking for is common trends within that vertical. Here’s Tony DeYoung explaining his process: Tony DeYoung: “I always do competitive analysis for SEO and SEM. Reviewing a competitor’s online presence helps me understand how to differentiate my client.

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SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Hopefully you and your co-founders are experts in one or two parts (agile development, SEO/SEM, etc.) Or by a VP of Marketing who talks “branding&# , SEO/SEM, PR agency, etc. Initially your job is to understand each of the parts of your business model before you hire someone to do it.

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How to Use Growth Hacking to Increase Revenue 20x in Just 12 Months

Up and Running

Lean marketing. Google AdWords or SEM (expensive). Still, it’s become one of our most profitable acquisition channels, and more importantly an excellent way to test new customer verticals and target markets. Get used to monitoring Twitter conversations around your vertical and try to engage with as many as you can.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 5: Customer Relationship Hypotheses

Steve Blank

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Many of the students had heard phrases that fall under Customer Relationships before; “customer acquisition, SEO/SEM, public relations, Social Network, Advertising, Loyalty programs, cross-sell and up-sell” etc., Stay tuned.

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Growth Marketing: The Skills and Frameworks You Need

ConversionXL

Growth marketing borrows a concept from the lean startup methodology. Growth hacking is a term that emerged from the Silicon Valley tech community and the lean startup methodology. Running search engine marketing (SEM) experiments requires testing more than just the ads themselves. Where does growth hacking come in?

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