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

Steve Blank

Isso sem mencionar que, dependendo do problema, em alguns casos fica bastante difícil “voltar atrás&#. Steve ainda brinca que, nesses casos sem volta, a Startup em pouco tempo entra na Espiral da Morte) [.]

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

ConversionXL

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. Then, I perform my own search, going through at least two pages of PPC ads and organic results. reviews, trust).

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eCommerce: A VC Story [guest post]

VC Cafe

For example, some companies may choose to outsource their SEM activities, some may decide that their R&D can be outsourced, while others may eventually outsource customer support. Outsourcing, for example, is a common thread among many eCommerce companies and supports capital efficiency by enabling dedicated focus.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting Competitive Analysis

ConversionXL

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. Then I perform my own search, going through at least 2 pages of PPC ads and organic results.

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

Up and Running

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. Display ads (cheap).

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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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Who can build the marketing machine?

This is going to be BIG.

People have gotten so specialized, that we have people doing nothing but community management, SEO/SEM, PR, etc. This basically makes them completely unusable as the first marketing employee of a startup--which would be a terrific job for an up and coming marketer.