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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

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Dont worry about selecting particularly good keywords, if youre new to SEM. SEM only gets at one segment of users, and for a brand new product, you presumably need some skill at marketing in general and adsense in particular to get any useful info. Eric, Excellent article about an essential technique for startups.

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[Review] Social Marketology

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Unfortunately, many books, articles, blogs and podcasts on social media focus too heavily on the “feel good” factor of success stories. Books & Reviews book review digital marketing marketing Online marketing planning Ric Dragon search engine optimisation SEM SEO social Social Marketology social media marketing strategy'

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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

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Focus on the output metrics of that part of the product, and you make the problem a lot more clear. To promote this metrics discipline, we would present the full funnel to our board (and advisers) at the end of every development cycle. Thanks for writing this article. October 4, 2008 10:33 AM Amitt Mahajan said.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

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Great article youre now in my rss feeds :) October 2, 2008 4:37 AM kamilski81 said. While reading this article Ive been thinking about my role as "CTO". Hi Eric, Great article - Ive added you to my regular RSS reads. Great article! Wow I think you just wrote my job description for me. Great post, very educational.

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

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Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

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Since we hadnt shown him much in the way of progress recently, we actually brought in the article to show off. Start with a five-dollar-a-day SEM campaign. Know what the success metrics are for the launch. Great article. excellent article although it breaks the whole concept of Launch now worry later. Dont scale.

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Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 10, 2008 A new version of the Joel Test (draft) (This article is a draft - your comments are especially welcome as I think through these issues. I am an avid reader of Joel, and your article here is a great addition to his already brilliant check-list. Please leave feedback!)