ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The traditional buyer’s funnel relies on linear decision-making, assuming that an audience will move neatly to become a prospect, then customer. To build a playground such that your audience experiences a seamless journey, no matter which path they take? Metrics for this depth are rare and only long-term. The conceptual level.

Agile 139

Agile Social Media Audience Software Review 139

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

for Harvard Business Review) Over at Harvard Business Review, Ive been building up a series designed to introduce the Lean Startup methodology to a business-focused audience. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Labels: product development Speed up or slow down?

Software Review 141

Software Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 141

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Meeting growth metrics, achieving profitability, and ensuring a substantial return on investment are now integral parts of the startup journey. Know Your Target Audience Understanding your audience is fundamental. From SEO to social media ads, effective marketing is about targeting the right audience with the right message.

Technical Review 137

Technical Review Startup Silicon Valley Agile 137

The Next Web

MAY 4, 2013

Like all multi-sided platform businesses , they suffer from the classic chicken and egg problem : the technology has no value unless buyers and sellers are present and you can’t get the buyers on board unless you have sellers and you can’t bring in sellers without having buyers. Marketplaces are difficult businesses to run.

Curation 128

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Both of these brands involve their target audience. It shows the audience that their brands are accessible, interested in them, and—through customers, influencers, and thought leaders’ validation—trustworthy. Combining these goals and objectives will give you meaningful metrics to track. Is our audience demographic using it?

Social Media 142

Social Media Media Developer Marketing 142

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

If you havent seen it, Pascals recent presentation on continuous deployment is a must-see; slides are here. “We had to ignore them, because they weren’t our target audience – and were never likely to become customers.&# It was written by Sarah Milstein in collaboration with kaChing CEO Andy Rachleff. says Rachleff.

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment SEC 158

Occam's Razor

JUNE 25, 2012

My hope is to simply help you internalize the impact of these decisions on reports, which metrics might be impacted and which will be fine, as well as what types of decisions you can still make with confidence and which decisions you might make with a grain of salt. Implication on the Visits metric: You get the best case scenario of a Visit.

Analytics 131

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

Ive written about this before in some detail, but this was an opportunity to try and frame it for a general business audience. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Five Whys has its origins in the Toyota Production System. Speed up or slow down?

Technical Review 132

Technical Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 132

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

This post is based on my keynote presentation at Mesh Marketing last week. You need to speak to your audience in a way that resonates with them. Then you have to present it well. Qualitative research is your best friend to get to know your audience, and observe the voice of the customer. 2014 is almost here. Barack Obama.

PPC 123

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2021

Bluetooth, RFID, and GPS technologies pick up when people in your target audience are within a specified radius of your premises. In addition to enjoying hyper-targeted localization and a better return on your marketing investment, you get to track metrics. It allows you to target new audiences economically.

Marketing 158

Marketing Technical Review Social Media Mobile 158

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

While 20th century metrics were revenue and profit, today it’s common for companies to get acquired for their user base. all had the gift/curse of a visionary CEO – they could see the future as clearly as others could see the present. (Today’s version is Tesla – now more valuable than Ford.).

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2019

Even after you have your findings, how do you present them in a way to inspire colleagues and bosses to take action? Summative testing compares core metrics to a benchmark. It could be an industry benchmark, the desired goal for a specific set of metrics, or a comparison with the previous performance of the product.

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Metrics Video Search Technical Review 103

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2019

Trend lines aren’t impressive if they track metrics that appear distant from business goals. How prospects discuss their options depends on the way you present information. Their time is better spent considering the right style to present a topic and how to motivate students who may not enjoy a particular format.

Marketing 124

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Today—and particularly in the pandemic context—you need to put a little more work to build a relationship with your audience. As with eBooks, the purpose of creating videos for your brand is not to shamelessly advertise your services, but to present yourself as a useful and knowledgeable provider. But how to get started?

Marketing 156

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

And a special thanks is due to all of our presenters, panelists, and mentors. You are the ones that consistently blew the audience away. And a special thanks is due to all of our presenters, panelists, and mentors. You are the ones that consistently blew the audience away.

San Francisco 133

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 133

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

This content relates strictly to the products and services you provide, and have a very limited audience. Key metrics: Average View Duration, Click Through Rate, & Views 3. Refine titles, thumbnails, and content to increase those metrics — Eric Bandholz (@bandholz) November 24, 2020. Staying in front of our audience.

Channel 129

Channel Metrics Algorithm Video 129

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

CTO 168

CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2018

How should you present your business plan? They use a plan to reinforce strategy, establish metrics , manage responsibilities and goals, track results, and manage and plan resources including critical cash flow. Plans can also differ greatly in length, detail, and presentation.

Business Plan 119

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 9, 2009

dalelarson : "Metrics are people, too." leanstartup ericnsantos : #w2e #leanstartup Metrics should be Actionable, Accessible and Auditable. Metrics are a key questions startups face. Metrics are people too" is a reminder I constantly needed when I was a manager. ericries s talk on Lean Startups absolutely fantastic.

San Francisco 132

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean Agile 132

ConversionXL

JULY 28, 2021

It also gives you access to predictive metrics to help identify users and actions that may lead to a purchase. Using this data, you can anticipate customer actions and tailor marketing campaigns to focus on high-value audiences. . Define Audiences: Segment users into audiences for reporting and analytics purposes.

Analytics 146

Analytics Artificial Inteligence eCommerce Audience 146

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In this article, you’ll understand what brand equity is and how to build it so your audience reaches for your product, service, or solution over the rest. Invest in relationships so when the time comes, your audience will instinctively choose your solution to fill their need. Ask: What resonates with the target audience?

Equity 94

Equity Marketing Social Media Software Review 94

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

At least, not in the traditional sense of trying to squeeze every tenth of a point out of a conversion metric or landing page. Even if it shows improvement in some micro metric, does that invalidate the overall design? That was evident in the metrics and in the in-person usability tests. No one feature is to blame.

San Francisco 154

San Francisco Lean Metrics Design 154

Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2017

To make the best impression on banks and investors, your business plan should be presented in the standard business plan format. Your business plan should present what a banker or venture capitalist expects to see, in the order they expect to see it in. Key Metrics. Is the order important? Detailed business plan outline.

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Up and Running

APRIL 29, 2019

Goals should include things such as how often your brand is presented to consumers and ideas for how you’d like others to see your business. There is little point in marketing to an area that lacks your target audience. Marketing is about the promise you make to your audience regarding what you’ll bring to the table.

Marketing 142

Marketing Social Media Lean Campaign 142

ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2014

For starters, it enables Advanced Segments to be added directly to Adwords Display Targeting Audience Lists. (See So we’ll get the data from an element that is present on the page. Custom Metrics. Custom Metrics are great for adding an additional level of depth and flexibility to reporting in GA. Not here. Other Fields.

Analytics 133

Analytics Management Metrics HTML 133

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Another thought would be to outline who the intended audience for your blog is and the topic areas you will focus on. As a shoestring entrepreneur with a SaaS (well, not really, but sort of) offering that we present to very large companies (think 10K+), I love your common sense suggestions about metrics and testing.

San Francisco 133

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 133

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

SEM 164

SEM San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 164

ConversionXL

JANUARY 9, 2019

These techniques—such as stakeholder and user interviews , which I cover below—are mostly qualitative because the best audience insights surface during conversation and observation. Is it higher usability metrics, like task completion and conversions, or something beyond analytics, like revenue? How will success be defined?

Design 131

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 2, 2019

Once you have a firm grasp on who your customer is and what they respond to, choose a tone for discussing your product that matches your audience. Canvas has aimed to combine two value metrics: number of users and number of submissions. Unbounce has mastered psychology-backed package presentation. Give your customers resources.

Design 119

Design Technical Review Metrics Harvest 119

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A business that strives for something like this should absolutely be charging money from day one, in order to establish baselines for their two key metrics: CPA (the cost to acquire a new customer) and LTV (the lifetime value of each acquired customer). Others require Steve Blank-style problem/solution presentations.

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

If you watch the video/audio below, youll get to see some of the questions I was asked after my presentation. I did my best to capture video and audio; a YouTube playlist and Slideshare slidecast are below: Slides (with audio): 2009 08 19 The Lean Startup TechStars Edition View more presentations from Eric Ries.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean 113

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

San Francisco 142

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 142

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. In other words, they have learned to grow renewable audiences. Time-to-complete-a-sale is not a bad metric for validated learning at this stage. At present would represent the $30,000 revenue company. And yet, their investors are frustrated. Fantastic post.

Customer 167

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David Cohen

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Then on Wednesday, entrepreneur and best selling author Godin presented the final keynote, “Startup Storytelling.”. Hyatt, founder of Conduit Labs , gave a talk on Tuesday entitled “Off The Record,” about the predictive approach to product development.

Boston 83

Boston Cofounder Software Engineering Acquisition 83

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

So let’s turn our attention from what may happen in the future to what is definitely happening in the present. Despite all the energy invested in talking to authors about the size of their platform, very few gatekeepers have a rigorous set of metrics for measuring it. My blog has over 14000 subscribers, for example.

San Francisco 113

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

How you present information is critical to getting viewers to understand what they’re looking at and getting buy-in, whoever the audience may be. Whether your audience is a group of internal stakeholders or customers, data visuals can be a powerful tool to accelerate growth. Which data points are relevant to your audience?

Marketing 110

Marketing Analytics Channel Social Media 110