Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

But because paid traffic is fundamentally a bidding war, its important that you have a differentiated ability to monetize customers better than other people who are bidding for the same traffic. Otherwise, your CPA will get driven up close to or exceeding your LTV, and you cant grow profitably anymore.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

We had used Slack—and lots of other messaging apps—but they were either too complicated, lacked audio and video calls, or forced us to upgrade immediately. Differentiating our product. We also found out why people switched from Slack, which became the first of two ways we sought to differentiate our product.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Companionship Differentiated value prop vs. generalist chat products – AI companion products hat specialise in content that mainstream models aren’t good at (or don’t allow), like fictional role plays or erotica.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

Influencer marketing will be less pay-to-play and more like earned media, on the obvious Youtube and Instagram but also on other community-driven platforms whether visual, audio, or written. Thanks to Eric Wu, Gainful ! #20- 20- Virtual reality concerts. Photo Credit: James Bullard.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 18, 2011

You must understand and create content for the most important keyword phrases for your industry, the essential themes of education in your business, and your company’s core points of differentiation. I’ve listed each below and I also discuss them in the audio track that accompanies this post.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

To truly differentiate your brand, center your growth strategy around creating unique and personalized customer experiences. In 2020, Clubhouse established a market for an audio-only social platform. Your customers want different things. To drive loyalty, tailor the experience to what each customer values.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

None of the webcasts included slides, so the audio versions work really well. You can also listen to any of the webcasts, which, at the suggestion of a webcast attendee, we’ve turned into podcasts you can stream or download (from iTunes or SoundCloud ). The conversation centered around a few key topics: customers, bureaucracy, and MVP.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 15, 2021

It also demonstrates how important storytelling is to their brand identity and differentiation strategy. They use storytelling to connect with their audience, as demonstrated above the fold on their home page: Being a well-known $1 billion company gives them flexibility with their landing page structure. Form (or story structure/mode).

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The audio-only app went from 9.6 But with Spotify Greenroom , Facebook’s Live Audio Rooms , Reddit Talk , and Twitter Spaces all offering a similar service, it’s clear that the novelty has worn off. Naturally, what is popular will get copied in due time, which is why a differentiation strategy is critical for survival.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

7:30] Would you say self-publishing is seen as a differentiator for businesses? [11:42] It's brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. HubSpot Podcast Network is the audio destination for business professionals who seek the best education and inspiration on how to grow a business.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

” Introduced a few months ago as an Austin event, I’m now doing this live audio advice column to the web, taking phone calls from startups around the country. How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market (and when perhaps you shouldn’t try). It’s Episode 3 my little “ Loveline for startups.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

This success was aided by the fact that it did just one thing extremely well – its lack of extra features emphasized its differentiation. This success was aided by the fact that it did just one thing extremely well – its lack of extra features emphasized its differentiation. So which is it? Is "good enough" good enough?

San Francisco 167

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

That’s what differentiates us from just advertising. Video, email, audio, even sales copy that is meant to sell. I know when my books come out, for whatever reason, the audio book is a few weeks later or a few months later, and I always hear from people. It’s like, “I only listen to audio books.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Excellent analysis of "evolution vs. re-volution" and differentiation of team roles. Cheers, Batu December 7, 2009 7:50 PM ajay mathur said. Great post Eric. Just bumped into it through Lincoln Murphy's post. Thank you so much for this insight. Ajay January 24, 2010 6:15 AM Matthew Ogston said.

San Francisco 167

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

3:43] How do you differentiate between a tactic and what you’re calling strategy? [4:41] 10:20] How do you differentiate between execution and planning? [12:00] 15:17] How do you help folks not just clarify a message, but clarify a message that matters and that differentiates them? [17:40] And the execution is the roadmap.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

We don't, there is no live audio. And the people that understand that will be able to use that as a differentiator in their business. So you can actually make transparency and access to content your differentiator. What's when people say, oh, how is this different than blah, blah, blah. Melissa Kwan (03:40): Yeah. powered by.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Maybe it's kind of peaked, uh, a little bit because the novelties worn off a little bit, but one of the things I don't think I saw coming was the explosion of audio as a personal medium. John Jantsch (04:34): Now you're, if you're listening to this podcast, you consume audio content. All right, two more. powered by.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2022

We have Slack for audio based communication. Speaker 3 (09:59): John Jantsch (10:00): Yeah, I'm afraid Brett, we're not picking up their audio, but it really works with a spacial audio. One thing I would say differentiates us is that we're actually called, often referred to as a kind of the most professional virtual office.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

They range from straightforward technical optimizations to complex, long-term efforts to differentiate through a superior consumer experience. Google Home Hub represents the next generation of voice-enabled devices—combining audio with video and featuring cross-device compatibility. Are there use cases for voice search in B2B?

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2022

16:52] How do you use scarcity as a differentiator without turning off your true fans? [20:01] It's brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. Do you feel like you know what differentiates your business from every other business out there? And so again, it's just automatic.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 5, 2023

19:36] If you’re going to write a book today, how important is having audio done? [20:54] That is, you need something that will solve a problem for a specific group of people, and it has to be a differentiated idea that is an idea that hasn't been heard before. Let's talk about another thing that's become, I think a must audio.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

an NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan enabled me to detect bat calls in audio). Actually, that’s a blog post all of its own, but here are a few examples: Clarify makes audio and video searchable via its API. Like any ‘hot’ area, though, it’s hard to differentiate between multiple startups with ostensibly similar offerings.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Discover whats in customers heads, and tackle problems where design is a differentiator. Overall, here are the lessons I take from (the imaginary) Steve Jobs: Hold your team to high standards, dont settle for products that dont meet the vision, iterate, iterate, iterate.

San Francisco 166

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

Rodney highlights the significance of selecting the right areas for transformation that can deliver a differentiating value, plus the importance of upskilling and reskilling existing talent within digital changes. It's something we have to invest in, but it's not, uh, competitively differentiating.

Technical Review 86

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Or are you happy to run just the local restaurant that is differentiator. How do you differentiate yourself? HubSpot Podcast Network is the audio destination for business professionals who seek the best education and inspiration on how to grow a business. Do you have big plans? How are you gonna grow this chain? powered by.

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A Crowded Space

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

HourlyNerd does not present a threat to McKinsey, but rather to the vast number of much smaller and less differentiated firms. Rev delivers audio transcription services that will beat any small, local transcription firm on speed, quality, and cost. But, a new trend is coming.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2022

John Jantsch (05:19): So one of the things I've talked about a long time is that having a real point of differentiation, one that matters to the client can be a way to almost make your make competition irrelevant. Certainly one is a differentiator. So that's where the mindset, the weed mindset comes from. So you have to have right.

Technical Review 95

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 6, 2022

It just simply is a recognition that if you want to stand out, differentiate your business, you have to tell people here's who I help. In many cases is going to allow you to differentiate your business example. And it doesn't mean that by defining this, you're going to never attract or go after any other kind of business. powered by.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

So, so what was kind of were, was that a real differentiator for you as a CPA or was podcasting just a side gig? I mean, it was such a great differentiator right early on. John Jantsch (14:14): So in the end, we're really just talking about content, audio content, right. So, so what's been your history. Dan Franks (14:35): Yeah.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 2, 2023

The audio destination for business professionals creative elements goes behind the scenes with today's top creators. It is the way that you not only differentiate your business, it is the way that you actually charge a premium for what you do, because you are able to understand how to guide the perfect customer journey.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2022

The Profit First Professional organization is designed to support accountants, bookkeepers, and other financial professionals to substantially differentiate themselves in the market. HubSpot Podcast Network is the audio destination for business professionals who seek the best education and inspiration on how to grow a business.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Any chance you have to differentiate yourself, maybe create your own category as we did here with distant assistance instead of virtual assistance. HubSpot Podcast Network is the audio destination for business professionals who seek the best education and inspiration on how to grow a business. powered by.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

2:53] How do you hope to differentiate WriteSonic, particularly in the AI writing space? [4:12] How do you hope to differentiate right. HubSpot Podcast Network is the audio destination for business professionals who seek the best education and inspiration on how to grow a business. It's kind of cool to say that it does.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Marketing Against the Grain, hosted by Kip Bodner and Keion Flanigan is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. So there you have it. Two things to note. powered by.

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Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2020

All of these programs have the ability to see and hear who is on the call while also still being able to turn off audio and camera access. . This will ultimately help you be more productive and help you keep a healthy differentiation between work and home. . Set remote events with your team.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

2:48] Has design been a key differentiator for Typeform? [3:23] 8:26] What do you feel is your core differentiator? [10:50] John Jantsch (02:48): And we can get into the specifics, but I mean, that design aspect has really been a key differentiator for Typeform, hasn't. 3:23] As CMO, how do you look at the customer journey? [5:26]

Marketing 94

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The unique thing about these efforts is not only that they will be for YouTube primarily (though you can syndicate them all over the place), the differentiator will be that you'll create them with your specific YouTube audience in mind. Small, initial efforts are ok.

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