Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . Key point – if your emails are as long as my blog posts you’re forked. He did it yesterday, “Mark, I’m going to write a blog post following on from your VC’s aren’t dumb. That in itself is quite a challenge.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2020

In this analogy, if your website is the textbook, your site categories will be the chapters and individual pages, blog posts or sub-categories are similar to the smaller topics that relate to a chapter as a whole. A good site structure will help you to deal with the natural changes that will occur on your website.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 15, 2014

Keith Rabois famously quipped , “I don’t know of a single successful CEO or entrepreneur who blogs regularly.” ” That was five months ago, and people are still talking about it. And agreeing. Sure the usual exceptions are trotted out – Rand Fishkin , Joel Gascoigne , etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

I recommend you read Fred Wilson’s recent blog post about the need for a well articulated business strategy before pushing a particular business model. I found myself in violent agreement with Fred’s blog post(s). The team has stated it and has built metrics around key goals for future success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

A most valuable tool is WordPress or TypePad for blogging. Define relevant metrics and measure. Of course, if you found this blog though your own initiative, I have to give you credit for being ahead of the pack. The basic tools are the platforms like Twitter and Facebook. But don’t stop there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Unfortunately, your personal assessment that you have traction probably won’t be convincing to potential investors and partners, so it’s important that you create and track your progress against some metrics. Define metrics on customer feedback and user counts. Count connections with experts, media, and influencers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

It is what is commonly referred to as “vanity metrics” as in, “Look at how many more followers I got us! As it is I have been able to determine who drives the most clicks for my posts and how many page views each of those commensurate readers stick around for once on my blog. End of story. Or Likes – LIKES!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

It pays to invest more in building remote relationships with these site owners, or spending quality time with podcasters and popular blog influencers. Clients need to feel comfortable that you expect quality work from your team and technology, and have metrics, modern tools, and controls in place to make it happen.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2018

Since I know not everybody reads Twitter I thought I’d collect them here in a blog post. " Revenue doesn't pay your bills, GM does  —  @msuster 2/ Founders obsess with revenue as a vanity metric. If you can any value please feel free to share this post or RT any individual Tweet.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

This is something I’ve explored several times already in my blog: Startup Founder Developer Gap Startup CTO or Developer Technical Advisors – Why Every Startup Needs Them Bottom line - for most startups, what they really need is a technical advisor or part-time CTO along with some development resources.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2020

It would be easy to just put up the video and the transcription in this blog and be done with it. We need pockets of marketplace-type behavior where actual systems are competed out based on outcome-oriented metrics. This entire class session was a talk by Chris and Q&A with the students. And we buy new things more regularly.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2017

Similarly, you can update the old post for even longer on-page time metrics, as well as more recognition from Google Search. Aim for a content provision rate of about 2-3 blog posts per week in an easily-digestible format, and you’ll see your targeted traffic rise steadily as the months go by. Consider Outsourcing Your Content.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Building your public image and presence should start even before product development, through your website, logo, and blogging. You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards. Establishing your brand with interactive social media.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

This tells us its social media team, blog content writers, website copywriters, and everyone else, are aligned on their task execution. If the goal is to raise awareness, they might be social media content and blog posts. For example, if your goal is to generate leads , assets might be webinars, landing pages , and emails. Measurement.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

At the time, I spent most of my time describing the metrics themselves and how VCs and their LPs evaluate performance based on these measurements. If you aren’t familiar with these metrics, I recommend reading the original post to get a sense of the numbers that I’ll be reviewing here. So, is this good or bad?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2020

You may have written various blogs related to the relevant subjects in the past. Mentioning those blogs can give hiring managers positive vibes about you. But you should not include cat videos or some random travel blogs on your resume. Recruiters will take note of your ability if you can insert some metrics on your resume.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there. This is the point where you must manage to metrics, work on the culture of the organization, and look for partner-based growth.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

You’re now going to have to pay attention to 3 new mobile site performance metrics: Largest Contentful Paint (LCP): How long does it take your site to fully load? These metrics help you get a much better idea of what your mobile users are experiencing. We could write 50 blogs about the most common causes of slow website speeds.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Have you checked out this blog post, this video, and this infographic? Awareness would then grow as they perused our landing pages, read our blog posts, and filled out a form to download an in-depth white paper. Metrics for this depth are rare and only long-term. The metrics for this level are more concrete and objective.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2020

Your paid ads, organic search results, blog posts, and all the content that you share to nurture leads – all of that interaction happens online. If it can’t be measured, it can’t be managed. If you think about your marketing and sales funnels, you’ll realize that the vast majority of them are already digital.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

There are no seminal books and few insightful blogs for them to turn to. And given the paucity of business metrics at this point in a startup’s lifecycle, spreadsheet analysis is of little help. At this stage, the team is seeking market and customer validation metrics. Minimum Viable Product (MVP).

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 15, 2020

Instead of trusting our gut experiments use metrics and data to validate our beliefs. A/B Testing Mastery: From Beginner to Pro in a Blog Post. A mixture of both is needed. We use our intuition to form a working hypothesis, and to question the results if they don’t make sense. Experiment with JavaScript. Analyze the results.

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ConversionXL

JULY 8, 2021

If audience building is a priority, email subscribers should be an important metric. This formula also applies to readers of your blog content and podcast listeners. Conversion rates aren’t simply a metric for you to beat (although there’s no doubting it’s enjoyable). But which of these metrics makes a real impact?

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

So I recently re-shared a 2019 blog post where I’d basically advised founders who’ve raised seed capital to worry less about “how will I raise the next round” and more about “how will I execute my plan?” Has any pre-Series A company succeeded on every metric month after month? Is that a fair starting point? Kristen Anderson: Yes.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

They work to improve top-of-funnel metrics like brand awareness and identify opportunities to improve customer activation, retention, and referral efforts. If your campaign works and your brand awareness metrics improve, you win. Then, compare any change in the awareness metrics you’re measuring in that region with other markets.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The reason is that b2b fundraising is largely driven by data and metrics, and pre-seed dollars usually don’t get you to many meaningful data points. Unlike in B2B, you don’t necessarily want to use a second-seed round to get to metrics that every investor will appreciate. Experienced founders: B2B. Experienced founders: Consumer.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Whereas a blog post needs just a computer to type, a video requires an understanding of lighting, audio, storytelling, editing, and community building. Key metrics: Average View Duration, Click Through Rate, & Views 3. So, from day one, we invested heavily in YouTube, our blog, Tumblr, and Reddit. Vanity metrics.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2020

There are countless options you can go for, including: Compilations of your best blog posts or essays that dive deep into important topics. Bonus tip: You can repurpose the eBook’s long-form content to produce shorter blog posts, infographics, newsletters, or videos—anything that helps you keep your content up to date.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

It’s hard to imagine, but in the 20th century there were no startup blogs or books on startups to read, and business schools (the only places teaching entrepreneurship) believed the best thing they could teach startups was how to write a business plan. To be fair there wasn’t much of an alternative.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 25, 2023

Image source In this blog, we will explore how an HR-Finance collaboration can drive success for your organization and discuss some practical strategies for building effective partnerships between these critical departments.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Make sure you optimize your content (including ads, video, blogs, social media, etc.) So, what metrics can you use to evaluate the performance of your relationship funnel? There are five quality actions that enhance client relationships rather than depending on metrics like sales and conversions.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

This includes creating content like blog posts, videos, social media posts, and more. Tools like Google Analytics and Optimizely reveal key metrics to track campaigns and run A/B tests. How can candidates prove their work will help a company grow, specifically? Content Creation. Most digital marketers will work on content marketing.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 16, 2024

Whether you’re producing blog posts, e-books, whitepapers, webinars, or videos, your content should address the pain points and questions of your audience. Regularly review metrics such as conversion rates and customer acquisition costs to refine your strategies and focus on what works best. But the key is to offer value.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 6, 2021

You can assess your ability to rank by looking at two primary metrics: Domain-level link metrics like Moz Domain Authority or Ahrefs Domain Rating (DR). Page-level link metrics like Moz Page Authority or Ahrefs URL Rating. Side note: Always use images in your blog posts as images can boost your conversion rate.).

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ConversionXL

MARCH 5, 2019

Often, “successful” cold email strategies end up in a blog post, which leads thousands to replicate it, destroying its effectiveness in the process. Examples: Read the blog post; Check out the guide. Ultimately, the only metric that matters is the positive reply rate. Those metrics include: Delivery rate.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Merchant tools such as reports and analytics help you keep an eye on profits and other metrics and make decisions accordingly. Customer Relationship Management offered by Shopify is a content management system to manage your blog and social media, and third-party application integration.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

In my experience, I follow different resources, for instance, the Andreessen Horowitz blog , one of the top venture capital funds reporting trends in their newsletters, and INC.5000 5000 , a blog about the fastest-growing business models.

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