Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

As we were out looking for our Series B round, our company had gotten the attention of “name of big VC firm here” who wanted a play in enterprise software. Never Get Even, Get Ahead With a set of orders from brand name customers, we had growing confidence that we had achieved product/market fit. Are These Your Slides?

Silicon Valley 261

Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Startup 261

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Covering a wide range of topics on social Customer Relationship Management (CRM), this ambitious book spans a wide spectrum of social business topics. From the Use Cases, the book proposes that a Social CRM methodology could be adopted. S = Strategy, the stuff that the book teaches. m = Measurement, a necessary evil.

Technical Review 187

Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 187

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2014

YouTube did it with videos, Instagram did it with photos, and Amazon did it with books. Of course, once you have a brand and more resources, it can pay to expand your book selling to a full e-commerce site. Perhaps the focus should be on a single distribution channel, better customer service, or a simplified pricing structure.

Bandwidth 262

Bandwidth Distribution Agile Social Media 262

Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

Five Easy Pieces – The Marketing Mission After a few months of talking to customers , talking to our channel and working with sales we defined the marketing Mission (our job) was to: Help Sales deliver $25 million in sales with a 45% gross margin. Two paragraphs, Five bullets. It didn’t take more.

Silicon Valley 271

Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS PR 271

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

Chris Anderson wrote a really influential book some years ago called “ The Long Tail ” that shaped how many people think about emerging Internet markets. The book profiles markets like those for books. Now as an author you can actually publish and be able to sell only a thousand books. Even a hundred.

Media 302

Media South Korea Distribution Technical Review 302

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web. As John Battelle chronicles in his brilliant (and must read) book, The Search , Google thought this idea stunk. Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. So did the media.

Technical Review 286

Technical Review Advertising Early Stage Internet 286

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With over a decade of experience in his toolkit, he specializes in helping clients build out cross-channel acquisition systems using a mix of owned, earned and paid tactics. 07:17] What is you cross-channel acquisition strategy? [11:13] 20:58] Are there any overlooked channels or platforms worth exploring? This is John Jantsch.

Channel 92

Channel Acquisition Framework B2B 92

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

Matt Blumberg has a new book out titled Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams. It’s a follow-up to his previous book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business. The book is 132 chapters broken into 11 sections. I’ve been working with Matt since 2000.

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Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 195

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Growing Your Audience (And Your Revenue) With A Book written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Matt Briel In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Matt Briel. 5:12] Why would someone want to self-publish a book? [7:30] 11:42] What does it take to produce a book? [18:49]

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2013

Unfortunately, many books, articles, blogs and podcasts on social media focus too heavily on the “feel good” factor of success stories. Providing a methodical framework covering strategy, organisation, execution and measurement, the book provides a step by step process to managing the social media marketing function.

Technical Review 159

Technical Review Social Media SEM SCRUM 159

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. 1- Brainstorming, domain name and being formal. Otium Boutique helps boutique hotels to get more direct bookings on their website.

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Naming Baltimore Entrepreneur PR 78

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Covering a wide range of topics on social Customer Relationship Management (CRM), this ambitious book spans a wide spectrum of social business topics. Metz provides a good definition in his book as follows: “The customer owns the conversation now, so companies need to change the way they do business. Defining Social CRM.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 100

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

A marketing playbook helps you achieve brand consistency across channels and campaigns. A marketing playbook is a reference guide that outlines how a business will manage its marketing on a particular channel or campaign. What’s inside will differ depending on the channel or marketing campaign. Content channels.

Campaign 149

Campaign CTO Marketing Social Media 149

ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

The entrepreneur can earn plenty of revenue – from subscription plans and publishing targeted advertisements, commission from courier delivery personnel, booking cancellation charges, and transaction processing fees from an Uber for courier app solution. Why would courier service apps always be in high demand?

Technical Review 163

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Demand Social Media 163

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

TLDR: Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits , authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development are back with a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur. They are launching their next book, a true field guide for entrepreneurs, called The Lean Entrepreneur: How to Create Products, Innovate with New Ventures, and Disrupt Markets.

Entrepreneur 167

Entrepreneur Lean Southern California San Diego 167

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Using your area of knowledge, you can create a YouTube channel, write blogs or e-books. From doing things like transcription, video editing, translating books, etc. Influencer marketing can be called as another name for podcasting. Choose a topic that you are an expert in and have the passion to work on.

Affiliate 147

Affiliate Programming Software Software Developers 147

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Visit DTM world slash scale to book your free advisory call and learn more. Book your call today, DTM world slash scale. I was so worried about the last name that I've messed up. You Zack Kromkowski (01:15): Overthought the last name and you got the first name. So my name again, Zach Kowski. No worries.

Software Review 79

Software Review Security Distribution IP 79

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. One of the books that first made me aware of the “creative brain&# was “ Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain &# by Betty Edwards. She literally encourages you to draw things upside down.

Technical Review 356

Technical Review Framework Audience Media 356

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 22, 2024

This approach ensures that every tactic and channel contributes to the company’s long-term goals. I mean a lot of that's going to be around channel selection, integrating campaigns, performance tracking, but let's not forget good old customer journey. Visit DTM world slash scale to book your free advisory call and learn more.

Leadership 87

Leadership Technical Review Retention Campaign 87

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2021

The workflow might look something like this: User is directed to a landing page They enter their details to access a lead magnet On the following page, they’re invited to book a consultation. Similarly, once the lead books their consultation, their details in the CRM are updated, and they’re added to a new email automation workflow.

Software Review 143

Software Review Technical Review San Diego Retention 143

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2014

This enables the owner to readily name the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) that exist in the business. Here are six questions you should be able to answer about your own business: Shark Question #1: Who’s your competition, and what makes you better?

CPA 160

CPA Technical Review Later Stage Equity 160

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. and there were no books, blogs or YouTube videos about entrepreneurship. 39 years ago I got on that plane and never went back.

Restful 249

Restful Silicon Valley San Jose Puerto Rico 249

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2013

Drawing heavily from Robert Cialdini’s seminal work on influence , the book infuses insights from behavioural psychology with the emerging phenomenon of social shopping. To do so, the authors propose “20 secrets for turning social media into social sales”, namely: 1. Find a way to tap onto this; 16.

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Social Media Curation Mobile 145

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

A unanimous agreement on a name without prompting supports a “thumbs up” rating on this attribute. For example, the project kick-off play requires the team to name the Driver, Approver, Contributor(s), and Informed members for the project, instead of just assuming that all members know their role.

Agile 139

Agile Social Media Audience Software Review 139

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

He has a new book out called — Moving to Outcomes: Why Partnerships are the Future of Marketing. They can keep doubling down on advertising with the digital goliaths of today or begin to diversify and invest in other marketing channels, with an eye toward the future. He is also the Co-founder and Chairman of BrandCycle.

Marketing 99

Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 99

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads – you name it. ones were enhanced because they coincided with hardware that allowed us to capture more content instantly – namely images and video – otherwide Web 2.0 We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2022

His first book, How to Get a Meeting with Anyone, introduced the concept of Contact Marketing and was named one of the top 64 sales books of all time. 19:27] Where can people buy your book and learn more about your work? And so I guess wheat is probably just, I don't know, just a, a nasty name for a plant.

Technical Review 95

Technical Review Naming Networking Washington 95

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 18, 2020

Jake’s latest book Compete Every Day: The Not-So-Secret Secret to Winning at Work and Life is available September 1, 2020 and can be pre-ordered today. Connect with Jake on social channels, all handles are @competeeveryday. Have you ever tried looking for a domain name? Have you ever tried looking for a domain name?

Software Review 101

Software Review Channel Naming Search 101

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 2, 2020

Closing the loop on your marketing investment, on your channels, on your customer engagement, those are important. Have you ever tried looking for a domain name? You can get the exact domain name that you want on new domain extensions such as .site. Have you ever tried looking for a domain name? You are not alone!

Analytics 101

Analytics Small Business Software Review Channel 101

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Markus Bauernfeind explores this notion in his seminal Drivers of Globalization: Integration of Theories and Models book , stating: “As domestic markets become more and more saturated, the opportunities for growth are limited and global expanding is a way most organizations choose to overcome this situation“. Global Advantages of Outsourcing.

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Securities and Exchange Commission Myanmar Startup 158

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 12, 2021

Subscribe to Shani’s YouTube Channel. Have you ever tried looking for a domain name? You can get the exact domain name that you want on new domain extensions such as .site. Subscribe to Shani’s YouTube Channel. Have you ever tried looking for a domain name? Instagram: @iamshanigodwin. Like this show?

Software Review 97

Software Review Programming Channel Naming 97

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

You’ll also learn how to apply growth marketing to five key channels and how to plan and execute experimentation. It’s about identifying the channels and tactics that work best for your organization and then maximizing marketing efforts by confirming the best moves through experimentation. What is growth marketing? And what it isn’t).

Framework 102

Framework Marketing Acquisition Retention 102

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2015

YouTube did it with videos, Instagram did it with photos, and Amazon did it with books. Of course, once you have a brand and more resources, it can pay to expand your book selling to a full e-commerce site. Perhaps the focus should be on a single distribution channel, better customer service, or a simplified pricing structure.

Startup 120

Startup Bandwidth Distribution Agile 120

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 17, 2020

In addition to being globally recognized for their work, the business has also been honored with numerous company culture awards, including being named Ad Age’s Best Place to Work, Entrepreneur’s Top Company Culture (two years, consecutively), and Fortune’s Best Small and Medium Workplaces (three years in a row).

Partner 98

Partner Affiliate Marketing Technical Review 98

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 2, 2020

Closing the loop on your marketing investment, on your channels, on your customer engagement, those are important. Have you ever tried looking for a domain name? You can get the exact domain name that you want on new domain extensions such as .site. Have you ever tried looking for a domain name? You are not alone!

Analytics 89

Analytics Small Business Software Review Channel 89

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

At the top of the page, right under your business name, include a one-sentence overview of your business that sums up the essence of what you are doing. Unlike [name omitted], LivePlan creates a real business plan, with real insights—not just cookie-cutter, fill-in-the-blank templates.”. One sentence business overview. Social Media.

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Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 2, 2015

Focused on the science of search, social and content marketing, Lee Odden’s book “ Optimize: How to Attract and Engage More Customers by Integrating SEO, Social Media, and Content Marketing ” is a practical guide to understanding, integrating and applying three of the most powerful concepts in digital marketing. Consideration?

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Social Media SEO Curation 100