Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

” He advocates for people who test all channels, use quantitative methods and commit to growth as one’s “true north.” I tell people that they need to blog about their industry to drive customers and not blog to their egos to drive their peer group to their blogs. I recommend hiring or appointing a growth hacker.”

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” Who are the customers? Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? will you leverage?

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TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

How does it meet customers’ needs? One way to approach that last question is to use this simple model: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) How will your business reach prospects? Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) How much money will your business generate from each converted customer? Apply costs to each channel.

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Metrics Startup Retention Acquisition 260

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Businesses require an equally elegant business model, with the right price, messaging and delivery channel to the right target customers to keep the dream alive and growing. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment. Test your channel and support strategy.

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Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review Business Model 220

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

A business plan is the outward facing definition of the business you hope to drive with your hardware solution, with a hardware overview in the intro to highlight customer value and competitiveness. Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value. Provide specifics on the customer business model.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

How you decide to invest in marketing channels can make or break your business. Okay, so it’s important to capitalize on effective channels that are conducive to growth at scale. An Overview of Common Digital Marketing Channels. That sounds like an obvious statement, but not a lot of people think about it critically.

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Channel Marketing Viral SEO 118

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Traditional video had very high costs of distribution due to limited time slots of broadcast TV (we only had enough spectrum to support 3-4 channels). The number of channels grew with cable & satellite TV but we still have limitations that makes distributing content high. Not so fast. Content goes global (of Maker Studios 4.4

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Offer free solutions to bring in more customers. Don’t get caught in the myth that you shouldn’t worry about monetization until after you have a large customer base. Viral marketing costs real money, and your support staff and hosting systems cost even more. Dreams may motivate your team, but customers expect real solutions.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Generally speaking, there are two ways (and only two ways) to scale a business to hit that $100 million threshold: Your business has a high Life Time Value (LTV) per user, giving you the freedom to spend a significant amount of money in customer acquisition. High LTV can usually be found in transactional or subscription businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Nor to achieve the greatest “virality” in our digital campaigns. Rather, it is this: “How can we better reach prospects, convert them to customers, and serve their interests through social media?”. Companies should provide delightful and memorable experiences to customers. Defining Social CRM. The Social CRM Process.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Beardbrand currently has two different YouTube channels, one with 1.6 We launched the larger channel back in 2012 and the smaller channel in 2019. These channels combined are generating hundreds of thousands of views a day, none of which we pay for. Giant channel examples are Smarter EveryDay , Mark Rober , and MKBHD.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

One explanation is that “growth hacking” is just a catchy way to rebrand marketers, but this begs the question as to why “growth hacking” went viral in the first place. Channel instability. The creation and destruction of channels is a common occurrence today. Channel saturation. Market leaders may be left behind.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

4 times / 100 means if a customer uses your app frequently (say 10-20 times / day) then they are crashing nearly every day. Customer Acquisition. At the highest level you’ll obviously want to track how many customers your adding every month (and for some businesses that have hit scale this is measured on a daily basis).

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Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 10, 2011

She has the talent but didn’t know where to find customers who would buy such a thing, especially since the cards are expensive. Hallmark is a tough competitor too, and Walgreens and CVS are difficult channels to enter. That’s easy to answer if you’ve decided to nail this “ perfect customer.&#

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ConversionXL

MAY 29, 2019

What does it take to grow a YouTube channel? Is a channel more than the sum of its video parts? Some solutions are simple—you need a consistent visual presentation on your channel page and across videos. If YouTube channel growth has felt unattainable, you’re not alone. Are most companies’ YouTube channels succeeding?

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Channel Video Audience Software Review 106

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

This value-based model bringing all the right customers to their yard is called demand generation. In today’s market ( 8,000 martech products alone ), it’s easier to attract the right customer with material they value than it is to chase down and convert a prospect who isn’t ready to buy. Pay attention to your close rate per channel.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

This post is about choosing the right sales strategy and channels for your startup from the start. Being an engineer, I built myself a kind of algorithm that helps determine an early-­stage startup’s sales channels, and that’s what I’m sharing with you today. Step 1: Figure out the LTV (customer lifetime value). LTV ­ CAC = ROI.

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Belarus Viral Channel Startup 137

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The BBM SDK allows very unique social features to existing and new applications, including the ability to distribute and share applications virally through BB. Over 35,000 applications available on App World (Note: as you know, App World is just one distribution channel where customers can download applications). •

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VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

In addition to search, shopping and customer support are changing too. Conversational commerce is rising with AI chatbots and voice assistants becoming integral to customer journeys. Few free growth channels remain, and incumbents often own or clog the major avenues. Personalisation is increasing across the board.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Growth Hacking isn’t viral marketing (although viral marketing is part of it). and answers with A/B tests, landing pages, viral factor, email deliverability, and Open Graph. If a startup is pre-product/market fit, growth hackers can make sure virality is embedded at the core of a product.

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API Viral Startup Retention 167

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Locate your core customers, and prioritize your efforts to reach them where they are. With an innovative product in the consumer payment space, the company had viral-ready content. Take good care of them, and organic, viral sharing may welcome your product to the marketplace. Target influencers. Startup Example: Sprout It.

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Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

Businesses require an equally elegant business model, with the right price, messaging and delivery channel to the right target customers to keep the dream alive and growing. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment. Test your channel and support strategy.

Business Model 120

Business Model Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review 120

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Yet products and services rarely sell themselves – small businesses and startups must find ways to let their potential customers know about those products and services. Many small business owners and entrepreneurs think that picking the right marketing channel will solve all of their problems. Listen to your customers.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

Customers will be even more comfortable with the introduction of voice commerce, another unicorn of the online shopping experience. Sustainability is the Queen In 2023, customers have become even more environmentally conscious, as recent statistics prove. TikTok and Influencers One viral video on TikTok can reach 1.5

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2012

Customers expect to be able to connect with brands they care about, and those who do this well can enjoy the benefits of what social media can do. Its no secret that marketers are flocking to social media in order to connect businesses with new customers and maintain existing customer relationships. Travel and Hospitality.

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Social Media Media Small Business Reputation 202

The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Modi also says startups should invest internally to inspire employees to have empathy for each other and for their customers. So many commerce startups get it wrong – focusing on customers before community.”. Without a mobile experience that tends to individual customers 24/7, the service would do little to help customers.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Increased investment in Facebook as an engagement/acquisition channel has translated into requests from CEOs, CMOs and other CxOs about the return on that investment. As Facebook is a very young channel, it is not surprising that everyone's struggling with the answer. Lesson 1: Correlations don't imply causality.

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Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

Embracing Social Media for Real-Time Engagement Social media channels such as Instagram, LinkedIn, and X, formerly known as Twitter, have become essential components of financial PR strategies. Furthermore, upholding integrity amid viral trends and clickbait culture requires strong ethical fortitude.

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PR Public Relations Social Media Audience 147

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The only reason I know loads of new people and brands is because of my subscription to their channels on YouTube. Some brands have channels with content that is rarely updated or it is just a digital repository of their TV commercials. Some have experimented with virality ( Pepsi Test Drive or Dove Beauty , etc.), Everyone wins.

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Analytics Marketing Audience Channel 151

Occam's Razor

JUNE 11, 2014

Zappos has great return conditions and very good customer service. That gets it xx million customers. But if they decided not have a Motel 6 experience, rather step up to a Hilton, or God forbid the Four Seasons, could they have xxx million customers (and improve margins while they are at it)? other stores/brands).

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Design Software Review Technical Review Mobile 151

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

TikTok even has its own viral hashtag: #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt , which is a one-stop shop for the weird and wonderful products brands sell on the platform. By installing the TikTok Pixel on its website, Nolan Bros was also able to create a custom audience to retarget users who had browsed a product page in the past 180 days but not converted.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

Amazon built its growth on top of these 4 pillars: Customer Centricity. The most important single thing is to focus obsessively on the customer” – Jeff Bezos. They may believe “the customer is always right” but how do they act? Aligning customers & business objectives. The power is in how customer data is used.

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Retention Artificial Inteligence Channel Email 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2011

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Innovative marketing starts with customer insights culled from painstaking research into who your customers are, and how they use digital media.

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Viral Marketing Startup Demand 228

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Most businesses, even Mixpanel’s paying customers, retain Google Analytics. You’ll be able to see which channels (paid, organic, social, etc.) You’ll be able to see which acquisition channels are best for long-term retention or lifetime value, not simply those that drive initial conversions.

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Analytics Technical Review Acquisition Retention 119

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Chris Andrasick, CEO of Tacit Knowledge , believes that the mom-and-pop advantage extends beyond customer loyalty, and that there is in fact a logistical advantage, as well. Andrasick says, “Smaller stores aren’t saddled with anachronistic organizational structures that segment a business by channel, such as store, catalog or digital.”.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The expansion of e-commerce should also bring about seeing returns as a strategic lever, similar to how companies used faster delivery to drive customer experience and revenue. Think of it from the customer's perspective – Why should this customer shop from your store instead of the other stores selling this product?

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eCommerce Omaha Entrepreneur SEO 143