Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Let me show other source that may be good for community. internet. (6). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? How the use of internet is transform. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Social media demands two-way communication, rather than outbound only. Read everything you can about viral marketing. Pick a base, such as LinkedIn or Facebook, to be your community, and work the territory, much like you may have learned to work a room of peers at a tradeshow or convention, or local business organization.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

I strongly believe that the first few hires of a startup should belong to the growth department, whether they’re marketers, community managers, or salespeople (selling your product is the best way to learn how to improve it). Jun-15: Community Manager (growth team). This is when metrics come into play. Big press (cheap or free).

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 31, 2014

Ask Peep about analytics, and he’ll tell you, “Metrics are there to provide actionable insight. You need to look at a metric, ask “so what?” – and have an answer.”. Sidetrack: What Are The Elements of a Viral Pre-Launch Page? Step 1 – Set Up Actionable Analytics. Conversion rates for our top Adwords are way up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

Social media demands two-way communication, rather than outbound only. Read everything you can about viral marketing. Pick a base, such as LinkedIn or Facebook, to be your community, and work the territory, much like you may have learned to work a room of peers at a tradeshow or convention, or local business organization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

Social media demands two-way communication, rather than outbound only. Read everything you can about viral marketing. Pick a base, such as LinkedIn or Facebook, to be your community, and work the territory, much like you may have learned to work a room of peers at a tradeshow or convention, or local business organization.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

They raised around $350 million to try and sell cars direct over the Internet. Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. And finally, Scott demonstrated his internal management tool for managing the metrics of his business. And it carries no inventory. It’s awesome. Foursquare.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The first internet wave managed to solve pretty well the "Where to buy" problem, with sites like Kelkoo , Shopzilla , NextTag , PriceGrabber, or Shopping.com. internet. (6). How the use of internet is transform.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. In 2004, investors regained interest in the consumer internet again. We are the leader in the professional domain with viral growth. the evolution of LinkedIn as a company. Reid Hoffman.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 They compete on features, price and execution.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

What are those metrics? Andrew : If you are a travel company right now, I think you’re seeing very specific metrics dropping. As a result of that, all of those metrics go up. Brian : I think the most important point is globally, the number of people coming onto the internet isn’t growing at such a fast rate.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

And passionate players are often the backbone of game communities – especially online. We cultivated a passionate community that nurtured a skilled set of developers. In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. Let’s look at a viral growth company, like Facebook.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 26, 2017

The Internet never stops growing: Many pages go down in redesigns, website moving or selling, outdated or sold-out product page, etc. The Internet is getting faster and web surfers are getting used to the overwhelming amount of information. Did you know that there are more Internet users than desktop Internet users these days?

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 29, 2024

While some may frown upon linking social media metrics with tangible value, in reality online attention matters immensely in creating the virtual marketplace of ideas. It’s not about vanity metrics but about validation in an otherwise saturated market. The Echo Chamber Effect Followers amplify your voice on the internet.

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Social Media Social Network Viral Metrics 101

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . Meyler Capital is taking the analytical rigor of modern internet marketing and applying it to fund marketing. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 28, 2021

When e-commerce first took off in the 1990s, web traffic was regarded as the most critical metric for measuring a website’s popularity. Other metrics to measure online performance did not yet exist. Long-tail keywords do not account for the bulk of internet searches. Participate and engage the community.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

At a high level, anything that drives virality should be free. To take your specific example about virality - why do we want to have more users sign up? We're keeping ourselves free for the community that has helped us build our product; premium vs basic seems wrong to us. January 28, 2009 1:54 AM startupcfo said.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Some have experimented with virality ( Pepsi Test Drive or Dove Beauty , etc.), On one of the most visited page on the internet. Another small effort… create videos about your company charity efforts, your community/social responsibility efforts. Tap into YouTube Community / Media Platform.

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

The metrics from SumAll show online retailers the real-time metrics that are having the biggest impact on their bottom line. According to Think Mobile with Google : 81% of smartphone users access the Internet on their mobile devices. 59% use the Internet on their phones while waiting. viral video. viral videos.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I had a lot of fun learning what the internet could do for me. In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. I was getting more into internet marketing and trying to ramp up my income.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 24, 2018

I reached out to the entrepreneurial community, and they shared the business trends to avoid this year: 1. This is great provided you already have in place a strategic thinking business plan where you have clearly identified your ideal customers; know your market and have established key metrics. Avoid Trying To Go Viral.

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conversionxl.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Ask Peep about analytics, and he’ll tell you, “Metrics are there to provide actionable insight. You need to look at a metric, ask “so what?” – and have an answer.”. Sidetrack: What Are The Elements of a Viral Pre-Launch Page? Step 1 – Set Up Actionable Analytics. Conversion rates for our top Adwords are way up.

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Analytics Software Review Conversion Video 98

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

I feel like the bar has been raised so much in the last five years in the start up community and I’ve been busy working for a distinctly non-start up company. Do you feel like the more users you have it helps accelerate, is there some kind of, maybe not necessarily viral, but that people just tell their friends at all.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 15, 2016

A trial-to-paid conversion rate or mobile user-to-customer conversion rate type metric is a good start. For example, Facebook has a seven friends in ten days metric. Inbound.org is self-described as “the internet’s smartest marketing community” Everything Inbound marketing is discussed there.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 10, 2013

I reached out to the entrepreneurial community, and they shared the business trends to avoid this year: 1. This is great provided you already have in place a strategic thinking business plan where you have clearly identified your ideal customers; know your market and have established key metrics. Avoid Trying To Go Viral.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Effectively measuring and understanding your CAC and CLTV metrics are key to future success. The traditional metric of Bookings would value Customer A at $120,000 and suggest Customer B is more valuable at $180,000.

Software Review 48

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 4, 2011

For “Desired number of prospects or subscribers” I put “75,000″ If I could get 50 to 100 leads per day, and then work in a viral mechanism where readers invited new subscribers, this would happen within a year or two. And then, I plugged numbers into a template. My first raving fans! Who Is a True Fan?

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Advertising Email Viral Audience 90

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 4, 2011

For “Desired number of prospects or subscribers” I put “75,000″ If I could get 50 to 100 leads per day, and then work in a viral mechanism where readers invited new subscribers, this would happen within a year or two. And then, I plugged numbers into a template. My first raving fans! Who Is a True Fan?

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Advertising Email Viral Audience 89

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Had I known it was going to take the internet by storm I probably would have been a bit more careful with my word choice (especially referring to.NET as a language, doh!). But I’ve seen some recent comments that this post might have upset and offended the SMB community that we serve, and that I cannot abide. the analogy of 1.6

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Eric Ries : I had to do the math, and it's dangerous to do the math live, but I had to look up on Wikipedia the number of English-speaking internet users, which is about 1.1 Eric Ries : So if I'm getting it right, 60 million people is something like 5% of the possible audience of people who are on the internet and speak English.

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