A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 13, 2011

But this is all superficial — what Really Matters is the Conversion Rate : are more or fewer people signing up each week: Hmm. They don’t have better data, better branding, better name, better SEO, or more money. Here’s the data: Can you see at what point in time we changed design? Must not have made a difference.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

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. After a quick google it became clear that this was the name for our new agency. 2- A name that came to my mind. 1- Suggested by a friend.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

How To Create A Brand Name For Your Company written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. He also has a new book: Brand Naming: The Complete Guide to Creating a Name for Your Company, Product, or Service. 5:20] Are there attributes from a general perspective that your brand name should have? [6:55]

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Maybe you identified your target audience and conversation through Twitter research, but discover a handful of forums or blogs that attract essential influencers. Choose at least a network or two that match your business’ current scale in addition to starting aspirational presences on obvious services like Facebook and Twitter.

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ConversionXL

JULY 24, 2014

Investors in this space understand the market opportunity as they see predictive tools like Lattice help inside sales reps better score leads by searching all of the publicly available information on a lead, then matching that against the qualities of a company’s pre-existing customer base. image credit.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2020

Further, email automation helps you automatically address all of your emails using your subscribers name, important dates such as birthday and more. It even takes into account the search and purchase history of customers to recommend them products matching to their interests. Source: Really Good Emails.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

When Jamie told us he was going to build “Doorbot” (the name prior to Ring) and he explained to us that it was a video security doorbell sold at mass-market prices to bring security to homes that have never been able to afford them?—? Where you see cameras on Amazon and think “cool, but what would I really use it for?”

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VC Cafe

JUNE 26, 2023

where rather than sift through noise to find an answer, users will generate a specific result to match their needs. If all that wasn’t enough, you have the problem of model hallucinations, where the conversational UI offers an answer that is well articulated, but completely wrong.

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ConversionXL

JULY 8, 2020

Conversions. Campaign name. It’s important to name your campaigns sensibly, especially if you’ll be running a large number of campaigns within your account. Here’s an excellent guide that covers best practices for naming your campaigns. The next step is to name your ad group and choose the right keywords for your ads.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2020

How HelpKitchen began The idea for HelpKitchen began with a conversation between Eric Ries and Jeff (founder and CEO of Twilio) and Erica Lawson. The model was simple: we’d build a SMS texting tool that matched the food insecure with a free meal from a partner restaurant, all covered by donor dollars.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2021

From Amazon basing recommendations on past browsing behavior to companies greeting people by name, you’ll see examples of personalization everywhere. Here are our best tips that aren’t overly invasive but have a proven track record of attracting a target base matching your products. Segment your audience.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 19, 2019

There’s also Substrata , an AI-powered technology company in Tel Aviv that provides critical insights on conversations, email threads, and other points of human contact. As the name suggests, LawGeex is all about making legal practice easier. If you ask team SubStrata, business is too important to remain an elusive form of “art.”

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

FLoC IDs use non-descriptive names, like “43A7,” to prevent the ID itself from passing information about users.). The flock names will likely be inscrutable to users, but could reveal incredibly sensitive information to third parties. The post-third-party-cookie conversion reporting solution is called the Conversion Measurement API.

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ConversionXL

MAY 11, 2017

Knowing what the competitors are doing – how they are thinking about the market, what tactics they are using, how they are crafting messages and design – can make all the difference in the battle for the customers’ mind share and conversions. – and you can definitely use it for UX and conversion optimization, too.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The conversation also touches on the challenges marketers face in content creation and the need for more thoughtful, effective communication strategies. Scroll back to top Sign up to receive email updates Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. powered by

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

We’ve spent years researching the best ways for ecommerce sites to show that they’re trustworthy and, in the process, increase conversions. Jewelry and accessories retailer Olive + Pepper tested LimeSpot during peak seasons, such as Black Friday and Christmas, and saw a 35% conversion increase. Put a face to your name with video chat.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 31, 2014

You can even see that it’s the highest converting page in terms of volume of conversions. Looking at all the data in the default view, you could infer that your home page is the absolute most important page for getting conversions on your entire site. You know, like this home page! So how do we make that data more meaningful?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It’s the point where effort spent on creative and dollars spent on ads culminate in a successful conversion—or not. Unfortunately, most landing pages are ineffective, with an average conversion rate of only 4.6% Conversion copywriter Joanna Weibe discusses how long or short landing pages should be. across all industries.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Branding is a process designed to develop, among other things, a unique business name and custom logo design for a company, product, or service. But branding isn’t solely about tangible concepts like a company’s name and logo. Make your feedback process a conversation so that your customers know that their input is valued.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 30, 2019

In addition, competitive analysis can be a treasure trove of conversion optimization insights, yet it often gets skipped. and you can definitely use it for UX and conversion optimization , too. Even though design is just one part of the conversion puzzle, it’s an important element of overall CRO success.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Among other things they conducted 240 A/B tests that resulted in a 49% increase in donation conversion (that was more than $80 million extra cash). Research shows that marketers are spending pennies on their conversion efforts. Just waste all that effort and money – only because their website is not optimized for conversions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 4, 2014

People are impatient when browsing websites and slow load times impact conversions (getting people to buy your products or services). If you’re unable to find a URL that matches your small business name, you can consider changing the name or finding an alternative URL that includes the name – or or one that complements the name.

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2018

You’ll think about your business, name, logo and colors; but maybe more importantly, you’ll think through who your target audience is and how you want them to feel about your product or service. If your company’s name, colors, logo and voice are almost exactly the same as your competitors, it’s a lot less likely that people will remember you.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2014

Getting a jump start on collecting the right data is the first step to using that data for successful conversion measurement and tracking. If you’ve never created an additional View or changed the settings, your default View will be named All Web Site Data, and this one can function as your main View.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

But it’s not as simple as reaching out to a company you want to collaborate with and putting their name on your website in exchange for cash. If your audience isn’t interested in a sponsor’s product or service, then putting their name to your offer won’t deliver the ROI they’re looking for, ruining any chance of a long-term partnership.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 22, 2018

We can prove that social media and SEO drive traffic and top-line conversions, but we still struggle to show the bottom-line impact of marketing. Conversions (e.g. Otherwise, you’re just looking at top-of-funnel traffic and conversions—not how those channels intersect to generate pipeline and revenue. site visits).

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 31, 2023

Though if you don’t get notified from the Experts Marketplace team, they might have denied your request due to a lack of demand for your services or your application failing to match the legal demand.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

I see the name of Noel’s company. Why don’t you give Jason the name of your company or your URL? We’re an integrate from that company but we had a lot of regret in hindsight when it came with the name that we picked. But we managed to grow a few customers, so that’s good, in spite of the name.

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ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2014

The above graphic makes it clear the considerable gap between consumer expectations and companies’ ability to match them. Patching together actionable information about your customers with gut feelings, good intentions and some duct tape is not a recipe for conversion success. Only 10% consider brands are doing this well. image source.

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Up and Running

JUNE 21, 2017

But keeping track of where a customer came from is very hard, especially when you start diversifying your marketing channels to campaigns that don’t have a direct conversion. Let’s take a Google Adwords ad, for example; you can track and confirm the source of a conversion using: The conversion tracking pixel from Adwords.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

As you mature you start measuring things that really matter, macro and micro conversion rates , economic value , visitor loyalty. Maybe some of them remember our brand name and our products (Lord knows we are pimping ourselves aggressively on those brand pages) when it is time for them to make a purchase. from those clicks. Easy peasy.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 5, 2019

But isn’t cold email just another name for spam? Your audience of qualified computer scientists may respond positively to technical terms; a conversational tone with that same audience may undermine credibility. Plenty of companies will sell you a list of names and email addresses. There are two ways to do this: Buy a list.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

So conversion rate percentage, of course it can always be higher and we’re doing a lot of stuff to make that higher, but it’s in line with other applications. Jason: Yeah, one percent conversion rate is pretty normal. I’ve had some very good conversations with a large insurance company. So on the one hand.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 20, 2019

It’s not just a giant CRM that matches customers with a subset of relevant accounts. As one user notes : “Matching the content with CRM tools takes time. Personalization is more than changing a headline to match a company name. As Watt contends , ABM focuses on macro-conversions (i.e. Image source ).

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 20, 2019

On top of all that, most browser-based searches on Google result in zero clicks: Zero-click searches result from Google’s ability to give quick answers on search result pages—current local weather, definitions, solutions to math problems, currency conversions, etc. Google has long moved away from exact keyword matching. Image source ).

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2020

You search for a product, and the first result is the perfect match for your needs. They’re the primary way that search engines match user needs to web content. That’s why keyword research is paramount—not just for the obvious product name but for high-value descriptors. Amazon wants to sell products. What doesn’t change.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Every time you post with your business ID, your business name (and web page link) you’re putting yourself out there in front of potential customers. Conversations are happening all around you – are you listening, are you participating? Get a Twitter account in your business name. Are you a thought leader? Be visible!

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