Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?

Technical Review 384

Technical Review Hockey Stick SEM Channel 384

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

How many through SEM? Usually you have a catch-all bucket for “direct” or similar that often came through PR or word-of-mouth. per click on an SEM basis this is NOT your cost to acquire a customer – you need to add conversion rate. Retention / Churn. How many adds came through organic SEO? SEO is seldom “free.”.

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Acquisition: Generating leads and new users; Activation: Increasing product usage and improving customer experience; Retention: Reducing churn and encouraging repurchasing; Referrals: Encouraging brand advocacy; Revenue: Turning leads into customers. Image source. These stages aren’t a strict pathway.

Marketing 115

Marketing Framework Metrics Channel 115

ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

SEM is great because you can capture people as they’re searching for a solution, which is often some of the highest intent traffic you can find. It’s sometimes not entirely clear where content marketing starts and where SEO or PR end. Some businesses are built on the back of email. Content marketing is kind of a wide field.

Channel 118

Channel Marketing Viral SEO 118

Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The Growth Manager function typically lives at the intersection of marketing and product development, and is focused on customer and user acquisition, activation, retention, and upsell. Paid: Ads (Mobile, Web, Video, TV, Radio, SEM, Affiliate), Sponsorships. Earned Media: SEO, PR, Word of Mouth.

Management 20

Management Analytics Technical Review Silicon Valley 20

Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The Growth Manager function typically lives at the intersection of marketing and product development, and is focused on customer and user acquisition, activation, retention, and upsell. Paid: Ads (Mobile, Web, Video, TV, Radio, SEM, Affiliate), Sponsorships. Earned Media: SEO, PR, Word of Mouth.

Management 20

Management Analytics Technical Review Silicon Valley 20

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

This is completely analogous to the situation elsewhere on the internet, where launching a new website, product, or service with PR is getting harder and harder. I think its helpful to think about two kinds of competition for distribution: acquisition competition and retention competition. My advice: dont launch big.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Retention SEM 68