crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 4, 2014

Parallax scrolling presents the webpage as multiple layers; the background layer scrolls at different speeds compared to the foreground layer (or may not move at all). Look at how well-known online stores present products (Amazon, Apple, Zappos are all good examples). Sometimes, animation also helps to enhance the effect.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Dont worry about selecting particularly good keywords, if youre new to SEM. SEM only gets at one segment of users, and for a brand new product, you presumably need some skill at marketing in general and adsense in particular to get any useful info. Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for Mapl. I used to use $.05,

Demand 167

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

Tip: Use bold and larger fonts to present key information or to stress things you want the readers to notice. You also can look at the sites of restaurants you admire around the country (or around the world) to see how they present content for their visitors. Is your phone number clearly visible on the homepage? Personality!

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

In addition to presenting the IMVU case, we tried for the first time to do an overview of a software engineering methodology that integrates practices from agile software development with Steves method of Customer Development. 2008 09 06 Eric Ries Haas Columbia Customer Development Engineering View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

In this case, your marketing message should clearly state the problems your customers are facing and how your content marketing agency could chip in with some help: SEO and SEM Experts to help execute plans. Present ‘What’s in it for them’. Not enough employees. Prioritizing most important jobs. Hire writers on hourly basis.

Marketing 127

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

To promote this metrics discipline, we would present the full funnel to our board (and advisers) at the end of every development cycle. It was actually my co-founder Will Harvey who taught me to present this data in the simple format weve discussed in this post. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.

San Francisco 166

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment 166

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Chris and I had the opportunity to present on our approach this past spring at the MySQL Conference. You can also download our presentation, " Just-In-Time Scalability: Agile Methods to Support Massive Growth." Update: PDF version for "lazy linux users" and others who love freedom. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 1, 2008

I went to a meetup yesterday that was on the topic of Internet Marketing / SEO / SEM. It felt like a bad time share presentation. I'm hoping to figure out a way to spark a meet-up around SEO / SEM in Santa Monica / West Los Angeles / South Bay. But it's helpful to share ideas, methods, compare your approach versus other people.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Take a look and let me know what you think.

CTO 168

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 5, 2008 Great open source scalability tools from Danga If you are trying to build a scalable LAMP service, its always best to start with the original and still quite relevant presentation, from Brad Fitzpatrick when he was at LiveJournal. You can find the 2005 version here.

Open Source 107

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 142

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 142

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Audience 119

Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean 119

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

I originally thought I might get some development process tips (I manage developers), but I find that Im really enjoying your business tips (SEM, listening to customers, etc.). Like gmlk, I usually subscribe the first time I find something useful. Your posts are well-written with a good overview as well as concrete tips. More of the same.

San Francisco 133

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Start with a five-dollar-a-day SEM campaign. the most sensible SEM advice Ive read - discussed in the context of a real situation. So dont combine your product launch with a marketing launch. Instead, do your product launch first. Dont chicken out and do a closed beta; get real customers in through real renewable channels. Dont scale.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Software Review 144

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 131

San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment 131

Hearpreneur

MAY 31, 2020

My most successful networking effort has been presenting to groups of related professionals. I like presenting over typical networking events like lunches and mixers for three reasons. Second, presenting is way more efficient that one-on-one networking. The phone always starts ringing after presentations. 14- Three ways.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

They cant present much information, unless you take the box off the shelf and look at it. If you sell an online service that solves a defined problem, you can compete in SEO or SEM. The app store is not set up to allow anyone to achieve a durable advantage. Browsing the app store is an awful lot like shopping in a retail grocery store.

Distribution 74

Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 74

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Software Review 68

Software Review San Francisco Technical Review Continuous Deployment 68

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Ive told the story of how this desperation turned us on to Google AdWords in SEM on five dollars a day. We picked those numbers by counting up the numbers of friends, family, and relatives we thought we could cajole into buying our early product. Pretty soon we ran out of friends. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 98

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

As a VC, I have sat through many presentations like this, and in most cases the service is actually interesting and compelling. However in the majority of these presentations there is little or no focus on how much it will cost to acquire customers. For more on the topic of Viral Growth, refer to my blog post on that topic here.)

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Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Getting the most of your online marketing: the In & Out of SEM/SEO. on a scale of 1-4). on a scale of 1-4). The videos can be watched at Bessemer Online Marketing Portal (the other materials are not public).

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Software Review SEM Marketing Las Vegas 48

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

You may have paid marketing: SEM, Social Media Ads, Banner Ads, email lists, etc. You won’t likely launch into a market with nobody else present. SEO doesn’t just happen – it requires a content strategy, inbound links, relevancy, keyword strategies, etc. Then you need to understand the economic benefit to the user.

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ConversionXL

MAY 11, 2017

Check the list of presenters and companies running booths at the latest industry conference. Here’s Tony DeYoung explaining his process: Tony DeYoung: “I always do competitive analysis for SEO and SEM. To find out who your top competitors are: Do a Google search, check Google Trends, SimilarWeb, Compete or Alexa.

SEO 131

SEO Analytics Conversion Search 131

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2016

Look at how well-known online stores present products (Amazon, Apple, Zappos are all good examples). A properly structured site that presents information in an orderly and organized way will be much more successful than one that appears chaotic. Don’t forget search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM).

Web 48

Web Small Business Design SEM 48

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 60

ConversionXL

JUNE 30, 2019

Check the list of presenters and companies running booths at your industry’s conferences; Ask your customers who else they considered. Here’s Tony DeYoung explaining his process to do just that: Tony DeYoung: I always do competitive analysis for SEO and SEM. Conduct a competitive usability investigation.

SEO 126

SEO Conversion Analytics Design 126

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

The leadership art is to balance the needs of the present with the needs of the future. SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c.

San Francisco 76

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 76

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Include their positive reactions to your business, product, and/or service somewhere in your application – especially if there is a required application video or presentation. At the same time, as I’ve seen in our case, as well in that of most of my fellow founders, it can present challenges.

Programming 124

Programming Chile B2B B2C 124

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Developer Continuous Deployment DC 68

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Cutting out noise and creating a PPC strategy that drives business: It’s the goal of SEM professionals everywhere. If you haven’t explored your Search Terms report before, there is no time like the present to start. So let’s talk about how to do that for real, shall we. Order doesn’t matter to them!).

PPC 114

PPC Matching Technical Review Search 114

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2007

Redirects are nifty little things, they can direct traffic in a nice way in case links change or if your SEM / Ad / Whatever agency can track data or, in the good old days of web logs, you wanted to capture clicks where you send data off to other websites (domains). 7: Redirects, be aware of them.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Analytics Web Software Review 93

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2011

Another alternative is to buy your way out of the zone with Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Work on a good website is never done, but there is no time like the present to wake up and get started. SEO does not have to be a major expense. That may be a quick fix, but will definitely be more costly in the long run. Marty Zwilling.

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Search SEM SEO Engineer 233

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

How do you scale a live webinar or a presentation that, you know, works for you? Are you ready to take your business to the next level, to get seen, get SEMrush, visit SEMrush.com that's SEM rush.com/go. And the more I run it, the better data I'm getting to, whether it's helping my business or helping me make a better presentation.

Technical Review 96

Technical Review Demand Cofounder Video 96

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC Lean 60

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean 68