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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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

It’s hard to be successful in any business when your customers can’t find you, or they find you and still can’t figure out whether your solution works for them. In fact, very few website owners even track their website activity, or use Search Engine (SEO) or Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) tools now available. Skip the hyperbole.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As noted in Pour and Stir Part I , the key to the successful execution of this strategy is managing the following equation: The cost to acquire a customer < lifetime value of a customer. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. This is equivalent to being handed a free customer for every ten customers you acquire.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. Put yourself on the site. People buy from people.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2016

We caught up with founder and CEO Mike Mothner --who we first interviewed back in 2007 --to catch up with the company, gets some hints and tips on growing a company, the challenges of bootstrapping, and why Wpromote hopes to be buying more companies in the future. It's a customer centric world. What are your thoughts on that?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

But through expressing points-of-view I can raise above the consciousness of my customers (entrepreneurs and limited partners who invest in VC funds) in ways that I couldn’t without breaking through the noise of the hundreds of others of VCs who also have money. I am a VC. I hand out money. How differentiated is that?

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 15, 2015

These tips require a lot of hard work and effort on your part. But if you follow these eight tips, you will certainly make your business leaner and meaner. You’ll keep in touch with your customers quickly and easily. The customers will continue returning to your business due to the personal connections you make with them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. Put yourself on the site. People buy from people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. Put yourself on the site. People buy from people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In addition, every business has operating costs, like customer acquisition, fulfillment, inventory, and customer service. If your web site is not optimized for search engines (SEO), all your online content and marketing efforts are wasted. But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. Put yourself on the site. People buy from people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists, to today’s required vehicle for promoting your business and gaining valuable online exposure, ultimately bringing in more customers. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Make your blog your website. Anchor blog in your domain name.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

” It was really interesting to hear all the different perspectives, marketing tips and how each channel represented on the panel helps those who participate on their channel and the success of this genre. The staff is very helpful and provides great customer service too. This is the wave of the future. Same with CreatorUp.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Adapt my tips with care, or use my thoughts to rethink your architectural decisions, if they’re applicable. Use possible input ($errSrc, $errMsg, …) from the caller to customize the error page. Here’s how you can (could) integrate a URI shortener into your site’s architecture. All errors are mine.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Why you have to design products for how your customers are , and not how you want them to be. Six Slides - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , June 23, 2010 The CEO of one of our portfolio companies is working on a fundraising deck and asked me for some tips. Your remote control has two buttons. Which button do you press?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Lead with your blog. Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Lead with your blog. Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings.

Blogging 88

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Lead with your blog. Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Lead with your blog. Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings.

Blogging 95

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Lead with your blog. Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings.

Blogging 96

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Lead with your blog. Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings.

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