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Interview With Mike Mothner, Wpromote On Growth, Acquisitions

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Last week El Segundo-based Wpromote acquired fellow marketing agency Standing Dog, in a deal which brings the company to 260 employees, and continues to grow the company. Mike Mothner: The business today, is we are a digital agency focused on customer acquisition and growth for businesses of all types.

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Covario Acquired By Dentsu Aegis Network

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San Diego-based Covario , the search and content marketing agency, is being acquired by Dentsu Aegis Network , the companies said late Wednesday. As part of the deal, Covario''s SEO software arm--Rio SEO--will become an independent company. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Startup Marketing Ideas - Eric David Greenspan

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However, as I read more about your focus, you are using these things in a slightly different way, i.e., not sure if SEO is as important. I recently posted about SEO for Startups. Is/was SEO important for MakeItWork? Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted. A negative customer acquisition cost!

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Wpromote Buys Standing Dog For Digital Marketing Efforts

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El Segundo-based digital marketing company Wpromote said on Tuesday that it has acquired online marketing agency Standing Dog , which provides search engine marketing, SEO, social media and paid media services. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Standing Dog was founded in 2005, and was based in Texas.

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Do or Die: How to acquire and retain customers

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Startups who are building companies for the first time or launching a new product struggle with focusing on the right priorities, measuring their efforts, and converting leads into customers. SEO used to dominate online customer acquisition but now a mix of owned, earned and paid efforts are proving equally effective.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

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One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. Make them widely available inside the company and share your most important goals with your board. My experience has proven that even some well known companies are under-whelming in this department.

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This Week in Venture Capital with Jason Calacanis

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We covered the following and much more: - FourSquare ( rumors of both an $80m pre money or a $100 million acquisition ). My answer: “no.&# I believe that the team is high potential but the valuation seems stratospheric to me for the stage of the company. I was asked if I would pay $80 million. sites still dominate.