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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

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There’s an article making the rounds in tech circles titled “ Growth Hacking is Bull ” written by Muhammad Saleem. We go through case studies like how Mint.com & Magento drove large audiences through great content marketing strategies. they’ll flock to your channel with marketing budgets and tech prowess.

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The Case for In-Stream Advertising

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I know that advertising is important to inform consumers of offers – the same reason many tech companies use SEM. At the time Google said it was against sponsored links because it confused the person searching for content – one of the main arguments people are again using about in-stream advertising. I assure you Ad.ly

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

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If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. While many tech startups do this intuitively (say, SnapChat thinking it would be much better if our photos out partying disappeared) it still happens. It’s worth a quick read. My argument is pretty simple. Rebelling is simply a form of snobbery.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

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Only one guy in the room knew – their tech lead. Once you churn a user due to stability or performance problems it can be hard to get them back. How many through SEM? For example, if you have developers, content people or SEO folks working on SEO programs you’ll need to allocate their time / costs to this effort.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

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Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly. As long as you have a well architected site that allows Google to properly spider your content, spend the rest of your time and money focusing on maximizing the remaining marketing tools listed below.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. The perfect competitors are the ones where they unable to respond due to The Innovator’s Dilemma.

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