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What things in SaaS are only obvious at scale? On www.saastr.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 28-Jun-2017 at 9:52 pm Some thoughts: Churn Lurks. Churn doesn’t happen overnight, especially with annual contracts. It lurks. Use customer visits, NPS surveys, and more to...
Regulators Want Fintech Innovation Too On www.cbinsights.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 28-Jun-2017 at 11:13 am Jeffrey Bandman, former CFTC commissioner, and Hans Morris, of NYCA, talk about partnering with regulators as the path forward for fintechs.
Why Product Market Fit Isn't Enough On www.coelevate.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 28-Jun-2017 at 10:42 am Iâve been lucky to have been part of building, advising, or investing in
40+ tech companies in the past 10 years. Some $100M+ wins. Some, complete
losses. Most end up in the middle.Â
One of my main observations is that there are certain companies where
growth seems to come easily, like guiding a boulder down hill. These
companies grow despite having organizational chaos, not executing the
âbestâ growth practices, and missing low hanging fruit. I refer to these
companies as Smooth Sailers - a little effort for lots of speed.
In other companies, growth feels much harder. It feels like pushing a
boulder up hill. Despite executing the best growth practices, picking the
low hanging fruit, and having a great team, they struggle to grow. I refer
to these companies as Tugboats - a lot of effort for little speed.
Meet Our Curator of the Week: Riccardo Osti On blog.startupdigest.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 28-Jun-2017 at 10:00 am
Name: Riccardo Osti Digest: Amsterdam Curator Since: September 2015 Title: CEO at Wonderflow Twitter: @RiccardoOsti CEO & founder at Wonderflow, mentor of Lean Startup methodologies, speaker at CeBit. Alumnus at Rockstart Accelerator and Techpeaks. Used to be a marketing manager and a consultant before being an entrepreneur. To receive Startup Digest Amsterdam, please subscribe here.
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Creating discomfort On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 28-Jun-2017 at 1:28 am If you're seeking to create positive change in your community, it's almost certain you'll be creating discomfort as well. Want to upgrade the local playground? It sounds like it will be universally embraced by parents and everyone who cares about...
How Do You Know What People Care About? On blog.startupdigest.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 27-Jun-2017 at 10:00 am
The following is a guest post by ChopDawg.com, an award-winning app development company that has worked with over 180+ startups and companies from all around the globe, helping them bring their web apps, mobile apps, wearable apps and software ideas to life. Follow ChopDawg.com on Twitter at @ChopDawgStudios. Whenever you’re selling something, whether it’s downloads, subscriptions,…
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How to Use Reverse Image Search to Build 26% More Backlinks On neilpatel.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 27-Jun-2017 at 8:10 am
I always love finding new and interesting ways to help with old problems. It’s amazing that you can use Facebook Messenger bots to get higher open rates and leverage Instagram to get more sales. Most of the time, these innovative solutions are extremely effective because not a lot of people are using them. They help […]
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Why a Company Can’t “Be More Like a Startup” On steveblank.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 27-Jun-2017 at 6:00 am This article originally appeared in the Harvard Business Review As more and more companies face disruption from globalization, new technology, and startups that have more capital than the incumbents, the continuing cry from Wall Street investors is, “Why can’t companies be as innovative as startups?” Here’s one reason why: Startups can do anything. Companies…
6 Digital Storytelling Lessons from Pottermore On blog.hubspot.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 27-Jun-2017 at 3:00 am J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series teaches readers about imagination, friendship, and magic. Its fan site, Pottermore, can teach marketers lessons, too.
5 Powerful Lessons from the World's Top Achievers On zapier.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 27-Jun-2017 at 2:30 am Don't have time to read Tim Ferriss's Tools of Titans? Here's the Cliff Notes—the most important 5 lessons you should learn from the world's top achievers.
Worth reconsidering? On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 27-Jun-2017 at 2:10 am The status quo is powerful indeed. We add layers, patches and small improvisations, all to shore up something we don't want to reconsider. If we had a clean sheet of paper, and could design something that actually worked, what would...
6 CRO Mistakes You Might Be Making (And How to Fix Them) On moz.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 26-Jun-2017 at 5:05 pm CRO is more than just A/B testing. Learn why conversions need context, brush up on your college statistics, and check out the free CRO process template to kickstart your research and tests.
Messaging Starter Kit, CEO Pledge For Diversity & More Reading List Highlights On blog.startupdigest.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 26-Jun-2017 at 2:57 pm
5 hand-picked articles from across the Startup Digest Reading Lists. Sign up to receive great weekly content on various topics from our expert curators. 1. The Messaging Starter Kit for Customer Engagement By Geoffrey Keating Digest: Design Curators: Eugenio Monforte, Phillip Chao Over the past few years, we’ve helped thousands of businesses create messages that help grow their business,…
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Growth is getting hard from intensive competition, consolidation, and saturation On andrewchen.co Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 26-Jun-2017 at 9:30 am
The end of the cycle One of the best essays written last year was Elad Gil’s End of Cycle? – referencing our most recent 2007-2017 run on mobile and web software, and the implications for investing, startups, and entrepreneurs. Although he doesn’t directly talk about it, the end of a tech cycle has major implications for launching […]
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Raising The Bar For Corporate Innovators On blog.strategyzer.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 26-Jun-2017 at 6:00 am We will be light on posting this week because of the 2nd annual Strategyzer
Bootcamp taking place in Baden. I wanted to share a quick peek at our
amazing venue here in Baden, Switzerland.Â
The Mobile Marketing Studio: 26 Apps to Help You Create Epic Social Media Content on Your Smartphone On blog.bufferapp.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 26-Jun-2017 at 4:30 am What does it take to create incredible social media content? Knowing you have to create new content for multiple social media channels every day can feel a little daunting, especially when you consider the range of disciplines you need to rock at in order to be successful. Nowadays, every marketer has to be part designer, […]...
How to Generate Leads from Your Podcast On sujanpatel.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 26-Jun-2017 at 4:13 am
The first ever podcast premiered in 2003 as “Radio Open Source.” In 2005, “podcast” was named word of the year. By 2016, 21% of the U.S. population had reportedly listened to at least one podcast in the last month – up from 17% the year before and just 9% in 2008. Image and Data Source […]
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Training customers On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 26-Jun-2017 at 2:08 am If you frequently run last-minute sales, don't be surprised if your customers stop buying things in advance. You're training them to wait. If you announce things six or seven times, getting louder each time, don't be surprised if your customers...
Paint by Numbers: Using Data to Produce Great Content On moz.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 25-Jun-2017 at 5:02 pm It happens to the best of us. Sometimes it is hard to find that inspiration for writing even though we feel a drive to produce more and better content to push marketing numbers. Sometimes we should stand back and let the numbers do the writing for us.
Parenting : Who is it really for? On sivers.org Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 25-Jun-2017 at 5:00 pm Derek Sivers: For the last five years, Iâve spent at least 30 hours a week with my kid, just one-on-one, giving him my full attention.But Iâve never written about parenting before.Why not?
Neil Patel’s Guide to Blogging Consistently On neilpatel.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 25-Jun-2017 at 8:22 am
People always ask me how the heck I’ve been blogging for over 10 years. I usually tell those people that blogging is like any sort of long-term relationship. Some days are great, and others aren’t so great, but you’re in it for the long haul. On the other hand, blogging is its own animal. It […]
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Better than it needs to be On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 25-Jun-2017 at 2:21 am Why not? Why not make it more generous, more fair, more insightful than it needs to be? Why not deliver the service with more flair, more care and more urgency? Why not do it because you can, not because you...
30 Conversion-Boosting Lessons Learned from Viewing 18,250,000 Ads On neilpatel.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 24-Jun-2017 at 8:16 am
Have you ever had a mind blowing “wow” moment about yourself? I’m talking about that moment when you realize something that you hadn’t thought about ever before. For me, that moment came recently when I thought about how many ads I’ve seen. I wanted to write an article on how to boost conversions with ads, and […]
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You are more powerful than you think On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 24-Jun-2017 at 1:26 am Highlights from an annotated list of 17 rules for the new world of work: You are more powerful than you think It’s bigger than you Leaders are made, not born Leveling up is a choice They say you can’t, we...
Do Your VPs Have a Mentor Budget? On www.saastr.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 23-Jun-2017 at 1:53 pm One thing all of that have been doing SaaS for a while have learned is that, back in the day, we didn't do a good enough job of specialization...
Can Anyone Learn to Be a Business Leader? On blog.startupdigest.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 23-Jun-2017 at 10:00 am
The following is a guest post by Tiffany Rowe. Tiffany is a Marketing Administrator at Seek Visibility, where she assists clients in contributing resourceful content throughout the web. Great leaders are born, not made. That saying has tumbled through our culture for generations, seeping into our psyches and telling most of us that we just aren’t good…
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How Enterprise Companies Can Improve Their Content Marketing Efficiency And Effectiveness On sujanpatel.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 23-Jun-2017 at 8:10 am
Trying to kick start your content marketing campaign? In this episode we look at ways to improve content marketing efficiency and effectiveness. The lessons in this episode apply whether your a one-person operation or a large enterprise company. 1:00: Some of the problems that larger companies with several different departments have when it comes to […]
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How to Use Facebook as Your PR Engine On blog.kissmetrics.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 23-Jun-2017 at 7:57 am Facebook has a feature called workplace targeting - and from a public relations perspective, it could save you thousands of dollars every month. Let's see how.
"Is judgment involved?" On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 23-Jun-2017 at 1:22 am No judgment, no responsibility. No responsibility, no risk. There's a fork in the road. If you seek out roles without responsibility, you might just find a sinecure. This is the hot job for undifferentiated job seekers at the placement office,...
The 12 Best Team Chat Apps for Your Company On zapier.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 23-Jun-2017 at 1:00 am Your team needs a tool to help you stay in touch whether you're in the office or on the other side of the world. Team chat apps are the way modern teams communicate–and we've tested the best tools to find the team chat app you should use.
Creating Influencer-Targeted Content to Earn Links + Coverage - Whiteboard Friday On moz.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 22-Jun-2017 at 5:04 pm Most SEO campaigns need three kinds of links to be successful; targeting your content to influencers can get you 2/3 of the way there. In this Whiteboard Friday, Rand covers the tactics that will help your content get seen and shared by those with a wide and relevant audience.
The Role of Geographical Entanglements in Branding On blog.startupdigest.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 22-Jun-2017 at 10:00 am
The following is a guest post by Alina Both, a communications assistant working at AWM network in Copenhagen. She creates content for Market Inspector and Greenmatch, digital B2B marketplaces in Europe. Sometimes, it may feel like our modern world is an entirely branded one. We encounter – and interact with brands on a daily basis, so much…
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How to Hack YouTube SEO – 26 Tactics for Gaining Top Results On neilpatel.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 22-Jun-2017 at 8:07 am
When you think of SEO, you probably think of Google. It’s easy to understand why. Google is the most powerful search engine, period. But that doesn’t mean it’s the only search engine. Even though no search engine matches the sheer size of Google, there are some that rival Google’s usefulness. I’ll even go on record […]
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Staring at the numbers On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 22-Jun-2017 at 1:05 am Sometimes, you can learn a lot by watching. But not always. An alien observing our behavior in elevators would note that most of the time, a person gets in, approaches the front corner, leaves that corner, goes to the back...
Travis – thank you for leading us at Uber On andrewchen.co Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 21-Jun-2017 at 7:58 pm
2015 This pic is from two years ago, taken at Uber’s HQ on 11th and Market. After weeks of discussion with the product team, we’d hit the final stretch, and TK and I holed up for a few hours in a conference room to finalize my role at Uber. There were a couple things that got me over […]
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The Case For & Against Attending Marketing Conferences On moz.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 21-Jun-2017 at 5:04 pm How do you measure the ROI of attending a marketing conference? It's less about the numbers and more about the results. Rand explains the rationale behind why he believes conferences are worth the investment and shares his own personal list of favorites.
Meet Our Curator of the Week: Eugenio Monforte On blog.startupdigest.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 21-Jun-2017 at 10:00 am
Name: Eugenio Monforte Digest: Design Reading List Curator Since: October 2016 Title: Product Manager Twitter: @tipoqueno Product Manager / Full Stack Designer on startups. Host of World Information Architecture Day Mendoza 2016 (Argentina) and Viña del Mar 2017 (Chile). To receive the Startup Digest Design Reading List, please subscribe here.
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The Beginner’s Guide to Google Optimize On www.digitalmarketer.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 21-Jun-2017 at 8:18 am Getting started with Google's suite of split testing and optimization toolsâGoogle Optimize? Read this beginner's guide for setup, insight, and strategy.
Announcing the 500 Startups Uruguay Accelerator On 500.co Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 21-Jun-2017 at 8:00 am Silicon Valley and Montevideo are uniting to fuel startups in Latin America 500 Startups in partnership with ANII, Uruguayâs ecosystem development agency, will
The Top 6 Reasons to Come to SaaStr Annual 2018 On www.saastr.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 21-Jun-2017 at 7:12 am There’s something really magical that happens when you gather with your peers. People with the same interests, the same challenges, the same unknowns...
12 Free Chrome Extensions for Getting Work Done On zapier.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 21-Jun-2017 at 7:01 am Adding browser extensions can turn Google Chrome from work browser to work booster. Improve productivity with these hand-picked Chrome extensions.
We Have A Moral Obligation On steveblank.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 21-Jun-2017 at 6:00 am I was in Boston and was interviewed by The Growth Show about my current thinking about innovation in companies and government agencies.The interviewer was great and managed to get me to summarize several years of learning in one podcast. It's worth a listen. At the end of the interview I got surprised by a great question…
Worth being afraid of On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 21-Jun-2017 at 1:24 am We're pretty good at finding demons to be afraid of. The other. The one in the shadows. Change. The family member we can't possibly please. Competition. Critics. The invisible network of foes conspiring against us and what we stand for....
Moz Local Report: Who's Winning Wealth Management? On moz.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 20-Jun-2017 at 11:00 pm Who's winning local, organic, and paid placement across Google in the wealth management industry? We analyze 5 keywords X 5,000 cities to find out, including key takeaways for players who want to compete in the wealth management space.
How difficult is it to fundraise in July/August? On www.saastr.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 20-Jun-2017 at 9:37 pm Well Auren Hoffman’s answer is amazing and textbook. Just read that. Let me add one nuance: If you are fundraising in July / August, maybe just be less...
Inside the 6 Hypotheses that Doubled Patreon’s Activation Success On www.coelevate.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 20-Jun-2017 at 10:06 am I rarely accept guest posts on this blog, but this opportunity was too good
to pass up. Â A couple months ago Tal Raviv (Growth PM @ Patreon) sent me a
short email - "Brian, the results are in. Â We doubled (yeah, doubled) new
creators in our onboarding."Â
My immediate response, holy f*ing YES!!!! My second response, lets write
about this. Â I've spoken/written about the importance of onboarding a lot
before. The number of solid cases/examples out there is few and far
between. Â So Susan Su, Head of Marketing at Reforge, dug in with the
Patreon team to produce this amazing piece. Â It covers:
* How Patreon decided and defined a leading indicator activation
metric.
* The challenges they faced with that metric.
* The six hypotheses they tested, where the hypotheses came from, what
worked and what didn't.Â
Creating New Content For Your Brand Is Easier Than You Think On blog.startupdigest.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 20-Jun-2017 at 10:00 am
The following is a guest post by ChopDawg.com, an award-winning app development company that has worked with over 180+ startups and companies from all around the globe, helping them bring their web apps, mobile apps, wearable apps and software ideas to life. Follow ChopDawg.com on Twitter at @ChopDawgStudios. Just a couple of weeks ago, I…
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How to Drive 1000 Visitors from YouTube Every Month On neilpatel.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 20-Jun-2017 at 7:25 am
YouTube often gets overlooked for marketing, and I’m not sure why. Only 9 percent of small businesses use it, yet it’s one of the most powerful social media platforms in existence. Every day, the site racks up millions of views from all over the world. If I had to guess, I’d say people overlook YouTube […]
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All it takes is effort On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 20-Jun-2017 at 1:12 am Customer service used to be a great divide. Well-off companies would heavily invest in taking care of customers, others would do the minimum (or a bit less). Of course, back then, organizations couldn't possibly give you all the service you...
How Aubrey Marcus Grew Onnit to $28 Million in Revenue On okdork.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 20-Jun-2017 at 12:00 am Aubrey Marcus is the CEO and founder behind Onnit, an 8-figure company. Today, I invited him to share lessons on building a business he's NEVER shared before.
JavaScript & SEO: Making Your Bot Experience As Good As Your User Experience On moz.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 19-Jun-2017 at 5:04 pm More and more, we're realizing it's incredibly important for us as SEOs to understand JavaScript's impact on search experience. Can search engines see your content and experience your site the way a user does? If not, what solutions can you use to fix it?
Cofounder Disputes, How To Build A Brand In 5 Days & More Reading List Highlights On blog.startupdigest.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 19-Jun-2017 at 4:43 pm
5 hand-picked articles from across the Startup Digest Reading Lists. Sign up to receive great weekly content on various topics from our expert curators. 1. Cofounder Disputes and Making Something People Want By Jessica Livingston Digest: Startup Curator: Zubin Chagpar In this excerpt from Jessica’s talk at the 2014 Female Founders Conference, she discusses the two most common reasons…
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How to be less busy as an entrepreneur On www.johnfdoherty.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 19-Jun-2017 at 3:44 pm I started my entrepreneur journey full time in late September 2015. Before that I worked full time for other companies, though I’ve always had side hustles such as this site you are currently reading. I love having side hustles. I like to argue that they keep me sharp. But the truth is that at some […]...
Assess & Design Your Innovation Portfolio On blog.strategyzer.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 19-Jun-2017 at 7:40 am Yves Pigneur and I worked on an innovation management prototype prototype
for one of the largest privately held companies in the world. In this post
we show an excerpt of what we came up with. We call it Business R&D.
Winner take all On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 19-Jun-2017 at 1:19 am Really? Almost nothing in our daily lives is actually a winner take all competition. Somewhere, there's someone fitter, faster, thinner, quicker, smarter, more popular or richer than you. And there's someone else fitter, faster, thinner, quicker, smarter, more popular or...
How to Get Your App Featured In IOS App Store On www.smallbizdaily.com Submitted by Devendra Sikarwar on 18-Jun-2017 at 10:43 pm Here are some of the ideas to incorporate if you are an IOS app development company to get your app featured in IOS App store and getting more hits on the download button.
13 Strategies to Use If Your Domain Name Isn’t Available On neilpatel.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 18-Jun-2017 at 8:15 am
It’s part of the struggle of running a business in the digital age. You come up with the perfect business name. You design business cards, start all of the official paperwork, and tell everyone about it. But when you go online to register the domain name, you discover something horrible. Your perfect domain name is […]
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A professional stumbler On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 18-Jun-2017 at 1:35 am Leo's working hard to do something he's never done before. He's just turned one, and he doesn't know how to walk (yet). There are no really useful books or videos on how to walk. It's something he has to figure...
How to Get Your First DA 80+ Backlink On neilpatel.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 17-Jun-2017 at 8:07 am
Many businesses frame and hang up the first dollar bill they ever earned. It’s a reminder that they were able to overcome the initial hurdles of opening a business. For webmasters building a link strategy, their first authority backlink is the equivalent of that first dollar earned. But anyone can get a backlink. Heck, you […]
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Blame Charles Mochet On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 17-Jun-2017 at 2:18 am The standards of your industry and our culture were set a long time ago. So long ago that we often forget why... we forget and then we fail to change them. In 1934, the rules of bike racing were changed...
What are the sources of great business ideas? On www.saastr.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 16-Jun-2017 at 10:33 pm I can share my experiences, FWIW. One was inspiration, the other calculation. Both worked. For my first start-up, we purchased / licenses a dormant...
Anatomy of Effective Web Design On blog.startupdigest.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 16-Jun-2017 at 10:00 am
The following is a guest post by Valli Vishnubhotla, an SEO professional working at AWM Network. Valli writes for Market Inspector and Greenmatch, B2B digital marketplaces in Europe. A good web design gives the first impression of a business or a brand. Having a website in today’s world has become a necessity for every business because people look up online…
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Make two lists On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 16-Jun-2017 at 1:33 am On one list identify the grievances, disrespects and bad breaks: People who don't like you. Deals that went wrong. Unfair expectations. Bad situations. Unfortunate outcomes. Unfairness. It's all legitimate, it's all real. Don't hold back. On the other list, write...
Beyond Bookmarks: The 18 Best Read It Later and Bookmarking Apps On zapier.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 16-Jun-2017 at 1:00 am You don't have time to read everything you see on the web—but you might want to save it for later. These best bookmarking and read it later apps let you organize the best content you find online so you can easily rediscover it again later.
Why You Definitely Don’t Want to DIY Your Business Videos On blog.startupdigest.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 15-Jun-2017 at 10:00 am
The following is a guest post by Tiffany Rowe. Tiffany is a Marketing Administrator at Seek Visibility, where she assists clients in contributing resourceful content throughout the web. Now that nearly every social site has integrated video in a practical way, social media users have come to rely on video posts for their information and marketing materials;…
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How to Get 88% Open Rates and 56% CTRs Using Facebook Messenger On neilpatel.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 15-Jun-2017 at 8:18 am
I recently had an experience that changed the way I think of digital marketing. It happened on Facebook. More specifically, it happened on Facebook Messenger. I’m talking about Facebook messenger bots, also called “messenger bots,” “chat bots” or “Facebook bots.” My colleagues shared with me a recent marketing campaign that they conducted using Facebook Messenger. […]
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Testing Before Building Is The Key To Success On blog.strategyzer.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 15-Jun-2017 at 5:00 am Strategyzer co-founder Alex Osterwalder and Strategyn founder Tony Ulwick
discuss the importance of customer testing before building a solution.
Catch the full webinar replay here.
Growth Hacking the MENA Region On 500.co Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 15-Jun-2017 at 3:00 am Following up on our earlier post announcing the first closing of 500 Falcons, our fund for the Middle East and North Africa, weâre going to be posting a few
Mental load and the worry cache On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 15-Jun-2017 at 12:04 am It's well known that the team that wins an Olympic relay isn't the fastest at running or swimming—it's the team that handles the handoffs the best. The same thing is true of your job. The tasks could be done by...
20+ Productivity Apps for College Students and Young Professionals On zapier.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 14-Jun-2017 at 11:00 pm As a college student, you balance classes, homework, extra curricular activities, job applications, internships, and (if you're lucky) a few side projects. It's like a four-year master class in time management.
At least that's my experience: I'm finishing up a major in philosophy at Carnegie Mellon...
How to Target Multiple Keywords with One Page - Next Level On moz.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 14-Jun-2017 at 5:19 pm In this edition of our educational Next Level series, you'll learn an easy workflow for researching and targeting multiple keywords on one page. Read on and level up!
Optimize Your Funnel By Getting Inside Your Buyer’s Head On www.forentrepreneurs.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 14-Jun-2017 at 5:10 pm Part of finding product/market fit is turning early wins into repeatable, scalable, and profitable sales. Here's how to shorten the time to customer conversion from trials, freemium and open source products.
Meet Our Curator of the Week: Sarah Veness On blog.startupdigest.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 14-Jun-2017 at 10:00 am
Name: Sarah Veness Digest: Vancouver Curator Since: May 2016 Title: Community Curator & Web Developer Twitter: @sarahveness Passionate about encouraging women in tech, when not in the office, Sarah can often be found instructing and mentoring children and women’s coding events and attending as many meetups as can fit within her schedule. To receive Startup Digest Vancouver,…
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Algolia: From Impossible to Inevitable On www.saastr.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 14-Jun-2017 at 8:20 am Before I ever made a single investment, I was 100% heads down running my own SaaS company. I remember asking Jason Green of Emergence Capital (my 2x...
Alexa, What Makes You So Habit-Forming? On www.nirandfar.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 14-Jun-2017 at 7:21 am Voice interfaces like Amazon's Alexa are very engaging. A four-step model explains the psychology behind what makes the technology so habit-forming.
Tesla Lost $700 Million Last Year, So Why Is Tesla’s Valuation $60 Billion? On steveblank.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 14-Jun-2017 at 6:00 am Automobile manufacturers shipped 88 million cars in 2016. Tesla shipped 76,000. Yet Wall Street values Tesla higher than any other U.S. car manufacturer. What explains this more than 1,000 to 1 discrepancy in valuation? The future. -- Too many people compare Tesla to what already exists and that’s a mistake. Tesla is not another car…
Gorilla marketing On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 14-Jun-2017 at 1:09 am The late Jay Levinson created the Guerrilla Marketing series. I was lucky enough to work with him early in the arc, producing four of them. One of the core tenets of the books was that marketing was no longer merely...
How Can Enterprise Mobile App Benefit Your Business? On 360technosoft.wordpress.com Submitted by Devendra Sikarwar on 13-Jun-2017 at 11:49 pm A number of cell phones are equal to or we can say more than an existing population of the world, that is 7.5 billion. Paper was the key element to be used for business, transactions, records, processing which is now replaced by desktop, laptops, and cell phones. Employees are no more office specific, in fact,…
How to Build SEO Strategies Effectively (and Make Them Last) On moz.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 13-Jun-2017 at 5:05 pm With all the obstacles of everyday SEO work, how can you build a strategy that lasts? Bill Sebald shares 5 considerations every strategy requires, how to map your course, and how to reset your frame of mind to do your best work in 2017.
This Is How We’ve Stayed in Business for the Last Eight Years On blog.startupdigest.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 13-Jun-2017 at 10:00 am
The following is a guest post by ChopDawg.com, an award-winning app development company that has worked with over 180+ startups and companies from all around the globe, helping them bring their web apps, mobile apps, wearable apps and software ideas to life. Follow ChopDawg.com on Twitter at @ChopDawgStudios. Back in the summer of 2009, I…
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How to Make Your Mobile Site Load Faster On neilpatel.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 13-Jun-2017 at 8:09 am
If you take a look through my articles, you’ll see I talk about mobile-first thinking a lot. Why do I make such a big deal about this? Because mobile is the reality of today’s digital world. In fact, mobile is more important than desktop. 51.3% of all Internet usage is mobile. And that number will […]
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Congrats to Point Nine. Pick Them. On www.saastr.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 13-Jun-2017 at 7:14 am Today the 1100th VC fund of 2016-2017 was announced. It's hard to keep up with the explosion of new funds. I've even raised a few myself. But there is...
Examples of bad outreach emails On www.johnfdoherty.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 13-Jun-2017 at 7:00 am I get a lot of “outreach” emails trying to get me to add links to websites from my own sites. Of course, what these poor junior “outreach specialists” don’t know is that I’ve been in this game for a lot longer than they have and I’ve both sent and received my share of really bad […]...
Android O, 3rd Preview Now Rolls Out On indianceo.in Submitted by Devendra Sikarwar on 13-Jun-2017 at 5:26 am Android O, Google gives a new chance to the Android app development companies to develop and run their apps with Android O.
What 99% looks like On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 13-Jun-2017 at 1:58 am I did an interview with a leading Turkish vlogger. He sent me his work (in Turkish) and of course, the thing I noticed was this: 76 people who saw this interview took the time to give it a thumbs down....
Breaking Rules with Onnit CEO Aubrey Marcus On okdork.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 13-Jun-2017 at 12:00 am Aubrey Marcus is the CEO of Onnit. Most entrepreneurs talk about tactics â but with Aubrey, we talk about breaking the rules, relationships, and more. Dig in.
The Best Ways to Protect Your Time On zapier.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 12-Jun-2017 at 11:00 pm It's tricky to stop busyness encroaching on your time—especially when others request your time commitment. Let's look at a few ways you can protect your time from the demands and busywork, and free up your schedule for the most important things.
7 Marketing Secrets from 500 Startups Demo Days On 500.co Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 12-Jun-2017 at 8:34 pm Have Fun, Get Deals Done - The Future of Marketing is the Brand Experience Pitching to top Silicon Valley investors like Tim Draper is nerve-racking. It
How to Measure Performance with Custom Dimensions in Google Analytics [Tutorial] On moz.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 12-Jun-2017 at 5:05 pm Learn how to use Google Analytics to its full potential with this tutorial on custom dimensions. Tom Bennet shares how a little investment in your tracking setup and thoughtful consideration on which insights matter can squeeze the most value out of your analytics and reporting.
Town Pays for Uber Rides, ABCs of News Literacy & More Reading List Highlights On blog.startupdigest.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 12-Jun-2017 at 3:31 pm
5 hand-picked articles from across the Startup Digest Reading Lists. Sign up to receive great weekly content on various topics from our expert curators. 1. A Beautifully Illustrated Glossary Of Typographic Terms You Should Know By Janie Kliever Digest: Design Curators: Eugenio Monforte, Phillip Chao Learning the building blocks of typography will help you better understand how to…
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How to Iterate Your Way To a Scalable Marketing Strategy On sujanpatel.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 12-Jun-2017 at 1:56 pm
As your business grows, it’s important to start thinking about scalable marketing strategies. If you are at this point now (or will be soon), you won’t want to miss this episode! 1:30: What scalable marketing is and what it is not, as well as why you need to start with non-scalable channels. 6:15: Why you […]
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Psych’d: A new user psychology framework for increasing funnel conversion (Guest Post) On andrewchen.co Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 12-Jun-2017 at 10:00 am
[Hi readers, my good friend Darius Contractor (currently growth eng at Dropbox) has a brilliant new framework how user psychology has driven growth at companies like Bebo, Tickle, PhotoSugar and of course, Dropbox. Thanks to Darius and the folks at Reforge for putting this together. Hope you enjoy the writeup here! -Andrew] Increase your funnel conversion by getting users Psych’d – by […]
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Good — and Bad — Types of Debt On www.saastr.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 12-Jun-2017 at 8:20 am Fred Wilson recently wrote a post "There is No Free Lunch" talking in part about debt -- bank debt, venture debt and convertible debt -- as being toxic...
How to Grow Your Email Lists to 50K Subscribers (From Scratch) On sujanpatel.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 12-Jun-2017 at 5:54 am
As marketing tactics go, email might not be that new or exciting, but damn is it effective (especially when we take into account the relatively low cost of executing a campaign and consequently, the ROI it can deliver). Want some stats to back this up? 54% of marketers rated email as the most effective digital […]
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Accelerating revolutions On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 12-Jun-2017 at 2:32 am Four hundred years ago, almost no one on Earth had tasted coffee. It was too difficult to move things a few thousand miles. A hundred years ago, if you wanted a cold drink in the summer or needed to ice...
21 Bing Ads Hacks That’ll Increase Clicks While Decreasing Spend On neilpatel.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 11-Jun-2017 at 9:00 am
Before I launch into this article, I want to get the elephant in the room out of the way. Bing. I know what you might be thinking: “Really, Neil? Bing?” Yes, I meant Bing. No, that’s not a typo or a joke. There’s no doubt that Google is the goliath in the search engine space. […]
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"But what if it works?" On sethgodin.typepad.com Submitted by Thomas Schmitz on 11-Jun-2017 at 2:53 am Fear of success is at least as big a challenge as fear of failure. Because if it works, things are going to change. Are you ready for that?
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