Grassblade model of startup acquisition = an incumbent is waiting until an upstart rival exceeds a KPI threshold x (e.g., 1 million users). Observations: ‘x’ needs to be defined so that it is big enough to prove the momentum, yet small enough to give a decent valuation — let the startup grow long enough, it can a serious competitor the…
Edelläkävijän kirous = edelläkävijä missaa bisnesmahdollisuuksia, koska kuvittelee että “se on jo tehty”. Ratkaisut tähän: 1. täydellinen ajoitus on mahdotonta: luovu sellaisen odottamisesta 2. mikään ongelma ei ole ratkaistu, ennen kuin kilpailijasi on ns. household brand (eikä sittenkään ole mahdotonta disruptoida, kuten Facebook => MySpace ja Google => Yahoo osoittavat) Aallolla ratsastaja tekee parhaimmat tuotot, ja aaltoon pääsee mukaan vähän…
= kerää verkkokauppojen tuotteita fyysiseen tilaan. “Myymälän rooli nähdään nyt ‘’entertainment hubina’’ ja sillä tulee olemaan tärkeä rooli asiakaskokemuksen luojana – ei niinkään ostospaikkana.” On mahdollista tehdä tavaratalo, jossa tuotteita voi kokeilla ja katsoa, mutta ne tilataan netin kautta. Näin ei tarvitse olla paikallista varastoa. Haasteena on, että asiakas voi haluta tuotteen heti matkaansa.
Here’s a great example of a business development program of an ad platform: Google provides similar service through its AdWords Partner program. Facebook and Google are offering the free 1-on-1 help for one simple reason: It improves the quality of ads. Because of this, two positive effects take place: a) the users are happier. As two-sided markets, FB and Google need…
Introduction It *is* indeed the question – most often focus of B2B digital marketing is on lead generation and marketing automation. Much less has been written about targeting. Yet, B2B targeting is far from having been solved. The typical conversation between decision makers and agencies goes something like this. Client: “All this online advertising is great – but I don’t…
Speed is one of the most important ranking factors in technical search-engine optimization (SEO). Besides search rankings, pagespeed directly or indirectly influences Quality Score in AdWords (and thus to click prices), and, perhaps most importantly, to the usability of website. Better usability, more conversions. PageSpeed Insights is a free service by Google to score the speed of a website. 100/100…
Introduction. In this post, I’m exploring the usefulness of personas in digital analytics. At Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), we have developed a system for automatic persona generation (APG) – see the demo. Under the leadership of Professor Jim Jansen, we’re constantly working to position this system toward the intersection of customer profiles, personas, and analytics. Imagine three levels of…
Googlen algoritmin tarkka toiminta on liikesalaisuus. Siihen, mitä tiedetään, paras lähde on Googlen oma sivusto. Tässä keskeisimpiä linkkejä: How search works? https://www.google.com/insidesearch/howsearchworks/thestory/ (lue kaikki alasivut) How Google works? https://www.slideshare.net/SearchMarketingExpo/how-google-works-a-ranking-engineers-perspective-by-paul-haahr (katso sisäpiiriläisen kuvaus) Googlen kolme opasta: Webmaster guidelines, Content guidelines, Quality guidelines: https://support.google.com/webmasters/topic/6001981?hl=en&ref_topic=3309300 (lue kaikki ohjeet) Hakukoneoptimoinnista löytyy paljon spekulointia – parasta on nojautua Googlen viralliseen tietoon. Monet ns. tutkimukset, joita…
I was reading through old emails while backing up my Gmail inbox with Gmvault, an open source command-line tool. Among other interesting trips to memory lane, one message was about the first startup user study I was involved with. It was for a life-coaching startup that eventually failed. In retrospect, it’s interesting to reflect on what went wrong and how…
Remora’s curse takes place when startup attaches itself to a large platform in the attempt to solve the chicken-and-egg problem of getting users. The large platform then exercises its greater power to void the investments made by the startup into the platform, essentially causing more or less deadly delays and needs for re-design. The idea originates from Don Dodge who…
