I recently started using Google Data Studio to create data-driven inbound marketing reports for select partners. It is similar to other reporting tools I have used in the past with a few benefits if you are already using Google products like Analytics, Adwords, & Search Console to analyze data. A couple of years ago I […]
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Why gardeners make the best marketers
Marketing is a force of nature, evolving along the same principles as any living species. A good marketer today thinks like a gardener knowing it requires the same discipline to grow a successful marketing campaign as a healthy garden. The other day when I was out for a run I had one of those déjàvu […]
When to say when | part. 1
If you aren’t willing to walk away, you should never start in the first place. It’s not giving up if you’re moving on, at least that is what I told myself after informing my partner that I would no longer work for the startup we started two years prior. After two years of full time work while juggling a […]
Lessons Learned Along the Way as an Entrepreneur
BY JOHN RAMPTON IN ENTREPRENEUR.COM 5 Lessons for First-Time Entrepreneurs I Learned the Hard Way Now that I’m well past my first-time entrepreneur experience, I can reflect on what I learned during that period in my life. In doing so, my tips might be able to help some of you first-time entrepreneurs out there get […]
Growing Your Brand Online
Think about growing your business like starting a garden. You want to create an environment for it to thrive. Proper strategy, placement and maintenance are key components that you need to control of if you are going to succeed. 1.) It All Starts With a Good Strategy A good marketing strategy is your foundation, similar […]
Infographic: How to Arrive at a Great App Preview Video
BY DANIEL FOSTER IN TECHSMITH What’s the difference between being asked to “make something” versus being asked to “make a dish from these 5 ingredients?” Constraints. It’s hard to start a project with a blank, white page, no deadlines, and no boundaries. The fact is: constraints drive creativity. You can see it in the work […]
18 Inspirational Quotes for Entrepreneurs
1.) “When you cease to dream you cease to live” – Malcolm Forbes 2.) “Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.” – Peter Drucker 3.) “The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are […]
How Silicon Valley can put local businesses back on the map
BY Tony Xu in TechCrunch I come from a small-business family. My mom has owned three small businesses; most recently, a medical clinic in the South Bay. But it was in her first business, a Chinese restaurant outside Chicago, where I saw firsthand the challenges facing small-business owners. When politicians say that “small businesses are […]
Fundraising Conversation w/Amos Schwartzfarb
Galvenize Study Hall – Fundraising with Amos Schwartzfarb 4/13/16 I want to make the disclaimer, these are my personal notes and how I interpreted what was being discussed in the conversation between Amos Schwartzfarb, the Managing Director of Techstars in Austin, and 8 other entrepreneurs who were in the seed fundraising stage of their latest […]
Pre and Post Launch Mobile App Marketing Pitfalls to Avoid
If you are in the mobile app market, or are working on marketing plan for a mobile app. Seema Nayak, head of Digital Marketing at MobStac, wrote a great article for KissMetrix on 11 Pre and Post Launch Mobile App Marketing Pitfalls to Avoid. Feel free to check out the article in its entirety at […]