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Forget PageRank: Here’s why you should focus on ranking instead

Search Engine Land

Therefore, focusing on building PageRank-passing backlinks is akin to gambling and hoping to hit the jackpot. Unique selling proposition. Unique selling proposition To Google and other search engines too, providing accurate, unique results to user queries is critically important. There are much better SEO alternatives, though.

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Key Insights from Every Speaker of Elite Camp 2016

ConversionXL

Redesigns aren’t always a bad idea, but redesigns without user research = gambling. Stop selling the way you want to sell, sell the way people want to buy. André Morys – The Growth Canvas: What You Should Really Copy from Amazon. Product Page (Option to buy, product information, cross-selling).

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The 17 Best Advertisements of All Time

Hubspot

Because of the impact they had on the growth of the brand, and because they manage to hit on some universal truth that allows us to remember these campaigns years after they first began. At the time, Reebok was selling more shoes than Nike ). The company experienced 42% market share growth in its first year with its help.

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A Look Back: Talkdesk, Greenhouse, Algolia and Gainsight Coming Up On $10m ARR

SaaStr

All were growing 15%-20% a month, so we called them “The 20%ers club” Did that growth last? You started your career at Proctor and Gamble, which was probably a little less fun and energetic than SaaStr. First thing I did was, I didn’t focus on growth, or numbers, or ARR, or anything. How did they do?

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CXL Live 2018 Recap: Top 5 Lessons from Each Speaker

ConversionXL

CXL Live is our flagship conference about growth and optimization. Amazon built its growth on top of these 4 pillars: Customer Centricity. Hana Abaza – Thriving on Change, Driving Growth and Lessons Learned at Shopify. Ed Fry – Customer Data Operations: Unleashing your hidden growth engine. Fastest fish wins.

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Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore

The Lost Book of Sales

I have to say it didn't bother me at all while I read it, but I can understand that modern "Growth Hackers" and other actively practicing professionals can feel that way. Starting to cross the chasm. How does the "D-Day" strategy help companies cross the chasm? What is the "Chasm"? A war analogy.

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Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

The Lost Book of Sales

Additionally, in the greater picture there is a mind-boggling lack of cross-disciplinarity in academia. ” When faithfully adhered to, these traits result in one of the best-known Munger characteristics: not buying or selling often! Bias from gambling compulsion. ” For example, do they deploy cash?

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