Comments on: 10 obvious strategies to ruthlessly acquire users http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/ Essays on viral marketing, freemium, and social gaming Wed, 16 May 2012 23:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: To my first 10,000 blog subscribers: Thank you! | Andrew Chen (@andrew_chen) http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/comment-page-1/#comment-2024 To my first 10,000 blog subscribers: Thank you! | Andrew Chen (@andrew_chen) Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:54:49 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/#comment-2024 [...] 10 obvious strategies to ruthlessly acquire users [...] [...] 10 obvious strategies to ruthlessly acquire users [...]

]]> By: JD http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/comment-page-1/#comment-1749 JD Wed, 06 May 2009 09:20:52 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/#comment-1749 Another great post Andrew :) My opinion is to OUTSOURCE these tedious (but imp) tasks to an experienced company/person with a "successful" track record. Any recommendations for us commenters here ? <br>Or a better suggestion, why dont YOU start such an agency ! :)<br><br>I believe in focusing on key competencies, and outsourcing stuff to those who have been thru the learning curve & have exp & systems in place to run with it quickly & successfully. I'd def use it once we launch our public beeta :) <br>Cheers, JD Another great post Andrew :) My opinion is to OUTSOURCE these tedious (but imp) tasks to an experienced company/person with a “successful” track record. Any recommendations for us commenters here ?
Or a better suggestion, why dont YOU start such an agency ! :)

I believe in focusing on key competencies, and outsourcing stuff to those who have been thru the learning curve & have exp & systems in place to run with it quickly & successfully. I'd def use it once we launch our public beeta :)
Cheers, JD

]]> By: Authority Networker http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/comment-page-1/#comment-1699 Authority Networker Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:46:09 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/#comment-1699 If you have an network marketing online business, no doubt you’ve heard of funded proposals. Front end funded proposals are part of a process where you, as a marketer, sell inexpensive but very useful information products before you even talk to your prospects about joining your business. A short e-book or a monthly newsletter can actually be great optin bait that will convert more visitors to subscribers without any increase in ad cost. Exploding your downline growth with custom funded proposals is the lifeblood of any multilevel marketing program because is brings additional income to you from the 95% of prospects who will never join your primary business. If you have an network marketing online business, no doubt you’ve heard of funded proposals. Front end funded proposals are part of a process where you, as a marketer, sell inexpensive but very useful information products before you even talk to your prospects about joining your business. A short e-book or a monthly newsletter can actually be great optin bait that will convert more visitors to subscribers without any increase in ad cost. Exploding your downline growth with custom funded proposals is the lifeblood of any multilevel marketing program because is brings additional income to you from the 95% of prospects who will never join your primary business.

]]> By: rpg http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/comment-page-1/#comment-738 rpg Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:06:37 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/#comment-738 <p>nice collection of information some of it is obvious but sometimes overlooked by people.<br /> nice post and nice content well done :)</p> nice collection of information some of it is obvious but sometimes overlooked by people.
nice post and nice content well done :)

]]> By: Akhil Singh http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/comment-page-1/#comment-737 Akhil Singh Fri, 16 May 2008 06:56:32 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/#comment-737 <p>Hi Andrew, a brilliant post,as a matter of fact i am actually referring to this post again for a site that we are planning to launch by next month. Just wanted to ask you about point no 5- a/b tested signup pages. Didnt quite understand what do you mean by A/B test. Help me :-)</p> <p>Thanks, </p> Hi Andrew, a brilliant post,as a matter of fact i am actually referring to this post again for a site that we are planning to launch by next month. Just wanted to ask you about point no 5- a/b tested signup pages. Didnt quite understand what do you mean by A/B test. Help me :-)

Thanks,

]]> By: H W http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/comment-page-1/#comment-736 H W Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:11:51 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/#comment-736 <p>Helpful post!<br /> I didn't try #1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10 yet, half of them and think that my next step will be dealing with landing pages.<br /> </p> Helpful post!
I didn’t try #1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10 yet, half of them and think that my next step will be dealing with landing pages.

]]> By: Sean Ellis http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/comment-page-1/#comment-735 Sean Ellis Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:26:55 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/#comment-735 <p>Some great customer acquisition drivers here. I made a similar post today that focuses on some of the critical baseline marketing activities that should be executed before focusing on drivers. One of the key baseline projects was what you called “Reduce user drag through the entire funnel”. Here’s a link to the post - <br /> <a href="http://startup-marketing.com/2008/03/04/dont-skip-these-critical-startup-marketing-steps.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://startup-marketing.com/2008/03/04/dont-skip-these-critical-startup-marketing-steps.aspx</a></p> <p><br /> </p> Some great customer acquisition drivers here. I made a similar post today that focuses on some of the critical baseline marketing activities that should be executed before focusing on drivers. One of the key baseline projects was what you called “Reduce user drag through the entire funnel”. Here’s a link to the post –
http://startup-marketing.com/2008/03/04/dont-skip-these-critical-startup-marketing-steps.aspx

]]> By: Jim http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/comment-page-1/#comment-734 Jim Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:12:15 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/#comment-734 <p>Handy list. The key to each of these tactics however lies in the execution. It doesn't do to simply check each of these items off a laundry list and think you've done your marketing duty. There's more secret sauce and hard work in the execution of each than most people realize. In fact, none of these should be thought of as ever being "finished" - they need to be diligently revisited and optimized over time.</p> Handy list. The key to each of these tactics however lies in the execution. It doesn’t do to simply check each of these items off a laundry list and think you’ve done your marketing duty. There’s more secret sauce and hard work in the execution of each than most people realize. In fact, none of these should be thought of as ever being “finished” – they need to be diligently revisited and optimized over time.

]]> By: Martin http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Martin Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:06:44 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/#comment-733 <p>Agree these are obvious but they're also the most important. Taking care of these little "details" is what will make you break away from the rest. </p> <p>Think about these little details like when you compare interest rate vs a compounded interest rate. </p> <p>Every little 1% extra when compounded will bring an order of magnitude more going foward. This is true for user, revenues and profits.</p> Agree these are obvious but they’re also the most important. Taking care of these little “details” is what will make you break away from the rest.

Think about these little details like when you compare interest rate vs a compounded interest rate.

Every little 1% extra when compounded will bring an order of magnitude more going foward. This is true for user, revenues and profits.

]]> By: Owen http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Owen Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:03:27 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/#comment-732 <p>You mention that they're obvious, but programmers and site designers tend to get lazy with details. I've sent this link to everyone on my team who's involved with building our new ListBums website.</p> You mention that they’re obvious, but programmers and site designers tend to get lazy with details. I’ve sent this link to everyone on my team who’s involved with building our new ListBums website.

]]> By: First Round Capital Startup News http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/comment-page-1/#comment-739 First Round Capital Startup News Sun, 27 May 2007 14:05:04 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/#comment-739 <strong>10 obvious strategies to ruthlessly acquire users</strong> I've been looking for a list for how people go about acquiring users, and I haven't found a great one. So here's a group of obvious, standard strategies to acquire users, and details about a couple of them. 10 obvious strategies to ruthlessly acquire users

I’ve been looking for a list for how people go about acquiring users, and I haven’t found a great one. So here’s a group of obvious, standard strategies to acquire users, and details about a couple of them.

]]> By: Cheyne Rood http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/comment-page-1/#comment-731 Cheyne Rood Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:59:46 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/04/13/10-obvious-strategies-to-ruthlessly-acquire-users/#comment-731 <p>The strategies may be obvious, but they're nicely consolidated :D</p> <p>I'll probably be looking at this post again, as we approach launch...</p> <p>-Cheyne</p> <p> </p> The strategies may be obvious, but they’re nicely consolidated :D

I’ll probably be looking at this post again, as we approach launch…

-Cheyne

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