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Some interesting news this morning - Oracle acquired Eloqua for just over 800mm. This is a huge validation of enterprise marketing technology and is going to have impact on the industry. This gives Oracle a critical piece of the marketing technology stack and far-and-away the most mature (and ...
According to the tagline on his blog, Dalton Caldwell does things the hard way. He's certainly proven that with his latest effort, choosing to forgo traditional investment for his new social network that promises not to rely on advertising to survive, but rather to get 10,000 new users to pre-pay ...
A friend recently asked twitter for some recommendations on what to read if they want to learn about Growth Hacking. Being a great marketer (fine, fine "growth hacker) is about nurturing two very different skill sets in yourself: (1) creatively coming up with novel ways to engage and delight ...
I recently helped a friend prioritize their measurement framework for a series of growth experiments. Here's a lightly edited version of my advice. When looking to focus on user growth, it's generally helpful to look at 3 key metrics. Time to first share length of sharing period k ...
Kevin Kelly's "What Technology Wants" is one of the most important books I've read in the past decade. If you're at all involved in technology innovation, it's required reading. I use several of the ideas originating from this book on a weekly basis. One of the ideas that I often revisit is the ...