This is a Quora question I was asked. My answer is as follows. In short, understanding marketing and sales conversion metrics and analyzing in spreadsheets Why Is This Important? A startup requires developing products, producing them, creating marketing copy and creative, all in context of a support structure with people, systems, suppliers/contractors, etc. All of [...]
See description for how to use this template in Section 2:Systems and Section 6: Marketing. Look for the "Business Organizer"
Here is a format for consumer product feedback surveys that I use. I take consumer product feedback surveys with a big grain of salt, for reasons listed here. But they have been useful for me when I follow the format below. Interview Format Could be a voice call, in-person/video or over email. Interview Process Describe [...]
Here is a simple model to determine success of product sampling in e-commerce. I was presented with some quick performance metrics on an e-commerce product sampling campaign for a supplement startup, which included the cost of the sample plus shipping ($.70), the average order value ($39) and the response rate at 20%. That got my [...]
This is a Quora question I was asked to answer. There are a few reasons: Help differentiate the brand better against competitors. You want to capture attention so you use packaging to do that, and if you look like everyone else, then it is hard to do that. Take a walk down a retail aisle [...]
This is a Quora question I was asked to answer. Here’s how I would go about finding customers who will pay the highest price for my products. Direct-to-consumer (DTC) The first thing I would do is create high quality products that customers will rave about. I would create a highly polished brand that looks good [...]
This is a Quora question I was asked to answer. Do you mean the return on ad spend ratio (ROAS)? I have never heard of “advertising to sales” ratio, but it probably means the same thing (revenue or sales divided by advertising spend…not to include media development costs or technology costs, just the costs to [...]
This is a Quora question I was asked to answer. My answer is as follows. From a functional perspective, yes. But that I think everyone knows that. If you are talking about protecting the product such that when the user opens the packaging, it is what they expect, of course your packaging is important. But [...]
This is a Quora question to sell goods in a luxury segment I was asked to answer. My answer is as follows. Are you selling your own products that you created and own to consumers, or are you reselling other luxury products via a wholesale basis? I think the answer depends on which avenue you [...]
I want to do a quick post here on marketing in words and the power of words. For my pet business we've had a newsletter a monthly newsletter for a long time. It's both in digital version and in print version. We've always named it newsletter and it goes out once a month. But [...]
