Archive for the “Startups” category

Why can’t I re-target competitors visitors?

by adam on May 6, 2010

With the recent announcement from google about opening up re-targeting through adwords and plenty of venture money flowing into re-targeting companies, there is little doubt that ad re-targeting works.
“The conversion rate is similar to paid search,” he says of Criteo’s [...]

Proof that Ad.ly is spam

by adam on February 24, 2010

“In-stream” advertising startup, Ad.ly, as viewed by AdBlock Plus.

Designing For Social Traction: Solving 3 Big problems of Social Software

by adam on December 31, 2009

Great deck by Joshua Porter

Designing For Social Traction
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Are You Making Grilled Cheese Sandwiches or Viagra?

by adam on December 22, 2009

Is your product sexier than grilled cheese sandwiches? Do people like it better or are more willing to refer a friend to it? I’m willing to bet in 99/100 cases the answer is…NO.
Case and point: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches have [...]