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Start-up SeriesPa r t 4 : Fi r s t C u s t o m e r t o S c a l e
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Dustin Cederholm
Digital Conversion Manger, Fluid
Phil Case
Managing Director/Partner, Fluid
Dustin Cederholm has been engaged in conversion optimization professionally for more than 7 years. His experience has helped companies as small as 25 employees with less than $1 million revenue and as large as 2,500 employees with >$1 billion revenue. He uses advanced CRO techniques to turn client’s site traffic into revenue.
Phil leads Fluid in its quest to become the most innovative and cutting-edge advertising agency, emphasizing brand strategy and creativity. His strengths include identifying problems and opportunities for businesses and developing cost-effective solutions that are in concert with bottom-line business objectives.
@DustinCederholm @GetFluid
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Taylor Bench
Director, Economic Development, TVC
Spencer Walker
Software Development Center, TVC
Spencer creates business opportunities from University-derived software. Prior to working at the University of Utah he built a successful business brokerage firm and closed over $3M in the first 12 months. Spencer volunteers his time as a city planning commissioner, economic development committee member, and self-reliance guru. He earned B.S. and MBA degrees from the University of Utah.
Taylor manages vetting, de-risking, and business model development for over 150 new inventions each year. He was a micro-cap fund Sr. Associate at BayHill Capital and raised over $26 million for clients as a New York investment banker. Taylor built an early stage, seed investment program of $750K per year. He holds a B.S. degree in Electronics Engineering from BYU and an MBA from the University of Utah.
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@GetFluid
#FluidWebinarSeries
@TechComOff
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4-Part Series Outline
Pa r t 1 : Suc ceed w i th t he Lea n Mode l
Pa r t 2 : Fro m Conc ep t t o P roduc t
Pa r t 3 : Fro m Produc t t o Fi r s t Cus t omer
Pa r t 4 : Fro m Fi r s t Cus to mer t o Sc a l e
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Why we’re doing this-A n d w h y y o u s h o u l d s t i c k a r o u n d .
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Discussion topics:Recognizable TVC companies that are at scale
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Case StudyAv a n S c i B i o
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Visual 2
Wait for it…
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Visual 2
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Team
Discussion topics:
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Visual 4
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Wait for it…
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Bridging Sales and Marketing
F l u id t a l k s how t o go f ro m cus to mer #1 to s c a l e .
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First Customer
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First Customer
• Ex per i ence• On-s i t e• Off-s i t e
• Cus t omer Se rv i ce• Produc t / Se r v i c e ex per i ence• Cro ss - se l l i ng and up - se l l i ng• Cen te r o f I nfl uenc e ( CO I )• Rev i ew
• User genera ted• Corp . gene ra t ed
• Nur tu re
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First Customer
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Remember Your Funnel
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Test, Test, Test
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Marketing Maturity Scale
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Return On Ad Spend
ROAS
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Performance Based Marketing
Performance-based advertising, also known as Pay for performance advertising is a form of advertising in which the purchaser pays only when there are measurable results. Performance-based advertising is becoming more common with the spread of electronic media, notably the Internet, where it is possible to measure user actions resulting from advertisement.
• Affiliate marketing
• Programmatic advertising
• Influencers
• Referral program
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Fluid Case Study
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Pluralsight Storyboard
• Affiliate marketing
• Programmatic advertising
• Influencers
• Referral program
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Pluralsight Storyboard
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IN SUMMARY• Connect your departments and find
transparency between them• Walk through your own process. Can you
find any hiccups? Let others do it as well• There is no one solution for all• Right people, right tools, right process
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Resources
• Fluid webinars, whitepapers, and business intelligence assets • http://getfluid.com/resources/
• Fluid blog: Get beginner, intermediate, and expert articles to improve your marketing and stay up to date with the latest marketing trends• http://getfluid.com/blog/
• TVC Grants Page: The SBIR/STTR programs provide over $2.3 billion annually in grants and contracts to small businesses and start-up companies for the development of new products and services.• http://tvc.utah.edu/tco/sbir.php
• TVC Software Development Center: The Software Development Center has worked on a wide range of projects from professional industrial algorithms, university medical tools and student intern directed applications.• http://tvc.utah.edu/sdc2/index.php
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THANK YOU
@GetFluid
#FluidWebinarSeries@TechComOff
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Questions?