Tag Archives: Conversion Rate

The #1 Concern for an Internet Startup Should be Customer Acquisition Cost 2

I’ve been talking with several people working on internet businesses recently, and it’s always the same story:  If we build a website that does (insert whatever perceived problem they are solving), then we can make (X dollars) every time a customer uses our wonderful service.
What they fail to think through is  the cost of getting [...]

Super Targeted Advertising: Tailoring Messages to an Audience’s Cognitive Style 0

There is some interesting research coming out of MIT (professor Glen Urban) that I think will eventually be relevant to behavioral ad targeting. The research recognizes that different people, in different contexts have different cognitive styles.
Cognitive styles can be measured across several different dimensions. Some examples include: impulsive (makes decisions quickly) vs. deliberative (explores [...]