The first 1M/1M – BizSpark Meetup followed by a regular roundtable session will be held this Thursday, May 19, 2011, at Microsoft in Bangalore, India. Please bring along your laptops, Wifi will be available. Coffee, tea, and snacks provided, no charges. For more information and to register please contact Praveen Karoshi at karoshi.praveen@gmail.com. All are
Sramana: How much money do you make off a customer once you acquire him or her, and what is the customer acquisition cost that you’re willing to invest ? Deborah Sweeney: We have done a number of formulas and the cost structure changes throughout the life of our company. We continue to grow because we offer
Entrepreneurs interested in discussing their startup ventures are invited to pitch their businesses or attend the next FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable on Thursday, May 19, 2011, starting at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. IST. You can find more details here and register here. All are welcome!
Sramana: Tell me more about how you go to market. How do you market and acquire customers? Deborah Sweeney: We have a couple primary methods. One of the most obvious, which has become less significant in our overall growth, is Internet search. Search engine optimization and search engine marketing are important to us because it’s
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Sramana: How many customers do you have that are using your services? Deborah Sweeney: We started in 1999 and have just under 500,000 customers who have used our services or incorporated with us. We have ongoing communications with 250,000 of them via newsletters, service offerings, and other communications to ensure renewed services year after year.
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Where do your revenues come from? Bruce: First of all, we get grants from the university and other folks. We also charge fees to our clients. It’s on a sliding scale. In our first phase, startups pay a modest fee. It increases in Mentored Launch, and then
Sramana: If I were a small business and I wanted to use your services to incorporate, what would it cost? Deborah Sweeney: For a basic filing which would include articles incorporation for your state, it would be $49. Each state has a filing fee, which ranges from $30 to upwards of $180.