Double Down On The 6% Who Care

Figuring out where to spend your time when growing a start-up is a hard thing (if not the most important thing). At the beginning everything seems like it’s a great idea – each tactic seems like it’s going to be the thing that results in another quarter of double digit growth. However, we all know very few ideas actually end up moving the proverbial needle.

To this extent, I was reading a really interesting post on the Yammer blog that is definitely worth sharing. In an interview with the founders of OneTrueFan a fascinating stat came up regarding web traffic. According to the founders of OneTrueFan:

“… 84 percent of your site visitors only come once a month and if you talk to those people an hour later they don’t even know what site they actually visited. When you dig deeper to finding out who your true passionate fans are, it only amounts to six percent of visitors that read more on your site….”

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Why Ideas Don’t Happen

I was reading this interesting piece the other day on what stops people from reaching out and making their ambitions reality and it made me think about things that hold me back.

I think it’s always interesting to reflect on what holds you back, what stops you from taking that step into the unknown. Especially, those of us who run our own business’, something is always slowing us down or hampering our ‘next big ideas’ – or so we tell ourselves.

The key, I think, is simple to start. It’s always amazing how easy something becomes when there is something to build on. So start that project today – it only gets easier!