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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. So they develop short-hand ways to qualify things better.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

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In 1817, David Ricardo published On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation where he expanded upon Smith’s work in developing the theory of Comparative Advantage. Any discussion of Internet marketplaces begins with the first quintessential marketplace, ebay (*). Exchange of Goods Marketplaces.

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

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Increasingly it became difficult to tell any system integration company apart and there was a whole new breed of competitors in the market helping companies build Internet businesses. Andersen had lost its long-time CEO, George Shaheen, was hemorrhaging staff and wasn’t exactly known as being an Internet pioneer.

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Conversion: The Most Important Internet Metric of All (Revisited)

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Over 13 years ago, in March of 2000, I wrote a blog post titled “ The Most Powerful Internet Metric of All. ” The key thesis was this: if an Internet company could obsess about only one metric, it should be conversion. As such, it is time to pound the table again – conversion is by far the most powerful Internet metric of all.

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How To Develop Your Customer Retention Strategy

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In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. Phase 2 – Develop The Product, Site or New Offers Based On Feedback From Existing Customers. Listen to their feedback & continue to develop the program based on their feedback.

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

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In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. Phase 2 – Develop The Product, Site or New Offers Based On Feedback From Existing Customers. Listen to their feedback & continue to develop the program based on their feedback.

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. Phase 2 – Develop The Product, Site or New Offers Based On Feedback From Existing Customers. Listen to their feedback & continue to develop the program based on their feedback.

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