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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

The New York Times, January 2001. Finally, in December 2001, came the big reveal: Ginger was the Segway. . Complex products and decisions—rife in the B2B world—encourage us to default to our heuristic judgment. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” That was all most people knew.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

The New York Times, January 2001. Finally, in December 2001, came the big reveal: Ginger was the Segway. . Complex products and decisions—rife in the B2B world—encourage us to default to our heuristic judgment. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” That was all most people knew.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. The New York Times describes Hipcamp as “ The Sharing Economy Visits the Backcountry.” Launched in 2005, Etsy is a leading marketplaces for the exchange of vintage and handmade items.

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

alexpoole.info

2001 ; Tullis et al., 2000-2001 , Tullis et al., Although studies of screen reading show no difference between reading from screen and from paper ( Dillon, 1992 ; Bernard, 2001 ), there could be some validity to this argument. However, this has not been borne out by recent evidence ( Bernard, 2001 , Boyarski et al.,

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Is Emotion Necessary To Make More Sales?

ConversionXL

In this article, we’ll look at the role that emotional design plays in expanding reach, the influence emotion has on decision making, and we’ll even answer the age old question of does emotion impact B2B? See, Mailchimp had already been around since 2001 and it took them from 7 years to reach their first 10,000 customers.

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

Both Sides of the Table

We were immediately thrust into a globally competitive market for B2B collaboration tools. I flew from San Diego (where I was visiting for Thanksgiving) to New York to persuade investors to stick with us. Then I got engaged to be married in late 2001 and had the motivation to get really serious.

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Transcript of Want to Be Like Amazon?

Duct Tape Marketing

They’ve been profitable since 2001. Bryan: It’s funny you mentioned that because I’m getting ready to do a keynote in a couple of weeks in New York at a retail conference. Bryan: That’s it and it sets expectations for B2C and B2B right and [00:23:11] at this point as well. [00:23:13]

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