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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

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The rise of ecommerce started in 2001 – during the growth of the commercial availability of the internet in households. To be able to pick up on cost-effective sales , it’s essential to understand why and how ecommerce has become a success story. The Rise of Ecommerce. The Ecommerce Traps and Potholes.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

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Yet in expansionary periods, successful leaders spent significantly less on [selling, general, and administrative costs] than did their former peers. A focus on cost cutting—every decision is viewed through a loss-minimization lens. As the authors found, “Firms that cut costs faster and deeper than rivals don’t necessarily flourish.

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How Employee Experience Shapes Brand Perception

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Or SEO optimization. From, you know, when I first stood up, my very first e-commerce site literally was in 2001 , I was Eloqua or Eloqua's beta client and constant contacts beta client. We've moved from trying to make call centers a cost center to make it more of a revenue generation engine, right?

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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Why Use a Consulting CTO A consulting CTO can help you complete a business plan by estimating costs and timelines for the company’s technology development and deployment. Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! Why are consulting CTOs so scarce? Perhaps the more failures, the better?

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

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I knew I wanted the word miniatures in the business name–it lets people know exactly what we sell and is good for SEO. At the time of its incorporation (2001), I had seen an article published by the University of Chicago showing that 82 % of CEOs had revenue growth as their #1 objective. #3- Symbolise some fun and what we do.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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Shame on you for spinning your desire for junior developers as being solely related to cost. I run / wrote a site that serves approx 500,000 page requests a day, 5-10 complex SQL queries a page, god knows how much SEO related intelligence, 100,000s of users, external network comms. Just not a good fit for you. the list is long.

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