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The Best Free Email Marketing Tool for Startups and Small Businesses

Up and Running

No matter what stage your business is in, there is one thing you can do for free that will build your market and help you grow: email marketing. An in-house email list is one of your business’s most important marketing assets. However, there are dozens of email marketing service providers on the market. A spoonful of sugar.

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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

ReadWriteStart

The rise of ecommerce started in 2001 – during the growth of the commercial availability of the internet in households. But your brand’s name is nowhere to be seen. The use of an email marketing strategy is a popular choice when it comes to higher conversion rates. The Rise of Ecommerce. Webstore Optimization.

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Back To Basics: Document Management Best Practices

YoungUpstarts

Most businesses have a large problem with staying consistent with the way folders are named and structured. Consistent Naming of Documents. People constantly name files the way they want, which creates a major headache when searching for the files. Avoid using names that are overly cryptic. Sharing Files Securely.

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The unimportance of product names

37signals.com

The unimportance of product names. Don’t waste too much time on picking a perfect name for your product. And what about picking a name that’s available as a domain? Obsessing over a name is an easy time trap to fall into when you should be focused on more important obstacles (i.e. Apr 27 2010. Ty Fujimura.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

The New York Times, January 2001. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” Finally, in December 2001, came the big reveal: Ginger was the Segway. . CD Baby famously took a similar tactic with their confirmation emails : It’s whimsical. Then, for an email address or a credit card number, offer him a drink.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

The New York Times, January 2001. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” Finally, in December 2001, came the big reveal: Ginger was the Segway. . CD Baby famously took a similar tactic with their confirmation emails : It’s whimsical. Then, for an email address or a credit card number, offer him a drink.

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

Both Sides of the Table

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). << we then discussed the need to do trademarks on your company and your key brand names. Second – don’t send unsolicited emails to VCs. I eventually needed more money.