ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

In 2002, McKinsey published a study of 1,000 U.S. They do more of the same with less, often lowering quality and customer satisfaction. Companies in this category add features when customers desire greater value. Knowing your customers—and how they may change—is key. What the big studies have shown. Promotion. Pragmatic.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2017

One of the most memorable campaigns was launched by Sony Ericsson back in 2002 in the early days of cell phones with a digital camera. Giving out free stuff to your potential customers surely has the intention to show them the functionalities of your product, and it allows them to see all of its benefits for themselves.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

MOOCs are online education courses that mix video lectures, exercises, and assessments. Tech Startup dedicated to custom jeans circa 2013. Digital music has also changed over time, thanks to streaming services like Spotify or Pandora, which took hold since their introduction in 2006 and 2002.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Yes, there are a few self-taught naturals, like Bubba Watson, and, uh…Sam Snead (1912–2002). They learn how to talk with potential customers and de-risk their plans from the start. They may have the magic first or second order connections you need as a founder to sell your product or service to your most preferred customer targets.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

I thought Id share a little bit of that, too: I’ve been interested in different approaches to software development going back to 1987 when – in my first company Feld Technologies – my partner Dave Jilk and I started talking about “semi-custom software development&# (way ahead of its time). Read the rest. Expo SF (May.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2019

As your idea takes shape, you’ll increasingly zero in on the audience of potential customers whose problem your offering solves; for everyone else, your idea may not generate excitement, but don’t let that discourage you. And having a familiar basis for your offering will help customers recognize why it’s worth buying.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Ingenie claims to help customers (often students) save up to 50 percent of what they would otherwise be paying. I’ll leave you with one last example: consider GoPro , t he camera company that got started in 2002. The higher your score, the bigger the discount you’ll receive on your insurance policy come the three month review period.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Here is the video link or click on the image above. Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. ESPN, Forbes, AOL were customers. Thank you. (if

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Take a look: This full-day Master Class focuses on how to build a startup from the ground up to focus on customers, markets, and speed of iteration. Im working on a future post where Ill share the details of how I used customer development to shape both the content and packaging of this event, so look for that soon. It was a disaster.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Ingenie claims to help customers (often students) save up to 50% of what they would otherwise be paying. They’re a camera company that got started in 2002. The GoPro camera – a wide-angle lens HD camera capable of taking excellent video and good action shots, and which could go where other affordable cameras couldn’t.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2012

By 2002, I was down to 54. I changed my time allocation to spend 80% of my time on the front line with customers and employees. I also started actively, some would say overactively, using digital videos, webcasts, and an internal blog to make sure everybody around the world knew what I was doing, and to get feedback.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

It’s even more important today because social media creates opportunities for companies to engage customers , but also adds a tremendous amount of noise to an already noisy marketplace. There are many ways to seize opportunities to tell your prospective customers what you want them to know about you. Here’s to the crazy ones.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash. In 2002, he stepped gingerly into the work-for-equity arena, with a modest investment in one start-up. To be safe, GlobalLogic will put only its profit margin at risk: Customers have to pay enough of the fee to cover costs. Why customers watch videos.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 20, 2012

To see why, let’s wind the clock back to 2002 when Erica started her hosting company, Simpli. WordPress has impressive traction for an open-source tool, but it’s orders of magnitude less prevalent than it is today, so I can’t find customers in droves like we now do. circa 2008.) ought to result in similar success).

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

a customer before you try and build a business. That’s in stark contrast to the traditional Product Development Model where it’s expected a customer is already there and waiting and it’s simply a matter of [.] familiar with Customer Development you should be. familiar with Customer Development you should be.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 5, 2020

Products lack customization, and the pricing models behind the scenes don’t have the granularity you’d expect in a world of big data. Companies now have apps where you can view the car, put down a deposit, send your photo id and call it – like an Uber once you clear customs. Thanks to Kenny Trinh, Netbooknews !

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

Michael’s view (full details in the video) is that right now there often aren’t multiple buyers for consumer Internet companies and prices often aren’t what people hope for going into the process. Allows customers to select potential inventory through Be the Buyer program. 1 party = low price. TechCrunch.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Since using this process, the quality of leads and customers increase, conversions improve, and every single time, I feel like I become a better writer, without being put through the ringer. This test can be conducted by emailing 5 or so avid customers, and asking them for a few minutes of their time to review. In Copy Logic!

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Up and Running

MAY 6, 2015

Great way to get your business represented online and bring in new customers. The marketing team wants this video. We like listening to our customers and seeing what they do. Jonathan: Okay, so the homepage must convey that you are caring about your customers and you need to be mobile. ” How do you defeat the HIPPO?

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Philip Bouchard : You’ve started teaching at Berkeley since 2002, Columbia in 2003 and at Stanford since 2011. Can you become a founder by watching videos? In the middle of this pipeline is the I-Corps Lean LaunchPad methodology for customer discovery and validation. Innovators are not entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). The Past (1985-2002). Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Unfortunately, after months or even years of development, many companies discover that customers arent willing to buy their new wares. It isnt until a customer actually clicks or calls to place an order that TPGTEXs developers will build the software. "We The biggest is the confusion over why this tactic is useful.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

Second, when Brant and I founded Bazaarvoice there were only three retailers in the US with customer reviews. Your cellular phone company giving their best prices to new customers and not to you. I was a Blockbuster customer for many years. You could even say that I was a loyal Blockbuster customer. Remember that?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

So when Lulu started in 2002, so about 20 years ago, we just celebrated our 20th anniversary. So, so now you, by selling direct, they are a customer and you know absolutely who they are. Matt Briel (17:18): , the real thing here is what you alluded to is customer data. It's not your customer. I'm fine with 15%.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 8, 2018

[link] Putting an explainer video on your landing page is a great way to give customers a deeper understanding of your product in a short and entertaining format. In addition to being informative, explainer videos are also an extension of your brand and, when deployed effectively, a strong driver of sales. without video.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Teams use the Lean Startup toolkit: the Business Model Canvas + Customer Development process + Agile Engineering. These three tools allow startups to focus on the parts of an early stage venture that matter the most: the product, product/market fit, customer acquisition, revenue and cost model, channels and partners.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Since using this process, the quality of leads and customers increase, conversions improve, and every single time, I feel like I become a better writer, without being put through the ringer. This test can be conducted by emailing 5 or so avid customers, and asking them for a few minutes of their time to review. In Copy Logic!

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Hearpreneur

JULY 28, 2019

A good example is the emergence of chatbots that help in instant messaging of customers/clients. In every field, from medicine to real estate, the limits of VR are being tested as entrepreneurs find new ways to engage with customers. Many entrepreneurs are limited in the number of customers they can talk with and serve.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Customer personas are often talked about in marketing and product design, but they’re almost never done well. This post contains video, click to play]. A research-based archetypal representative of your customer based on various attributes, attitudes, and characteristics. can all benefit from a better idea of the customer.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 4, 2014

User experience guru Jared Spool was talking about the dangers of radical redesigns already back in 2003, Louis Rosenfeld was ranting against it in 2002, and so on. In 2008 Wal-Mart asked customers if they would like less cluttered stores, and the answer was “Yes, please.” Customers said they loved the change.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

You can, for example, isolate the conversion rate for all visitors who played the video you’re testing. You can add a custom goal right in the code, and it automatically shows up on the report – you don’t need to create the goal first. Account managers can tier customers. Very useful for recruiting testers.

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Venture Chronicles

MAY 16, 2012

Snabe is engaging and confident, I can see how he compliments Bill McDermott nicely, being able to go deep on any product or technology topic while also engaging customers at a business level. Dalgaard presented an organizational model of applications around Customers, People, Money, and Suppliers.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

So originally the customer was the Department of Defense. It was the first customer for the computer. The advantage of the consumer businesses is they tend to be much broader-based, much larger number of customers, that tend to over time be a lot more predictable. But I would say the market is schizophrenic.

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Designmantic Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

E-commerce and customer service run deep in Marsha Collier’s blood, heart and soul. She initially started out as professional circus juggler in Russia after dropping out of school but soon turned to acting and video-making when she discovered YouTube. Marsha Collier. Website: coolebaytools.com. Garnering a large following of 1.3+

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www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Facebook wasnt the first to social networking, Google wasnt the first to search, YouTube wasnt the first to video, yada yada. The reason I had not heard of them before was that they were targeting only ISPs as customers and as such, were maintaining / had acquired very low public visibility. [As It rarely helps.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

We spend money on things that help in improving the experience of our customers, our readers. In the early days, my belief was that blogs (or as I called them micro-pubs back in 2002) would grow really fast and it would allow me to aggregate large subsets of audiences around specific niches. but it was a miserable experience.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 9, 2018

My idea back then was clear that the name should address what we are doing and should be something that our target customers can directly relate to. But, so long as it made our message clear to our target customers, we were fine. When I started the business in 2002 we mainly sold portable air cooling and heating products.

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