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How do I get my first few customers?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

I was totally product focused for the last year and now it’s live, so I need to start thinking about finding some customers. ” So instead finding out who and where those potential customers are , which is hard, he just made a product, which is easy (for him). .” Any advice will help. What’s the answer?

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

It drives media attention and fosters customer retention rate, which is why most companies strive to have it in their mission statement. It seeks to solve customer problems in a better and more modern way and help such companies edge over the competition. And as we all know, wowing the customer over and over is no easy task.

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Customer Data Platforms: The Next Big Shift in SaaS Marketing Stacks?

ConversionXL

That was designed to allow information storage and manage customer contact information. After that, the adoption of the cloud as a more scalable and cost-effective approach allowed small/medium business to build CRMs around very specific market needs and establish dominance in new vertical segments. It was 2003.

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Micro-Multinationals, And How They Will Define Our Era

YoungUpstarts

Back in early 2003, a Dane named Janus Friis and a Swede named Niklas Zennström had an idea for a software application, and founded a business with the help of three Estonian software developers. And when that happens, micro-multinationals, their employees, customers and communities all prosper. [1] 3] Varian, H., 5] FedEx GCR 2014. [6]

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Business Advice Podcasts: Why Every Entrepreneur Should Tune In

Up and Running

In 2003, the journey of the podcast began, and by 2007, “The Ricky Gervais Show” made headlines with a record-breaking audience 260,000 listeners. Podcasts, though, don’t cost a dime. Tuning into a business advice podcast is going to cost you absolutely nothing, while still opening yourself to that valuable insight.

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How To Set A Balance Of User Growth Vs Profitability

Startup Professionals Musings

That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money. The number of current potential customers is large and growing. MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. Design a product or service that you can sell.

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Twitter Link Roundup #50 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Optimizing your Customer Acquisition Funnel – [link]. Optimizing your Customer Acquisition Funnel – [link]. Stupid vs Smart: Diesel Typography Advertisements – [link]. 46 Amazing Examples of Public Awareness Advertising – [link]. Legal risks and dangers of $99 logo stores – [link].