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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

The key to win those new customers was simplicity and intuitiveness. Your potential customer base grows as tools become simpler and easier to use, even non-coders can build a professional website with minimal effort. 2 nd decade (early 2000): The First Content Management Systems (CMS). Does that apply in software world?

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

ConversionXL

As we collect more and more data, it’s becoming increasingly hard to piece together and manage that data, and more importantly, to use that data in real-time to build better campaigns. Contact Management: The Beginning. launched a contact management software. It was 2003. All manual operations.

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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

Innovation 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 modern way, thus helping such companies edge the competition. Innovative if a word often used to describe successful companies.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

A lot of people ask me what it was like raising the Series A round for LinkedIn back in 2003. I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003. He provided our initial seed funding to launch the website publicly on May 5, 2003.

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When being an “expert” is harmful

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

I know our industry , I know how our customers think, and in our industry …&#. So, next week you’re going to a convention where you’ll talk to dozens of new potential customers. Methods of reaching consumers change every year (compare SEO or AdWords strategies from 2003 and 2010). “Great!

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The Search For the Fountain of Youth – Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Enterprise

Steve Blank

The company loses customers, then revenues and profits decline and it eventually gets acquired or goes out of business. valued by their existing customers – fairly well. If we use our “startup to large company,” diagram, we can see that sustaining innovations occur within a large company’s existing management structures.

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WordPress vs Webflow

ConversionXL

From sales pages to your products, or even your About page, the content management system you choose can make a big difference in growing your business and driving sales. If you’re a large organization, switching your content management system comes with a high cost. Personally I find creating a custom WordPress theme a pain.