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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

My company won the ROI of The Year award from The Banker magazine in 2004, something I was very proud of. Social media is high on the radar for CRM and loyalty specialists. There is a strong sense that CRM and social media could go together very well. Very few of us had friends on social media.

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Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million

Gust

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, Iā€™d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. Read on for a fuller explanation. Redpoint, led by Geoff Yang , invested $11.5

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Thursday Guest Stars :: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct.

Duct Tape Marketing

His latest book, ā€œ Flip the Funnel: How to use existing customers to gain new ones ,ā€ presents a powerful hypothesis that retention can become the new acquisition through the strategic incorporation and elevation of customer service, customer experience and customer initiated word-of-mouth, content creation and incentive-based referrals.

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How Do I Get More Leads in the Top of the Funnel 6 :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

His latest book, ā€œ Flip the Funnel: How to use existing customers to gain new ones ,ā€ presents a powerful hypothesis that retention can become the new acquisition through the strategic incorporation and elevation of customer service, customer experience and customer initiated word-of-mouth, content creation and incentive-based referrals.

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Demand Generation: 7 Tactics to Fuel Your Funnel

ConversionXL

Look instead at measuring KPIs like close rate, cost per acquisition, cost per lead, conversion rates, average contract value, and lifetime customer value. Sprout Social research shows that when a CEO has an active presence on social media, 70% of consumers feel more connected to that brand. The metrics.

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