Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Jason Bay is a leading sales expert, and he talks with other leading sales experts to get you the information you need. John Jantsch (04:52): You know, you mentioned that, I mean, it was such a great differentiator, right? It's brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2019

I’d led the systems integration as CIO of the Gillette company into P&G in 2005, and run multi-billion dollar IT and Shared Services operations in every region of the world. Its product quality, sales and share price tanked — the share price in 2008 hit $3, as compared to $250 today. should all retail companies become like Amazon).

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

John Jantsch: Want to quickly send amazing looking emails to your prospects and customers in just minutes? I was actually building like ASP custom shopping carts, all this crazy stuff that I don’t even know how to do now. That’s what differentiates us from just advertising. Back to Podcast. Transcript. Simple test.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 28, 2011

If indeed you have any vision of selling your business in the future you’ve got to focus on marketing instead of simply focusing on sales. In my opinion, a greater focus on these elements not only creates greater sales, it leads to the creation of a more valuable asset – or something you might indeed be able to sell.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2011

I’m no science wiz, but I’ve always loved the idea of resistance in physics as a metaphor for the kind of resistance many business owners encounter when trying to spark a sale. Many times we can present a solution and price that seems like the obvious and logical choice, but can’t seem to make the sale.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

Many people are too cautious in sales processes and as a result when they present their solutions they end up sounding milquetoast and undifferentiated from anybody else in the market. I recently wrote about the three rules of sales. The first of question is about qualifying your potential customers aka leads. Why Buy Me?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. .

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

Picking a term with a well-understood foil (“outbound marketing”) makes it easier to understand and differentiate. Historically, both terms had narrower definitions related to telemarketing, which differentiated outbound versus inbound calls.) An early sign of success is customer adoption of the language.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Additional features like customization, personalization, small extra benefits are not included in MVP. Increase customer loyalty. Up till 2005, Thefacebook was a network for students, but it expanded beyond Ivy League, and even beyond the U.S. You’ll know exactly what value you provide to customers. Predict demand.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Discover the secrets and strategies of how your business can achieve the frictionless sale. We had a membership website that we started in 2005 for cleaning business owners and we ran that for 15 years. And all of a sudden you find yourself with disconnected teams and data leading to poor customer experience.

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BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2005

While the market is still early in development, the new IP PBX guys are playing the same sales and marketing game as the old school PBX players. Both of these companies are employing the open source model of letting customers download the product and upselling support and maintenance.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In his 2005 book, The World Is Flat , Thomas Friedman recognizes that the Internet has the ability to create a “level playing field” for all participants, and one where geographic distances become less relevant. Launched in 2005, Etsy is a leading marketplaces for the exchange of vintage and handmade items. annual GMV.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2014

Here’s why: Except for early adopters of technology and diehard environmental customers, most people aren’t buying a fuel type, they’re buying transportation. The Nissan Leaf battery pack alone costs about $18,000 (though government incentives bring down the overall vehicle cost to the customer).

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

One that reflects the customer expectations of 2013. Or Ford (it is amazing that in 2013, for such an expensive product, it looks so… 2005). It does require working with your CMO, VPs, Directors, IT, Offline Sales, UX, IT, and more people than you could ever imagine. I have a higher standard for who our customer is.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2010

To shed some light, here are some of the more interesting stats I found: · Revenues from mobile shopping and auctions started to outgrow mobile content revenues as early as 2005. Shopping and Auctions and Rakuten, an online shopping site Aggregator which generates 25% of its total sales via mobile. · participate in auctions.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

2) Help Others & Improve Upon Customer Service. I started my business namely to help others and to improve upon the aloof customer service being presented in the IT industry. I heard horror stories about how their technicians had chips on their shoulders, belittling customers with their elitist attitudes. That’s it.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In 2005, we launched all three products — in the order of listings, subscriptions, then ads — eventually discovering two surprising insights: The principal market for our listings and subscriptions products became the recruiting space, instead of business development and networking. What’s your differential business strategy?

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

By 2005, it became clear that more people were reading GigaOm than they were reading my then employer, Business 2.0. We spend money on things that help in improving the experience of our customers, our readers. you inspired me back in 2005 to look hard into blogging as a serious business venture. All the best my brotha.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

The strategy was brilliant: get loads of people using your product and eventually turn them into paying customers. Do paid and free customers have very different needs/priorities? Asking for the credit card up front is a good way to vet customers. if you’re just offering a product for sale? But is it the right data?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2011

These elemental characteristics are rooted deeply in human wants and desires and act to create a connection between a company, its products and services, its people and ultimately its customers. Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, has said repeatedly that Zappos is a customer happiness business that happens to sell shoes.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

I meet a lot of sales reps who are introverts, actually, because they can … Say if you’re a pharmaceutical sales rep, you go, you meet with a potential client, but then you’re in your car driving for an hour. You need to signal to potential customers that you’re worth it. You’re alone.

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