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7 Customer Service Trends To Watch And Leverage In 2012

YoungUpstarts

Social media, mobile technologies and altering demographics present businesses of every size with tremendous opportunities. In 2012, smart, forward-looking companies will be viewing customer service in new ways. Here are 7 Customer Service Trends to watch and leverage in 2012: 1. Engaging the Whole Family. Being Social.

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3 Major Product Fails, And How To Avoid Their Mistakes

YoungUpstarts

These cycles are particularly pronounced in the technology industry, where rapid innovation leads to rapid product releases, and often to rapid failures. pound paperweight,” said the New York Times’ David Pogue in a technology review. An estimated 75 to 95 percent of new products fail in the marketplace. Samsung Galaxy Gear.

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Could You – Should You – Fund Your Startup With Credit Cards?

ReadWriteStart

The relatively low cost of starting a tech business today has made this choice more enticing than ever. To ensure he didn’t get in over his head, Herman says, “I only put monies on the credit cards for which I know I have corresponding payments due from customers. It hasn’t all been smooth sailing. “At

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

Voices.com , an online marketplace that matches voice actors with advertising agencies and TV and radio stations, began in 2004 as an idea scribbled down on a napkin by newlyweds David and Stephanie Ciccarelli. Don’t get focused on the tech or how to dominate the market, just identify a problem and set about solving it.

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How to Get Funding for a Business

Up and Running

Also, high-tech high-growth startups have access to investment funding that would not be available to stable, established businesses that show only slow growth. Investors will look first to a summary , and then a pitch ; but if you get through that screening, they’ll want to see a business plan for the process of due diligence.

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B2B Ecommerce Sites: What Works for B2B Buyers?

ConversionXL

Ecommerce sales are growing for traditional B2B businesses as well as direct-to-consumer brands, which are opening wholesale sides to get a slice of the growing B2B ecommerce pie. B2B buyers have two key differences that impact marketing and website design choices: A more complex sales cycle; Niche targeting. Image source ).

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Twitter Link Roundup #187 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Cycling To Work – How Tech Entrepreneurs In 3 Different Countries Get On Their Bike – [link]. How and Why to Be a Leader (Not a Wannabe) | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Your Words Should Match Your Actions | by @ bfeld – [link]. Silicon Valley’s ugly rich-poor gap: What’s the tech world gonna do about it?