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5 Keys to Ensuring Credibility, Trust, and Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

As a long-time business executive and adviser to entrepreneurs, I see a definitive shift away from customer trust in traditional business messages, and the executives who deliver them. I summarize the key elements of the transformation as follows: Customers are seeking control in a run-away world.

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How to Track and Improve Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Effectiveness

ConversionXL

There’s more to ecommerce customer acquisition than increasing checkout conversion rates. For long-term, sustainable success, you must attract the right customers. In this article, you’ll learn how to gauge the effectiveness of any customer acquisition strategy. What makes customer acquisition different from marketing?

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Is the Lean Startup concept of MVP dead?

VC Cafe

Ditch the business plan and when assumptions are proven wrong, pivot Customer Development: Build a product your customers want (vs. what you think they might need) by talking to customers and testing every aspect of the product features, pricing, etc. In 2020, there is no second chance to make a first impression.

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18 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Pivot They’re Making in Their Business in 2020

Hearpreneur

So that’s why we are excited about 2020 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses. What we realized is that SMS marketing campaigns are significantly more effective for us than email campaigns when qualifying the interest of new potential customers. 4- In 2020 we are pivoting to enhancing older content.

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7 Trends That Will Define the Future of eCommerce in 2021

Up and Running

The first thing most eCommerce companies did in February of 2020 was to smash their crystal balls and toss out demand forecasts because the world was shaping up to be like nothing we’ve seen before. These are based on elements that should strengthen your store and limit disruption while building better customer relationships.

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The State of Consumer Tech in Israel in 2023

VC Cafe

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. Israeli B2C – Let’s start with the high level picture. Much has changed since then.

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How These Brothers Went from Hip-Hop Duo to Transforming the World of B2B Sales

ReadWriteStart

It was late 2019 when they started Accord, the world’s first Customer Collaboration Platform. They went through Y Combinator’s Winter 2020 Batch and recently raised $6M from Stripe. Some of their early customers include Figma, Productboard, and Very Good Security. Q: How will B2B sales evolve in the future? .

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