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Startup Strategy Roundtable: African Tech Entrepreneurs Emerging

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an advertising and mobile services company that has subscribers and vendors as customers. Subscribers opt-in to receive advertising specials based on their interests, like coupons, special offers, etc. He launched last week, and through Google and Facebook advertising he has acquired 1,800 subscribers so far.

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Risk Avoiders Are Opportunity Missers: 10 Excuses Business Owners Make

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However, you’re certain it can’t be done without buying and mastering a certain software program that lets you personalize your marketing efforts. Instinctively, you know she’d be perfect for your team and she hinted that she might be in the market for a job change. Yes, marketing is far from certain.

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13 Of The Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (That May Not Seem Like Mistakes At All)

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Especially in a global economy that is becoming flatter and more competitive by the day, skimping on marketing is not the way to save money, because you’ll quickly find yourself out-publicized and out-advertised by the competition. At RME, we actually used marketing risk as a competitive edge. Refusing to “try, try again.”.