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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

They should also consider launching online B2C or B2B platforms incorporating mobile and social-commerce. The old paradigm of manufacturing in China and selling in Europe and US is no longer entirely true. A key point to note here is that developing halal products doesn’t limit a company from cross-selling to non-Muslims.

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

When I came to Paris in 2006, I had a well-developed idea for a startup and nothing else. There's a thriving geek culture in Paris, and no lack of software development expertise, thanks to superior universities that produce superior engineers. billion online in the first quarter of this year. and Amazon.fr). It has infiltrated the U.K.,

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Shiroube.com Finds Local Guides For Travelers

YoungUpstarts

Sato, an engineer by profession but moved to business development in an equity firm, met his co-founder Takuya Matoba there and decided to start Shiroube with their own personal funds. Interestingly, Sato runs the company from London and Paris, but development work takes place in Japan. The reason for this, Sato says, is very simple.

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Customer Journey Maps: A Step-by-Step Guide

ConversionXL

To help their client, Rail Europe, understand how North American travelers engage with the company across all touchpoints—not just when booking tickets—Adaptive Path built this customer journey map form that initial diagram: (Image Source). Each persona can yield its own map—becoming the reference point from which they base the journey.

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How to Use Social Media for Market Research

ConversionXL

You’re better off focusing on qualitative methods that will help you develop rich customer personas with a small number of responses. Around 97% of B2B and B2C companies use Facebook, which offers four main ways to conduct qualitative research: Polls Contests Call-to-action posts Brand mentions. How to use Facebook for market research.

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Episode 39: Cash Flow and Niche Focusing with David Knowles and Kacee Johnson

Mike Michalowicz

and Europe. He possesses 20 years of experience in branding and marketing with expertise across B2B and B2C industries, including retail, food and beverages, and financial services. Kacee regularly assists App Developers, Accounting Firms, MSP’s, Medical Offices, and Small Business Owners in operational and growth initiatives.

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Short guide to sales and marketing for start-ups [Guest Post]

VC Cafe

Building on my experience of being part of a team that did exactly that for Dropbox in Europe, I will attempt to demystify the process and hopefully give a starting point, from which any founder can start building a distribution engine that creates happy customers. Online chat. Another way connect with customers is online chat.

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