Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

An eight-time author with a flair for building successful businesses, Julia grew her writing agency, Express Writers, to a remarkable $5 million in revenue with a team of over 100 staff members. 09:50] How can we encourage individuals to view content as a central element of their business strategy? [07:56]

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

One of my favorite quotes I learned in high school was: “Nonconformity is the Highest Form of Social Attainment&#. It was written as the yearbook quote of the smartest seniors as I was finishing my freshman year. above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

It got me thinking, which for me is always the sign of a good blog post. Too many startup execs place too much emphasis on the big stage launch. Maybe 10. So I’ve always advised people that if they do launch at a big show, the most important public relations work they do is after the conference. Total waste.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. and Half.com. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

In this episode, special guest Mark Suster joins Jason to talk with Dan Bowen from SyncBloc.com. Transcript Automated transcription services provided by: Dan Bowen: My name is Dan Bowen, and I’m up in the wine country in Healdsburg, California north of San Francisco, and the company name is SyncBloc, S-Y-N-C-B-L-O-C.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Ann is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author focused on helping businesses worldwide escape marketing mediocrity to ignite tangible results. It's brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. Marketing Podcast with Ann Handley. This is John Jantsch. My guest today is Ann Hanley.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Growing Your Business Quickly And Effectively Like A Weed written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Stu Heinecke In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Stu Heinecke. Stu is a bestselling business author, marketer, and Wall Street Journal cartoonist. Like this show?

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 12, 2020

In our societies and business, there’re leaders who have demonstrated exceptionalities personalities and traits. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners their inspirational leaders and here’s what they had to say; #1- Martin Luther King Jr. knew this, yet continued to lead his people in the name of civil rights.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 1, 2009 The Steve Jobs method Image via CrunchBase Its been a long time since I did a post that was primarily a link to another blog with commentary, but I came across something today that I really want to share. And he doesnt shy away from big-bang launch events.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

With their extensive experience in the startup world, Ash and Hasan share profound insights from their book, “ The Unfair Advantage: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed.” 05:55] Would you characterize your book as a business book or a self help book? [07:47] This is John Jantsch.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2010

Quarterly is too few for an early stage business. To understand what most VC’s want between board meetings I think it’s useful to start with a quote from Mark Solon ’s blog for which I’m in complete agreement (along with agreeing with his entire post, which was brave, honest and accurate ).

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Hearpreneur

MAY 31, 2020

Networking in business helps you reach more clients and more importantly, share your lessons and successes with other business owners. This ultimately improves your confidence and reminds you to push harder regardless of the obstacles you face in business. Of course, they’re various other ways you can benefit from networking.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 18, 2012

Most of them write books, speak, and maintain individual or group blogs and/or websites, but Twitter fans know that taking time to actually read them might very well cut into getting valuable work done! Be sure to check out their highly informative blog as well for even more valuable tips and tricks. Productivity Hacks.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 12, 2023

Joe has helped build thousands of businesses and generated hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients. 12:08] You talk openly about your struggles with addiction and one of the things you mention is to find out how people are suffering and how you can help – does that come from your own suffering? [18:29]

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 31, 2022

Questions I ask Alex Sanfilippo: [2:10] Could you dive into your journey – why did you choose to focus on podcasting tools? Questions I ask Alex Sanfilippo: [2:10] Could you dive into your journey – why did you choose to focus on podcasting tools? [5:02] Marketing Podcast with Alex Sanfilippo. The short answer is, no.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Yet few products these days can succeed without their online community, and the insight you can gain from interacting with that community is unparalleled, despite the pain. Communities care about lots of things, like how good your product is, how much information you give them, how you defend them from trolls, right?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

After 20 years of working in startups, I decided to take a step back and look at the product development model I had been following and see why it usually failed to provide useful guidance in activities outside the building – sales, marketing and business development. So what’s wrong the product development model?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

Hasan built a successful startup from his bedroom with nothing more than an online course and a yearning to escape the ‘rat race’. We talk about how to look at yourself and find the ingredients you didn’t realize you already had, to succeed in the cut-throat world of business. Could you break that idea down? [3:37] Great episode.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2009

As Im pontificating about agile, I see the name Kent Beck in my peripheral vision. I assumed he was there to refute my critique of extreme programming, but nothing could be further from the truth. Eric Names matter. By pulling in a web of associations, names help people quickly assess ideas. The following is the result.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

Instead, we want to hold it for a specific symptom, like “we missed the Jan 6 deadline by two weeks&# or “we had a site outage on Nov 10.&# It allows teams to diagnose sources of waste in their development process and continuously improve, reversing the usual trend of teams getting slower over time. First, a caveat.

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

When researching a new product, buyers use 10 or more channels to interact with companies. In this post, we’ll explore lessons from brands that use omnichannel marketing to deliver a seamless customer experience. Each channel presents a chance to make a good impression. Get them wrong, and you risk damaging brand perception and trust.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 24, 2023

Building A Strong Social Media Strategy For Business Growth written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Andrew Barlos In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Andrew Barlos. 03:57] What would be your best advice for a small business with little money to invest? [04:59]

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 25, 2014

30 Tips for Great Digital Marketing written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. It’s guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest post is from Tara Banda – Enjoy! So how do you make sure that these consumers find and choose your local business?

Marketing 77

Marketing Social Media Software Review Metadata 77

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. business models. All the usual caveats apply. Of course “copy” is too strong a word.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Discussions of technical debt are usually framed this way (again from Martin Fowler ): The metaphor also explains why it may be sensible to do the quick and dirty approach. Just as a business incurs some debt to take advantage of a market opportunity developers may incur technical debt to hit an important deadline. Remember Hamlet?

Technical Review 168

Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Lean 168

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

Keeping a blog has been great because so many entrepreneurs have written me with questions about their companies and I’ve gotten to know many of you personally through the process. I told the CEO, “I have the luxury of not knowing the name of the VC you’re talking to so I won’t sound biased.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 5, 2023

With over two decades in the digital marketing industry, he established his award-winning Melbourne-based digital agency WebSavvy back in 2006, to help small businesses grow. AI plays a big role in advertising, particularly in messaging and content creation. 10:37] Does geofencing have a place for certain businesses? [10:37]

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Advertising Analytics San Diego Networking 82

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2009

At Ardent I learned many of them with a sharp smack on the side of the head from a brilliant but abusive boss. At Ardent I learned many of them with a sharp smack on the side of the head from a brilliant but abusive boss. Not a process I recommend, but one in which the lessons stuck for a lifetime.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

Some of them are probably still cursing my name, because - lets face it - PHP can be pretty painful. From e-commerce to blogs to photo galleries, we benefited from tens of thousands of lines of code that had already been battle-tested. As a language, its inelegant. This post is about why. Take mod_perl , for example.

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PHP Software Review Ruby San Francisco 166

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! She has written about culture for Momentum Magazine, business for Resource World Magazine, and a mess of assorted topics for The Huffington Post. Try to think of all different types of names.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In fact, SaaS industry revenue is projected to grow from $49 billion in 2015 to $67 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of approximately eight percent. Instead of sitting down to write a 40-page business plan, start with a one-page pitch. Your competition, and a brief description of how you differ from them.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team. What Do VC’s Do?

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. If you look at the origins of most agile systems, including Scrum and XP , they come out of experiences in big companies. Thats pretty clear.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. business models. All the usual caveats apply. Of course “copy” is too strong a word.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 1, 2019

This transcript is sponsored by our transcript partner – Rev – Get $10 off your first order. We’re going to talk about a variety of things today including a new passion project that’s turned into a big business all by itself, I think. Back to Podcast. Transcript. We’ll have that in the show notes.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Even worse, when it comes time to "fix it right" the team gets pushback from the business leaders, who want more features. Its tempting to blame the business leaders ("MBA-types") for this mess. And in a mess this big, there is certainly blame to go around. In teams that have a business culture, the MBAs pick time.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

10:38] What point do you tell someone they need a board? [12:15] You can learn the science behind great marketing with bite size 20 minute episodes packed with practical advice from admired marketers and behavioral scientists. Building An Effective Board For Your Startup written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing.

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