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

YoungUpstarts

Others are based on misconceptions about how the business world works, what motivates customers, and so forth. Sometimes that sabotage might cost you ‘only’ a customer or a sale… but over time, a few customers here and a few dollars there can lead to your closing your doors forever. Holding resources in reserve.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #14: Selling to the “Cool Kids”

Austin Startup

As I’ve helped entrepreneurs find their own product-market fit and connected them to potential clients, investors, and Advisory Board members, I’ve spent a lot of time telling them about the “cool kids”. I’ve also, of course, been spending a lot of time talking about this with our rapidly growing sales team at data.world.

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Demand Generation vs. Lead Generation: Integrating To Drive Growth

ConversionXL

Bootstrapped startup Omnisend carved out a $19 million niche in an already saturated vertical. With a tactical understanding of two different marketing strategies: demand generation and lead generation. Typically, they use gated content to capture the prospect’s contact information so the sales team can nurture and convert them.

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Risk Avoiders Are Opportunity Missers: 10 Excuses Business Owners Make

YoungUpstarts

You’re ready to expand your customer base — almost. However, you’re certain it can’t be done without buying and mastering a certain software program that lets you personalize your marketing efforts. Hoping that sales will get better or that conditions will improve is the wimp’s approach. Yes, marketing is far from certain.

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We Only Need 1% of The Total Market! - Startups and angels: Along.

Tim Keane

They start with, say, a needed conversion to sales rate from a click stream and work back to the quantities and conversions at each step to achieve profitable results.). If you dont already know about it, check out the ECHO awards of the Direct Marketing Association. Bootstrapping. October 2010. September 2010.