Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Visionary CEOs are product and business model centric and extremely customer focused. Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Visionary CEOs are product and business model centric and extremely customer focused. Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 8, 2024

Exclusive to new customers—upgrade and grow your business with ActiveCampaign today! John (08:17): I was just going to say, I know you write a lot about, you've mentioned product market fit, really understanding the voice of the customer, really understanding the problem you solve, really understanding the experience they want to have.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Understanding them gets you one step closer to knowing how to deliver better value to your customers and defining your niche. In the dog-eat-dog world of contract manufacturing, paying close attention to competitors can pay dividends. This customer had mandated that its suppliers research offshore production. Conclusion.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Exclusive to new customers—upgrade and grow your business with ActiveCampaign today! They provide every new customer with one-on-one personal training and free migrations from your current marketing automation or email marketing provider. 10:25): Now, this offer is limited to new active campaign customers only. Fuel your growth.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2019

John DiJulius is an international consultant and keynote speaker on world-class customer service. In business, multi-channel communication has dramatically reduced phone calls to companies; customers can get answers and place orders via email, on websites or through social media channels.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

In fact, this has probably become the primary channel for securing your brand in the minds of your customers. In practice, it means doing all you can to make sure that when a customer types in a keyword related to your business, your website comes up first. There are two major channels through which to do this.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

This post takes you step-by-step through the process of building lasting and profitable relationships with channel partners. Customer success guru Lincoln Murphy talks about the ideal customer profile. What is your unique value proposition to the customers? Who are your best customers? Selecting Partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

That’s a win-win-win deal, since the ease-of-use attracts more people to the new site, it enhances the Facebook brand, and it simplifies the customer interaction. Here are the other reasons to use this strategy: It reduces common costs and customer learning curves. There's an opportunity for follow-on sales to existing customers.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

This post takes you step-by-step through the process of building lasting and profitable relationships with channel partners. Customer success guru Lincoln Murphy talks about the ideal customer profile. What is your unique value proposition to the customers? Who are your best customers? Selecting Partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

Getting investors to trust you with their money is always a challenge, and it’s even more difficult in the early stages, where you don’t have a significant revenue stream, a few customers, or maybe even a product yet. Here is my list of shortcomings that cause many investors to look elsewhere: No well-defined need or viable customer set.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

As a veteran of many disasters in which improvising in the moment to meet an immediate need led to innovative solutions, Carl has been impressed by how many businesses, small and large, have reinvented the way they serve their customers during the pandemic. Then they've gotten to work. It's member-owned.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

This value-based model bringing all the right customers to their yard is called demand generation. But when executed right, it pays dividends. In today’s market ( 8,000 martech products alone ), it’s easier to attract the right customer with material they value than it is to chase down and convert a prospect who isn’t ready to buy.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2020

Then, you turn up to people’s desks like an unwelcome door-to-door salesperson, trying to convince them of the virtues of customer-centricity. So how do you convince people with little motivation—throughout the entire business—to focus more on your customers? So how can data help you? Challenge opinions. Show the financial impact.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 20, 2019

Stage two was about getting those five channels to a level where they can start to pay dividends, and then adding on three additional channels. In addition to going even deeper into the channels you’ve already established, here you add CRM, marketing automation, and analytics and tracking into the mix.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In this post, we’ll uncover the dark funnel and show you how to win customers on the channels companies often overlook. . It’s an acknowledgment of the changing customer experience. Because of this, hidden channels are often overlooked. Communicate with buyers where they are, rather than relying on channels you can track.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2018

When you treat your people well — catch them doing things right, praise them when they are doing well, and redirect them when they get off track; when you empower them to bring their brains to work and make decisions — they will treat your customers well. I was home from school, sitting on the couch channel surfing, and suddenly it happened.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 8, 2013

In the first place you might very well learn that your competitors are doing little and that simply upping your inbound marketing efforts could pay immediate dividends. Find and follow their YouTube channel. You might also learn, as I’ve seen countless times, everyone in your industry is doing and saying basically the same thing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

That being said, I think probably one of the most common ones I get, no surprise because of my background in web marketing, is, “Where should I start my web marketing efforts, and how should I attract my first customers?” So I tell people to pick a marketing channel that they personally like.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 11, 2019

Similarly, the loss of just one other employer could be enough to put your customers out of jobs and you out of business. Or the fact that you are locally owned and know your customers by name. Population growth attracts new competitors to the market and just one new competitor could put you out of business. What do I mean by this?

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

But we had a solid product, strong weekly revenue growth (10% week over week), and two distribution/marketing channels that were already paying dividends. The best way to survive is to have customers paying you. There’s a couple places you can find other investors: Your customers. Surviving Until You Are Ready to Raise.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

In fact, SEO has in my view risen from the ranks of technical tactic to the status of full blow marketing and growth channel. Today, it’s important to consider SEO as an option in parallel with other established lead channels such as Public Relations, Advertising, and Referral Generation. Traction SEO.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 26, 2010

Don't focus just on the quote (the part the site does), include the final conversion to a paying customer (even if that data is offline). Consider doing quarterly analysis that focuses on calculating customer lifetime value. One for each key segment of the customer that the company has. Up a notch. No sirree bob!

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 16, 2019

You could: Promote their content across your social media channels; Quote someone from their company in your next guest post; Feature them in your newsletter; Gift them some company swag; Link to something link-worthy from their site. You can further personalize Pitchbox by adding custom fields for taking notes. .

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