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Why (and how) you should let your customers do the advertising for you

Duct Tape Marketing

When I first launched Hatchwise, I was still running an internet company I had started previously, called MyCustomLogo, which relied almost 100% on PPC ads to bring in new sales. So each of these factors made me decide that I wanted my next business to rely heavily on word of mouth, and to avoid PPC bidding wars and razor thin margins.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

And I was blessed to receive many awards for our product too. I started my business, Eco-Bags Products in 1989 for three key reasons. Thanks to Sharon Rowe, Eco-Bags Products ! #4- The entire wholesale process was antiquated — brands were using printed catalogs and line sheets to merchandise their products.

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Using Negative Keywords To Attract Highly Qualified Customers

ConversionXL

Negative keywords are easy to overlook, but can be critical to finding your target market with PPC. Erin over at PPC Hero wrote a really great piece demonstrating how negative keyword match types work , including a really helpful chart. Especially in cases where products share familiar names, such as these Supernova shoes….

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