Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. He tripled Microsoft’s sales to $78 billion and profits more than doubled from $9 billion to $22 billion. These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – missing search, mobile and the cloud were directly where Microsoft users were heading.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. He tripled Microsoft’s sales to $78 billion and profits more than doubled from $9 billion to $22 billion. These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – missing search, mobile and the cloud were directly where Microsoft users were heading.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Sales is often a numbers game. The more prospective customers you are able to reach out to and the more efficiently you are able to move each customer through your sales funnel, the more sales you will be able to make even with many sales failing to fall through. Develop A Fixed Sales Process.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2014

Consider these statistics : Just 2 percent of sales occur during first meetings. In my book, I tell the story of a salesperson who did extensive research on each sales lead she got. Keep your pitch conversational — no one likes a hard sell. Do you kick your sales pitch up a notch to your hard sell? Her reasoning?

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2018

There is a way to gauge potential success of your product and market it to a demographic before official launch. It is a process called content marketing. It is a set of custom marketing strategies you need to engage in to ensure that your product identifies, attains, retains and grows its demographic. Content Marketing Basics.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Triggered marketing is a promotion trend that uses data analytics and the target clients’ emotions to guide them into making a purchase that fits into a business’ plan. And many businesses today are jumping on the triggered marketing bandwagon to achieve marketing success. Using collected data to make a difference in marketing.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Online marketing is now an integral part of operations that helps to increase brand awareness and drive sales, however because of this, many businesses are choosing to ignore their offline marketing. Word-of-mouth marketing can also be highly beneficial for your business. Attending exhibitions. Sponsoring local events.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 25, 2010

Examples: Make a sale on the tradeshow floor. Ask potential customers 3 specific things (market research). I frequently get a few sales just from the presentation. The sales guy you see at the counter screws things up. Everyone else "pitches at" people; be different and actually have a conversation.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

With a tactical understanding of two different marketing strategies: demand generation and lead generation. In this article, you’ll learn why each marketing strategy works and walk away with an armory of tactics to fuel your own growth marketing efforts. The podcast is just one part of their content marketing strategy.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JANUARY 19, 2021

Effective marketing is at the core of any online strategy. However, all too often, people think that effective marketing is simply knowing how to advertise. Direct marketing like that is useful, and it is one of the best ways to get a short-term surge of customers when you start a campaign. Understand the Funnel.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 26, 2017

A common mistake ecommerce store owners make is accepting the sale as the end-goal. Though the remaining 58% understand the importance of customer loyalty and retention, they may find it difficult to execute and analyze customer happiness and conversion campaigns. And that is where carefully crafted post-purchase emails come in.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

This is a huge recruiting year for data.world as we’ve found our product-market fit in the enterprise. 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”. in honor of my mother.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 20, 2022

Standing Out In A Crowded Market written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Mike Michalowicz. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Mike Michalowicz. And we’re talking about his latest book called – Get Different: Marketing That Can’t Be Ignored!

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2017

Proof Email Marketing Converts Leads Into Customers written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. As a small business, lead conversion can mean a lot of things to different people. And there’s no better place to focus your efforts than on email marketing. The power of email marketing is real. Take a look.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave’s a great guy with a good sense of humor and a broad knowledge of the market, which is why I was excited that he could be on the show. It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. Enter ShoeDazzle.

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ConversionXL

JULY 11, 2016

Elite Camp is a 3-day traffic and (mainly) conversion event. Amy Harrisson – The Science of Screenwriting for Online Marketers and Copywriters. Build a business case around conversion optimization. Conversion research revolves around one major question: How can we know which changes will be effective?

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Google Analytics is a platform within Google Marketing that analyzes user activity across and within websites. By observing how users reach your website and how they behave once they are on it, you can steer your online marketing strategy to improve the quantity and quality of visitors to your site. What is Google Analytics?

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Twenty-three percent of small business owners say that out of all the tasks involved in running their business, being a salesperson is their least favorite , making sales the least favorite task after bookkeeping, an eVoice survey found. People buy from people they like and trust. Ask Questions. Convey Benefits.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 3, 2011

I’ve been self-employed for the past two years thanks to the world of Internet marketing and my skills as a freelance copywriter. In this column I’ll be focusing on how different forms of writing are indispensable to success in business generally and Internet marketing specifically. Sell the solution, not the provider.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

Masterful design, branding and marketing. As a Digital Marketing Evangelist you can imagine how much that pains me. Security Choice: The Power of Conversion Through Transparency. "Let's just get people on the phone and our sales reps will convert!" Micro-conversions FTW! I lied earlier.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Transcript of How to Integrate Chat Into Your Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: This episode is a Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, and is brought to you by pixelz.com. John Jantsch: Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. Back to Podcast.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Texting: The Killer Application in your Offline Marketing Arsenal written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. That’s true where marketing is concerned too- we usually focus first on digital marketing. Online and offline marketing need to work together, for best results. Times have changed. Here’s how.

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www.chancebarnett.com

MAY 10, 2011

With the theory and insights and tips I gave about Positioning your business, finding your market online and “framing” your product to a hungry crowd… when it comes to actually sitting down and deciding what’s on your landing page, it can be a challenge knowing where to start. It was farther removed than that. Don’t get generic ones.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Marketing and sales collateral from Google is spartan, and common refrains about key features—like unsampled data—seem unworthy of a six-figure bill for most sites. Google Analytics 360 (GA360) is one of seven components of the Google Marketing Platform. Push GA360 data into the Salesforce Marketing Cloud reporting UI.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

But the ventures launched in recent years with gobs of venture-capital funding and targeting niche markets have accelerated the movement with user-friendly designs and a tight knit to social networks Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Airbnbs (move) quieted a lot of conversations," Shapiro says. Zimride users also sign up via Facebook. "We

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Transcript of Getting the Meeting with Contact Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast. He’s a marketer, a Wall Street Journal cartoonist, a bestselling author, and the founder of cartoonists.org.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

When it comes to the most famous company that got away, Groupon — which was offered and turned down $6 billion in 2010, and recently fell below that market cap — Lawee refuses to speculate about whether it would have fared better inside the Googleplex.). Result: sale was made. Business & Marketing. Flag this comment.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

To get into the property market you have to get loans of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The biggest deal I’ve ever done was a sale of a $100,000 website. I was getting more into internet marketing and trying to ramp up my income. Now my blog was about internet marketing. This was before Facebook or anything like that.

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ConversionXL

MAY 3, 2017

Facebook ads, when utilized properly, are among the most effective targeted marketing efforts in the industry. Basically, folks who are already in the sales funnel. Customer segmentation is an old trick in the marketing book. The newest entrants to your sales funnel. It’s widely used for a reason. Engaged Subscribers.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2007

We Only Need 1% of The Total Market! They have looked at a total market and backed into a financial projection that looks great at a small market share. They have looked at a total market and backed into a financial projection that looks great at a small market share. Markets are inherently unstable.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

They’re also two triggers that direct marketers and copywriters have been well aware of for years. The purpose of conversion optimization is to drive action – to influence prospects to click “buy.” Financial markets are driven by two powerful emotions – greed and fear.”. When Fear Drives Conversions.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Transcript of Using Story to Win on Social Media written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by ManyChat.com. John Jantsch: Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape marketing podcast. So I think of direct sales.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 29, 2016

In the beginning of the book, they offer a sort of framework for marketing to the old brain. So what the authors really mean here is ‘customer-centric’ What kills conversions is being too self-centered about your company and features. Direct marketers have been using this for years, especially those in the fitness industry.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 20, 2016

If you’ve got the time, watch his poetic “Modern Man” routine: Comedians like Carlin rail against the softening of language, the vague generalities that (mostly) marketers thrust into public discourse. Today, many people poke fun at startup jargon , business jargon , and even conversion optimization jargon. Any research done on this?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 13, 2011

That might not sound romantic, but as processes, online dating and information marketing are very similar. Scott Valdez certainly agrees. He trained himself to become an online dating expert simply because he found it his preferred method to meet people.

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Rob Go

AUGUST 10, 2011

David is a partner at Rockfish Brand Ventures, the investment arm of Rockfish Interactive , a leading digital agency focused on brand and consumer marketing. If Twitter is going to prove deserving of this valuation, their success will be directly tied to brand marketers continuing to embrace the service, especially with their ads platform.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 13, 2011

That might not sound romantic, but as processes, online dating and information marketing are very similar. Scott Valdez certainly agrees. He trained himself to become an online dating expert simply because he found it his preferred method to meet people.

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