ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2023

The Macro Factors Driving Volatility For tech startups, this new environment is obviously challenging: Business customers are cutting costs and hunkering down as the Fed enacts aggressive measures to combat inflation, and consumers are simultaneously feeling the pinch from both inflation and high borrowing costs.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2020

Customer experience is one of the most crucial factors determining the success of an organization. No matter how good the quality of your product is, it will be in vain if you offer poor customer experience. That said, here are some proven ways to deliver a better customer experience as a startup: 1. Understand Your Customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Employees are still too often thought of as a commodity, to be acquired “just in time” for the lowest cost, and managed as a disposable asset. It’s the same for customers and products, where analytics have long proven their value. Subjectively measuring employee engagement. Working on the wrong problem or assumption.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2023

Equally important is leadership in the marketplace, with customers, outside partners, and industry thought drivers. Effective team leadership, or leadership inside the box, is really only half the challenge that every entrepreneur faces. The time and energy to do both is beyond most mere mortals.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2020

If you’re looking for a strategy to get ahead when it comes to customer acquisition, machine learning can be your secret weapon. While machine learning does fall under the larger category of artificial intelligence (AI), it’s a bit more specific and can be extremely effective technology to pair with your customer and prospect database.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2019

Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. This commitment to hire people who think like entrepreneurs, or instill an “owner’s mindset” in every employee, should be a high priority in every business.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Key Takeaway: In the world of customer experience, mishaps are inevitable. However, by approaching customer recovery with style, empathy, and exceptional ownership, businesses can turn these situations into opportunities to create raving fans. 15:10 What are the best strategies for fixing a poor customer experience? [17:56]

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 8, 2021

But one of the secrets to effective scaling is an efficient team; if your employees are working productively and consistently, they’ll be capable of making your vision a reality. What Makes Employees Productive in a New Startup? So what is it that makes employees productive in a new startup? Uncertainty. Experimental workflows.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

For decades, efforts to satisfy customers have been built around demographics – capitalizing on race, ethnicity, gender, income, and other attributes. Customer personalities define customer experience, and sets what they love, and what they hate. There is no one set of exceptional experiences that will work for all customers.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

But cash gifts aside, there are plenty of other ways to show your employees that you appreciate their hard work, creativity, and dedication during the season of giving. ” One of the greatest gifts you can give employees is building a culture so great that they can’t imagine working any place else. WOW them with some grace.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

Customer satisfaction is one of the central aspects of every SaaS business. However, many believe that SaaS business customer satisfaction equals customer service, but that’s not true. A business would only have to place emphasis on providing good customer service and that would be the whole story.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2016

by Joseph Michelli, author of “ Driven to Delight: Delivering World-Class Customer Experience the Mercedes-Benz Way “. All leaders know this in theory … but how many are willing to bet their paychecks on their ability to knock the customer’s socks off? Customer-driven compensation makes people uncomfortable.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

There are several effective steps to launch a profitable custom software development startup. To help you get started, read on to learn about how to launch a profitable custom software development startup. The first thing you should do when launching a custom software business is conduct market research. Conduct Market Research.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Customer care is one of the most critical steps in starting a business. It’s a crucial part of every business for you to build strong relationships with your customers. According to a survey report provided by ArenaCX, 56% of customers stated that they are willing to pay a premium for a product to get excellent customer care.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2019

Too many business owners still think of “ customer support ” as an after-sale process to rectify customer problems with completed transactions. With the advent of instant communication and social media, customer service starts at the first hint of interest by you, and never ends for repeat customers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2023

Humanizing the Workplace: Building Strong Employee Relationships written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Joey Coleman In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Joey Coleman. He helps companies keep their customers. Like this show? This is John Jantsch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2023

A common initiative I hear from business owners today is their effort to improve the customer experience. Some are doing this at the expense of employee experience , which I believe is one of the major causes of employee dissatisfaction and exit of good employees today. Responsive – empower employees to help peers.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2020

When running a business, there’s one element that is more important than any other: the customer. If you don’t have customers purchasing your products or services, your company will quickly cease to exist. Due to the importance of customers, your communication with them should be a primary concern. It’s that simple.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2017

Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. This commitment to hire people who think like entrepreneurs, or instill an “owner’s mindset” in every employee, should be a high priority in every business.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Why keep employees engaged? Engagement isn’t just about putting on a good face for your customers and business partners. By understanding employee engagement , you can enhance productivity, improve retention in demanding fields and deliver higher quality products and services. Here are five ways to get the ball rolling: 1.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2020

With masses of employees huddled at home, safe from the ravages of the novel coronavirus threat looming on our horizon, remote work is no longer an option for millions of companies across the globe. Let’s take a look at what they are and what they can do to empower your work-at-home employees. #1: 1: PDFelement 7 Pro.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2019

We hear about corporate employees, strangled by slow-moving bureaucracy, that are blocked from making transformative discoveries. In fact, a Wharton Business School study in this decade of the “Top 30 Innovations of the Last 30 Years,” concluded that only eight were first conceived by entrepreneurs, and twenty-two were conceived by employees.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2019

Due to the rise of latest technology and digital business trends, entrepreneurs are hiring remote employees from different countries and states not only to expand their business processes but to provide their overseas customers with quality services. Set Limits with Remote Employees. Set Expectations Clearly.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Building A People-Centric Culture: From Employees To Contributors written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Janstch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Kai Anderson, a seasoned strategist and the leader of workforce transformation at Mercer.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 31, 2023

Some people claim ‘culture and employee engagement’ are luxuries you can focus on in good times but during market downturns they should be subjugated to business KPIs. MN: I think where most people go wrong during times of difficulty is to try and shield their employees from the truth — especially when it can feel scary.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 19, 2019

The performance of an organization heavily relies on the performance of the employees in a particular enterprise. While employers have expectations when it comes to employee performance, their expectations are not always met. Avail all the tools that employees need for work. Consider employee development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2023

With interactive social media and video everywhere, everyone needs to feel they have a relationship with their leaders, and every brand needs leader personification for customers to relate. Interact with employees and customers on a regular basis. Never be too busy to talk to real customers.

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2014

Two methods, Design Thinking and Customer Development (the core of the Lean Startup) provide the tactical day-to-day process of how to turn ideas into products. . While they both emphasize getting out of the building and taking to customers, they’re not the same. Here’s why.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2019

Many entrepreneurs think that adapting to the new technologies, like smart phones and Internet commerce, are the key to attracting new customers. High-technology product startups, without customers, don’t make a business. Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

With this immense change to the working environment came vast changes and challenges to the engagement, communication and working ethic of employees worldwide. While many companies reported higher productivity and more work-home balanced employees, many reported a noticeable decrease in employee engagement.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2020

Giving employees the opportunity to be heard and to feel valued is a great way to keep them engaged and grow your business from within. HR tools focused on employee engagement are just some of the many essential management tools that you should consider for your business. Engaging employees needs to be just that, engaging!

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2019

Engaged employees tend to be more customer-focused, productive , and loyal. As far as buzzwords are concerned, employee engagement is at the top of the list for any company that depends on its staff to translate customer value. It’s important to note that engagement isn’t similar to employee satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. This commitment to hire people who think like entrepreneurs, or instill an “owner’s mindset” in every employee, should be a high priority in every business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2022

We are living in a new generation of business, where customers drive the experience, and highly engaged employees are required to keep up with customer expectations. Traditional business leadership practices, including autocratic, reactive, and narcissistic, aren’t good enough. Marty Zwilling.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

That’s why leaders are supposed to set high expectations for all employees — and hold them accountable for a job done poorly. WOW factor workplaces are those that create a great experience for employees and customers. This is an agreement between you and the employees about what you each expect from each other.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2021

An engaged employee will go the extra mile because they understand how their actions make a positive difference for customers and colleagues. The post Want To Deliver A Great Customer Experience? Give Your Employees A Voice appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Jim Belosic is the CEO of ShortStack , a self-service custom app design tool used to create apps for Facebook Pages, websites and mobile Web browsing. Managers must walk a fine line between satisfying customers’ expectations and protecting their team members from what can quickly become hostile encounters that could be damaging to morale.

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