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7 Keys To Strategic Partnerships That Profit Everyone

Startup Professionals Musings

Where your competitor isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. If your customers would benefit by having products from both companies, you might negotiate the opportunity to include the other’s product as an add-on.

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Paranoid Companies Miss the Best New Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

If your "competitor" isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Affiliate marketing might actually be one of the more effective (and easier) ways to partner with someone else in the industry. Cross endorsement.

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7 Ways Getting In Bed With The Enemy Can Be Win-Win

Startup Professionals Musings

Where your competitor isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. If your customers would benefit by having products from both companies, you might negotiate the opportunity to include the other’s product as an add-on.

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Your Toughest Competitor May be Your Best Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

If your "competitor" isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Affiliate marketing might actually be one of the more effective (and easier) ways to partner with someone else in the industry. Cross endorsement.

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Organization, Communities or Associations they Belong to That Help Support Their Business

Hearpreneur

As an entrepreneur, joining organizations or networking groups can allow you to connect with like-minded people who can provide you with information and support, and refer customers to you. These include the National Retail Federation, the E-commerce Association, the Direct Marketing Association, and the American Marketing Association.

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7 Reasons To Turn The Enemy Into A Strategic Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

Where your competitor isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. If your customers would benefit by having products from both companies, you might negotiate the opportunity to include the other’s product as an add-on.

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Introduction to Growth Hacking for Startups

VC Cafe

The term “Growth Hacking”, invented by Sean Ellis , and made popular by Andrew Chen , a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines – marketing and coding: Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the traditional question of “How do I get customers for my product?”

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