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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

ReadWriteStart

This new shift impacted as much as a 4% improvement in total sales of brands that had made the shift. For most online vendors, this new revenue model was a significant change in the way brands set advertising campaigns. When your ecommerce starts making sales, it’s crucial to cash-in testimonials from these customers for the site.

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Twitter Link Roundup #185 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

An Initial Sales Rep Comp Plan to Lower Your Stress Level, Increase Cash, and Make Everyone Money – [link]. An Initial Sales Rep Comp Plan to Lower Your Stress Level, Increase Cash, and Make Everyone Money – [link]. Interesting perspective from Steve Jobs about his legacy (from 1994) – [link].

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3 Ways Technology Is Changing Small Business Lending

YoungUpstarts

In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. With this loan option, which is also called a business cash advance, a lump sum of money is given in exchange for a specific percentage of your business’ future sales. Merchant Cash Advance.

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

Voices.com , an online marketplace that matches voice actors with advertising agencies and TV and radio stations, began in 2004 as an idea scribbled down on a napkin by newlyweds David and Stephanie Ciccarelli. That’s why I called in some experts to share their stories and tips: 1. Write it down on a napkin. Beth’s advice.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. Mobile advertising became more targeted and user friendly by adapting to the small screen — but advertisers are slow to adopt , with much upside still to come.

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4 Reasons To Consider A New Domain Name For Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

I remember back in 1994 when a friend asked if I’d like to buy a domain name. These figures come from the domain company Rightside which recently released a snapshot of many of their $10K+ Platinum Domain sales. By Robert Bruce, founder of www.homes.forsale. I had no idea what that meant, so I turned it down.

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Stitch Fix: Reinventing Retail Through Personalization

abovethecrowd.com

A new pricing or packaging model does not by itself represent a meaningful core differentiation, and the rising abundance of “subscription” or “flash sales” companies heightened our concern with regard to barriers to entry. Also, many of these companies were built with heavy doses of advertising spend, a clear red-flag in our book.