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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. The launch of the Xbox and Kinect, and the acquisitions of Skype and Yammer happened on his shift. Apple brilliantly mastered User Interface and product design to power the iPhone to dominance.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. The launch of the Xbox and Kinect, and the acquisitions of Skype and Yammer happened on his shift. Apple brilliantly mastered User Interface and product design to power the iPhone to dominance.

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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

CRM became more sophisticated, resulting in detailed monthly statements and targeted direct marketing. After a while, people were able to think about automobiles in a new way, which finally paved the way for massive improvements in design and manufacturing. In 2000, we launched a loyalty program for a bank in Turkey, Akbank.

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Transcript of Tips for Attracting Local Clients

Duct Tape Marketing

This is a tool that we use on the Duct Tape Marketing website thoroughly for content updates, for slide in boxes. Actually we even use the visual editor for all the pages and landing pages that we design so go check it out at ducttapemarketing.com we’ll have a special line in the show notes for today and check it out.

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Fear and Greed: What Drives Human Behavior?

ConversionXL

They’re also two triggers that direct marketers and copywriters have been well aware of for years. Simply understand that your customer has their own internal fears when they land on your page, and if you can design elements to assuage that fear, you’re more likely to convert them. appeared first on ConversionXL.

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I got out of the university in early 2000 and I never went on to a full-time job, so it’s always been an online business for me. I changed the design a few times. The person who owns this blog is Michael Pollack, and he was a web designer and small business fan. There’s some women here for starters, and that was why it was fun.