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Product Launches: 5 Unexpected Lessons from the Real World

ConversionXL

In consumer packaged goods, the benchmark for a “highly successful” product launch is no easy feat: $50 million in first-year sales. Successful product launch campaigns have a strong value proposition, multi-channel distribution, supporting content, and other trappings common to every marketing campaign. Image source ).

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Scaling Sales: From Craft to Machine

Seeing Both Sides

I''ve been thinking a lot lately about scaling sales. . Before this occurs, the sales process is a craft or an art - custom-made by the founder or evangelist sales VP. How do I build a repeatable, scalable sales process that is like an industrial machine - not a crafts project? 1) Enterprise Sales.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

These companies get the prevention-promotion balance right by evaluating every aspect of their business model—making near-term changes that reduce costs now and after demand returns (unlike layoffs). This means more people behind a screen, which means more opportunity across distribution channels. Image source ).

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SailPoint Closes 2010 with 40 New Global 2000 Customers and Two Strategic Transactions

Austin Startup

Driven by strong customer demand for its award-winning identity governance solution, SailPoint achieved record growth in 2010, with revenue up 200% over 2009. Our 2011 plan includes extensive additions to our engineering, support and sales teams as we respond to increasing customer demand around the world.”.

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Top 20 U.S. Tech Conferences Every Startup And SMB Should Check Out

YoungUpstarts

Join others who code to change the world for the better and explore distributed computing, examine the confluence between businesses and technology, and debate the power of technology on urban development. Don’t miss the small business sales and marketing event of the year! Hopefully we will see you there! FutureStack.

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E-Commerce Failures and Mistakes: Why do so Many Startups Fail?

ReadWriteStart

Ask yourself these questions: What should I sell to meet the demands of buyers? Does the photo look like something taken on a mobile phone from 2000? It’s advised to test a small amount of inventory for gauging product demand before buying it in bulk amount. How should I add value to my product?

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How to Miss By a Mile: An Alternative Look at Uber’s Potential Market Size

abovethecrowd.com

I find it surprising that a finance professor like Damodaran did not consider the impact of price on demand. The relationship between price and demand is well understood, and while Damodaran may not have the numbers he would need to calculate Uber’s specific price elasticity , let me assure you that it is high. Different Economics.