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Calling Vince Lombardi: Four Mega-Trends for 2011

Growthink Blog

When seeking breakout companies to back, here are four mega-trends for 2011: 1. Tools of virtual collaboration – email chief among them but also Skype, Google Apps, and inexpensive “cloud” project management software like Basecamp - have eliminated most of the collaboration advantages of the traditional corporate form.

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How to Generate More Sales From Your Email Marketing Campaigns

ConversionXL

Compared to social media and content marketing, email is a mature channel for engaging online consumers. In fact, according to a Forrester report put out on September 24, 2012 email continues to be the top factor in influencing repeat purchases: Forrester Research report showing email’s positive influence on repeat customers.

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Sayahh’s Financial Statements For August 2011

Feld Thoughts

Dick’s friend Samir, who is hoping to land a job with Sayahh, agreed to put together several static landing pages and email collection forms. Dick is focusing his effort on getting some early customer validation and is using a Lean Startup approach. Once these were up Dick launched several AdWords campaigns to test customer interest.

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[Singapore][Event] Echelon 2011

YoungUpstarts

Echelon , Southeast Asia’s biggest conference for technology startups, is back for its 2011 edition and looks to be even more exciting than before. Email to: contact@e27.sg. Young Upstarts is a media partner of e27 and Echelon 2011. Event Details. Date: June 16 and 17. Organizer: e27. Event URL: [link]. See you there!

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How To Deal With Email After A Vacation

Feld Thoughts

As I’m already getting lots of out of office messages for people taking this week off, I thought I’d revisit an approach to how to deal with email after a vacation. In 2011, Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital came up with what, at the time, was what I thought was the best email vacation auto-responder in the history of email.

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Getting Better At Email

YoungUpstarts

Do you ever wonder how we functioned before email? At work, at home, or on the go, a vast majority of us can’t go 30 minutes without sending, receiving or reviewing our emails (I’m guilty of checking through the night, too). That’s why I can’t stress enough the importance of “getting better at email.”

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6 Ways to Increase Holiday Sales and Engage Your Customers

Up and Running

Personalize Emails to Your Customers. For online stores especially, but for any business that has email addresses and some basic information on their customer base’s sales history, it’s great to be able to personalize emails by including their name and a pertinent detail. Editor’s note: This article originally published in 2011.

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