Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2019

After working in business at all levels, and consulting to entrepreneurs for years, I’m still surprised to see so many situations where things that should be easy are painful to customers, and lead to customers hating your business. For example, I recently picked up my phone to call a well-advertised local company for a TV repair.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 1, 2018

Facebook is an advertising platform. We’ll have to accept Facebook as largely an advertising platform. Messaging apps are actually the #1 social media trend advertising and marketing executives say they’ll be focused on for 2018. Your customers (even the “old” ones over 50) rely on them more than you might think.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Social-media advertising. Display advertising. Display ads on mobile devices, including video and audio, also offer a new opportunity to reach target customers. Email marketing.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

Second, this class – which is built on the idea of interviewing customers/beneficiaries and stakeholders in person – now had to do all their customer discovery via a computer screen. How on earth would customer interviews work via video? At first this seemed to be a fatal stake through the heart of the class.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2020

This method is often used by businesses to send voice messages to their prospects, clients, and customers without interrupting them. It can be used for lead generation, customer appreciation, and alert notification. This technology is mostly used for customer outreach. Ringless voicemail has flexibility and scalability.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2019

Government programs. The government of every country has special provisions to encourage relevant startups by providing them grants as well as infrastructural support. Conventionally, government loans come with a lot of strings attached; however, they have lower interest rates making them more attractive. Crowdfunding.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Nationwide Insurance’s ad, which featured Kevin Federline as a failed rap star stuck in a job in a fast-food restaurant, generated anxiety and feelings of insecurity—not the goal of the advertiser, even though the multi-million dollar spot was surely “focus grouped” before getting approval. This post contains video, click to play].

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

We're going to use an affiliate program so our customers sell it for us.". But if it's not viral you still need a killer method of finding customers, and if it is supposed to be viral it better be encoded in the DNA of the application, not bolted on as an afterthought. Advertising ?? We're going to get reviews on blogs.".

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

preparing taxes) or on an hourly basis depending upon what type of service they provide to customers – some offer advisory work and compliance tasks like filing returns. What is the nature of my client base (individuals, businesses, government entities)? You can use social media or traditional methods like print advertising.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2014

The best way to ride the “silver tsunami” is to develop age-focused products or adapt one’s customer touch-points to the effects of physiological ageing. This can be diagrammatically represented below: Courtesy of Customer Experience Magazine. Embracing Physiological Ageing. Age-friendly Apple.

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Transformify

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

There are several enterprises, businesses, and government bodies that provide freelance jobs for translators. In this booming gig economy, lead generation firms are a fantastic opportunity for skilled salespeople and advertisers to put their abilities to the test and make a career out of it. Find Lead Generation Remote Jobs.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2017

His company had marched through customer discovery, learning about the customer problem, validated solutions and was now scaling sales and marketing. After a few months of talking to customers and working with sales, we defined the marketing Mission (our job) as: Help Sales deliver $25 million in sales with a 45% gross margin.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2020

Here are some of the most in demand digital products today: ERP Software : Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is a business management tool with customer relationship management capabilities, human resource (HR) features, as well as sales and marketing and employee management tools. Product Shipping Packaging Products. Conclusion.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Taxes: The Government’s Subscription Service Taxes are kind of like the subscription service you never signed up for but can’t unsubscribe from. Advertising Laws: The Fine Line of Promotion In the quest to shout your brand from the rooftops, ensure you’re not crossing lines with false advertising or misleading claims.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Embark on this journey by delving into a comprehensive study of your local market dynamics, seeking to grasp the demand for plumbing services, analyzing the competition, and understanding the demographics of potential customers.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Nudge your employees, customers, and community to complete the census. Census data directly drives the number of congressional representatives you’re entitled to and allocation of government dollars into your local school system, fire department, roads, and other community infrastructure. Register at Powerthepolls.org.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Government bureaucracies can be painfully slow! Envision your goals for your business: what you’ll make or sell, who your customers will be, and — most importantly — how being an entrepreneur will positively impact your life. If you do not reach and retain customers, you won’t be in business — you’ll be bankrupt. Hire smart.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 22, 2013

The Future of Advertising: ‘Pay-Per-Gaze’ Is Just the Beginning | Mashable – [link]. Crowdsourcing helps brands connect with fans, followers & customers: John Winsor | The Economic Times – [link]. Some great advertising by Droga5 for Newcastle Brown Ale – [link]. GigaOm – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

If your primary dream is to help the starving people around the world, or prevent global warming, you might consider a nonprofit, academic, on government role, rather be an entrepreneur. Most customers today won’t pay you five times the cost of alternatives, just because yours is “green.” Making a profit does not imply greed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2016

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Social-media advertising. Display advertising. Display ads on mobile devices, including video and audio, also offer a new opportunity to reach target customers. Email marketing.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 13, 2021

2- Consider customer feedback/advice. Our relationships with our customers and their trust in our company is our strongest asset. COVID-19 has shown us even more how important customer feedback is to the success of our business. 3- Practice empathy and kindness to all our customers. Thanks to Calista Redmond, RISC-V ! #2-

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

This is native advertising in real life, on a real website, acting as a key player in the race for the strongest, viral, engaging content. Native advertising evokes an organic experience – one that pays tribute to the design and UX which has and continues to advance the Web. Native advertising is not new. Native to what?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 31, 2017

And yet, in spite of all this, small emerging firms are largely left out of government contracting. Selling to the government is a slow process in the beginning. They dislike bureaucratic processes even more, so the government marketplace has never been an attractive option for startup firms. That may be about to change.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). Does advertising work in the social networking world? This Panel will explore issues such as: How can companies best utilize social networking media?

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

Fracking Your Customer Base – [link]. Fracking Your Customer Base – [link]. Proving there’s no shortage of idiots in government, Dallas proposes stupid restrictions designed to keep Uber away – [link]. Facebook’s share of digital advertising growing fast, thanks to mobile | GigaOM – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2017

The business leaders who create real technology paradigm shifts, or have changed the world of commerce, don’t advertise their failures, but they still feel them. They tried to make traffic signals intelligent way back in the early ‘70s, but found out that it takes more than technology to change government bureaucracies.

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Up and Running

MAY 21, 2015

Primary market research may result from you having direct contact with your customers or the public. Customer surveys. Existing customers. Potential customers. Government information. Federal, state and local government reports. Your competition. Technologies. Much of it is entirely free. Trade associations.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 26, 2021

2- Federal government contracting. Public sector contracting and more specifically federal government contracting is a cash cow. Specifically, we are just beginning to scratch the surface with what it means to create sustainable, deliberate, and conscientious fashion products for customers. Thanks to Wayne Connors, ACCL ! #2-

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2012

By Ron Kaufman, author of “ Uplifting Service: The Proven Path to Delighting Your Customers, Colleagues, and Everyone Else You Meet ”. Companies whose cultures aren’t built around the ability and the willingness — no, the eagerness — to delight the customer won’t survive. You know this. Own a service brand. Build your service culture.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Your vehicles will need to be ADA compliant if your business meets any of the following: Private employers with 15 or more employees; businesses operating for the benefit of the public; and, all state and local government agencies. Age and health condition of customers. Handicap lift: 30” x 40” wide clear platform. Economic conditions.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2013

Ric Dragon’s seminal publication “ Social Marketology: Improve Your Social Media Processes and Get Customers to Stay Forever ” is different. These elements could be formulated into social pyramids which can be customized for different social platforms depending on their properties.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 5, 2022

The information is generally easy to find, searching either online or by calling local government agencies for guidance. Get free ink from the government! For example, to avoid getting into difficulty with the IRS or other government agencies, it is critical to maintaining your books up to date. Start a Business Account.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

When all newspapers routinely published the yearly governmental budget memorandum on their front-pages, Rob would opt for the less covered but more influential story of refugees being traded by national governments. Our custom-made CMS?—?called Apart from promoting some of our articles in Facebook posts, we don’t advertise.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 25, 2012

For example, people are really shocked when they hear that even with no web analytics or advertising analytics tool on a site their behavior on the site gets automatically logged into server web logs. Perhaps the most common users are advertising platforms (Yahoo!, Cookies are always set on behalf of the website owner. La vita è bella.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Motivated to find a way to help students reduce costs, Yoo worked with advertisers to subsidise student printing. Niesh worked with ecentre, the startup business incubator at Massey University, as part of the Sprint Launch programme, focusing on growth through customer acquisition.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

Determined to give their customers the best software solutions, they have support structures that give the best experience to entrepreneurs. This next level will also require that you work with government regulators. The government will not allow you to conduct your business without a license. Nonetheless do not feel limited.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 17, 2019

Sophisticated computer algorithms can test billions of targeted messages, measure the results, and rework how you attract and retain customers ? I’ve stretched the term “brand” to encompass a wide range of people and interests — from politicians to institutions and even governments — who are all intent on changing how we think and what we do.

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