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27 Entrepreneurs Share Tips on Building an Ecommerce Business

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs, and business owners their tips on building an e-commerce business and here are the responses. #1- 4- Invest in content marketing Photo Credit: Alex Nigmatulin As entrepreneurs and business owners, one of our top tips for building a successful e-commerce venture is to invest in content marketing right from day one.

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

Both Sides of the Table

There’s an article making the rounds in tech circles titled “ Growth Hacking is Bull ” written by Muhammad Saleem. I’d like to make the case that the article is wrong. And if there is a term for that which helps entrepreneurs stay focused on these good and true objectives then I’m all for it.

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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

In this article, you’ll learn what growth hacking in marketing is and what it’s not. Neither would have achieved virality had customers not received something tangible for their efforts. Use this information to optimize for retention with: Transactional messaging. Growth hacking isn’t about deploying sleazy tricks.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

I have counseled innumerable entrepreneurs to change their focus to revenue, and many companies who refuse this advice get themselves into trouble by running out of iterations. Products can find sources of validation with impressive stats along a number of dimensions, such as high engagement, viral coefficient, or long-term retention.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

Tim O’Reilly’s recent article, “ The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ,” makes an impassioned argument that the ideas in our book, Blitzscaling , encourage entrepreneurs to behave in ways that are irresponsible or even dangerous in the pursuit of what he characterizes as “runaway growth.”

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

However, it’s home to some of the smartest entrepreneurs I’ve ever met, along with a long list of exceptional colleges and universities. You may be looking at the user TAM and thinking that 28 million businesses isn’t that much, especially compared to some of the previous social networks mentioned in this article.

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9 Things You Should Know About Social Login & CRO

ConversionXL

There is much more to say about registration processes than I have space for in this article, but you can read more here: Why user registration sucks and how it hurts your business. Others are fully sold on the value of users’ social data to marketers, including entrepreneur Higinio Maycotte. “