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5 Keys To A Viable Spending Rate And Cash Management

Startup Professionals Musings

Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory.

Burn Rate 258
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How to Increase eCommerce Sales — Growth Tips from Industry Experts

Up and Running

5 proven business tips for increasing eCommerce sales. All I asked — What is your best advice for online businesses to get sales? For your eCommerce business, one of the best ways to generate sales is by creating an immersive experience that always sends a relevant message to your customers. Let’s get started!

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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. The larger the company, the more they’ll separate out business development and sales, with business development focused primarily on lead generation and sales focused on sealing the actual sale of the product or service. Below is the second of her three-part series.

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Empower Operational Employees to Innovate

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

The Benefits of Innovation Training for Operational Employees. Why is it that organizations don’t invest in training operational employees? It’s great those folks get the training, and, a missed opportunity to provide training to the operational work force. And management of operations is all about control.

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Sales and Marketing Misalignment Is Costly—But Avoidable

ConversionXL

Sales and marketing misalignment reduces revenue, lowers the quality of customer service, and can even dampen company culture. According to The B2B Lead , sales reps spend about 50% of their time prospecting unproductive deals—while missing 80% of the most qualified leads. Of course, it isn’t just your sales team that suffers.

Sales 90
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5 Ways To Conserve Investor Cash And Ensure Survival

Startup Professionals Musings

Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory.

Burn Rate 310
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Tips to Help you Think About Sales at Your Startup

Both Sides of the Table

It’s the lifeblood of any organization and yet most startups don’t have any sales DNA on their teams. It’s important enough that I dedicate a tab on my blog to startup sales & marketing. But the ground we covered was awesome for anybody wanting to know more about sales. What is your sales process?