crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

Publicity Stunts: When Good Ideas Go Bad | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. 5 Customer Experience Metrics Every Successful Company Tracks | The Buffer blog – [link]. The Ultimate Guide to Customer Acquisition | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. Publicity Stunts: When Good Ideas Go Bad | crowdSPRING Blog – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

For example, when your company adds ano ther blade to its disposal razors , the product’s technical development, marketing and sales will follow relatively predictable paths. If you’re a Lean Startup veteran, feel free to skim the beginning, as this is mostly stuff you already know. 1) Can you tell me more about your audience?

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Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Thrillbox Thrillbox is an immersive media analytics platform that provides distribution tools for content generators, advertising agencies, vendors, and networks. is a conversational Marketing Service that drives quality web traffic to your blog/web content by engaging with relevant people when they have relevant Tweet conversation.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Marketing Sales & Marketing Home Marketing Basics Sales Online Marketing Finding Customers Social Media Branding Social Media Does Your Companys Social Personality Need a Makeover? Technology Technology Home Online Business Tools Security Phones & Mobile Gadgets Tech Tips Technology The Future of Facebook -- Streaming Live Now.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. Stability – is a community of AI builders creating open AI prototypes for developing humanity’s future. Weekend Favs September 17 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 5, 2017

Case Study: 40% of Sales from SEO written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. So, first off we ‘tested’ SEO by creating three SEO-focused blog posts and by improving internal links for other blog posts with SEO value. This way we could keep track of how well our SEO activities were translating into sales.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 18, 2020

point of sale software”); however, that usually isn’t where the most opportunity is. For point-of-sale software, your brainstorming might look like this: Solution terms: Point of sale software, POS software, iPad POS, Android POS, Retail POS, Cafe POS, etc. Research your keywords in your chosen keyword tool.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 12, 2013

Penney failed with its no-sales selling | ThoughtGadgets by Ben Kunz – [link]. The Ultimate Collection Of Prototype And Wireframe Tools For Mobile And Web Design – [link]. The Ultimate Collection Of Prototype And Wireframe Tools For Mobile And Web Design – [link]. – [link].

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

The second product is 10Screens, a tool to visualize business requirements critical to software development, which tend to be hampered by poor communication among various stakeholders. Freshdesk introduces itself as a kind of Salesforce.com for customer support so to speak.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 9, 2016

The result is less qualified leads and fewer sales. Visitors are leaving pages completely unaware of content blocks, they’re assuming they’ve reached the end of the page long before they truly have, they’re missing cues to scroll horizontally, etc. What Is the “False Bottom”? How Common Is the Logical End?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Definition: You have a 4-step sales funnel on your website. Start on paper or using some of the great prototyping tools out there – and get feedback, early and often as you iterate and build something out. Interviewing customers, sales and support people. Moderated user research.

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Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2017

Although Recycler Spotter was perceived as a great model for increasing awareness and sales, most partners decided to wait for the product launch. An entrepreneur can quantitatively test potential buyers’ real intentions and develop a genuine understanding their needs before building out the product (app).

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2011

Suggest tools and evangelize new technology – each startup is different, but when it comes to Internet startups, there’s a lot of common tools and best practices. Steve Blank compiled an excellent list of tools ( see startup resources on VC Cafe)- have you? Help and mentor on how to build a sales organization.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

It’s part three of a series, cross-posted from his own blog , in which he draws on his experience to offer advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in Europe and beyond. Prepare a working prototype, showcase the product you actually want to build, or at least demonstrate that you are able to build it. 15-20% equity for first investors.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2018

While there s plenty of wiggle room within the basic structure; it boils down to just four basic steps: empathize, brainstorm, prototype, and test. We previously explained design thinking and how you can apply it to your business: Design Thinking is a methodology used by designers to solve complex problems for clients. Be consistent.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

For a startup, having great sales DNA is a wonderful asset. This is the magic of sales: by learning about each customer in-depth, they can convince each of them that this product would solve serious problems. But here’s where a truly great sales artist comes in. But all things are never equal. More on that in a moment.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Corporate Blog. Programming Tools. Business Tools. Gather quotes from multiple (at least 3) development companies for building a minimum feature prototype. Hire someone to do a working prototype/proof-of-concept. Test your prototype in your target market. -->. Our Newsletters Contact Us. Our Services.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

(Almost) everything you need to know (but are afraid to ask) before you wistfully ask a product manager to coffee so they will help you find a job. TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. As a product manager at HomeAway (part of the Expedia, Inc.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Depending on its complexity, new product development can last for years, accruing research, prototyping, and production costs without bringing in revenue. But in many cases, the introduction stage is marked by slow-to-moderate sales and little profit. Introduction. Rapid skimming. Growth will come mostly through word-of-mouth.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Geolocating is being used as tool for us as a collective to “assemble” so we can collaborate and take back control of our destiny and conversations. Does the store have an emotional footprint or large ‘sale’ signs? Conviviality Culture : All we really long for is socialisation. Mobiles tell us where we are, and why we are there.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Although customers didnt flock to this offering at first, we had enough of a developer program active to start recruiting early adopters to start creating 3D objects for sale in our catalog. As a result, we were able to get started more quickly, avoid writing a ton of art path tools from scratch, and even hire from within that community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Building and testing prototypes. Now its time to start to think seriously about how to find a repeatable and scalable sales process, how to position and market the product, and how to build a product development team that can turn an early product into a Whole Product. Seeing whats possible. Playing with new technologies.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

cdixon.org - chris dixons blog. My posterous blog. You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. link] Closer To The Ideal » Blog Archive » If you have an idea for a startup, talk about the idea with everyone. [.] link] Lean Startups Blog – rants and raves from the startup trenches.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2016

Almost each one of us reading this blog has a business idea that we are convinced can be the next big thing. The hustlers among us have also validated their idea through prototypes and pop-surveys. You will also need an advertising budget and sales/marketing professionals who can make that happen.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 25, 2010

While this article is meant as a break from the normal seriousness of this blog, I honestly believe that we can learn much from a group of founders who sold hundreds of millions ( some say 1 billion ) units. And so it is with starting a company. Here are four lessons we can learn from the Beatles’ startup career.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

A few of the detailed case studies include: Tech legend Bill Gross building an MVP in 1999 to test demand for online car sales, which grew into CarsDirect.com. KISSmetrics building and empowering cross-functional teams to attack problems in their sales funnels via hypothesis testing. Startup blogging was hardly "cool" back then.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

In this post, I want to challenge that idea, by talking about real-world situations where debt is highly valuable. I hope to show why lean and agile techniques actually reduce the negative impacts of technical debt and increase our ability to take advantage of its positive effects. As a result, many technical debts were summarily cancelled.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Clickable Prototype. The most common objection to this pre-sale (or smoke test) process is that customers will be upset that full functionality is not available. ’ Even though, again, you accept the credit card and you use different tools for that, like Stripe. By running a smoke test. What is a smoke test?

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

That’s the sales forecast, the spending forecast and the cash flow. He is the known guru in business planning, particularly for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs, although he’s worked with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies as well. What does it contain? I’m starting going straight into the material.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Department of Commerce, online sales were up 15.4% The site follows most eCommerce navigation prototypes and the “Cart (0)” link in the top, right-hand corner of the screen tells you you will be able to make a purchase on-site… As it turns out, you can’t and will be directed to a third party retailer… Your Next Steps.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

This Stanford class will introduce management tools for entrepreneurs. Our objective is to get them using the tools that help startups to test their hypotheses and make adjustments when they learn that their original assumptions about their business are wrong. Start your blog/wiki/journal. What’s Different About the Class?

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

My guest today is Kate Bradley Chernis, former rock and roll, DJ, turn founder and CEO of lately, AI tool that uses proprietary language models to craft personalized social media messaging. Embark on a transformative journey as we discuss the evolution of content marketing and the role of AI in shaping its future. This is John Jantsch.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2020

No-code and low-code tools are on the rise , with thousands of businesses and makers turning to a faster and cheaper way to test, validate, and build out their ideas. In theory, no-code tools are just that—tools that require zero coding. In theory, no-code tools are just that—tools that require zero coding.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 9, 2019

Marketing, product, sales, and operations. In nearly every case, the largest content group will be your blog. If your website has thousands of pages—or want to be exhaustive—you can also use a tool like Screaming Frog to crawl your entire site and enumerate all of the pages. Improve the vendor evaluation process. Engineering.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 17, 2017

This is all invaluable information that can feed straight into the wireframing/prototyping phase of the redesign project. This shows how experiment ideation and prioritization, tool set-up, QA, and implementation can happen at the same time as the development sprints. The Common Pitfalls of Radical Redesigns (and Some Possible Fixes).

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 20, 2012

You're slaving away learning to code and getting a prototype up and some fameball gets a check without even doing anything. I already believed in small, private groups going back to my observation of LiveJournal--where people's blogs were read by 5 people and mostly kept private. I think this is great advice. How's that even possible?

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