Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The key contributors to an out-of-control burn rate is 1) hiring a sales force too early, 2) turning on the demand creation activities too early, 3) developing something other than the minimum feature set for first customer ship.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

Book Review: Rework (a fresh perspective on business by @jasonfried & @dhh of @37signals ) – [link]. Excellent post by Seth Godin on the challenges of dealing w/ email, social networks, etc. Book Review: Rework (a fresh perspective on business by @jasonfried & @dhh of @37signals ) – [link]. – [link].

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

But my favorite was when the public relations manager said, “we’re here to write press releases and answer the phone in case the press calls.” We hired union laborers to do that. My new head of Public Relations quickly learned that my admin could answer calls from the press. The same was true for PR.

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

Superhuman **, my email client. David Shadpour, CEO, Social Native *, recommends Mixmax **, a gmail enhancement to track email activities (opens, clicks), schedule emails, and create reminders. I record here the books I’ve read, not as diligently as I should. Only married once, just for clarity…) . Goodreads.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2012

What Job Are Your Customers Hiring Your Products To Perform? Which links get the most clicks in email newsletters? What Job Are Your Customers Hiring Your Products To Perform? Which links get the most clicks in email newsletters? Hire For Cultural Fit Over Competence - [link]. crowdSPRING Blog - [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2011

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. Therefore, marketing and public relations are often tackled piecemeal by whomever has time. Journalists get tons of pitches every day — it’s very likely that the journalist you’re pitching will only read the first few sentences of your email.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2011

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 24, 2011

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! 1) Let me introduce you I discovered the power of this first tactic quite by accident. Now that’s a happy customer!

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Rembrandt Communications

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

As seen on Little PINK Book). Make a list of contacts with their addresses, emails and phone numbers. Create unique content yourself, or hire an inexpensive intern or freelancer to help you. For help with small business public relations and content to boost sales, awareness and credibility, please contact us here.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 9, 2011

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2011

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 10, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The tool I currently use for everything described above is called Customer Thermometer. All rights reserved.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

Do you really need a full-time hire for that? Email Newsletter Designs – [link]. Email Newsletter Designs – [link]. 7 Great Books by TED 2012 Speakers – [link]. Why Premature Hype Kills Start-ups – [link]. Solving the Wrong Problem – [link]. – [link]. Do you telecommute to work?

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

Why Email Marketing is King – [link]. Why Email Marketing is King – [link]. Building a company’s culture and hiring – [link]. The 20 irrefutable theories of book cover design – [link]. What The Highest Converting Websites Do Differently – [link]. Are You Sure You’re Not a Bad Boss?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Not only do they leverage the site to make critical hires, but they also use LinkedIn Groups like “mini conferences” where they can learn more about various subjects like advertising and public relations. Make sure your company is listed – and we’re not talking about in the phone book or on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Six best practice tips for email unsubscribe pages | Econsultancy – [link]. A startup’s first hires: What to look for | Fortune - [link]. Six best practice tips for email unsubscribe pages | Econsultancy – [link]. Six best practice tips for email unsubscribe pages | Econsultancy – [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! Make customers aware of the review page via: Business cards – on the back: “Love our service?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2011

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! For a blog, lots of comments means someone is reading and engaged; for an email, clicks means someone is interested.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 18, 2012

Everyone’s Convinced That MBAs Are Useless, So Now Might Be a Good Time to Hire Them – [link]. Amazon has democratized the book review process, according to latest research – [link]. The Story of Send: what happens to email after u send? Dear Mentor (thoughts from an intern about mentorship) – [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 6, 2023

This full-service marketing agency specializes in digital and integrated marketing services and public relations for book authors, including business leaders, coaches, trainers, speakers, and thought leaders. 02:35] Would you put the things you mention in your book as a must? [05:48] Can you explain each one of them? [17:53]

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Rembrandt Communications

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

As seen on Little PINK Book). Make a list of contacts with their addresses, emails and phone numbers. Create unique content yourself, or hire an inexpensive intern or freelancer to help you. For help with small business public relations and content to boost sales, awareness and credibility, please contact us here.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 12, 2018

8- Inspired by William Bennett’s book. After a couple of years of work and research, I read William Bennett’s book, Is College Worth It? In the process, we hired an agency (frozen lemons), used online tools (Shopify name generator), did a poll among unknown people, none of which worked for us. Kinda boring.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Whether you’re a budding entrepreneur or veteran SMB owner, chances are you’re aiming to better publicize your message to a given target audience. But maybe you’re not ready to hire an expensive creative agency—maybe it’s not in your budget or you’ve had bad experiences in the past. The best way to learn to market is to snoop!

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

For example, some startup sales execs believe hiring the core sales team is a key objective. Some think that hiring a PR agency, starting the buzz and getting coverage in hot blogs or on the cover of magazines at launch are objectives. What kind of objectives would a startup want or need for sales and marketing?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

We are unbelievably lucky to be here right now, with a team of über-talented people from the best and brightest Silicon Valley companies, at a moment when what a book should be is morphing before our very eyes. At Blurb, we’ve built an Internet platform for people to produce their own bookstore-quality books. That’s it.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

It is incumbent on management to create and sustain an environment that leads to hiring, encourages quality work, rewards effort and accomplishment, treats workers fairly, pays an equitable wage, provides for basic welfare, respects families, supplies adequate work flexibility, and, importantly, celebrates the work itself. Thanks, Diego!

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

You now have a public relations nightmare on your hand. It only needs to include two things: a working, monitored email address and a PGP key. Bonus points for giving some sort of public recognition to people who report security vulnerabilities to you in a responsible matter. And that’s what they did.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Email was down for more than a week, yet the organization downplayed the crisis in an attempt to prevent panic among donors, which instead fueled mistrust among those concerned about a prolonged silence from the organization. We’ve all witnessed organizations facing public relations catastrophes in real time.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

Five years of hard work later, Stratajet is the result; the world’s first fully-automated private jet booking platform – the only system that can provide accurate availability and costs of private jets in ‘real-time’ Thanks to Jonny Nicol, Stratajet ! #5 The goal of public relations is to create change.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Many small businesses can’t afford to hire full-time HR staff. Public relations consulting. We just emailed the guide to you. Email address. You may even want to incorporate an online store into your website to sell your books or proprietary consulting tools (more on that below). Insurance consulting.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tumblr Pinterest Reddit Pocket Share via Email Print. ” I say this to myself for my business, a freelance pr and media company called Blitz Public Relations, and I shared with my colleague here at Menorah Park where I work part-time as well as a pr media specialist. Inspiration.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 18, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! Also makes a great way to share a conversation about a client to help them understand the buzz. All rights reserved.

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