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Always Right: Five Risks You Must Take With Your Customers

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by Tom Panaggio, author of “ The Risk Advantage: Embracing the Entrepreneur’s Unexpected Edge “ Here’s one of business’s dirty little secrets: Many business owners prefer to keep their customers at arm’s length. Nobody likes feeling unimportant, and with all of the choices out there today, customers don’t have to settle for it.

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Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Their Business Focused

Startup Professionals Musings

Keep these balanced and aligned between people (customers, employees) and process (quality, service, revenue), and keep the scope realistic (eliminating world hunger is too broad). Your team, customers, and investors will all be confused, leading to a lose-lose situation. Limited goals and priorities. Segment the opportunity.

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8 Key Focus Elements Will Attract Startup Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Keep these balanced and aligned between people (customers, employees) and process (quality, service, revenue), and keep the scope realistic (eliminating world hunger is too broad). Your team, customers, and investors will all be confused, leading to a lose-lose situation. Limited goals and priorities. Segment the opportunity.

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Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Their Business Focused

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Keep these balanced and aligned between people (customers, employees) and process (quality, service, revenue), and keep the scope realistic (eliminating world hunger is too broad). Your team, customers, and investors will all be confused, leading to a lose-lose situation. Limited goals and priorities. Segment the opportunity.

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10 Elements That Show You’re a Pro Business

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If you don’t look like a pro in your respected industry, then it’s always going to be a struggle to get customers and clients to trust your business. This can have a devastating impact and ultimately leave you struggling to make any type of headway on the market. Reviews are always going to be a critical concern.

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Hyperlocal Marketing: A Tried And True Method For Successful Online Marketing

YoungUpstarts

By implementing local SEO and marketing to local niche markets, you’ll reach your customers and clients faster and cheaper. This practice is known as hyperlocal marketing, and it’s a strategy you need in your toolbox. Hyperlocal marketing is the original advertising strategy. SEO is about more than keywords.

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Understanding the Digital Mail Room: How to Increase Your Direct Marketing Results

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As the world increasingly goes digital, using postage mail for customer outreach has almost become an anachronism. In fact, many small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are using targeted direct mailings alongside their digital efforts to connect with customers. Enabling QR Code Technology.