Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

I’m often surprised when you as an aspiring entrepreneur, looking for investors, tell me your solution is so innovative that you don’t have to worry about differentiating it from competitors, and customers will flock to it without a real marketing campaign. Personalization is the ultimate differentiation.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

An alternate outcome that I also unfortunately observe in some cases are companies who had extreme early success with an initial product adoption but failed in key areas that limited the growth and therefore the ultimate financial outcomes. How profitable is my product or service? As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

A similar disappointment has plagued many mysterious campaigns of decades past (like those billowing sheets that teased new cars—a bold choice given 1990s designs). Complex products and decisions—rife in the B2B world—encourage us to default to our heuristic judgment. Not every secret is a ticking-clock campaign. Image source ).

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how to design a successful brand marketing campaign that expresses your brand’s core values, create content your customers crave, and ensure your entire brand ecosystem is designed to support customer loyalty. It’s your reputation and ultimate differentiating factor. The brand strategy has some roots.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

A similar disappointment has plagued many mysterious campaigns of decades past (like those billowing sheets that teased new cars—a bold choice given 1990s designs). Complex products and decisions—rife in the B2B world—encourage us to default to our heuristic judgment. Not every secret is a ticking-clock campaign. Image source ).

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

To truly differentiate your brand, center your growth strategy around creating unique and personalized customer experiences. It outlines four major growth strategies: market penetration , market development , product development , and diversification. Market development involves taking existing products into new markets.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Customer Lifetime Value is first and foremost, influenced by factors that are your KPIs: RFM distribution; Margin; Customer Experience (Product reviews, Net Promoter Score, Customer Effort Score, etc.); The customer “experience” is said to be pretty hard to measure ; however, some KPIs can provide clarity: Product reviews.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The aim is to develop a differentiated and new identity in the minds of consumers, competitors, investors, and other stakeholders. It is the total sum of customer interactions, experiences, and messages with your products and services, as well as your people. Develop an effective internal campaign when launching a new brand.

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ConversionXL

JULY 16, 2021

Gumroad , a software that allows content creators to easily sell digital products, gets straight to the point with their unique selling proposition (USP) : They state exactly who their target audience is: creators. Figure out how your product uniquely fits into the market and drive that message home. More on this later.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches? I am a VC.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2019

For example: Specific product features. The product itself may not change, but you can certainly add something to it. New product features may be enough to differentiate the product, and enter a world free from competition, even within a competitive industry. Geographic locations. Peripheral services.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The only way to undercut their efforts is to exercise strategies of cost leadership or differentiation, which translates to slashing the prices or offering something more innovative. After all, regardless of whether the customers are purchasing products or services, the overhead expenses will continue to pile up. Excessive Borrowing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2024

04:53] How would you differentiate between strategic thinking and strategic planning? [06:31] We've been using ActiveCampaign for years here at Duct Tape Marketing to power our subscription forms, email newsletters and sales funnel drip campaigns. You can try Active Campaign for free for 14 days and there's no credit card required.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

It also found that 84% of people were convinced to buy a product or service based on a brand’s video (a key step in securing loyal customers). Naturally, what is popular will get copied in due time, which is why a differentiation strategy is critical for survival. It also gives Benefit the chance to sell the product.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2016

But what happens when you grow your business, start running ad campaigns, have more competition and need to stand out on mobile and the web? Imagine that you’ve spent thousands of dollars on an ad campaign only to use a bit.ly New opportunities for website marketing campaigns and strategies become possible.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

Most technology startups seem to be founded by three types of people: product managers, engineers or biz dev types (MBAs and the like). These people take directions well from a sales manager on how to approach sales campaigns. They’re great at orchestrating your company to deliver product demos.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

No matter if you have been in the industry for years or if this is your first time trying to make it on your own, launching a product is never easy. Especially when you believe in the product so much, it’s easy to get carried away envisioning all the great moments you will experience when people see how good your product is.

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

When researching a new product, buyers use 10 or more channels to interact with companies. If you’ve ever received an email with personalized product recommendations or a retargeting ad on Facebook for a product you left in your cart, that’s omnichannel marketing in action. Essentially, it’s quantity vs. quality.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

She’s also the author of a book — Smart Marketing Execution: How To Accelerate Profitability, Performance, And Productivity. 3:43] How do you differentiate between a tactic and what you’re calling strategy? [4:41] 10:20] How do you differentiate between execution and planning? [12:00] The answer: Smart execution.

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Up and Running

JUNE 27, 2018

Gathering your team to plot out your next marketing campaign can seem daunting, especially for a new business. If you aren’t strategic and thoughtful about how you spend your money, you’re more likely to waste your money on campaigns and tactics that don’t work. . Differentiate yourself. Lack of a marketing plan.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Effective Ways To Differentiate And Scale Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Key Takeaway: A major challenge many businesses face is trying to find ways to differentiate and scale. Obviously you're not marketing a $29 product or even a very expensive course or program. It's so emotional.

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ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2020

Evaluation , where differentiation between competitors must occur. For extra impact, loop back with your sales team after producing pain point content so that they can use the finished work in future sales campaigns. What background knowledge do customers need to use your product or service?

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The classic lifespan of successful products is a story in four parts: Introduction Growth Maturity Decline. How this story plays out has a lot to do with the type of product and how it’s improved over time, if at all. In this article, we’ll look at the different stages of the product lifecycle through the lens of marketing.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The more specific, exact, and differentiated your positioning is, and the more clients you’ll be honest with by stating exactly how much value you can provide them – the easier it will be to attract and close the right clients. In my agency, my team uses a suite of SEO tools to make their jobs easier and their time more productive.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

2:06] Another aspect in your bio too is the internal creative studio – is that a product or a part of your own marketing? [2:48] 2:48] Has design been a key differentiator for Typeform? [3:23] 8:26] What do you feel is your core differentiator? [10:50] Is that a product or is that just part of your own marketing?

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

an ad for a product you left in your cart on another site). A test by RTB House on product-specific ads suggests that this method can work well when interest groups include 30 users. click ID, campaign ID, URL of expected conversion). Third-party cookies are set by someone else (e.g., Image source ). Image source ).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). My general rule is that it’s good to be stealth in the early days while you’re building your product and testing your market. It’s a buggy product but pretty damn cool.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2020

But so are the failures by entrepreneurs to take the right steps to protect their valuable innovations before launching crowdfunding campaigns. An entrepreneur looking to crowdfund a new initiative must consider and secure their IP position prior to launching the funding campaign. Trademarks. What they are. What it is. What they are.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 5, 2019

Cold email is not a replacement for inbound methods but a supplement—a way to drive near-term growth while inbound campaigns gain traction. The most important thing you can do for your cold email campaign is to send relevant messages. Those insights help make cold email content more relevant, rather than a vague pitch for your product.

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2017

Most successful business plans entail launching a new product, service, or distribution outlet that attacks existing market competitors on what military planners would term an exposed flank. Instead, they hit McDonald’s on an exposed flank with their “Hot and Juicy” campaign, centered around delivering larger, fresh (not frozen) beef patties.

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Brandanew

OCTOBER 14, 2016

A pro tip for any e-commerce business, in every product or product category for your enterprise, do a keyword search to identify the most popular Instagram hashtags that fit with your product lists or categories. These are hashtags that specifically direct people to the brands’ posts or latest campaigns.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 17, 2022

Bezos famously only enters a new market if he believes that he can offer a differentiated (i.e. Since then, Kylie has launched a separate swimwear line, a skincare brand, and a company for baby products. Anita convinced customers to spend their hard-earned money on greener products at a time when it was very uncommon.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2012

” But at the same time, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding were getting attention as viable solutions for businesses, and Su was participating as a lender for some campaigns he found interesting. Now, WeDidIt “helps nonprofits launch online fundraising campaigns. We were doing well and we liked working there.”

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

The name To Tony Productions is a dedication to my cousin and close friend Anthony Ranoiccha III, or Tony, as the family would call him. So when it came time to form my production company, I wanted it to have meaning beyond myself and so it came naturally to name it after Tony as a dedication. 1- Dedication to my cousin.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It could be more revenue, hiring clients, or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. Getting up early allows you to be more productive when others are still asleep and to have more time for yourself. 1- Start getting up early. 3- Dominate the local market.

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Transformify

OCTOBER 26, 2019

SpdLoad is a startup development company focused on web and mobile development of Minimum Viable Products( MVP) for early-stage startups. These sub-goals differentiated our employer brand. It should be done to determine a value-based minimum and to differentiate on the labor market. Our company has set out two global objectives.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

You’d think that no one could recreate a product so sophisticated and advanced as space rockets, right? With enough resources, products can always be copied. It’s tough to compete on product alone and you’re likely to see diminishing returns. Here we see the relationship between brand marketing and product marketing.

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