YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2015

Companies just can’t afford to have ‘black hole’ departments, like sales and marketing for example, where costs and outcomes are fuzzy to those on the outside. We wanted to find out if a coupon for Pier 1 Imports increased (or decreased) revenue. Where, really, are the barriers to making the sale?

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Targeted email marketing with personalization that leverages marketing automation and the data from your CRM will put your SMB in the best place to secure click-throughs and even grow revenue. Perhaps emails that announce a special offer or sale have the largest open rate and lead to the biggest boost in revenue.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2019

Capturing information: AI provides marketers with the valuable information they need to close a sale. Marketing teams are using this data to drive sales, and if statistics are any indication, it’s working. It tells us when someone has visited their site, which pages they visited and how much time they spent perusing products.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

In July, an Israeli startup called Gong received $20 million in funding to develop a tool that uses “natural language processing and machine learning to help train and suggest information to sales people and customer service reps.” How incredible is that?

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Up and Running

APRIL 13, 2016

We talked with two dispensary owners from pioneering states: Mitch Woolhiser, owner of Northern Lights Cannabis Company in Denver, Colorado, and Lincoln Fish, CEO of OutCo Labs, which manages the dispensary Outliers Collective in San Diego, California. and $8 billion by 2019. The dispensary business is rife with legislation and regulation.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

My longtime friend Marion Jenkins, CEO of IT consultant QSE Technologies wrote what I think is one of the most eloquent and well thought out rebuttals to the proposed Colorado “Software Tax” (HB 1192). My family and I have lived in Colorado (Centennial) for nearly 12 years. With his permission I’m posting it here in its entirety.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Well, I moved four years ago or bought a house in Colorado about four years ago and slowly moved. I mean, you've got people, chiefs, happiness, chiefs, revenue chiefs, you know, I mean, so where, you know, how does the COO or second in command orient themselves then in, in that world? So now it's the chief revenue officer, right.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2019

The Marketing Hourglass is a unique approach to the customer journey map that takes a potential customer through the sales funnel of know, like, trust, try, buy, repeat, and refer. 40% Revenue Growth. This has resulted in a 40% revenue growth over the last 12 months. I’m on pace for my biggest year thus far. Continued Education.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2017

It can help an organization learn a lot about customer trends and who to reach out to for a sale at what time and via which method of contact to give the company the best chance for a successful interaction — giving the business its best chance to retain existing customers while growing by developing new customer relationships as well.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 28, 2015

Once an employee finishes a sale or solves an issue, they can record the data from the interaction so that it is easily accessible the next time they need it. If the popularity of your product is increasing quickly, you can reallocate cross-trained employees to help with sales or customer service.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Entrepreneurs and small business owners feel that filing tax returns (sales; payroll; franchise, etc.) The Tax Foundation, a tax policy research organization, found that the total number of words in the Internal Revenue Code & Regulations grew from 1.39 If you use an online sales tax tool, you’re not necessarily safe.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2016

Make no mistake: the legal marijuana industry is booming, creating huge business opportunities and massive tax revenue incomes for their communities. That represents 26% growth over the previous year, driven largely by adult recreational sales of marijuana, the researchers found. That ain’t chump change, folks.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2015

Sure, you get the sale now , but the bad experience, price, or product will come back to hurt you. By combining your NPS data with customer-by-customer revenue data, you can estimate the amount of revenue derived from bad profits. Bad profits are like bad karma for companies. It just makes sense.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2013

Today, Zayo has eclipsed $1.1Bin revenue and $600M in EBITDA, leading to an estimated Enterprise Value in the vicinity of $6B. We have 3 offices in Colorado, with our headquarters on the 2nd floor of 29th Street mall. Dozens of recent graduates of Colorado’s university system are Zayo-ites. Nonetheless, I was out of a job.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2011

In under a year, venture-backed, Boulder, Colorado-based BlogFrog would grow to be the United States’ largest network of mommy blogs – thanks in large part to Hamann’s influence with mommy bloggers – and connect over 1.7 “Make cold calls with your sales team and do some customer support emails yourself.&#.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2012

The company managed to increase sales by an astonishing 24,000% with its ingenious events that feature an intoxicating and unequaled blend of races, mud, music, pig roasts and beer. Boasting revenues of up to $1.5 The seven finalists for the DREAM BIG Small Business of the Year Award 2012 are: Ski Butlers (Western).

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

The 1M/1M affiliate program will create additional revenues for some, and for some, this could be their first decent revenue option. That means, for every new entrepreneur you refer to the 1M/1M program, we'll share with you $100, if the sale occurs at any time within 12 months. Quipu Applications. efforts to get them.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2012

The selling cycle in its entirety spans the time from the very start of the process when a product or service is first visualized and developed to supporting customers after the sale and developing additional products or services that may be in demand. Invoke what’s called the matching principle. Be creative to generate cash.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

But that's just part of the rejection of doing sales. But when I switched from that to online ordering the revenue and the business tripled with the same customer base and, and I realized just how much friction there was in the ordering process. I live in Colorado and like I can't imagine riding over who's your pass.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2015

This data can be collected from past sales or from surveying customers about their past or future intent. By combining Net Promoter Score data with customer-by-customer revenue data, you can estimate the amount of revenue derived from bad profits.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

Sales & Marketing. --> Bloggers. --> Resources. Social media audiences have effectively become another universe of prospects to tap, which means measurement and tracking is essential to yielding from these visitors both direct and indirect revenue. Advertising/Sales. Director of eMedia - Colorado. Sales Meeting.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2017

We got to thousands of customers and millions in recurring revenue. They’re the point of contact for the sale, but they’re also doing the substance of work for them as well. Then all of a sudden we find ourself losing customers, not making new sales because we just couldn’t move fast enough. Absolutely.

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Up and Running

MARCH 3, 2021

This is due to your ability to test results and target keywords between multiple channels, shift low-performing paid targets into your organic strategy, and potentially target your customers at every stage of the sales funnel. For example, let’s pretend we are a new, local burger and beer restaurant located in Boulder, Colorado.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2019

They can help improve communication—both between the business and its customers and between departments like sales, customer service, tech support, R&D and the organizations management. While many CRMs are looking to stretch into supporting sales, marketing and other business functions, the reverse can be true as well.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2016

Boosting sales in your coffee shop isn’t just down to being aware of the latest trends, like gourmet coffee and healthier snacks. It’s about being clued-in to key strategies that have been proven to boost revenue. The more tables you turn, the greater your revenue. The real challenges, however, relate to laws and regulations.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Your patrons have shared their data all last year through clicks, subscriptions, customer service requests, sales inquiries and more — and now expect your business to be able to turn those interactions and touch points into a more targeted, holistic experience. With CRM revenues at 39.5 With CRM revenues at 39.5

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Scalable Startup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

There was no other part of the planet where anything close in innovation, design manufacturing, equipment, marketing and sale of semiconductors has emanated from. San Francisco, over 50 universities and trillions of dollars in revenue. It has spread way beyond to the east bay. There’s a startup for every 50 or so people there.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

We've been using ActiveCampaign for years here at Duct Tape Marketing to power our subscription forms, email newsletters and sales funnel drip campaigns. Fuel your growth, boost revenue and save precious time by upgrading to active campaign today. And they make it easy to switch. That's activecampaign.com/duct tape.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2010

When everyone took notice of Java and abandoned C++ in droves, Rogue Wave’s revenues plummeted. They still saw their license revenue coming in, albeit a little lower each quarter. They didn’t want to use their Professional Services Group to create new Java applications, only C++ ones, because those projects drove product revenue.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Jason Bay is a leading sales expert, and he talks with other leading sales experts to get you the information you need. My pleasure to be talking to you in Colorado where all my kids are. And the three rules were revenue before cost, uh, I don't know, quality before, whatever. I have recent episode.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 25, 2016

Just because someone gave you their email for a free download or signed up to get your newsletter does NOT mean you should respond immediately with a hard sale. downloaded guides or browsing actions), that are sent to the lead at the right moment to move them through the sales cycle. Pass on the tab for the first date.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 25, 2016

Just because someone gave you their email for a free download or signed up to get your newsletter does NOT mean you should respond immediately with a hard sale. downloaded guides or browsing actions), that are sent to the lead at the right moment to move them through the sales cycle. Pass on the tab for the first date.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Businesses For Sale |. Businesses For Sale |. Businesses For Sale |. start-ups fail, he says.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

They don’t understand this concept as a sales funnel. Peter: San Antonio’s number ten, Boulder, Colorado, and so we’re looking at some of the strengths that they’re talking about here from the Thumbtack survey. Jonathan: That’s the list. What do you think?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 3, 2022

It because you have sales fully focused on sales, you have client success fully focused on client success. And because I really do think that what you just described, you know, marketing to sales to service is really a marketing. I oftentimes say that operations is the only department whose job it is to live between departments.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Businesses are typically born out of a goal or a dream, such as "to be the best Italian Restaurant in the Tri-County area and be booked 3 months in advance" or "to grow my consulting business to $2M in revenue by my fifth year in business." For example, when going to New York to Las Vegas, you may map stops in Ohio, Missouri, and Colorado.

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