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How One Woman’s Flat Tire Inspired A Global Trucking Movement

YoungUpstarts

The conversation screeched to a tense halt. You wouldn’t need a PhD to know that the driver of the car, Virginia, Ellen’s mother was out of sorts. Virginia was a strong person, but the signs were evident. Unfortunately, it seemed Virginia wasn’t going anywhere fast on that particular day. Virginia smiled.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

Torment your customers,” Stephen Brown advocates , tongue only partially in cheek. It playfully suggests differentiation via extraordinary customer service—while creating real differentiation by entertaining its recipients. After the games are played and the episodes released, reality constrains conversation. They’ll love it.”.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

Torment your customers,” Stephen Brown advocates , tongue only partially in cheek. It playfully suggests differentiation via extraordinary customer service—while creating real differentiation by entertaining its recipients. After the games are played and the episodes released, reality constrains conversation. They’ll love it.”.

Customer 101
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Did you know that board management software isn’t just for boards?

Board Effect

Memorial Health System , a not-for-profit, independent, integrated health system with locations in Ohio and West Virginia, has also been able to expand the use of BoardEffect to many groups within the organization, with a significant number of committees and internal groups benefiting. Keeping the conversation in one place.

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Life After the Funnel: 6 Reasons why You’re Neglecting eCommerce Customer Retention

The Startup Magazine

Guiding your customer from first impression to checkout may seem tricky, but retaining them is even harder. A successful ecommerce business is built on customer loyalty, positive feedback and repeat purchasing. However, in a competitive online landscape, only 18% of business leaders shift their focus to customer retention.

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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

Once again, we led each of these rounds at slide deck stage and helped land the first handful of customers to accelerate path to product market fit and their Series A rounds. This means more collaboration with the Fortune 500 and more go-to-market experience as our portfolio companies navigate their path to first customers.

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How to Improve Profit by an Average of 11.1%

Austin Startup

That goes for any industry, location or product; from enterprise SaaS in my home town of Austin, to live music ticket sales in Virginia, to B2C services in Seattle. Instead, you’re likely spending your time thinking about new customer acquisition (increase in volume) or you are thinking about optimizing salary or production costs.