YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

The Mattress Lot is a shop in Portland, Oregon that was started out of desperation after the shop owner, Michael Hanna, lost his job with Comcast and had trouble finding another one. Now they are a focal point and beloved player in the Portland indie business scene. They happen in smaller niches too.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2012

By Ron Kaufman, author of “ Uplifting Service: The Proven Path to Delighting Your Customers, Colleagues, and Everyone Else You Meet ”. For example, “The customer is always right” is often wrong. “Oh, This is as true internally as it is with customers. Voice of the Customer. Oh, you want service?” an employee asks.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Where in your area will you find land or a building with the right zoning, size, facilities, and access for bringing in raw materials, attracting customers, and/or shipping out finished beer for distribution? Now we are growing based on the projections our wholesale partners give us annually in sales. Relationships.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2014

Here’s why: Except for early adopters of technology and diehard environmental customers, most people aren’t buying a fuel type, they’re buying transportation. The Nissan Leaf battery pack alone costs about $18,000 (though government incentives bring down the overall vehicle cost to the customer).

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Hearpreneur

MAY 29, 2016

I started my company to increase the awareness about marketing within the small business community (what it is, what it is not, how to know you’re doing it right, etc) as I come across many that confuse marketing with PR or sales and are frustrated when their marketing programs don’t create the sales boost they expect.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 7, 2023

There are almost 67,000 residents in Portland, ME , which is Maine’s largest city and which holds claim to around a quarter of the entire state’s population. Offer Great Customer Service Keep in mind that 88% of consumers read reviews in order to determine the quality of a local business.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

If a consumer will pay a fixed price for a product or service then the battle over who gets the margin in any sale is between the person who merchandises a product and the person who manufactures it. Ariel understood her customer?—?the This is an age-old marketplace tension where leverage often determines the value captured.

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Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

We asked Hannah Meuser, a social media strategist at the Portland-based marketing company Anvil , to point out common social media mistakes that every business owner should avoid. Even if a customer complains, or says something negative about the company, you still need to respond in a timely and appropriate manner.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

It’s all the businesses that are shifting their relationships with their customers to be a ongoing relationship based on a subscription. And you need to then decide again and again with each renewal that it is still providing value to you, so that’s a different mindset on behalf of the customer. Now, it sounds esoteric.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

This year, Martin Cove Brewing Company will gross $520,000 in sales. Where in your area will you find land or a building with the right zoning, size, facilities, and access for bringing in raw materials, attracting customers, and/or shipping out finished beer for distribution? Know your customers and your financials.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 12, 2019

John Jantsch: So, in preparation for this, because you do the conference and have your business in the city of Portland. Portland, Maine. John Jantsch: Yeah, I was going to go there, because I did a little search, I said, “Fun facts about Portland, Maine.” It was five fun facts about Portland, Oregon.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Sales and marketing oriented, networking, that’s my expertise. Stephen goes out and talks to customers, while also managing emails and doing marketing events. Stephen: I’m out on the floor a lot, going around to talk with customers. What makes you unique from your competitors, and how do you highlight that to customers?

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Up and Running

JUNE 1, 2016

Here in Portland, Oregon, you can’t swing a stick without hitting half a dozen food trucks serving up a range of delicious options. Here are 9 solid strategies that will help you bring in more money, attract more customers, and grow your food truck business. The craze for mobile eats has been on the rise.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Economists and business experts have long been predicting the demise of the brick-and-mortar store, as online businesses have begun to dominate sales in many areas of retail. Some offer amazing customer service, others enviable showrooms, and all of them a truly unique shopping experience that no e-commerce site could ever match.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Take a look at this post from Portland-based coffee roaster Stumptown’s Instagram : Image via Stumptown Coffee on Instagram. This past August, Portland was hit with a sudden heatwave, with the mercury threatening triple digits. Create a story around your ideal customer. Feature images taken by your customers and fans.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Keep customers at the forefront, and listen to them. “Let your mission, values, and customer happiness be the guiding force behind everything you do, and remember you are not the customer. If a taking on a customer means changing too many things, that client just might not be the right fit, Nelson says. Plan ahead.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 28, 2016

It’s a journey worth taking, because building better forecasts is invaluable for businesses: Take lead scoring — putting a value on a new sales lead, predicting the ultimate value of that lead after 9 months have passed and it’s either converted or not. And there’s no “rainy season” — it’s just chaotic.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The fee schedule may also differ between agencies — some charge a subscription fee, others charge a one-time flat rate per app and still others will customize a quote based on your specifications. View More » Jobs VP of Sales at Mashable (New York, Ne. it looks like it's included in all of "their" app kits.

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conversionxl.com

OCTOBER 31, 2011

It’s clear that the right price can make all the difference – too low and you miss out on profit; too high and you miss out on sales. Why does removing dollar signs from prices (24 instead of $24) increase sales? What will work for you depends on your industry, product and customer. How much to charge?

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 6, 2019

Klaviyo is a platform that helps growth-focused eCommerce brands drive more sales with super-targeted, highly relevant email, Facebook and Instagram marketing. I’ll give a shout out to World Domination Summit in Portland. You want to learn a little bit about the secret to building customer relationships. Transcript.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 25, 2016

You’ll hear me talk about my experience as a member of the Entrepreneurial Scholars program at the University of Portland (shameless plug for my awesome university) repeatedly in other articles. Native customs and body language will make the sale. Starting a new venture, or just feel like your business is stuck in a rut?

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Up and Running

AUGUST 15, 2016

Wouldn’t it be great if, instead of having to fight, hunt, and practically beg for each new sale, you could set up a business in such a way that all your customers paid you regularly, time and time again? See Also: A Complete Guide to Forecasting Sales for Your Monthly Subscription (SaaS) Business. Home and garden.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2019

Klaviyo is a platform that helps growth-focused e-commerce brands drive more sales with super targeted, highly relevant email, Facebook, and Instagram marketing. It was in a part of Portland that was up and coming and I always loved serving small businesses. Also, we heard, “Gosh, I really care about my customers.

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dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

I would love to be plagiarized and embroiled in a lawsuit--the curiosity factor alone would boost my sales and name recognition exponentially. or Portland. Perhaps this is because NDAs, like mission statements, are typically drafted around corporate boardrooms and customers are rarely, if ever, asked to ensure it makes sense?

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Up and Running

JULY 16, 2015

Helmed by husband-and-wife team Stuart (Director of Sales and Marketing) and Emily (Managing Director, Board Chair, and Chief Ice Cream Inventor) Philips, during 2015 and 2016 Red Wagon is preparing for a big “regional-national” leap in production and distribution—in part by taking advantage of a new public investing program. “In

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2015

” That’s what got me connected with Oregon State University’s Food Innovation Center and Portland Community College’s Small Business Development Center. I’d say the greatest reward is interaction with the customers, when you actually get to give them a sample, hear their story, and then get their response.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

billion in retail sales and even more the year before. One great example is Little Boxes PDX , which is Portland, Oregon’s answer to major chains with deep discounts: local stores offering discounts are all listed on a map of the city and smart phone app, and there’s a raffle with tons of different small business-related prizes.

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www.businessweek.com

JUNE 18, 2012

Photograph by Oli Scarff/Getty Images A man uses Siri on the new iPhone 4S after being one of the first customers in the Apple store in Covent Garden. Startups had to charge customers a per-use fee—a very unpopular model—or cover the tab on their own. Globally, sales of voice recognition software for wireless devices should reach $21.3

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

I’d implemented a business plan including marketing, engagement, sales strategy and realized a few months in that it wasn’t servicing a key influence or in the sales process. The customer validation phase is critical for that kind of thing. Caroline: Number five is not talking to customers. Jonathan: Sure.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 9, 2019

Klaviyo is a platform that helps growth-focused eCommerce brands drive more sales with super-targeted, highly relevant email, Facebook and Instagram marketing. You’re going to learn a little bit about the secret to building customer relationships. Transcript. This is John Jantsch, and my guest today is Grant Baldwin.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 16, 2019

Klaviyo is a platform that helps growth-focused eCommerce brands drive more sales with super-targeted, highly relevant email, Facebook and Instagram marketing. You want to learn a little bit about the secret to building customer relationships? Transcript. This is John Jantsch. So, people might enjoy listening to that.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2016

Even a mere 1 second delay can result in “11% fewer page views, a 16% decrease in customer satisfaction, and 7% loss in conversions.”. Amazon carried out their own research in this area and discovered that, for every 100ms of page load time, there was a 1% decrease in sales. What’s “normal” for us is often alien to our customers.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 23, 2013

Your customers are real people. This time we’re taking a closer look how you can build better connections and real lasting relationships with your customers. Looking at not only web pages but also what can be done after the sale has been made to make customers come back again and again. Customers are real people.

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