ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

They both have a history of focusing on the lifetime value of a customer rather than chasing short-term profits. If you want to be a leader in customer loyalty and grow your business for the long term, Customer Value Optimization is key. How does “Customer Value Optimization” change your approach?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2017

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Missions and products that are too broad confuse your team, your customers, and potential investors. Customer support chasm. Product development chasm.

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

Optimize each channel, and you’ll win new customers, enjoy higher order rates , and retain customers. In this post, we’ll explore lessons from brands that use omnichannel marketing to deliver a seamless customer experience. Omnichannel aligns branding, messaging , and customer service across every channel.

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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. Focus your marketing on real customer value. Perception is better than reality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Is your project seen by both as an end in itself, or a means to another end? Conflicting visions won’t work.

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Partner Software Review CTO Hire Cofounder 385

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

So instead, we fill it with a completely custom blurb, written just for him: Hello! Thanks to his custom blurb, instead of closing his browser and feeling inadequate for the rest of the day, Mark completes his bio and becomes a happy customer. Which means better conversions and happier customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2023

Instead, they need to validate a customer problem and real market need first. Don’t create solutions looking for a problem , since investors ignore these, and customers other than early adopters will be hard to find. I say again, customers buy solutions, not technology. Look for customer willingness and ability to pay.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2022

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Missions and products that are too broad confuse your team, your customers, and potential investors. Customer support chasm. Product development chasm.

Technical Review 375

Technical Review Startup Dilution Early Stage 375

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Commit to a major customer. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

Intellectual Property 341

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 341

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Most business professionals I know have been conditioned to think of inflation as highly negative, driving up their costs, and reducing customer buying. I see it as an opportunity to find new ways to attract customers , make long-needed changes to improve productivity, and lower your own costs of doing business.

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Technical Review Revenue Social Media Cost 239

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Unfortunately, for most solution markets, early adopters represent only 10 to 15 percent of the total opportunity, so it’s easy to get mislead on the real requirements of mainstream customers. The good news is that early adopters are never reluctant to sign up as beta customers and will provide you early feedback on product quality.

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Technical Review Customer Restful Technology 120

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Pandemic stress-related toxic communication can creep into your customer communication. Set the example, nip toxicity in the bud, protect your team from incoming, build in rest, celebrate the good stuff, and codify that positive voice in your company style guide. Don’t let it!

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The rest of the story is familiar. 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. Your Customers Do. But few could wait to learn more.

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Customer Differentiation West Virginia Campaign 108

Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2020

The classes are built on the Lean Startup methodology: Customer Discovery, Agile Engineering and the Business/Mission Model Canvas. So how do our students get out of the building to talk to customers to do Customer Discovery when they can’t get out of the building? Reminder: What’s the Point of Talking to Customers ?

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Customer Business Model Restful Video 413

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2022

Today more than ever, the evidence is clear that business people need to find and communicate a purpose that goes beyond making a profit, in order to ensure customer engagement, as well as your own, and drive results in the marketplace. As you grow, so will your team and customers. Driven to reduce personal hardship and suffering.

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Technical Review Green Social Media Lean 357

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As a long-time mentor to entrepreneurs, here is my collection of smart risks that investors and I look for in new startups: Focus on a tough customer problem rather than a fun technology. Investors hate technology solutions looking for a problem, due to the high risk of no customers. Customers like leaders, not followers.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The rest of the story is familiar. 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. Your Customers Do. But few could wait to learn more.

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Customer Differentiation West Virginia Campaign 101

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2012

There is a need to communicate with clients, suppliers, partners, investors and most importantly customers. Customer communication is often overlooked in business. you are looking for a way to increase communication with your customers, you need to know how to communicate. Be Sure to Reach Your Customers. Build a Dialog.

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Customer Technical Review Advertising Social Media 182

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

by Donna Cutting, who is a globally-recognized guru on employee culture and optimizing customer service. You probably already understand this dimension, which includes how well your team members observe healthy living habits, including nutrition, exercise, and rest, both at work and outside. Emotional stability. Environmental safety.

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Technical Review Cofounder Employee Global 353

The Startup Magazine

MAY 22, 2018

At this stage of a company, all employees of the company need to proactively focus on customers and their receptivity to the offering. For these startup companies, the client success team does not falter as the company grows because they adjust to the changing expectations of customers as the request volumes grow. The Founding stage.

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Customer Early Stage Churn Rate Startup 81

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Commit to a major customer. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

Intellectual Property 261

Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator Bootstrapping 261

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

A Company with Callback Technology… It happened to me recently with a major computer company, where the mechanical voice said, “due to customer calls, your wait will be approximately 15 minutes.”. Customer information would be taken, but return calls were handled during the slow times for call centers. The Callback Service.

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Technical Review Technology Customer Differentiation 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Smart potential customers only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites. No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. Put yourself on the site. People buy from people.

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Internet Web Affiliate Advertising 294

Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Improving customer service is becoming increasingly difficult for companies. It is not easy to manage customer service so that it is always perceived in the same way in all interactions with the customer. Customer service. Your job is to fulfil all the needs of your customers, all the time. Know Your Customers.

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Customer Software Review Channel Technical Review 40

Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 27, 2020

Start-ups like 4DHealthWare and Biobot Analytics are leading the way, and business today is all about customer satisfaction. Bill Gates coined the phrase, ‘Customer is King.’ With so many world-class options available for every product and service, the only way to differentiate in the marketplace now is how you treat your customers.

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Technical Review Customer Software Review Mobile 52

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The Entrepreneurial Perspective sees the business as a system for producing outside results for the customer, resulting in profits. The Entrepreneurial Perspective is an integrated vision of the world, where the customer need is an opportunity to make meaning. In this view the product features, cost, and support are the key to success.

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Technical Review Social Media Startup Internet 341

Version One Ventures

MARCH 29, 2024

Businesses and devs can easily incorporate tokenized US stocks and ETFs into their offerings with Dinari’s REST API or smart contracts. Shippo announced Addresses API , a fast reliable solution for validating, parsing and storing customer addresses. Qvin ’s Q-Pad received FDA Approval as a diagnostic menstrual pad.

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Portfolio Software Review San Francisco API 82

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

As a long-time mentor to entrepreneurs, here is my collection of smart risks that investors and I look for in new startups: Focus on a tough customer problem rather than a fun technology. Investors hate technology solutions looking for a problem, due to the high risk of no customers. Customers like leaders, not followers.

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Management Entrepreneur Forecast Stock Options 322

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

Others pivoted quickly based on customer need changes, rather than just spending more money on advertising and charging ahead. Smart entrepreneurs continually test their perceptions against those of customers, outside leaders, and experts. The rest does not often improve decision quality.

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Agile Social Media Reputation Restful 310

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Many entrepreneurs I know conclude they can never be in control, due to the constant and unpredictable need to satisfy investors, vendors, and customers. Investors, as well as customers, pay a premium for this approach. This is the genesis of all “customer-centric” thinking and marketing.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Restful Customer 311

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Unfortunately, for most solution markets, early adopters represent only 10 to 15 percent of the total opportunity, so it’s easy to get mislead on the real requirements of mainstream customers. The good news is that early adopters are never reluctant to sign up as beta customers and will provide you early feedback on product quality.

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Technical Review Restful Engineer Technology 240

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

At this point, you probably have a solid understanding of your target audience and who you want to do business with, but what about the rest of your team? Buyer personas help establish your ideal customer. For colors, be sure to choose a palette that isn’t too close to competitors – that can confuse customers.

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Developer Marketing Social Media Startup 159

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2022

The real question is whether problem solving is a skill you have to be born with, or is there any hope for the rest of us to become successful entrepreneurs. Listen to your customers to arrive at acceptable and marketable solutions. Every approach is a compromise between cost, time, and return, so forget your perfectionist tendencies.

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Startup Technical Review Partner Restful 338

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2023

The leadership challenge here is to unlock their motivation to apply themselves to their work, or remove them from your startup before they have drained the drive and energy from the rest of the team. Equally important is leadership in the marketplace, with customers, outside partners, and industry thought drivers.

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Employee Leadership Cofounder Matching 267

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 24, 2022

In these modern times, one of the most efficient ways to reach out to potential customers is through social media. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have a wide reach, and if you can use them effectively, you can significantly increase your customer base. Leverage Social Media Platforms. Develop a Strong Online Presence.

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Social Media Startup Audience Web Development 125

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

You’ve been acquiring a ton of customers lately for your SaaS company. More customers, more money. So you throw your energy into your customer funnel. Why do customers leave, or use the service less, often without saying anything? Why do customers leave, or use the service less, often without saying anything?

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Customer Churn Rate Metrics Retention 110

Version One Ventures

MAY 20, 2020

The assumption was that online platforms would completely automate all supplier-customer transactions including retailing, wholesaling, and procurement. A marketplace needs to bring product catalogs from multiple suppliers and aggregate them in one convenient spot for customers. Tie in with the rest of the ecosystem.

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B2B Vertical Aggregator B2C 213