Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – missing search, mobile and the cloud were directly where Microsoft users were heading. Yet a very smart CEO missed all of these. The result?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – missing search, mobile and the cloud were directly where Microsoft users were heading. Yet a very smart CEO missed all of these. The result?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

We were both losing in the lucrative high-end market segment. We finally decided set up a strategic partnership with a joint product to capture this elusive segment of the market. As a result of our increased coverage and wider range of solutions, we both gained revenue and credibility, while reducing marketing and development.

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Gust

AUGUST 17, 2014

No organization can manage more than 3 to 5 goals and priorities without becoming unfocused and ineffective. Narrow the scope more realistically to people with specific age, income, and education demographics, that you can realistically reach with your marketing plan. Limited goals and priorities. Keep your value chain consistent.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

Twitter is the new CRM (customer relationship management) channel. The volume of Tweets is enormous and growing at a rapid pace so tools are emerging to help brands manage this information. Capture the data – the currency of online direct marketing prior to Twitter was the email address.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2011

And here’s yet another: American Express OPEN launches YourBuzz , a free tool to help small businesses manage their online presence. Here are some of the things users can do with YourBuzz : Manage Online Presence. Manage Online Connections. Highlight influencers in your Social Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2020

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. Most consulting services, like marketing, are not scalable, since they must be delivered by experts, and cloning experts is slow and expensive. These are more likely scalable and investable.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2013

And you can always take a cue from my favorite street hot dog vendor, whose most powerful marketing tool is his memory: He remembers each customer’s face along with their name and specific hot dog preferences. In 1983 he cofounded Direct Mail Express (DME) in Daytona Beach, Florida, with his siblings Mike and Kathy.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 31, 2023

This can have a devastating impact and ultimately leave you struggling to make any type of headway on the market. It could also mean that they spread bad buzz about your business online and leave you struggling to compete in what is almost certainly a crowded market. This won’t simply stop them buying from you.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Traditional marketing is dead. It turns out that reports of traditional marketing’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Traditional marketing is alive and well, and you ignore it at your own risk. Now online marketing, SEO, and social media are all extremely important. Direct mail. Point-of-purchase.

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entrepreMusings

AUGUST 4, 2011

Those of us with big business ideas operating on small budgets don’t exactly have the bankroll it takes to recruit a talented market research team to help us. Do-it-yourself research and inexpensive alternatives to highly-tuned studies can provide small businesses with all the market information they need.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

CRM became more sophisticated, resulting in detailed monthly statements and targeted direct marketing. Social media is seen as something new that can be bolted onto existing CRM and loyalty management platforms. Smart phones make it easy for customers to manage dozens of these accounts. The “Horseless Carriage Syndrome”.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

There are many sites on the internet that give you an explanation of how gold prices work, but sometimes even reading all the information is too much for some people to manage. It’s not necessary for you to analyse market research to calculate which direction markets are expected to move.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 8, 2019

Although a lot of attention is paid to digital marketing, direct mail pieces are still a worthwhile consideration for any business’ marketing plan. In fact, even with millennial audiences that are stereotypically pigeonholed into only caring about online marketing and social media, direct mail campaigns are thriving.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 14, 2020

Tips of the Trade with Seth Godin written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Seth Godin. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Seth Godin, author, entrepreneur, and most of all a teacher. For more information on online leadership and management altmba.com.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2014

Six “Killer” Tips to Bring Your Outbound Marketing Back to Life written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. It is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is from Gal Borenstein – Enjoy! . Is outbound marketing finally dead?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

According to Gina Luk, an expert senior analyst at Mobile Workforce Strategies, the mobile market will continue to grow tremendously in the coming years from $40 Billion in 2015 it’s projected to rise to $63 Billion by 2020. You have to use the power of technology to reach your market and compete with the big boys in business.

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ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

Experiments run by Dan Smullen , who manages technical SEO for Independent News & Media , demonstrate that Google isn’t biased against paywalled content: Before launching our paywall in February, we implemented a soft wall—a registration wall. — Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) April 16, 2020. Where are you starting from?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave’s a great guy with a good sense of humor and a broad knowledge of the market, which is why I was excited that he could be on the show. It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. Enter ShoeDazzle.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

With a tactical understanding of two different marketing strategies: demand generation and lead generation. In this article, you’ll learn why each marketing strategy works and walk away with an armory of tactics to fuel your own growth marketing efforts. The podcast is just one part of their content marketing strategy.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Google Analytics is a platform within Google Marketing that analyzes user activity across and within websites. By observing how users reach your website and how they behave once they are on it, you can steer your online marketing strategy to improve the quantity and quality of visitors to your site. What is Google Analytics?

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

Masterful design, branding and marketing. As a Digital Marketing Evangelist you can imagine how much that pains me. The product/brand managers at 7 for all mankind clothes, Bertolli pasta sauce, Pepsi, Dodge Dart, etc. It does not have nearly as many layers of management as they all do. No environment commitment.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 25, 2011

.” And then you can build email lists and market video content to your fans in the same way Gilt Groupe markets its clothes to its end consumers, making it an insanely scalable business. Content producers can have direct relationships with end viewers that serve as feedback loops & direct marketing vehicles.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2014

Tom Panaggio, author of “ The Risk Advantage: Embracing the Entrepreneur’s Unexpected Edge “, has enjoyed a 30-year entrepreneurial career as cofounder of two successful direct marketing companies. In 1983 he cofounded Direct Mail Express (DME) in Daytona Beach, Florida, with his siblings Mike and Kathy.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Texting: The Killer Application in your Offline Marketing Arsenal written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. That’s true where marketing is concerned too- we usually focus first on digital marketing. Online and offline marketing need to work together, for best results. Times have changed. Here’s how.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. Most consulting services, like marketing, are not scalable, since they must be delivered by experts, and cloning experts is slow and expensive. These are more likely scalable and investable.

Hockey Stick 278

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing. Investment risk management. According to a Markets and Markets report, the predictive analytics market is growing at a compound rate of 22.1%, and is expected to reach $12.41 billion by 2022.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Did you do some volunteer work, a course, or develop soft skills such as project management, teamwork, or communication? A person applying for a marketing position might mention digital marketing, direct marketing, and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) among his or her skills and experience. Keeping it Current.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 25, 2020

There are several key performance indicators that help new generation company management see more clearly their progress and corporate health. This is simply the sum of the month’s direct costs for sales and marketing divided by the number of new customers acquired, yielding a dollar cost per average new customer.

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ConversionXL

JULY 20, 2019

Generating revenue via email marketing requires strategy. Once you perfect your ecommerce email marketing strategy, conversions will soar. How important is email marketing for ecommerce? So what’s the truth about the state of email marketing in ecommerce? via Marketing Optimization Podcast). Not necessarily.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Maybe It’s Me When I got to the SuperMac, our Marketing Communications group told me about our “award-winning&# retail packaging for our graphics boards. He had teamed up with a former product manager at P&G to deliver seminars on just this subject. It was a management problem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. Most consulting services, like marketing, are not scalable, since they must be delivered by experts, and cloning experts is slow and expensive. These are more likely scalable and investable.

Hockey Stick 120

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

But the ventures launched in recent years with gobs of venture-capital funding and targeting niche markets have accelerated the movement with user-friendly designs and a tight knit to social networks Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Struggling to manage costs, the start-up closed shop as quickly as it opened.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2013

“We chose seven companies that we strongly believe have the greatest potential to thrive in and positively impact the state of Florida,” says Nina Nashif, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Healthbox.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2015

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. Most consulting services, like marketing, are not scalable, since they must be delivered by experts, and cloning experts is slow and expensive. These are more likely scalable and investable.

Hockey Stick 120

Hockey Stick Intellectual Property Non-Compete Business Model 120

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Optimizers come from all walks of life: IT, design/UX, analytics, marketing, translation, photography etc. My bachelor’s degree is in IT, my first job out of college was a programmer, then I did sales and marketing for many years, run an SEO company and a SaaS business. So in essence – great optimizers are polymaths.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

For instance, how many cold calls have lead to conversions vs. direct marketing sales letters? His experience in credit analysis, finance, and management led him to be the founder of Silver Summit Capital. One area to streamline is prospecting. Determine how many prospects from various sources have lead to conversions.

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