Tue.Mar 14, 2017

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4 Reasons A Diverse Sales Team Will Boost Revenue

YoungUpstarts

by Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting , and author of “ Sales Recruiting 2.0: How to Find Top Performing Sales People, Fast “ Diversity in the workplace has been an issue since the civil war. In February, 1869, a letter to the editor of the New York Times questioned why female government employees were not paid the same as male counterparts.

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A Credit Card and a Dream: How We Owned #SXSW for $221.96, Roundtrip

Austin Startup

Written by Chad Hall, Cofounder + CEO at RemodelMate , a humble ventures company that intends to disrupt the home improvement industry by setting the standard for residential renovations and transforming the buying experience for customers as well as the way that contractors attract customers and sell their services. As we — myself and my cofounder, Victor Etongwe — drive through Dandridge, TN, still 6 hours and 38 minutes from our headquarters in Washington, DC I am reflecting on our very first

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Create a Referral Engine That Works Every Day

Duct Tape Marketing

Create a Referral Engine That Works Every Day written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. I’ve written about this topic many times, but it just never get’s old! (Check out the referral marketing archive on Duct Tape Marketing ) The fact is, although I’ve been writing about the idea of referral generation for years, it always remains relevant, no matter what marketing trends and technologies come and go.

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RideAustin #SXSW Weekend 1 Rideshare Recap (and yes — we’re still true to our open data pledge even…

Austin Startup

RideAustin #SXSW Weekend 1 Rideshare Recap (and yes — we’re still true to our open data pledge even while getting beat up in the press)… By Andy Tryba & Marisa Goldenberg Ah the joys of the spotlight… With 70k visitors and all eyes on Austin this week for SXSW — we at RideAustin certainly received some sharp (and legitimate) criticism on the hours on Saturday where we weren’t at our best.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Essential Business Facts You Need To Know When Expanding Into America

YoungUpstarts

According to the UNCTAD’s World Investment Trends Monitor , the USA is the world’s largest recipient of foreign direct investment. However, while there are many good reasons for foreign entities to be drawn to the US, there are a handful of essential business facts you should be aware of first. The facts below will not tell you everything you need to know about business in America.

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The Sales Process Has Evolved, Can You Keep Up?

YFS Magazine

Sales as we know it is changing, the pitch is evolving, and consumers are gaining more access complete information. How will you handle it?

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6 Business Idea Validation Tactics to Improve Your Business Planning

Up and Running

In the Lean Startup methodology, one of the most important elements is getting out of the building. You must conduct client interviews, website usage tests, and maybe even set up a small PPC campaign to figure out whether or not the market is interested in you offering. In this article, I’ll give a quick overview of the best practices for validating your business idea in use today.

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How To Build A Thriving Culture In A Remote Team

YFS Magazine

Many of today's leading companies build distributed teams. Similarly, remote teams have become the new normal. Here's how to make yours thrive.

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Data Mining with Artificial Intelligence is Making Businesses Smarter

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK Publisher and reporter with Silicon Hills News Social media has caused an explosion in the amount of data generated by people and businesses in the last five years. Yet, data without analysis is worthless. That has led to the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning coupled with the input of humans […] The post Data Mining with Artificial Intelligence is Making Businesses Smarter appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Gideon Shalwick: Founder Of Splasheo And Veeroll Explains How To Grow Million Dollar Businesses Selling Services Online

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

[ Download MP3 | Transcript Coming Soon | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Gideon Shalwick is my long-time friend and one-time business partner. More recently, Gideon founded two companies: Splasheo – A video intro production service that Gideon has turned into a passive income stream Veeroll – A. The post Gideon Shalwick: Founder Of Splasheo And Veeroll Explains How To Grow Million Dollar Businesses Selling Services Online appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.c

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3D Printing is Changing the World

SiliconHills

By HOJUN CHOI Reporter with Silicon Hills News As 3D printing technology continues to change the way companies approach product design and manufacturing, the industry is also reaching for new limits on its usability. Samantha Snabes, founder of startup re:3D, told South by Southwest festival goers that as the technology reaches new limits, more research […] The post 3D Printing is Changing the World appeared first on SiliconHills.

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How I Combined Reviews And Email Marketing To Make Over $200,000 In Affiliate Sales From My Blog

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

[ Download MP3 | Transcript Coming Soon | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] I’m so frequently asked how to make affiliate sales via a blog I thought it was about time to answer this question with a proper guide for you to follow. As a blogger I’ve made. The post How I Combined Reviews And Email Marketing To Make Over $200,000 In Affiliate Sales From My Blog appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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Is this the future of movies?

Austin Startup

I just watched Miyubi, a Virtual Reality experience at the SXSW17 VR Cinema Robin Lippman, content coordinator at Felix & Paul Studios This afternoon at the Austin Hilton I caught a glimpse of the future of movies, maybe. Miyubi , a scripted virtual reality experience about a robot toy and a family in the 1980s, is the longest VR creation I have ever seen.

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The Ubiquity of Fully Autonomous Cars is Inevitable

SiliconHills

By HOJUN CHOI Reporter with Silicon Hills News Industry analysts have argued that the mainstream use of self-driving cars is inevitable, suggesting that the technology will be a norm within the next 30 years. At this year’s “Innovation Policy Day” at South by Southwest, the Consumer Technology Association hosted a panel in which experts from […] The post The Ubiquity of Fully Autonomous Cars is Inevitable appeared first on SiliconHills.

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How I Combined Reviews And Email Marketing To Make Over $200,000 In Affiliate Sales From My Blog

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Listen in to this podcast and learn how I made over $200,000 in affiliate sales from my blog using a unique 'blog post reviews' formula. The post How I Combined Reviews And Email Marketing To Make Over $200,000 In Affiliate Sales From My Blog appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com. I have made over $200,000 in affiliate sales from my blog. Listen to this podcast to learn the method I use and recommend you also use to make money selling affiliate products from your blog.

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Buzz Aldrin is on a Mission to Occupy Mars

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK Publisher and Reporter with Silicon Hills News Buzz Aldrin, one of the first two men to set foot on the moon, thinks that should be a stop on the journey to Mars and the U.S. should occupy the red planet. Aldrin participated in a featured session at South by Southwest Film on […] The post Buzz Aldrin is on a Mission to Occupy Mars appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Gideon Shalwick: Founder Of Splasheo And Veeroll Explains How To Grow Million Dollar Businesses Selling Services Online

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

[ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Gideon Shalwick is my long-time friend and one-time business partner. More recently, Gideon founded two companies: Splasheo – A video intro production service that Gideon has turned into a passive income stream Veeroll – A video advertising. The post Gideon Shalwick: Founder Of Splasheo And Veeroll Explains How To Grow Million Dollar Businesses Selling Services Online appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Jou

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Bumble Dating Founder Focuses on Civility

SiliconHills

By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News It’s 2017 and the rules for women in the dating world haven’t changed much. That’s what Whitney Wolfe, founder of Austin’s Bumble dating service, is trying to change. Bumble is the internet dating service that lets the woman make the first move. Men and women can express […] The post Bumble Dating Founder Focuses on Civility appeared first on SiliconHills.

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SXSW March 14: More Encore Sessions!

Austin Startup

Bonus Forrest Four-Cast: March 14, 2017 Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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The Time Thief

Bryce Dot VC

my Krouse Rosenthal died yesterday. I don’t know her, but I cried when I read the dating profile she wrote for her soon to be widowed husband. Like, big ugly cried. I can count the number of times I’ve cried as an adult on one hand. Well maybe I’d need to borrow a few fingers, but the point is I rarely ever cry. Maybe its because my wife is out of town and I miss the mornings with her after the kids have gone to school and the nights where we don’t even have to be talking but just be

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Transcript of The Impact of Dynamic Communication

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of The Impact of Dynamic Communication written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Transcript provided by Verbatim Transcription Services. Back to Podcast. Transcript: John: Want to know the secret to growing, leading, managing? Whether it’s your life, or a business? It is dynamic communication. That’s what we’re going to talk about today on this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast, check it out.

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What You’ve Forgotten About Landing Page Optimization

ConversionXL

When creating landing pages, marketers tend to focus all their efforts on optimizing page elements — making sure the headline engages the visitor, testimonials speak to your unique value proposition, the lead capture form is correctly formatted, and the CTA button jumps off the page. That’s all marketers need to generate high quality leads, right? Then why is it that professional landing pages — getting decent traffic numbers — don’t produce conversions a lot of the time?

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The Riff

aweissman.com

Today we have have posted The Riff #1 to Soundcloud (and soon to iTunes , Google Play and other places I suppose). The Riff is a 24 minute, unedited single conversation about one topic with one person who knows something about that topic (ie, a riff). David Tisch and I are the interviewers. We conceived of this idea and after a few months of planning we have started to put these into the wild.

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Five Steps to Developing Your Value Proposition

Austin Startup

Five Steps to Developing Your Value Proposition One of the biggest challenges I see on a consistent basis with small-to-medium business (SMB) clients is a lack of developed value propositions. Most businesses are established to fill an unmet need in the marketplace. Yet the catch is so much attention goes into developing the product or service to sell or hurry and get to market, that conveying the message of what that product or service is solving and the benefit it’s delivering to the target au