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8 Strategies To Drive Your Startup To Profitability

Startup Professionals Musings

Others do far too little, assuming the viral effect and word-of-mouth will soon kick in, and sales will suddenly grow exponentially. Ask every employee to focus on sales. Openly reward employees who make the extra effort, champion cost-cutting issues, and enhance the sales process. Shorten the close cycle to grow faster.

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7 High-Performing Ecommerce Marketing Strategies for 2022

ConversionXL

Since 2015, clothing brand ASOS has grown revenue by an average of 22% year over year. Vague, high-level goals (such as “improve lead generation,” “increase online sales,” or “attract more customers”) are not specific or measurable enough to define marketing success. From here, attach valid marketing metrics to each goal.

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8 Keys To Scaling The Business After Initial Traction

Startup Professionals Musings

Others do far too little, assuming the viral effect and word-of-mouth will soon kick in, and sales will suddenly grow exponentially. Ask every employee to focus on sales. Openly reward employees who make the extra effort, champion cost-cutting issues, and enhance the sales process. Shorten the close cycle to grow faster.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Pivots They Are Making in Their Business in 2023

Hearpreneur

I intend to release one study every three months, which I'll send to journalists in the hopes of generating viral attention on social media. I believe that if I can have one piece of content go viral every three months, not only will I be able to develop more links but also raise my brand's recognition. 20- Client retention.

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5 Startup Marketing Actions to Impress Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Generate leads for your product. Promotions that appeal to the wrong customers won’t help you.

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How To Size Your Marketing Budget For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Generate leads for your product. Promotions that appeal to the wrong customers won’t help you.

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LinkedIn Video Ads: Relevance, Specs, and Use Cases

ConversionXL

Don’t copy the style of a popular video (especially a “viral” one) if you’re trying to drive home your unique value proposition or establish your brand. The strategy, according to Google, improves ad recall (and, undoubtedly, YouTube revenues). The inability to retarget video viewers doesn’t preclude lead generation.

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