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The 5 Best States In America For New Business

YoungUpstarts

The United States is not uniform in its friendliness toward small businesses, and some states make operating a business easier than others. Virginia topped Forbes Magazine’s list of best states for business in 2013. Virginia is known for its educated workforce and diverse industry.

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Life After the Funnel: 6 Reasons why You’re Neglecting eCommerce Customer Retention

The Startup Magazine

After operating my own startup marketing agency, I discovered that retaining and nurturing existing clients had much better ROI than on-boarding new ones because you already have existing manpower dedicating time on these operations and don’t need to initiate a new process,” says Yoav Vilner, CEO of Walnut.io.

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What eCommerce Startups Need to Know About Online Sales Tax

Up and Running

Estimated taxes are separate from sales tax and employment taxes. Unlike estimated taxes and employment taxes, sales tax for online business does not work the same way as brick-and-mortar stores. You need to be familiar with rules for sales tax on internet sales and penalties for not collecting it. What is sales tax?

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Smooth-Stone Changes Name to Calxeda; Adds Hires

Austin Startup

Bob Baughman, previously with Polycom and Marvell, as Vice President of Business Development and Sales. Baughman is Calxeda’s new Vice President of Business Development and Sales. Beatty, as Vice President of Manufacturing, brings 18 years manufacturing and business operations experience to Calxeda.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

The order of operations may surprise you. Bloomsbury also teased a potential shortage of copies (a lie that would only increase the satisfaction of buyers “lucky enough” to get one) and “accidentally” released a few copies at a West Virginia Walmart. The sudden revelation spiked emotions— and sales. Image source ).

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How to Improve Profit by an Average of 11.1%

Austin Startup

That goes for any industry, location or product; from enterprise SaaS in my home town of Austin, to live music ticket sales in Virginia, to B2C services in Seattle. The results were even more dramatic : a 1% pricing improvement delivered >15% potential increase in operating profit. Let’s break this down.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

The order of operations may surprise you. Bloomsbury also teased a potential shortage of copies (a lie that would only increase the satisfaction of buyers “lucky enough” to get one) and “accidentally” released a few copies at a West Virginia Walmart. The sudden revelation spiked emotions— and sales. Image source ).

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