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How and Why You Should Validate Your App Idea Before You Build

Up and Running

It’s possible to simulate user experience through existing, lower-tech resources. The end user of the application was those who recycled, however, the recycling and reward redemption process required partnerships with recycling facilities, local businesses, and government agencies. No application and no advanced technology whatsoever.

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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

Real-time points and mileage redemption appeared at the POS, first introduced over a decade ago and now going mainstream. We experimented with tap and go technology, both on cards as well as embedded in mobile phones. I used to think that the success of my last startup was due to our software quality, thought leadership, patents, etc.

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10 random online resources for Entrepreneurs (2010 version)

crowdSPRING Blog

An awesome online tech news resource that I visit on a regular basis is (of course) TechCrunch. We spend more time gazing into the screen than we do gazing at our own children and the software we use says a great deal about us a s people. If it impacts our industry, you can count on it being covered on this site. Gossip you say?

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How to Raise Prices for Existing Customers

ConversionXL

Price Intelligently recommends one to two price changes each year : The companies we’ve seen with the most success with revenue and adoption are reviewing pricing at least once per quarter and making tweaks or changes every 6 to 9 months. Case study: Netflix’s “lost year” and a shot at redemption. Six months have passed.

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Going Public Circa 2020; Door #3: The SPAC

abovethecrowd.com

Now imagine you are selling any other asset, be it a piece of art, a home, a piece of software, or perhaps your car. If you talk to the market-makers that execute the Direct Listing they have zero technical concerns about how it would work. Some SPACs (like Ackman’s) have features that make redemption less likely.

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After the Purchase: Optimizing Customer Retention Through Gamification

ConversionXL

A study in the Harvard Business Review noted that increasing customer retention by 5% can generate a 25%-95% increase in profit. However, what really matters is the ease of the redemption process and the rewards available. Virtual training academy Treehouse teaches beginners coding, app development, and business skills.

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Multichannel Analytics: Tracking Offline Conversions. 7 Best Practices, Bonus Tips

Occam's Razor

Or there are people who will get their tech support question answered and as a result not call you on the phone (saving you $50 it costs you to answer the phone). This is very effective for many kinds of websites, be they ecommerce or technical support or lead generation or whatever else is your quest in life. :). Not that hard.

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