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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

What was still missing was a simple way to identify a customer at the point of sale. Previously estimated at 5% of sales, Rock and Ash now sees 30% of sales coming from repeat customers. I expect that sales would be dramatically lower if not for our Fan Club.”. While all this was true, something else was going on.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. That’s the sales forecast, the spending forecast and the cash flow. They’re going to look first at the sales forecast. That’s a lean business plan.

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Tech Support *is* sales

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

If this is your attitude, your conception of tech support is completely backwards and you're missing out on important channels for marketing, product development, and sales. Tech support is sales. At Smart Bear we made millions of dollars in both individual and enterprise sales without "sales.". That's sales.

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

And thus it is with the majority of open source software: Open source software is free if your time is worth nothing. I’m bracing my inbox for emails from disgruntled Gimp users explaining how charging for software is bad, commercial software is evil, and my mother dresses me funny. But I don’t buy it.

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Video Hosting Platforms: Which Is Best for Your Business?

ConversionXL

Compare that to views in other countries, like Turkey, which averages 1.13 The recent introduction of their “Channels” feature allows website owners to create a series of related videos and display the collection on their website—no coding required. You need to send an inquiry to their sales team for an exact quote.)

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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

Up and Running

This is Sabrina Parsons, the CEO of Palo Alto Software. I don’t believe in cold turkey transition. The number one job you’re going to have is as a sales and marketing guru. You need to know your numbers, so that you can figure out pricing where you’re actually making a profit in every sale.

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Lessons Learned Taking Parental Leave as a Solo Entrepreneur

Software By Rob

Discovery #1 I really don’t need an email notification every time I make a sale. email during my normal workday, my apps make enough individual sales that these emails really pile up. I’m confident I could completely walk away from email cold-turkey without giving notice, for two weeks. at 6:47 am [.]