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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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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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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

In other words, in a strong market even turkeys can fly. During the down market they were able to double down on recruiting, sales, outsourcing, new market entries and marketing (yes, with Tiger ads ). In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly. The wild turkey variety. A turkey is only a metaphor. Ameet was right.

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How to Build a Restaurant Sales Forecast

Up and Running

With restaurants, as with most businesses, there is no single right way to do a sales forecast. The best sales forecast method will vary according to how you manage information, how much past data you have access to, and what special factors drive your business. From base case to sales forecast.

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Dropshipping in 2020: Does it Actually Work?

ReadWriteStart

Dropshipping is a sales system that provides for the direct transfer of goods from a supplier to a direct buyer. “I decided to do online sales when I dropped my college in 2014. After a while, I found a domestic manufacturer of goods for children and several other suppliers focused on goods from China and Turkey.”

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The Accel 5 Mantras of Ecommerce in Turkey

Cracking the Code

The Accel 5 mantras of e commerce in Turkey from Philippe Botteri.

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Twitter Link Roundup #156 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

A turkey is a turkey – [link]. What a pile of crap … Facebook Reveals How Samsung Turned A $10 Million Ad Buy To $129 In Sales | Business Insider – [link]. Five Predictions For The Future Of Social Entrepreneurship | Forbes – [link]. A poor effort to defend a P/E ratio of 666 (Salesforce).