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Is Social Media Killing Email

SoCal Tech Calendar

Presented by the Marketing and Sales Executives Society. Combined, these statistics suggest a net of 190f consumers who are using email more often. Tuesday, November 15, 2011 -- Is Social Media Killing Email. Youve seen the headlines: 9 Reasons Why Email is Dead. Only 6aid they were using it less often. See [link] (more)

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Interview with Robin Richards, CareerArc

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com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. Statistically, you are 10x more likely to get hired through a referral by an employee than a non-referral. You've got to have great sales enablement. You have to hire great sales people, but you have to have great sales opportunities. What is CareerArc?

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How PointPredictive Is Using Machine Learning To Uncover Fraud, With Tim Grace

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What we typically see when we implement or test our scores against applications they have previously funded and taken a loss on, is that we could have reduced net chargeoffs from 40 to 60 percent. For larger lenders, that might represent $40M to $50M in carveout of losses that they can reduce. Finally, what's next for you?

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8 Ways To Ensure That Your Website Is Winning For You

Startup Professionals Musings

Even more disappointing are other statistics that show most websites that do exist have a very low “conversion rate,” or ratio of visitors to the site versus ones who meet your goal of buying a product or signing up for a newsletter. Use Net Promoter Score (NPS) to help you turn visitors into raving fans.

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When cash is tight – slow its flight!

Berkonomics

I advise all of my companies to use an impressed payroll service, one that takes the taxes from your bank account along with the net payrolls each period. A close second for the same reasons are sales taxes and income taxes. I have a story about this for later in this insight. Accelerating revenues comes next.

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Business Plan Financial Forecasts Test Your Savvy

Startup Professionals Musings

Otherwise, sales, marketing, and operational costs will kill you. Next comes sales volume by channel. Check industry average statistics to make sure you are in the right range. Your “burn rate” or net cash flow out is usually the single most important survival parameter to a startup. Cash flow is king.

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Boomers are Looking for Another Bite at the Apple

Startup Professionals Musings

In case you think that all of these are employed by big companies, listen to these statistics: According to an article in U.S. High-travel sales and buyer positions. Retail sales to Gen-X and Gen-Y. They have worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated.

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