Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

01% conversion rate again to the people who clicked over to the website from the YouTube video, that’s 185 new customers, 185 people who would have never thought to google search for a tampon service, who will now be signing up to spend the 15 bucks a month to get tampons delivered to their door. If we apply that.01%

Dollar Shave Club 101

Dollar Shave Club Customer Custom Marketing 101

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In this age of interactive social media, your culture image quickly spreads to customers, and determines their loyalty. Everyone knows and admires the leaders , including Google and Zappos, but most entrepreneurs have only a fuzzy idea of what to do to get there. He says trust is the key to a good culture.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

As noted in this recent Wall Street Journal article, Google has begun requesting that merchants include rating and review data to ensure that the efficacy of their search results. It also gives marketers an opportunity to engage potential customers early on in the discovery phase, and track this journey to a conversion.

Entrepreneur 210

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

Most great business leaders, including Jeff Bezos , maintain a key internal team to study and implement the next steps. It is vitally important to leverage your efforts to maximize all key constituents, including customers, team members, partners, and other stakeholders. Not having a means to measure holistic impact.

Outsource Development 140

Outsource Development Outsource Startup Metrics 140

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

While I do agree that many attributes of a good entrepreneur, such as curiosity, confidence and determination, are largely determined by early-life experiences, a good education is critical in understanding the elements of creating a business and wooing customers. It’s never too early to stop studying and start doing it for real.

Entrepreneur 149

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As noted in Pour and Stir Part I , the key to the successful execution of this strategy is managing the following equation: The cost to acquire a customer < lifetime value of a customer. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. This is equivalent to being handed a free customer for every ten customers you acquire.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Everyone knows that startups are risky, but they also expect that the job will be exciting and potentially very lucrative (think early employees at Facebook and Google). If you see a customer service problem hurting the company, step up proactively with a proposal to fix it. Be a builder … and a rebuilder. Pay attention to your image.

Startup 125

Startup Journal Outsource Tips 125

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2023

In the entrepreneur world, your perception is equally critical, except the “managers” in this world are your investors, customers, vendors, business partners, and team members. Use the idea to kick-start your relationships with co-founders, investors, customers and business partners. The one with the most connections wins.

Startup 117

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Even the best technology can’t read your mind, which is why a simple Google search often gives frustrating and irrelevant results, and online advertisers bombard you with opportunities of no interest. Google scores high for tools, location, and social media data sharing, but not for biometric data. Norton, Ph.D.,

Social Media 107

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Having paying “Customers” is what makes the cash register roar. An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Second, how to get leads.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

In many ways, Apple and Google are following similar paths. At their annual developer conferences, Google I/O, held last month, and Apple’s WWDC, last week they both announced updates to their development platforms. Customer experience is a high priority for both companies. Here are three of the most important takeaways: 1.

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Artificial Inteligence Google Software Review Case Study 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2021

Good examples of startup focus before success include Google with their search engine, Facebook with friends networking, and Apple with personal computers. Nimbleness and urgency to get the job done will set you apart from your competitors in so many ways, particularly with customers. Build it at the start and don’t ever lose it.

Startup 154

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Big data:” learning from the flood.

Technology 97

Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank. Conversational style.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

In the entrepreneur world, your perception is equally critical, except the “managers” in this world are your investors, customers, vendors, business partners, and team members. Use the idea to kick-start your relationships with co-founders, investors, customers and business partners. The one with the most connections wins.

Startup 132

Startup Tips Ideas Entrepreneur 132

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

This is important because the customers they serve (the red line) demand a product that meets their complex requirements. So the startups tend to focus on totally new customers. Often the startups are actually serving a slightly different kind of customer or a slightly different market need. Incumbents feel threatened.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2019

In fact, a Wharton Business School study in this decade of the “Top 30 Innovations of the Last 30 Years,” concluded that only eight were first conceived by entrepreneurs, and twenty-two were conceived by employees. He created a simple Gmail for internal use, and later it became one of the biggest Google offerings.

IBM 53

IBM IBM Java Google 53

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2019

Everyone knows that that startups are risky, but they also expect that the job will be exciting and potentially very lucrative (think early employees at Facebook and Google). If you see a customer service problem hurting the company, step up proactively with a proposal to fix it. Be a builder … and a rebuilder. Think big picture.

Tips 100

Tips Startup Journal Outsource 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we call that a TAM (total addressable market) and I’m sure you can even Google methods for calculating a TAM. Smart investors think a lot about what we call “unit economics” or what is the economics of service one customers. Let me be very direct. That is how great businesses are built. Microeconomics.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

In The Art of One-line Pitching: A Study of AngelList , Chris Eleftheriadis reviewed 1,700AngelList postings and identified the nine most common categories of positioning pitches (Chris'' list is edited here for brevity): 1. Better than Amazon''s customer experience for any brand" and "LinkedIn on Steroids.". Customer Segmentation.

Product 208

Product Yammer Technical Review Google 208

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

It is not limited to the realm of the top executive or board of directors, who could bring in consultants for studies and analysis. Treat a startup as a customer, not a client. A client relationship suggests that the consultant is in charge, whereas the customer designation recognizes the more modern model of the customer in control.

Services 100

Services Startup Software Review Social Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 25, 2015

“His focus on customer experience has become a near mandate within the news operation. I’m a political junkie and an admirer of the news media world having studied it since college. But now I felt forced to Google “How to cancel your WaPo subscription.” Apple had impeccable customer service.

News 150

News Mobile Customer Custom 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2018

While I do agree that many attributes of a good entrepreneur, such as curiosity, confidence and determination, are largely determined by early-life experiences, a good education is critical in understanding the elements of creating a business and wooing customers. It’s never too early to stop studying and start doing it for real.

Startup 97

Startup Writing Coach Incubator 97

Tech.Co

AUGUST 16, 2017

Finding potential customers continues to be a huge challenge not only for established marketing and sales teams but also for startup executives and solo entrepreneurs. A study in 2013 showed that 61 percent of marketers found it hard to generate high-quality leads. Customer Outreach Solution – Mailshake. What’s more?

Tool 78

Tool Startup Help Template 78

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We found that those communities exit on many different platforms, like Slack, GroupMe, Facebook Groups, Google, and elsewhere. MIT and McKinsey did some studies on this, that showed about $400 billion a year is lost in the tech industry, due to lack of diversity and inclusion. Those communities already exist.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Startup Platform Resource 140

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Yet, according to a recent study , more than half of tech employees see their current office culture as toxic. That can’t possibly be healthy for employee morale, productivity, or customer focus. Whether your company is a startup or a mature business, the last thing you need in the office is a toxic work culture.

Technical Review 91

Technical Review Organization Activity .Net 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank. Conversational style.

Blogging 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

Nordstrom sales reps are trained to do this to, but of course they can’t know every customer that walks around the store. Study after study shows that for most high-value products, close rates are higher and order sizes are higher when you get a customer on the phone. Or can they? They’re not.

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

So that we’re speaking the same language I would define “exclusive” as a period in which your company is prohibited from doing business with certain customers or business partners, which is why many incorrectly assume this is necessarily bad. Excite, MSN and eventually Google. THAT is the power of exclusivity.

Outsource Development 150

Outsource Development Startup Customer Custom 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

While I do agree that many attributes of a good entrepreneur, such as curiosity, confidence and determination, are largely determined by early-life experiences, a good education is critical in understanding the elements of creating a business and wooing customers. It’s never too early to stop studying and start doing it for real.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Tips Writing Coach 98

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Studying for the SAT, LSAT, GMAT, TOEFL, MCAT and other standardized tests in the US is a massive market that has been dominated for years by Kaplan and Princeton Review. Knewton, Grockit and others are creating new ways for students to study for these tests in a more cost effective way. I know the product intimately and it rocks.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Much effort and study has been expended to determine how a web site can better convert its visitors to paying customers. The good news is there are more than a few ways to improve the chances a visitor will become a customer. . At that point you have likely lost any chance at converting your visitor to a customer. .

Sites 40

Sites Search Engine Optimization Technical Review Web Development 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2016

Top companies today, including Google and Zappos, have found that a work culture that includes some fun, populated by happy and positive people, leads to more productivity and success for the business as well as the people. Happier workers have been shown in studies to increase their pace (productivity) without sacrificing quality.

Satisfaction 59

Satisfaction Study Product Class 59

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Instead of making a few dollars per sale and hoping for thousands of sales, you sell to only a few customers, and charge much higher rates.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank. Conversational style.

Blogging 95

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Now we're in over 100 cities and have over 10,000 clients, 10,000 tutors, and a platform which is working very efficiently, and gives the customer what they want. In terms of where we offer to our customers, we have 250 different areas, from early childhood to studying for an MCAT or the bar. That's a great question.

Startup 113

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