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5 New Marketing Rules For Today’s Customer Generation

Startup Professionals Musings

New generations of customers respond better to the “ participative ” approach, where they get to provide input via social media and the Internet. You should be constantly trying new approaches via social media and online, and asking for feedback and input from influencers and customers.

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8 Habits You Need To Cultivate For Maximum Efficiency

Startup Professionals Musings

These days, with all the new technology, including smartphones and social media, many are convinced that multi-tasking is the answer. Yet there is more and more evidence that jumping tasks on every alert for a new email, text, or phone call actually decreases overall productivity.

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6 Keys To Thriving In This New Era Of Remote Services

Startup Professionals Musings

Generalized email blasts and social media ads may be great for finding interest in your services, but these are not enough to close and maintain new clients. I still find too many service organizations that ignore or discount online reviews and satisfaction surveys.

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8 Mental Strategies To Keep Your Mind Clear And Calm

Startup Professionals Musings

These holidays, with all the new technology, including smartphones and social media, many are convinced that multi-tasking is the answer. Yet there is more and more evidence that jumping tasks on every alert for a new email, text, or phone call actually decreases overall productivity.

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7 Steps To Creating An Effective Personal Brand Today

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s been happening for some time, but business changes, accelerated by the recent pandemic, have highlighted the need for all of us to review our positions, image, and satisfaction at work. Don’t be limited by only non-real-time communications, implied with emails, texts, and online forums. Don’t be too humble.

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5 Keys to Ensuring Credibility, Trust, and Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

All of us are struggling to keep up in this age of technological acceleration, where we learn every day that we can’t trust links in our email, marketing guarantees, or phone requests from people we don’t know. Customers these days are turned off by timeless safe messages, delivered repeatedly on traditional media.

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5 Keys To Spending Your Time On The Right Work Items

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur should consciously follow these five key actions and implementation tips, to compete and survive, as well as to get the personal satisfaction they expect from the lifestyle: Act on the important, don’t react to the urgent. Rule your technology, don’t let it rule you.

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